Chris Moore, executive producer of Project Greenlight, has long been fascinated by the way different creative visions can take projects in wildly different directions. The Chair is a documentary series that follows two directors as they develop their first feature-length films based on the same original screenplay. Over the course of ten episodes, viewers are […]
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In Part I of this series, I mentioned that I have my own system for versioning and dealing with backups. Anything that takes me away from the way I’ve been doing things, regardless of whether or not it’s something that’s inherently better, is going to be a difficult task, both logistically and mentally. The mental […]
Read More… from Exploring Workflow, Storage & Archive in M&E – The Carrot or the Stick?
Today’s Quicktip comes to us from Josh Short of EditVideoFaster.com. It’s an effects based keyframing tip that is buried deep within Avid Media Composer’s Effects Editor. It is imperative an editor knows these tips if they want to get the most out of animating effects in Media Composer. Take it away Josh. By default keyframes […]
Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced today the launch of the Canon HDTV Zoom Lens HJ24ex7.5Bi, an affordable, high-quality portable telephoto HD lens for high-end Electronic News Gathering (ENG) applications. The HJ24ex7.5B lens offers specifications that are a dramatic improvement over its predecessor: a focal range from 7.5mm at the wide end to 180mm at the tele […]
Read More… from World’s Widest Angle and Highest Zoom Ratio Lens
This Quicktip is a version specific Quicktip and our first for Avid Media Composer. It’s a small change but a big thing for editors that was added in the recent version 8 update: The ability to mute clips in the timeline. And that’s not only mute audio: it’s mute as in disable the clip so […]
Read More… from Day 17 #28daysofquicktips – Mute a Video Clip in Avid Media Composer 8
Recently I had the pleasure of working on a project with Jem Schofield. Jem has a gear obsession that borders on a medical condition, and I was delighted to see that he brought along a set of Westcott Flex lights. Working with the Flex light, I was surprised at their relatively powerful output and clean […]
The EF 11-24mm f/4L USM is Canon’s widest ever full-frame ultra-wide zoom lens, and apparently the widest available in the world at the moment. Photographers have a special interest in this lens, but cinematographers may be surprised with the results the lens offers. Featuring the widest angle of view (126°05′ diagonal) ever achieved for a […]
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The market is full of capable digital audio editing applications. I am familiar with many of them and have covered several. Many are capable of recording —and all are capable of editing and delivering — a final product of 44.1 or 48 kHz (or more) with a single glaring exception: GarageBand from Apple. That makes […]
Read More… from 48 reasons why GarageBand is kryptonite for video production
How do you preview sound effects in Final Cut Pro X? If you’ve been using the Sound and Effects Browser, Steve Martin from Ripple Training has a great tip for you today. In this week’s edition of Mac Break Studio, he shows us a method for storing, filtering, and reviewing sound effects. The Sound and […]
In the last of our 3 part introductory look at 4K workflows inside of Media Composer Subscription, we take a look at taking your Media Composer timeline, sending it via AAF to DaVinci Resolve, have Resolve open your DNxHR media, and then send it back to Media Composer for final client approval! As we know, […]
Read More… from Media Composer 101 – Advanced – 4K Workflows Part 3: DaVinci Resolve Roundtripping
