Which ProRes quality level is Good Enough

February 22, 2011, 09:05 AM

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So I wanted to share some personal findings after working heavily with DSLRs for about a year and a half now. I’ve been converting most of my DSLR footage to ProRes LT for post-production, and have found it to be a good size-to-quality happy medium. In most cases, my projects will end up on DVD, web, or some kind of Standard Definition delivery, so LT allows me to strike a quality compromise that tends to be invisible after output...

Attack of the Minis

February 21, 2011, 09:44 PM

http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2011/02/attack-of-th...

Light Peak is an interesting technology and one I want to see sooner rather than later. Essentially it’s one connector for all purposes: peripherals (storage, i/o), networking (short distances in first release, longer later) and a replacement for the connectors we use now (which will largely work with adapters. The only protocol that may not run over Light Peak is USB 3, but USB 1 & 2; FireWire 400/800, eSATA...

After Effects Free Video: Arranging Layers

February 21, 2011, 09:42 PM

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As we mentioned earlier, we’re creating a video training series based on our popular beginner’s book After Effects Apprentice, which progresses from "I haven’t used it before" through core skills including keyframing, masking, text animation, and 3D space to advanced techniques such as motion tracking, green screen, and expressions. The second course is based on the Basic Animation section of the book, where we guide you...

Add Virtual Cuts to a Clip Based on the Tracks

February 21, 2011, 02:41 PM

http://www.evanschiff.com/bd/articles/add-virtual-...

Ever needed to add cuts to a clip at the edit points of each shot inside that clip? Yeah, me too. I’m sure this has uses outside of the feature film world, but since features are what I know, I’ll explain this using an example from doing a DI.

Beaten by the company who works for free

February 21, 2011, 02:29 PM

http://www.macvideo.tv/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=326...

Quoted on a job in the last week. A good deal for the client, a good job for me. I was tentatively booked and asked to find someone else to do second camera. Everything lined up, ready to move on the job.

Sony Vegas Pro 10 Mini Review

February 21, 2011, 02:26 PM

http://www.videoguys.com/Blog/PL/0xe9e511956a5c362...

I’m going to do something I don’t think I’ve ever done before. I am going to highly recommend a program that runs only on Windows. In fact, I am going to recommend a program that’s so good, I bought an HP laptop running Windows 7 JUST so I could run Sony VEGAS’ Professional NLE. Nobody is more shocked than me.

Change multiple FCP audio clip levels at once

February 21, 2011, 02:25 PM

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This Reader Quicktip comes from Matt Larson and is sort of a workaround for Final Cut Pro lack of ability to change source audio parameters of multiple clips at once. It’s the kind of thing that can come in very handy when you have a very full bin of clips and changing them one at a time isn’t an option.

Get a Better Editing Workflow

February 21, 2011, 02:23 PM

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DSLR Moire Filter, v.1.01 of feb 16 2011

February 21, 2011, 02:22 PM

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CinemaEditor Reviews Avid Agility

February 21, 2011, 02:19 PM

http://splicenow.com/2011/02/21/cinemaeditor-revie...

My special thanks to Edgar Burcksen for a great review of Avid Agility in the American Cinema Editor’s magazine, CinemaEditor. Hot off the presses, the latest issue was distributed at A.C.E.’s terrific Eddie Awards ceremony Saturday night and should be in members’ mailboxes and on select newsstands shortly. My heartfelt congratulations to all the winners and honorees, including Burcksen himself, who, along with Vincent Lo Brutto, took home the Robert Wise Award for writing about editing.