Avid Agility at Amazon / PDF Samples

September 26, 2010, 11:51 AM

http://splicehere.org/2010/09/25/avid-agility-at-a...

For those of you curious to get a look at the merchandise, I've uploaded some sample pages from Avid Agility. To make the files small, image quality is somewhat degraded, but I think you'll get the idea. You can purchase the book from the publisher, CreateSpace, and now from Amazon, as well. (Amazon's "look inside" feature will be live in a couple of days.)

RTN 2007: Walter Murch

September 25, 2010, 08:26 AM

http://roadtripnation.com/waltermurch

Fortunately for Walter, he discovered at an early age that he had a gift for sound recording, even though he didn't take his youthful experiments seriously until after he had explored other paths, including architecture and oceanography. Always eager to push things and see what happens, he found himself in good company at USC film school, where he met George Lucas, another graduate student whom instructors identified as a troublemaker for daring to challenge cinematic conventions...

ASE Codec Lecture Part 2 of 12

September 24, 2010, 03:02 PM

http://www.artoftheguillotine.com/assocvideo.php

Australian Screen Editors presents "Demystifying Codecs", a seminar on video codecs by Chris Reynolds. This is part 2 of 12. Topics covered in this part include: Quicktime, AVI, Gamma, Prores, DNxHD, Uncompressed, P2, XDCAM EX, RED. Chris Reynolds is an editor at ActiveMotion. This event was held on 13 May 2009.

FxFactory Partner SUGARfx Releases New Bundle

September 24, 2010, 03:00 PM

http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/12580.html

Boston, MA – September 22, 2010 – Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, announced that FxFactory development partner SUGARfx has released a brand new collection of video editing tools and plug-ins in the form of LensPack; lens effects with a twist. FxFactory powered plug-ins are designed by Noise Industries and their development partners to extend the visual effects capabilities of Adobe After Effects, Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple...

Telestream Releases Episode 6 Video Encoding

September 24, 2010, 02:59 PM

http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/12584.html

Whale of an Edit

September 24, 2010, 02:38 PM

http://digitalcontentproducer.com/videoedsys/revfe...

It would seem that Liz Bronstein never sleeps. As executive producer of Animal Planet's Whale Wars, Bronstein oversees the creation of the dramatic documentary series, which is set in the remote Southern Ocean off the coast of Antarctica. It is there that the small fleet of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-whaling activist group, actively attempts to thwart the efforts of Japanese whaling vessels. Violent storms, equipment breakdowns, and fierce clashes between boats are the norm.

PICNIC FOR POST

September 24, 2010, 09:54 AM

https://www.editorsguild.com/FromTheGuild.cfm?From...

On Sunday, September 12, the Editors Guild hosted a family picnic at Calamigos Ranch, next to the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank. Serena Kung, the Guild’s Director of Membership Services organized the event. All told, there were just under 500 guests taking in the All-You-Can-Eat Barbeque and the family-friendly games.

We are so fortunate to be paid to be creative

September 23, 2010, 04:58 PM

http://ronsussmanedits.blogspot.com/2010/09/we-are...

Despite my pension for bitching about our business, which I will admit I tend to do a bit too much, I feel so fortunate that I am able to make a living doing something I enjoy. I am 50 years old and my passion for filmmaking hasn't subsided and has actually increased since I started freelancing a few years ago.

It needs to look like Avatar & we only have $5

September 23, 2010, 03:20 PM

http://ronsussmanedits.blogspot.com/2010/09/it-nee...

Occasionally, in the 20+ years that I have been a editor a client has presented storyboards with a budget that was far too low to effectively execute within their budgetary limitations. I would wonder were is the person at the agency telling the client that "these lofty and ambitious goals can not be done within their budget and here is an idea that will work with the money you have".

#40: Secondary Color Correction with Garbage Matte

September 23, 2010, 12:37 PM

http://avidscreencast.com/2010/09/40-secondary-col...

So you want to change the skin tones in a shot by doing a secondary color correction. You’re using the methods outlined in ASC #16 (and of course, they work incredibly well!), but there’s that nasty balloon in the shot that has a skin-tone-like color but that you don’t want to affect. What you need now, my friend, is a garbage matte. A garbage matte restricts the key to applying only to a specific section of the image.