Interview with Sally Menke

February 25, 2011, 09:14 AM

http://passionforcinema.com/club/topic/for-film-ed...

There’s one woman in the world who understands Quentin Tarantino better than anybody, and that’s Sally Menke. Since her work on Reservoir Dogs, Menke has cut every single one of Tarantino’s films, and for the last decade, she’s eschewed almost all other jobs to devote herself solely to the genre-blending auteur. This Sunday, Menke will be receiving the Lifetime Achievement honor at the Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards, and as Inglourious Basterds begins its transformation from unexpecte...

AZFCPUP Meeting Wrapup

February 25, 2011, 09:13 AM

http://azfcpug.org/2011/02/25/azfcpug-meetin-wrapu...

David and I want to thank everyone that was able to come to the meeting Wednesday night. We had pretty good attendance. Many thanks to James McGowan from Panasonic for doing the demo on the new AF-100 camera from Panasonic.

Adobe Digital Publishing Suite Supporting Major...

February 25, 2011, 09:10 AM

http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/2011022400729...

New Final Cut Pro Changes Described...

February 25, 2011, 09:09 AM

http://jeffvlog.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/next-fina...

Last week, Apple invited a small number of people including producer, director and editor Larry Jordan. Jordan is the head of Larry Jordan & Associates, Inc., which trains professionals and students with an emphasis on Apple’s Final Cut Studio.

News Intro Composition: Part One

February 25, 2011, 09:03 AM

http://library.creativecow.net/barenblat_neal/Cine...

In this tutorial, we'll begin a two-part project constructing a cool looking news intro composition. In part one, I'll show you some texture techniques, as well as using a combination of Mographs's Plain Effector and Delay effector to achieve some really smooth, really nice text animating into view. I'll also introduce my Softbox preset for Cinema 4D that I constructed inspired by GreyScale Gorilla's (no legal issues here - 100% self made).

The existence of a new FCP is confirmed!

February 24, 2011, 09:31 PM

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

By now everyone who’s ever edited a frame of video and has a web connection knows that Apple recently held an small, secret, invitation-only meeting at their headquarters in Cupertino where they previewed the next version of Final Cut Pro. This was an extremely unusual move as Apple rarely ever demos any of their products before they ship. The only real word that has come across from this meeting was a blurb on TechCrunch and a blog post from Larry Jordan.

HPA Tech Retreat: 3D TV is a Dud

February 24, 2011, 05:02 PM

http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/12963.html

Leaders in the Hollywood post production industry gathered in Rancho Mirage, CA, last week for the 17th annual Hollywood Post Alliance Tech Retreat. The event features in-depth presentations of the recent "hot" technical topics, and started off with a well received day focusing on "snowflake" workflows—that is, unique workflows developed to accommodate a range of projects, from films such as Tron: Legacy and The Social Network to TV shows including Justified and Community.

Interview with Melanie Golden, SAFTA Nominee

February 24, 2011, 05:01 PM

http://www.cutaway.co.za/post/3486472395/feature-f...

Hopeville was originally a 6 part drama series commissioned by Heartlines and SABC Education. Curious Pictures produced and John directed. So the movie came from the series. Which sounds simple but is quite a challenge.

Apple Unleashes Thunderbolt, New MacBook Pros

February 24, 2011, 05:00 PM

http://hollywoodreinvented.com/2011/02/apple-unlea...

Presumably, yesterday’s Final Cut Studio news was just a teaser from Apple for the barrage of important dynamic media related announcements the company unleashed today. Here’s a summary in reverse order of importance for those of us who create media for a living.

Master Metadata for Post-Production

February 24, 2011, 04:58 PM

http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2011/02/master-metad...

"Master Metadata for Post-Production." http://www.larryjordan.biz/sem/webinar_2010b.php#mar02 Metadata can be used for tracking media content, usage and rights management, but metadata – log notes – can also drive post production by automating tasks that aren’t a part of the creative process. Metadata driven post production frees editors to focus on creative outcomes. Nowhere is this more important than in Final Cut Pro.