Post in the Field

September 1, 2010, 10:28 AM

http://digitalcontentproducer.com/workflow/post_in...

What I set out to prove with LightIRON Digital was that you can take it with you, at least in terms of postproduction service. Though LightIRON is a Hollywood post company that focuses on end-to-end file-based workflows, we have developed a virtual on-set extension of ourselves housed in a wheeled cart no bigger than a mini bar fridge (beer not included). Dubbed "LightIRON Outpost," it is designed for file-based camera shoots, and can store, back up and turn around dailies in realtime right...

Automatic Duck Pro Import AE 5.0 Review

September 1, 2010, 10:27 AM

http://www.videography.com/article/98062

Even though many NLE vendors are integrating the ability to import AAF and XML project formats, Automatic Duck remains the leader in timeline translation. The company started in 2001 with Pro Import for After Effects. The main goal at that time was to move Avid Media Composer sequences into After Effects for advanced compositing work.

Tapeless Workflow and Slow Motion

August 31, 2010, 07:09 PM

http://lfhd.net/2010/08/31/tutorials-tapeless-work...

This covers P2 (AVCIntra and DVCPRO HD), AVCHD, Canon DSLR (5D, 7D and T2i)...and one possible RED workflow. The basic workflow on getting footage off the cards and into FCP for editing.

Review: Get - Phonetic searching for Final Cut Pro

August 31, 2010, 07:07 PM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/ssimmons/st...

Rarevision 5DtoRGB vs MPEG Streamclip 4 transcode

August 31, 2010, 10:36 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/freshdv/sto...

There’s a new transcoding tool making the rounds on that newfangled Twitter thingy the kids are using these days, it’s called Rarevision 5DtoRGB. It’s a free app for Mac users that they claim offers a much higher quality conversion from H.264 DSLR raw footage to an editing codec (ProRes is a common choice, in one of several flavors and bitrates). Two blogs have done some comparison testing between this new tool and MPEG Streamclip...

Royalty-free H.264 may clear way for HTML5

August 31, 2010, 10:35 AM

http://www.macvideo.tv/encoding/news/?newsid=32373...

MPEG LA, the firm that controls licensing for a number of video and other standards, announced on Thursday that it will never charge any royalties for Internet video encoded using the H.264 standard that Apple favours, as long as that video is free to end-users.

5DtoRGB is another 5D transcoding option

August 30, 2010, 11:02 AM

http://www.studiodaily.com/blog/?p=4042

We certainly have no shortage of ways to convert Canon DSLR H.264 footage into a more editable format for Final Cut Pro. There’s Compressor, MPEG Streamclip, Magic Bullet Grinder, the Canon Eos Movie Plug-in E1 as well as Cineform’s NeoScene. And that’s not even mentioning Final Cut Pro’s own conversion ability via Media Manager. There’s another option that’s been making the rounds of Twitter this weekend called 5DtoRGB.

vimeo export settings for FCP users

August 30, 2010, 07:02 AM

http://uniquedesigners.wordpress.com/workflow/vime...

"some" vimeo settings for FCP & QT users

Introducing AV Foundation and the future of QT

August 29, 2010, 10:29 AM

http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2010/08/introduction...

QuickTime – the real OS-centric media framework, not the little sub applications that function as players – is transitioning from C APIs (Carbon) to Cocoa via QT Kit. Trouble is, QT Kit got a lot of work around QuickTime 7’s release, but not so much in recent years. And yet Final Cut Pro needs a lot of what’s not written, before it can release a Cocoa version of Final Cut Pro.

Episode 6 - FCP and Quicktime

August 28, 2010, 06:09 PM

http://www.theterenceandphilipshow.com/2010/08/epi...

The episode when Philip explains how QuickTime’s flexibility caused difficulties when imported to Final Cut Pro, which leads to a discussion on what is QuickTime; how the event-based nature of QuickTime isn’t ideal for video and what would need to change. Plus what is a framework, QTKit and what development has happened in the Cocoa-ization of QuickTime, necessary for any future Cocoa 64 bit Final Cut Pro. And a short discussion on the pleasures of Flash.