RED updates REDCINE-X with 2 big features

September 14, 2010, 09:27 AM

http://www.studiodaily.com/blog/?p=4222

When RED introduced REDCINE-X it took the moderately useful and occasionally maddening REDCINE and turned it into an actual usable application. The best thing about this essential RED workflow tool is that it’s in a constant state of being upgraded with bug fixes and new features ... and it is free! This past weekend RED posted yet another new version of their Useful Tool with two big features: 3D stereo support and R3D trimming.

Want to get the hand tool back in CS5?

September 13, 2010, 07:36 PM

http://blog.youdownwithfcp.com/2010/09/13/want-to-...

We recently upgraded to cs5, and for everything good that it does, it also has a few weird quirks. The most notable is that using the space bar to temporarily select the move tool (the one that looks like a hand) does not work. This is a known issue, but it still sucks. The only workaround is equally quirky: shut down your web browsers. I can’t say why it happens, but hopefully that one trick will keep you from throwing your machine against a wall. I was really close!

IBC 2010 Day 1 and 2

September 12, 2010, 02:56 PM

http://neilsadwelkar.blogspot.com/2010/09/ibc-2010...

Avid released a software version of DS. This will have all the features of a 'real DS' including HD, 2k, 4k, conforming and finishing. Anyone who has relied upon Avid's media management, conform, relink, decompose, consolidate, will have a respect for this software over any other. Even Smoke.

Putting the Flow in Workflow

September 11, 2010, 06:16 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/magazine.cfm?ArticleI...

It is often considered that necessity is the mother of invention. For the motion picture industry, that might be modified to read "Emerging technologies are the mother of invention." In other words, how we work, and the creativity that results from these endeavors, are highly dependent upon the palette of available picture editorial, sound editorial and re-recording mixing tools.

September 11, 2010, 06:15 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/magazine.cfm?ArticleI...

Working in 3-D literally add-ed a new dimension of difficulty for picture editorial on Resident Evil: Afterlife. During the post-production process, editor Niven Howie, visual effects editor Mark Herman and first assistant Ben Howdeshell discussed how they worked stereoscopically on the film with Editors Guild Magazine. Following are excerpts from that conversation.

TAIL POP: Miller's Crossing

September 11, 2010, 06:14 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/magazine.cfm?ArticleI...

I have always been envious of those who came to the business because of their love and passion for films. I was born into the film industry and didn’t appreciate my proximity. My father, Larry Heath, was a film editor. The studio was not a mythical place where movie magic happened. It was the place where my dad went to work. As a child, I would join him in the cutting room––more as a parenting responsibility than an opportunity for a father to pass on his craft. I enjoyed the special...

Here Cuts Mr. Jordan

September 11, 2010, 06:13 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/magazine.cfm?ArticleI...

Why should a Final Cut editor even bother with this book?" asks Larry Jordan. "Does the world need another book on Adobe Photoshop or Apple Final Cut Studio?" Jordan, as the author of said book, responds to his own question in the affirmative. Why? Because editors have three essential goals. First is to complete projects on deadline and on budget. Second is to produce quality work that meets the client’s specifications. Third, and not least of all, is to keep the work interesting for...

No really, I’d love to hear about your workflow!

September 11, 2010, 11:13 AM

http://blog.youdownwithfcp.com/2010/09/11/no-reall...

During a recent double over-nighter I found myself thinking about workflows. And the nitty gritty stuff too, like how frequently people version their project files, how they name their assets, and how they arrange their folder structures. I would really love to hear from anyone about the nuts and bolts of how you go about "going about your business" I know this is probably boring stuff to most people, but it can make or break a workplace. Here’s a list of other possible things to talk about.

What sort of postings do you want from Adobe?

September 11, 2010, 11:09 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/adobe/story...

Like everyone else, I’ve started a blog, gotten into a blog, regularly contributed to a blog, added to the blog, expanded the blog, touted the blog and ultimately...forgotten the blog. Actually, I never forgot about it and I’ve put in entries now and again, but working for Adobe, you’ve got to focus on what’s most important and sadly, though I love it, the blog languished and the petals fell off of the blossom.Well, I’m not out of the woods yet and I can’t remember ever being more bu...

Workflow Junkies Eps 30 - Final Cut Maintenance

September 10, 2010, 03:57 PM

http://www.workflowjunkies.com/2010/09/10/episode-...