It started in earnest last year and has no sign of abating. Videographers are clearly in the midst of two revolutions: tapeless recording and the use of the hybrid still/video camera (HDSLR). The tapeless future started with P2 and XDCAM, but these storage devices have been joined by other options, including Compact Flash, SD and [...]
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Tips for Small Camera and Hybrid DSLR Production
Posted in business, misc, television, workflows, tagged Canon 5D, HDSLR, media, Nikon D3s, photography, workflows on November 6, 2009 | Comments Off
AJA Ki Pro
Posted in Final Cut Pro, editing, misc, video, tagged AJA, editing, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, video on October 30, 2009 | Comments Off
If you thought that there were more than enough tapeless recording devices already on the market by Focus Enhancements, Edirol and Convergent Designs, you would only be partially right. The AJA Ki Pro sparked a lot of enthusiasm at NAB 2009. While it clearly offers cameramen many benefits, it also provides some opportunities for the [...]
Blackmagic Design UltraScope
Posted in media, misc, television, video, tagged television, video on October 24, 2009 | Comments Off
Blackmagic Design’s UltraScope gained a lot of buzz at NAB 2009. In a time when fewer facilities are spending precious budget dollars on high-end video and technical monitors, the UltraScope seems to fit the bill for a high-quality, but low-cost waveform monitor and vectorscope. It doesn’t answer all needs, but if you are interested in [...]
Canon EOS 5D Mark II in the real world
Posted in Avid, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, My Projects, RED, editing, misc, workflows, tagged Avid, Canon 5D, editing, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, RED on August 15, 2009 | Comments Off
A case study on dealing with Canon 5D Mk2 footage on actual productions.
You could say that it started with Panasonic and Nikon, but it wasn’t until professional photographer Vincent Laforet posted his ground-breaking short film Reverie, that the idea of a shooting video with a DSLR (digital single lens reflex) camera caught everyone’s imagination. The [...]
A little mocha in your video?
Posted in Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, animation, editing, graphics, misc, tagged Adobe, After Effects, editing, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, mocha, tracking on July 19, 2009 | Comments Off
Tracking is the key to believable visual effects and one of the leaders in this technology is Imagineer Systems. Mocha, a 2D standalone tracker, is one of their better known products. If you purchased one of Adobe’s Creative Suite 4 bundles that included After Effects, then you already own mocha for After Effects, whether you [...]
