INTERVIEW WITH 'THE BIGGER PITCHER'

December 22, 2010, 09:26 AM

http://www.elskid.com/blog/interview-with-the-bigg...

Contrary to what you might believe I actually hate being in front of the camera. I’m not entirely sure why but I squirm badly. It’s possibly because I’m so aware of what the person on the other side of it is doing and, how they’re doing it, that I can’t stand it. Jan Bednarz and I were recently interviewed for the Bigger Pitcher, a new website bringing together all the filmmaking comps, pitching opportunities and other titbits for UK filmmakers. We talk about the opportunities for youn...

Arri Alexa Avid workflow

December 22, 2010, 09:22 AM

http://neilsadwelkar.blogspot.com/2010/12/arri-ale...

I keep getting asked about the workflow for editing with Arri Alexa media. Here, people mostly refer to the Apple ProRes 4444 Quicktime movies that the Alexa shoots. In India, as far as I know, we don't (yet) have an Alexa equipped with a Arri RAW recorder, hence ProRes 4444 is, for the moment, Arri Alexa media.

"Fix It In Pre"

December 21, 2010, 08:19 PM

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Christian Glawe is a veteran Editor/Designer/Compositor based in West Hollywood, California. With over 16 years experience in post-production, he has edited and/or designed a wide variety of broadcast and non-broadcast programming for Travel Channel, Discovery Channel, Lifetime Television, WB Network, G4 Television, Speed Channel, TV Guide Network, Time Warner, The Wilderness Society, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Jerry Springer Show, The United States Air Force, among others. Christian has...

Contenders – Editors Kirk Baxter and Angus W

December 21, 2010, 07:26 PM

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Avid Screencast Special Announcement

December 21, 2010, 11:31 AM

http://avidscreencast.com/2010/12/special-announce...

Starting January 1st, I’ll have a new job. While that’s a good thing, it also means a lot more work. So more work plus wanting to spend time with my family now and again means less time for the podcast. Right now, I’m doing a show a week, and I’m spending pretty much a whole day on each show.

GUEST POSTS GALORE: NOFILMSCHOOL & CONVERGENCE

December 20, 2010, 06:03 PM

http://www.elskid.com/blog/guest-posts-galore-nofi...

Over the last few weeks I’ve been doing a series of guest posts on the excellent Nofilmschool.com site, run by Ryan Koo. The posts are an in-depth look at what I’ve learned about online video, and in particular, playing the YouTube game, whilst putting the Super Massive Raver project together and you can find part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here. Warning: part 3 is controversial...

Meet broadcast specs. using plug-ins for FCP

December 20, 2010, 06:01 PM

http://www.macvideo.tv/editing/interviews/?article...

These plug-ins for Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and Soundtrack Pro, enable you to meet broadcast requirements with regards to perceptual loudness, peaking, and all video technical requirements.

Review: Singular Software DualEyes

December 20, 2010, 08:28 AM

http://auscamonline.com/issue/october-2010/article...

This program uses the same pattern recognition approach to synchronising audio, but gives it a neat twist. It also offers several other clever tricks that I’ll describe in this review.

G-Technology: choosing content for storage creatio

December 20, 2010, 08:23 AM

http://www.macvideo.tv/editing/features/index.cfm?...

In this presentation by G-Technology you’ll learn important things to consider when choosing storage for content creation – including the most popular video codecs and associated data rates, what a RAID is and why it is important, external storage interfaces and associated performance, hard drive options.

Stocking Stuffers for Editors

December 19, 2010, 12:28 PM

http://digitalfilms.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/stock...

Whether it’s the holiday season or just taxes, the end of the year is often a time when production and post folks add a few goodies to their toolkits. Here are just a few suggestions of things to put under the tree for that editor in your life.