Adam Wilt

Adam Wilt has been working off and on in film and video for the past thirty years, while paying the bills writing software for animation, automation, broadcast graphics, and real-time control for companies including Abekas, Pinnacle, Omneon, CBS, and ABC.

Since 1997 his website, adamwilt.com, has been a popular reference for information on the DV formats. He has reviewed cameras for DV Magazine and written its "Technical Difficulties" column, and taught classes and led panels at NAB, IBC, and DV Expo. He co-authored the book,"Optimizing Your Final Cut Pro System", part of the Apple Pro Training series; he hopes you'll buy a copy, as there's still a large advance to be paid off.

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Sunday, April 24, 2011

NAB 2011 - FilmLight

The film scanner / color management / grading system company’s NAB offerings.

UK company FilmLight is packaging their high-end color-grading system Baselight as an “under US$1000” plugin for Final Cut Pro. They’ve also announced the new Blackboard 2 soft-key control surface, and they’re now the non-US distributor for Visionary Archive.

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Sunday, February 20, 2011

HPA Tech Retreat 2011 Day 4

3D ghosts, camera arrays, etc.; final thoughts.

On this fourth and final day of the 2011 Tech Retreat, we learned about standards activities, 3D ghosts, camera arrays, automated audio “recognition”, a new method for making film protection masters, how bending a cable affects its performance, and a whirlwind tour through TV Tech history. Also: the death of tape… for real this time?

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*VIDEO*
3D
Audio
Business
Cameras
GentryMedia Sister Sites
HDSLR
ProVideo Coalition
Hardware
Post Production
Stereoscopic • (3) Comments • Most recent comments by: Corbor, Adam Wilt, Corbor, • Permalink


Thursday, February 17, 2011

HPA Tech Retreat 2011 Day 3

After the fear and trembling yesterday, suggestions of solutions; OLEDs; DSLRs; and more.

Day 3 (by my counting; HPA calls this Day 2, because Tuesday’s Super Session doesn’t count) covered LTO-5, LTFS, IMF, HDSLR, OLED, FIMS, SOA, SLA, monitors vs. displays, file-based mastering, Hollywood in the cloud, and Disney restorations.

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

HPA Tech Retreat 2011 Day 2

Mayhem, confusion, and chaos continue!

Day 2 of the Tech Retreat covered the year in review, CES, cloud storage, broadcasting, pool feed audio, content protection, transcoding, stereo subtitles, and more…

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

HPA Tech Retreat 2011 Day 1

HPA Super Session 2011—Snowflake Workflows

HPA set the stage for the Super Session with these words:

“With all the options in workflow today, it seems no two projects are exactly alike.  Just like snowflakes, our projects begin beautiful, shiny, and a unique wonder to behold. But as they slowly drift to their final destination, they seem to just turn into slush, as we leave them behind searching for our next wonderful, pristine, new way.”

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*VIDEO*
3D
Business
Cameras
Editing
GentryMedia Sister Sites
ProVideo Coalition
Hardware
Post Production
Production
Visual Effects • (1) Comments • Most recent comments by: Benjamin Rowland, • Permalink


Sunday, February 13, 2011

HPA Tech Retreat 2011

The industry’s most thought-provoking conference happens this week.

There’s a quiet gathering in Palm Springs every February. Many of the post-production industry’s leading luminaries, along with a gaggle of production folks, hangers-on, and ne’er-do-wells (including your correspondent) assemble for the Hollywood Post Alliance’s Tech Retreat, three and a half days of discussion about where the industry is and where it’s going.

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*VIDEO*
Business
GentryMedia Sister Sites
ProVideo Coalition
Hardware
Post Production
Production
Training • (1) Comments • Most recent comments by: Ben Green, • Permalink


Saturday, December 18, 2010

Pro Apps PDFs!

Oh, frabjous day: Apple offers PDF user manuals again!

OK, so maybe I’m stupid (no comments, thanks very much) and these have always been available, or maybe they’re new: Apple has PDF user manuals for Pro Apps available for download.

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Apple
Final Cut Pro
Motion
Editing
Post Production
Software
Tips
Training • (4) Comments • Most recent comments by: maniaco007, Michael Horton, Adam Wilt, Michael Horton, • Permalink


Sunday, October 24, 2010

Remembering the DPS Spark

Aye, laddie, it takes you back…

Over the weekend I cleared out a bunch of old gear, including the capture card that launched a revolution: the DPS Spark. Thirteen years ago, this card changed low-cost video editing forever.

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Editing
Hardware
Post Production • (3) Comments • Most recent comments by: Gerry Fraiberg, ericescobar, Scott Simmons, • Permalink


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

A contracted article, sponsored by Datavideo Corporation.

Gear In 60 Seconds – Nauticam NA-60D
Matt Jeppsen

Getting watery trick shots with this DSLR housing

Any Way You Want It
Mark Spencer

Setting Up a Rig in Motion 5 on MacBreak Studio

Editing with Final Cut Pro X
Mark Spencer

7 Professional Editors Share Their FCP X Experiences

Another week in After Effects
Rich Young

A news roundup

Redrock Micro’s ultraCage for the C300
Clint Milby

New Cage Fits New Camera Like A Glove

Q and A with Bunim/Murray’s Mark Raudonis about their recent Avid switch
Scott Simmons

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
David Torno

Create numerical readouts for use in HUD style graphics.

If You Make Your Living In Post, Don’t Miss The HPA Tech Retreat
Terence Curren

The best event for keeping up to speed in the post production world.

Customizing a Title in FCP X
Mark Spencer

Motion 5 Publishing Tips on MacBreak Studio







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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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Gear In 60 Seconds – Nauticam NA-60D

Matt Jeppsen | 02/09- 11:53 AM

Getting watery trick shots with this DSLR housing

Here’s another FreshDV Gear in 60 Seconds video, on the Nauticam NA-60D housing for Canon 60D DSLR stills & video. In this case, we used the housing to get some wild trick shots for a short narrative film. Watch me jump off a waterfall in the video below…

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