Nov 15, 2011

The holiday season is fast approaching.  Now is the time we all start thinking or shopping for gifts. What do get for that budding editor or videographer in the family? Well the answer might just be the ioSafe Solo Pro. I recently I took the ioSafe Solo drive through a rigorous durability test.  The ioSafe is able to withstand fire and water. It is similar to...

Nov 8, 2011

People often look at films and videos as form of entertainment. However films are often used to communicate and connect with others. Directors often use film to covey their own personal ideas or themes. Films can resonate with the audience on an emotional level, that we  can then share with others. Even controversial topics often bring people together on...

Nov 3, 2011

  Today Avid Avid announced Media Composer version 6, Symphony version 6 and NewsCutter version 10 . Avid matins they acer deeply committed to professionals, and are pleased to announce that all of these new applications are 64 bit native. Avid Media Composer 6.0 has been rebuilt from the core on an entirely new open, 64-bit architecture. Avid is also...

Nov 2, 2011

Technology plays a major role in post production as now everything we edit from the latest hollywood blockbuster to the your home videos is all done on a PC. Gone are the days of tape editing and neg cutting, replaced by computers. Editing has gone from large rooms with giant computers to small laptops with faster processing and renders times. Over the past...

Oct 25, 2011

Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year.  It a time to let your creative mind go absolutely crazy with ideas to entertain and scare your friends with. I personally enjoy some time in front of the couch watching some of my old horror films. It’s amazing to watch films I had created back in high school, or even University.  Creating effects and tone...

Oct 25, 2011

The CCE and Art of the Guillotine will be testing live streaming technology at the upcoming panel.  It will be a single camera set up covering the panel and can be viewed on Art of the Guillotine’s site.  Members are welcome to submit questions via the live chat or twitter either by #aotglive or #ccelive during the question period.  Please keep in mind...

Oct 24, 2011

Blackmagic Design recently announced much anticipated Resolve 8.1 update is now available, as a free download for existing Resolve users. The update includes Includes Final Cut Pro X XML round trip support, ACES colorspace support, Avid AAF and round trip for Avid Media Composer, new editing features, layer node effects and more. This new update includes some...

Oct 19, 2011

Over the past few weeks the folks over at Fast Forward Video have given me the opportunity to test out their sideKick HD. The sideKick HD allows you to capture the highest quality video, with a straight to edit workflow. The sideKick HD is capable of recording directly from the camera up to 10 bit precision, 220Mbit/s , 4:2:2 sampling using Apple ProRes 422...

Oct 18, 2011

Often as filmmakers and editors we are tied to our edit suites into the wee hours in the morning. Only to emerge from our caves for a quick coffee, or to collect ourselves in order to gain insight on the scene we are working on. But what if we need help from the community or have questions regarding technology?  Where do we turn too? Well connecting with others...