May 14, 2012

  After our successfull Post Chat live Meet up at NAB , the Post Chat crew has added a second live event here in Toronto!!! Come Join us for evening of fun and prizes. I am sure there were be also plenty of you tweeting. If you are wondering what is the live event all about ? Hit up our Facebook Page to see photos from our NAB Event,and see our grand...

May 9, 2012

SugarFX has released a new plugin for for FCPX known as Punchline. The plugin provides you with a collection of tittles and transitions elements that are broadcast ready . Punchline comes with a collection of 32 HD elements, that are all customizable and easy to adjust right within FCPX. Crating titles using Punchline is really intuitive. Simple locate the...

Apr 25, 2012

NAB 2012 has come to close. I know actually that happened last week, but I have been busy jumping back right into the thic of things as soon as I got back. I had a lot to catch up on. NAB this year was again filled with a ton of new gear in both production and post-production. The most exciting pieces were BlackMagic Design’s Cinema Camera, Sony F700, Adobe...

Apr 23, 2012

BlackMagic Design has recently announced the introduction of a brand new camera known as the BlackMagic Design Cinema Camera. The camera was first introduced last week at NAB at the low price of $2995!! The camera comes boasting a 13 stop Dynamic Range, interchangeable lenses, and a resolution of 2.5k . The images are captured to a 12-bit Raw file onto a SSD. In...

Apr 23, 2012

If you follow Post Chat on twitter then you know it’s basically a twitter only venue. However that has all changed now. Due to massive popular demand, and thanks to the great feedback from NAB this year, we now have a Facebook group for Post Chat. Feel free to join us here for the Post Chat Facebook Group.   Postchat is a weekly twitter-based chat,...

Apr 11, 2012

Avid has just announced an unprecedented limited-time cross-grade promotion on Avid Symphony 6 software that will represent an over 80% discount. Avid Symphony 6 is available to all qualified Avid and Final Cut Pro customers at the special price of only $999 (USD). This limited-time offer expires June 15, 2012.  For eligibility requirements and more...

Apr 2, 2012

Sony has recently announced a brand new camera  to follow up the FS100 and compete with the well received Canon C300 known as the Sony NEX-FS700. The camera is capable of shooting conventional 1080p, and 4K. Yes I said 4K. The Super 35mm image sensor will initially shoot 1080p but as Sony said it’s 4K ready. this means that down the road Sony is planing to...

Mar 18, 2012

In the world of pristine HD picture quality, it is often difficult to get a more grittier film look; Adding film grain in post is often a difficult task with various techniques used. However, there is now an easier and more efficient way to get the desired look you are searching for. CineGrain provides you with the tools you need to get that coveted filmic...

Mar 7, 2012

A couple of weeks ago I reviewed a plugin for FCPX  known as Yanobox Moods. This week I have another review  for FCPX designed by Industrial Revolution and is known as called XEffects Tech. This plugin comes within the mainFXFactory installer from Noise Industries. XEffects Tech is a plugin that comes packed with 28 different transition effects. It’s...

Mar 1, 2012

Singular Software is very famous for their audio and video syncing application for Final Cut Pro 7 known as PluralEyes. Their program had quickly become almost a standard installation on most FCP edit suites. Now that FCPX has made it’s debut, Singular Software has also updated PluralEyes to support FCPX. PluralEyes for FCPX supports dual system audio, and...

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 2, 2012

Avid  today announced the release of its first video editing application for the iPad—Avid Studio, available immediately at the Apple App Store.  As the first iPad app for video editing to offer frame-by-frame editing accuracy and access to all kinds of media, Avid Studio for iPad allows users to quickly and easily create and share exciting, highly...

Feb 1, 2012

Filmmaking has always been an art of passion. We do it because we love it. Over the years cameras and gear have played a big part in how we look at the world thorough the view finder. With the recent news that Kodak is going under. I though it was a great time to just take a look at some of the turning points and evolution of cameras for filmmaking in hollywood...

Jan 20, 2012

Avid has been working very hard at providing editors with the most professional tools, and best possible support. Avid introduced Avid Media Composer 5 which was ground breaking, and then took it further with Avid Media Composer 5.5. Now Avid has introduced a new 64 bit native Media Composer with even more powerful tools, known as Avid Media Composer 6. Avid has...