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Yesterday I had the privilege of speaking at a breakout session for the MCA-I Madison Spring seminar. The topic was tapeless post-production workflow (specifically for FCP, but we did briefly discuss Avid & Premiere Pro). I promised everyone there I would post links to resources and some of …
May 13, 2011
The Widescreen filter in Final Cut Pro can be anoying for two reasons: you have to apply it to each clip and it leaves transparent bars instead of a true matte. I've been using the method described here for quite some time now. Me being me, I assumed …
April 30, 2009
The topic comes up every now and then and I wanted to pose the question here: What is HD? I often hear people (and industry professionals) bicker about this camera or that format not being "real HD." The common arguments seem to be: 720p is not HD HDV …
March 19, 2009
Red just posted a quick preview of what the 2/3" Scarlet sensor can do. Shot with a Red Pro 100mm prime. The footage is heavily compressed, but looks remarkably good for a 2/3" sensor. [via @b_thomas]
March 13, 2009
In an announcement on the Reduser forum this morning, Jim Jannard of Red Digital Cinema has stated they are no longer working overtime to push the release of Scarlet and EPIC. These cameras are still in the pipeline, they have just moved to a more typical development schedule. …
February 18, 2009
A lengthy but interesting thread popped up on FCP-L. What started out as a simple off-topic post about the new Canon 5D-MkII evolved into tapeless vs tape, digital vs film, and even the evolution of nonlinear editing. At some point I will probably go through and pull out …
December 28, 2008
Zacuto recently held a camera shoot-out (video also embeded after the break) to compare image quality. Actually, it's more of a format comparison. The cameras/formats compared: 35mm Film Red One Sony EX3 Panasonic HVX200 (w/ Letus & Redrock Micro adapters) Panasonic HPX170 Panasonic HPX300 Canon XH-A1 Canon 5D …
December 11, 2008
According to ProVideo Coalition, a recent update to Final Cut Studio now supports R3D files. At least, the same way it handles P2: re-wrapped as QT files. We could always transcode to ProRes or work with proxies, but this now gives us the ability to work with the …
November 21, 2008
If ever there was pro-gadget porn, this is it. Basic info for the Scarlet and Epic: Scarlet 2/3", S35, or FF35 sensor 3k-6k resolutions $2,500-$12,000 (body only) Epic S35, FF35, or 645(!) sensor 5k-9k resolutions $28,000-$45,000 (body only) Or you can get 28k for $55,000. What? To jump …
November 13, 2008
Wired has a piece up about the new breed of DSLRs with the ability to shoot HD video. Now, the main objective of the piece is to point out that new chip designs have lead to this ability, but I take issue with comments like this: "The single …
October 10, 2008

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