Feb 22, 2012

Tonight the C.C.E. are having another great filled night with a Q&A period. Join us for a great night as Editors Lisa Grootenboer, C.C.E., Wendy Hallam Martin, C.C.E., Co-Producer Bill Goddard and Visual Effects Producer Bill Halliday present scenes from The Borgias and The Tudors and share their insights with us. Following the Q&A will be social time...

Feb 16, 2012

Last week I discussed the evolution of cameras from pro to consumer, and how the technology has changed. This week  I thought I would follow up, and discuss the evolution of the edit suite. Editors have long worked in “ caves”, working tireless through hundreds of hours of footage, to put together a story that the audience finds engaging. The very first...

Feb 15, 2012

FCPX has recently been updated since my review of FCPX. We are also now seeing supports for 3 party plugins into FCPX. Noise Industry has released a new plugin for FCPX.  They are well known for producing great plugins such as FXFactory Pro and StereoTool box 3D.  This time they have released a new plugin for creating various color looks, and grading called...

Feb 9, 2012

A good friend of mine and well known filmmaker and DP Philip Bloom recently asked me to write a guest post for his website. The subject would be Avid Media Composer 6, its new features, and it’s place in the post-production market.  Philip has been an Avid editor, but because previously Avid required proprietary hardware the cost was too expensive to use...

Feb 5, 2012

This week has been a busy one, as I have been involved in a few Avid workshops. The week began with York University where I was instructing local student to the basics of Avid Media Composer 6. The students at York University had all been trained on Final Cut Pro 7.  I was invited to speak at York University about the basics of Avid and how the industry has...