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Avid Media Composer Power Tips 14 Jun 2013 | 01:35 am
Avid Media Composer might seem daunting to new users, but here are several “power user” tips to improve your editing experience. 1. Managing Bin Data Custom Sift – Creating filtering values for column...
Making FCP X Work For You, Part 2 1 Jun 2013 | 05:03 pm
Let me dive a bit deeper into last week’s post about working with Final Cut Pro X. Although fun, powerful and intuitive, FCP X can also be quite frustrating. Unlike any other NLE software, FCP X needs...
Making FCP X Work For You 25 May 2013 | 10:47 pm
Final Cut Pro X is steadily gaining numbers among professional editors as Apple integrates more features in response to users’ needs. Unlike the previous iterations of Final Cut Studio – where everyth...
The Hobbit 19 May 2013 | 10:47 pm
Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was one of the most anticipated films of 2012. It broke new technological boundaries and presented many creative challenges to its editor. After worki...
Partly Cloudy 11 May 2013 | 04:48 pm
This past Monday at their Max event, Adobe clarified its plans going forward. Gone is the “next” label, as well as any mention of “Creative Suite 7”. Henceforth, nearly all of Adobe’s content creation...
Autodesk Smoke 2013 2 May 2013 | 09:20 pm
Autodesk attracted a lot of attention last year with the revamped version of Smoke for Mac OS X. I had originally been working on a review with the earlier version (Smoke 2012), but held off when I fo...
Phil Spector 20 Apr 2013 | 11:44 pm
Phil Spector became famous as a music industry icon. The legendary producer, who originated the “wall of sound” production technique of densely-layered arrangements, worked with a wide range of acts, ...
Road Warrior Bags 20 Apr 2013 | 11:21 pm
I usually don’t write these types of product reviews. Most of my entries focus on post production software and techniques, but in a way this is related. As more and more editors ply their trade with t...
NAB 2013 Distilled 13 Apr 2013 | 07:16 pm
Another year – another NAB exhibition. A lot of fun stuff to see. Plenty of innovation and advances, but no single “shocker” like last year’s introduction of the Blackmagic Cinema Camera. Here are som...
FCP X Color Board Presets 30 Mar 2013 | 07:50 pm
Apple’s Final Cut Pro X includes a deceptively simply – often confusing – yet extremely powerful color correction tool, commonly known as the Color Board. Custom grading “looks” are all the rage and F...
