7 Comments APPLE’S CRYPTIC ANNOUNCEMENT: FOR FIL

November 16, 2010, 10:02 AM

http://www.elskid.com/blog/apples-cryptic-announce...

The promise is that they’ll be announcing something incredible on the morrow. The Mac nerds have all been crowding busily around the precious warmth of this latest piece of marketing sleight of hand, because it’s been a chilly old time at the altar of Mac. Lots of noise but nothing really that exciting.

Autodesk Smoke for Mac OS X 2011 Beta Sight

November 16, 2010, 10:00 AM

http://digitalcontentproducer.com/desktoppost/dept...

One of the main concerns in any facility when installing a new suite is downtime, or how often the room will not be making money. Downtime can occur for a number of reasons: technical issues, lack of operators, or in the worst case, lack of jobs appropriate for that room. Flexibility is key, and being able to switch a room on the fly from editorial to graphics to finishing is the key to finding the most billable hours and maximizing return on investment.

Is Clip Used? (in FCP Sequences)

November 16, 2010, 09:59 AM

http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2010/11/is-clip-used...

Is Clip Used? is an applet that shows as a menu item in the right-hand side of the menu bar. Choose the Browser column to use for the sequence name or names from the menu. The name of the Sequence or Sequences where the clip is used will be updated in the chosen column of the project immediately.

AJA to Deliver Stereo 3D Workflow for Kona 3G

November 16, 2010, 09:57 AM

http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/12725.html

CineForm, creator of high-fidelity compression-based workflow solutions for the post production marketplace, announced today that it has teamed up with AJA to offer full stereo 3D workflow support for the newly launched KONA 3G card, the multi-format SD/HD/Dual Link/3G/2K video I/O hardware for Mac.

demonstration of Da Vinci Resolve on Mac

November 15, 2010, 03:58 PM

http://www.macvideo.tv/editing/features/?articleid...

Blackmagic Design EMEA Resolve Specialist, Dan Moran demonstrates the world's most advanced colour correction software. Using raw video files, Dan takes everyday clips through the colour correction process and demonstrate key features such as primary and secondary correction, tracking and keying. Prior to Blackmagic Design takeover of DaVinci, you could only buy bespoke systems which started at $100,000.00 for your most basic system with systems costing $200 - $250k. Now you can step in...

edit from the beach, upload in the bay

November 15, 2010, 02:08 PM

http://blog.youdownwithfcp.com/2010/11/15/edit-fro...

I spend a lot of words here showing how to automate things so that editors can "set it and forget it". The reason for that is that there is nothing worse than having to wait around for an hour watching your computer work. Well, there sometimes isn’t any way to automate the "next step", but this will enable you to hit render, go home and then do the rest from home! Here’s how.

AJA to Deliver Stereo 3D Workflow Support

November 15, 2010, 11:16 AM

http://bourkepr.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/11/cool...

MTMP launches sale of LTO-5 storage solutions

November 15, 2010, 11:15 AM

http://www.studiodaily.com/blog/?p=4770

LTO isn’t just about archiving any more. That’s the message from George Anderson, principal/COO, and Dvid L. Tumbo, principal and CTO, of the new company Media Technology Market Partners (MTMP), a sales and marketing firm to deliver high-value solutions from solid providers. The company worked in conjunction with SMPTE’s Hollywood chapter to produce a panel on LTO-5 technology and its LTFS file system on November 16.

Movember Linkage

November 15, 2010, 11:14 AM

http://www.scottsimmons.tv/blog/2010/11/14/linkage...

Here's Scott Simmons monthly list of links.!

Film editing with Albert Brooks

November 15, 2010, 10:45 AM

https://www.aotg.com/film-editing-with-albert-brooks/

You may have seen this before but people keep sending it to me so I thought I'd repost it.