Gesticulating, and not in a rude way...

March 19, 2011, 09:14 PM

http://blogs.creativecow.net/blog/4460/gesticulati...

About 7 months ago I started a project, a new web series of short short movies. We shot the majority of one of them, but always intended to shoot the last shot on the next one. Life intervenes and here we are more than half a year later and finally getting that shot and doing another short for the series.

The NLE as a Modular Product

March 19, 2011, 11:37 AM

http://www.studiodaily.com/blog/?p=5911

Here we sit just a few short weeks from NAB, right after another upgrade to Avid Media Composer and possibly on the verge of what might be the biggest Final Cut Pro upgrade ever. Add to that what will probably be another NAB upgrade to Adobe Premiere Pro and I think it’s safe to say that the three A’s are all thinking hard about and working hard on improving that workhorse of post-production, the nonlinear editing application.

Adobe Sneak Peek

March 19, 2011, 09:35 AM

http://blogs.creativecow.net/blog/4463/adobe-sneak...

I love when Adobe can't keep a secret. Be sure to check out this page to learn about some of the new things Adobe has in store.

Selecting Storage for Editing

March 19, 2011, 09:33 AM

http://blogs.creativecow.net/blog/4476/selecting-s...

When it comes time to edit your video, the hard drives you use are going to have a huge impact on the performance of your system. No matter how much RAM you have or how powerful of a video card, you just won't get real-time performance if your drives are a bottleneck.

My Schedule at NAB Post|Production World Conf.

March 19, 2011, 09:32 AM

http://blogs.creativecow.net/blog/4467/my-schedule...

Here is my schedule at NAB Post|Production World Conference. The conference runs April 9–13. The early bird price is still in place.

Get – Dialogue Search for Final Cut Pro

March 19, 2011, 09:31 AM

http://digitalfilms.wordpress.com/2011/03/18/get--...

AV3 Software’s Get application was one of the highlights at last year’s NAB. Based on the same Nexidia search engine as Avid’s ScriptSync, Get brings dialogue-based search capabilities to Apple Final Cut Pro and eventually other editing applications. (In fact, Avid has recently introduced PhraseFind, which is Nexidia’s implementation of the same technology within the Media Composer 5.5 application.)

NAB 2011: Show Me the Toys

March 18, 2011, 01:51 PM

http://www.btlnews.com/gear/nab-2011-show-me-the-t...

I’m worried. Ordinarily, an industry journalist at this time of year is forced into an undignified clamber over huge drifts of pre-NAB press releases just to reach the mailbox, but this year it’s been suspiciously quiet. More experienced hands tell me that this isn’t necessarily a bad sign, though, and I shouldn’t expect to turn up in Vegas and find that NAB 2011 comprises three people clustered around an Arri Alexa – although if this turns out to be the case, you will read about it he...

How To: After Effects Green Screen Key

March 18, 2011, 01:50 PM

http://charlesheureaux.com/2011/03/18/green-screen...

The long-awaited tutorial, How to key a green screen as arrived. In todays lesson will spend roughly 7 minutes learning a three-step technique to properly key a green screen. If you follow these steps below you should be able to do so.

Final Cut Friday

March 18, 2011, 10:30 AM

http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/blog/2011/03/17/fi...

Thunderbolt!

March 18, 2011, 10:29 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/editingpost...

You’ve likely heard about the new interconnect technology called Thunderbolt. With two 10 Gbit/sec channels this has some interconnect power, at budget pricing. It’ll make a big difference when momentum gathers.