Alex Lindsay

Alex Lindsay started his film career doing pre-vis for Star Wars: Episode 1 at Lucasfilm and then final shots as part of ILM's "Rebel Unit. From there, he founded dvGarage, which builds visual effects tools and training for filmmakers, and the Pixel Corps, a Guild for Digital Content Creators.


Monday, February 28, 2011

“Will Apple Release a New Final Cut Pro Studio and What Will Be New?”

Alex Lindsay | 02/28- 10:27 AM

As we near NAB, it’s one of the top questions I am asked…

Here’s my uneducated guess (meaning, I’ve been careful NOT to ask Apple about it). All is based on what Apple has done the near past and what I think makes sense for them to do. It is NOT my opinion of what would be good for the industry, the user or even myself… Just what I think might happen. In order of likeliness…

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Friday, September 03, 2010

Datavideo HS-2000 Review

Alex Lindsay | 09/03- 12:31 AM

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The Datavideo HS-2000 is an all-in-one HD-SDI mixer that includes audio, video, intercom for 6, and monitor… all in a simple briefcase like form factor.  It’s designed for remote mixing of HD (720p or 1080i) venues. It should be noted, that this is not a review of a loaner product. We purchased an HS-2000 a few months ago and use it nearly every week and have used it now on 3 continents, indoors… and outdoors.

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Sunday, March 01, 2009

Greenscreen Primer Part 1

Alex Lindsay | 03/01- 02:05 AM

With Greenscreen, 80 percent of your post budget is lost on the set…learn how to get it back!

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I pulled my first Greenscreen in 1996 working on “Star Wars: Episode 1” pre-viz. The footage was rough (pre-vis handycam footage) and the After Effects Color Difference Key was a complete mystery. Now, the Pixel Corps, we shoot an average of two hours of greenscreen footage a day, mostly 4:4:4 uncompressed. While the tools have progressed significantly, the process itself, and the rules, have changed surprisingly little.

In this article, I’ll cover the major issues you need to solve when shooting greenscreen footage. There will be future installments to discuss theory and keying technique. I will argue about 90% of the professionals out there do not use most of the information I will lay out here… and it makes their process much more difficult. I will say, everything we do in the Pixel Corps is designed to lower costs and accelerate delivery speed while constantly improving quality. We’re not particular to be particular. We do everything because it shaves time or improves quality.

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2D Footage with a Stereo 3D Rig in After Effects CS5.5
Jeff Foster

Edit and Optimize 2D Stereo Pairs from a 3D Video Camera or Twin Cameras with a Modified Stereo 3D Rig in After Effects CS5.5

How to get the “24p” look for your live-switched multicam shoot
Allan Tépper

A contracted article, sponsored by Datavideo Corporation.

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Getting watery trick shots with this DSLR housing

Any Way You Want It
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7 Professional Editors Share Their FCP X Experiences

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A news roundup

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New Cage Fits New Camera Like A Glove

Q and A with Bunim/Murray’s Mark Raudonis about their recent Avid switch
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If you haven’t heard they have moved from FCP7 to Media Composer

Kicking the tires on the Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 Multicam update
Scott Simmons

The ease of setup and managing multicam clips makes this the best FCPX update yet

25 Camera Angles in 25 Minutes
Mark Spencer

Multicamera Editing in Final Cut Pro X

Expression Shorts - Numerical Readout
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Create numerical readouts for use in HUD style graphics.

If You Make Your Living In Post, Don’t Miss The HPA Tech Retreat
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The best event for keeping up to speed in the post production world.







2D Footage with a Stereo 3D Rig in After Effects CS5.5

Jeff Foster | 02/10- 06:09 PM

Edit and Optimize 2D Stereo Pairs from a 3D Video Camera or Twin Cameras with a Modified Stereo 3D Rig in After Effects CS5.5

Adobe included a 1-step option to create a 3D Stereo Camera Rig in After Effects CS5.5, to everyone’s enthusiasm for a simpler workflow in 3D space. Great if you are working in 3D space in After Effects, but what about an easy option for 3D Stereo pairs captured by a 3D camera or twin cameras on a rig? In this tutorial I’ll show you how to quickly modify the Stereo 3D Rig in After Effects to quickly mux your L&R video files and adjust the convergence for anaglyph, interlaced or stereo pairs output.

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How to get the “24p” look for your live-switched multicam shoot

Allan Tépper | 02/10- 04:23 PM

A contracted article, sponsored by Datavideo Corporation.

Our friends at Datavideo recently asked me to write an article called How to get the “24p” look for your live-switched multicam shoot. The article covers many factors involved in accomplishing that goal, including framerate, aperture, shutter speed, depth of field, and menu settings in Datavideo’s digital HD video mixers (“switchers”) and recorders, and also the menu settings in several pro cameras from Canon, Panasonic, and Sony. The included chart explains which of the cameras have a direct HD-SDI output, and which require an optional converter to go from HDMI to HD-SDI to connect to the Datavideo digital HD video mixer. As you’ll see in the article, the approach is quite different from the workflows I normally cover, which are more appropriate when programs are to be edited, as opposed to when they are shot —and potentially broadcast— live. The graphics for this article were done by Victory Elliot of Datavideo Corporation.

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