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Mike CurtisMike Curtis writes and runs HD for Indies, a consultancy and website dedicated to using affordable digital technology for independent filmmaking. Mike started HD for Indies after a 15 year digital media career making content for everything from cell phones to cinema screens for clients such as Ford, Dell, Compaq, etc.. As a consultant, he focuses on production and post production hardware, software, and workflows to achieve maximum results at a variety of budget levels. 
Red (finally) takes the wraps off new camera - Scarlet-XCanon’s new EOS C300 digital cinema line - competition for Red or Sony?Single Chip Camera Evaluation screening tomorrow morning at CineGearCome see my footage from F3 S-log & Leica Summilux-C lenses TONIGHT at CineGearMike finally gets to play with an Epic-M and HDRxMike’s NAB 2011 Day One Part OneComing to NAB? Come see results of our 12 camera test Tuesday nightYo, Creative Pros—Apple Doesn’t Love You Any More. Here’s why.Did Apple actually lame out on the new Mac Pros?New Quad Cores: iMac or Mac Pro?Apple Releases New iMacs - good enough for video editing?Apple Announces New 12 core Macs….for $5000I went and saw nitrate prints and Soderbergh on the same evening…Arri Alexa - look out Red!Mike’s iPad rant-good device, bogus marketingThe Return of BlogwadAperture 3.01 update released, update on my iPhoto ‘09 migrationAnother good article on color correction from StuOn iPhoto to Aperture 3 migration difficulties and new hard drivesGreat new blog to read - PostWorldGiz Explains: Why ISO Is the New MegapixelAperture 3 announced - time to upgrade from iPhoto ‘09?WOW! Here’s why to go cheap/fast/light!iPad Follow-up Thoughts - thoughts on v2 hardware and v1.5 softwareApple’s iPad - All the Details, What It Means For Us
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Color 1.0.4 Released - Red fixesPart of Pro Apps Update 2008-05
Short and easy: “The following improvements have been made to Color 1.0.4. XDCAM Clip Relinking Is FixedXDCAM EX, HD, and 422 clips now relink properly. ISO Changes in the RED Tab Appear CorrectlyInstances where the Color UI did not accurately reflect changes made to the ISO parameter in the RED tab of the Primary In room have been fixed. Improvements to the Blur Node in the Color FX RoomAdjusting the spread parameter of the Blur node no longer causes the clip to scale up. For more information, go to http://www.apple.com/support/releasenotes/en/Color_1.0_rn.” Changing ISO on RAW footage is an important and powerful tool - now it (purportedly) works right. Just saw it, haven’t tested it yet myself… Also, don’t forget, I do NOT recommend 10.5.6 at this time, esp. if you’re a Color user - see previous post… -mike Beware 10.5.6 upgrade, 2007 Mac Pro ownersDoes Funny-Not-Ha-Ha Things To PCIe Configs Got an email from a RAID vendor, 10.5.6 apparently is having some issues:
...so watch out. Dunno if it affects non-RAID setups, but is such a pain to roll back, if you have PCIe cards (RAID cards, HD-SDI I/O cards, etc.) probably best to wait. I’ve updated my MacBook and had no difficulties to date (last 24 hours). Thanks to Dulce Systems for the heads up.
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Rant on The Death of Indie Film as a Business ModelTRULY Indie Filmmaking is deader than fried chicken, financially
Went to dinner with an indie filmmaker last night. Here’s a rant based on that. Synopsis: I think indie movie making as a business model is deader than fried chicken. Hoping to make your little movie and make a living off of it, until you can get the next one going? Very unlikely, unfortunately. As somebody mentioned in an email to me about this, moviemaking digital tools came along to help reduce (some) costs of moviemaking, but other digital tools came along that stripped away the marketability of those films even faster (bootleg downloads, too much content, competition for time from internet/cable/DVDs/games/etc.) and the math isn’t working out favorably right now.
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Red updates Scarlet/Epic specs - “Mo Bettah”...and a sweet deal for Red One owners UPDATED
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The Top Ten Things After Effects Users Love and Hate about Motion
I teach Motion to a lot of After Effects users. Sometimes they end up in my class because they want to be there; other times their organization has sent them and they arrive kicking and screaming, ready for a fight. Either way, after clearing away a lot of misconceptions and getting them to actually use Motion for 3 days, I find almost every After Effects user comes away with a new respect for - and frustration with - this wonderful yet sometimes annoying application.
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