Bluefish444 Craige Mott, Managing Director

September 3, 2012, 02:19 PM

http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/bluefishcraige...

In the production market, the two workflow trends I see as continuing to gather speed are the adoption of 4K resolutions and the increased use of camera manufacturer's RAW formats. 4K resolutions have been around awhile, but there have been very few native 4K monitoring options. This is starting to change quickly.

PBS NGIS Adopts MPEG-4

September 3, 2012, 02:18 PM

http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/pbs-ngis-adopt...

ARLINGTON, VA.-The decade-long buildout of the Next Generation Interconnection System at PBS is currently on track to mark its latest milestone on Sept. 17 when the public network converts the totality of its satellite distribution equipment from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4. The overall NGIS project is projected to be fully completed by late 2016.

FCPX - Primary and Secondary Grading

September 3, 2012, 02:17 PM

http://www.macprovideo.com/hub/final-cut/a-guide-t...

Even if the edit looks good, the shots themselves probably need a little work. Lighting changes from shot to shot, cameras left on auto white balance change their minds, and different cameras often interpret the world slightly differently. Your first job should be to make the shots match in exposure, and then color.

Tackling Challenging Edits

September 3, 2012, 08:09 AM

http://jonnyelwyn.co.uk/film-and-video-editing/tac...

Inside two difficult edits As an editor I'm always on the look out for other editors talking about their craft, and often the most interesting stories are how they solved the problems that inevitably appear. Thanks to Twitter two such...

September 2012 - Event

September 3, 2012, 08:09 AM

http://lappg.com/september-2012/

DaVinci Resolve 9 Tutorials

September 3, 2012, 08:09 AM

http://jonnyelwyn.co.uk/tutorials-for-film-post-pr...

DaVinci Resolve 9 Tutorials Warren Eagles from the ICA has recently posted these two tutorials on DaVinci Resolve 9. The first 'tutorial' is actually Warren talking through his 5 favourite new features in V9 of the software and the second...

Create custom star fields and particle animations

September 3, 2012, 08:09 AM

http://fcp.co/final-cut-pro/news/912-create-custom...

We have featured ReelPath's plugins here before on FCP.co, but only came across Star Wizard whilst researching for another story. ReelPath has released a custom USD25 Final Cut Pro X particle generator to give you stars, sparkles, trails and more.

Create/animate 3D cogs in AE - Pt 2

September 3, 2012, 08:04 AM

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

Thanks to the new 3D capabilities of After Effects CS6, you can create and animate 3D cogs and gears inside of After Effects without the need for a true 3D program.

Create/animate 3D cogs in AE - Pt 1

September 3, 2012, 08:04 AM

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

Sometimes jobs turn out to be more complicated than you expect them to. Animating cogs and gears can be like that - it sounds like a nice idea, it's easy enough to arrange some stock photos of cogs together on a storyboard, but as soon as you try to animate them then things can turn pear shaped.

Free After Effects Preset: Handheld Camera

September 3, 2012, 08:01 AM

http://cineblur.com/handheld-camera/

Ah, ye ol' handheld look. Personally, I love the handheld look in films. If you have a clip that was shot on a tripod, or motion graphics that you want to add realistic motion to, you can easily add handheld "shake" with this simple After Effects preset.