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 - Stereo 3D

A quick look at some of the S3D oddities on offer at NAB 2011.

I’m a Chauncey Gardner when it comes to 3D: I like to watch. But as long as stereo 3D requires a bulky mirror rig, or a data cart like the one below, watching is all I’m likely to do. Fortunately, NAB shows that I’m not the only one who feels that way: there were plenty of [somewhat more] practical solutions for shooting stereo.

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Stereoscopic • (2) Comments • Most recent comments by: Adam Wilt, Charles Angus, • Permalink


Wednesday, April 20, 2011

NAB 2011 Video - Panasonic’s second-generation 3D Camcorder

The AG-3DP1 has a 17x zoom and records to dual P2 cards

Steve Cooperman of Panasonic describes the 1/3” 3MOS AG-3DP1 3D P2 camcorder. It should be available later this year, but pricing has not been announced.

900x506 QuickTime movie, 1 Mbit/sec h.264, 12 Mbytes.

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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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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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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Hands-on with the Panasonic AG-3DA1 S3D Camcorder

Using the 3DA1 at the Createasphere / Panasonic 3D Workshop

Last weekend I attended the two-day Createasphere 3D Production Workshop Utilizing Panasonic AG-3DA1 Cameras in Burbank, and got a good overview of the issues in shooting stereo 3D (S3D) content, as well as some immensely instructive hands-on experience with the AG-3DA1 S3D camcorder.

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Friday, April 23, 2010

NAB 2010: Final Thoughts

Another NAB has come and gone. What did the passing waves leave behind on the beach?

I only had two days at NAB this year, but I still came away with the strong impression of three major trends; call them the 3Ds…

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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.

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.







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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