Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 Helps Keep the Peace at Home

This probably isn’t the usual article on a piece of non-linear editing software. There will be no discussion of professional workflows and how it’s used to create broadcast television or feature films. But rather it’s a discussion of how a modest beginning, dabbling with a new piece of software and one of its signature features has grown into more than just a passing curiosity. It’s also about how that single feature drew me in to Premiere Pro CS5 and how that feature is helping keep the peace at home.

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TiVo Premiere for professional use

For a long time, I have had my eye on TiVo to use instead of the Comcast-provided Motorola DVR. I have known for a few years that the workflow required to re-purpose DVR recordings is much smoother, cleaner, and easier with a TiVo than what’s feasible with a conventional DVR. Up until recently, the price for an HD TiVo unit —together with the monthly TiVo fee— had kept me away. However, in the month of September 2010, TiVo was giving away the latest entry level model known as TiVo Premiere when one signed up for a 2-year contract. Under this agreement, the TiVo monthly fee is only US$3 more than what Comcast charges for the old Motorola DVR rental, so the offer became irresistible. This article describes the process to upgrade from your conventional DVR to TiVo Premiere, and the available workflows to re-purpose content for personal or professional use, including the steps to enable editing in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 or (with additional steps) with Final Cut Pro.

REVIEW:  ProDAD Mercalli

If you have been paying attention to PVC lately, you may have read my recent article “An Aerial Adventure.”  If you haven’t, go ahead and have a look.  I’ll wait.

There, now wasn’t that fun?  You may remember that my experience with Loran Nordgren and his AirCam aircraft wasn’t entirely successful.  While the pictures were certainly usable, even the combination of the Canon XL-H1’s optical lens stabilizer and the Kenyon Labs KS-8 gyro wasn’t enough to smooth out all the buffeting caused by being out in the wind at 70 MPH.

Software to the rescue!

The Swiss Army approach to file-based recording

It slices.  It dices.  It juliennes fries.

If the Swiss Army made a file-based recorder, this would be it.  The Sony PDW-HR1/MK1 field deck integrates an XDCAM® HD portable recorder with two SxS™ media slots.  The new deck enables you to copy and transcode any flavor of XDCAM recording between SxS cards and Professional Disc™ media.  So it’s a nifty solution for several field recording applications.

Proxy Prestidigitation

The PMW-500 personifies the Power of the Proxy.

Proxy AV is one of the great little secrets of the Sony XDCAM® HD format.  Users run the gamut from those who aren’t aware of proxy to those who gush about it like religious converts.  The PMW-500 camcorder is the first product to record proxy onto SxS™ media cards.

How To Pick The Perfect Font

My buddy Mark Suszko sent along this link to a great flowchart which takes the mystery out of choosing the right typeface for you project.  Me, I want a copy in poster-size!  Thanks to Gizmodo, too.

A Look at Careers in Editing

This Editors’ Lounge panel was a very special event featuring a moderated discussion with a collection of distinguished editors. Editors representing four major fields of their craft from film to reality television to online editing and more, were on hand to discuss the paths they took to become the editors they are today and talk about the craft of editing. The attendees had the opportunity to ask questions afterwards.

The discussion panel included 2-time Oscar™ nominated film editor, Billy Weber, finishing editor and colorist, Terence Curren, veteran reality-television editor, Glenn Morgan, and Emmy™ nominated trailer editor, Carol Streit. The discussion was deftly moderated by Debra Kaufman of MobilizedTV.com. Click on the link below to view the video.

Remembering the DPS Spark

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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