Mike Curtis

Mike 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.

NAB 2012: Motion Control Systems - CamBLOCK
Top Ten Trends of NAB 2012
Arri Booth NAB 2012
BlackMagic Design’s Cinema Camera - Supermodel Backrub with Ninja Claws?
Miss me? I hope so. Here’s what I stayed up all night writing.
So…where’ve I been?
Red (finally) takes the wraps off new camera - Scarlet-X
Canon’s new EOS C300 digital cinema line - competition for Red or Sony?
Single Chip Camera Evaluation screening tomorrow morning at CineGear
Come see my footage from F3 S-log & Leica Summilux-C lenses TONIGHT at CineGear
Mike finally gets to play with an Epic-M and HDRx
Mike’s NAB 2011 Day One Part One
Coming to NAB? Come see results of our 12 camera test Tuesday night
Yo, 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 $5000
I went and saw nitrate prints and Soderbergh on the same evening…
Arri Alexa - look out Red!
Mike’s iPad rant-good device, bogus marketing
The Return of Blogwad
Aperture 3.01 update released, update on my iPhoto ‘09 migration
Another good article on color correction from Stu
On iPhoto to Aperture 3 migration difficulties and new hard drives
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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Yo, Creative Pros—Apple Doesn’t Love You Any More. Here’s why.

Not the way they used to - like the ascendant rock star’s old girlfriend, we are yesterday’s news

After writing this piece on whether Apple lamed out on the new Mac Pros, I got to thinking more about Apple and where we, as creative professionals lie in their priority list. Read that article for a detailed analysis of how Apple wasn’t aggressive with new technology, was late to market, skipped a bunch of new technology, and MIGHT potentially have decided to stiff-arm Adobe with the lack of NVIDIA GPUs at user expense. So where do we rank with Apple these days? Lets look at their motivations and actions.

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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Did Apple actually lame out on the new Mac Pros?

FW1600/3200, PCI 3.0, 10GigE, eSATA, NVIDIA, Blu-ray, 1st to market, $3500 “Big Macs” - wherefore art thou?

Apple rolled out new Mac Pros Tuesday, so of course I wrote about’em. Impressed by the power at first, after the warm fuzzy glow of new Macs wore off, I started noticing some things. Or rather, noticing some things that weren’t there - PCI 3.0, USB 3.0, eSATA, faster FireWire, 10GigE networking, Blu-ray burners, NVIDIA GPUs, and a $3500 price point for the “Big Mac.” What gives? Read on for what Apple giveth and taketh.

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LIGHTING: Advanced Cucoloris Use Illustrated by a Solar Eclipse

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Q: What happens when you stack several pattern-making devices in front of a light? A: Extreme lighting goodness. Learn why here…

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