Avid Hidden Gems – Part 1
One of the most useful things I ever did as I began to master the Avid user interface was...
Playback Apple’s ProRes 422 Codec on Windows
Apple has released a download for Windows users that enables users to view and play ProRes files. Apple ProRes...
Showdown at the RWVC Corral: Mac Encoder Shootout Redux
After reading last week’s Real World Video Compression article that compared four Mac compression tools, I suggested a more...
Spotlight: Fox Sports HD
For our next project spotlight, we’re going to look at a Fox Sports HD promo animated by Joost Korngold...
TED Talk: Using Biology to Make Better Animation
The annual TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) conference is a place where Big Thinkers gather annually to inspire and...
Encoder Shootout of 4 Mac Compression Tools
Real World Video Compression has posted a Encoder Shootout between three common Mac software compression options, and one hardware...
TED Talk: How creativity is being strangled by the law
The annual TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) conference is a place where Big Thinkers gather annually to inspire and...
What Wired Didn’t Understand about Depth of Field
In the Sept. ’08 issue of Wired Magazine, in an article about the RED camera called “A Star is...
The Swing of Things
I recently shot a museum project where the style required almost exclusive use of tilt/shift lenses. (We occasionally used...
Advice to a Camera Trainee
A film student, who I’ve been mentoring, landed a job on a low-budget RED project as camera PA. He...
