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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. May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 November 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 July 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 Complete Archives Category Archives 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		2012 May NAB 2012: Motion Control Systems - CamBLOCK April Top Ten Trends of NAB 2012 Arri Booth NAB 2012 BlackMagic Design’s Cinema Camera - Supermodel Backrub with Ninja Claws? March Miss me? I hope so. Here’s what I stayed up all night writing. So…where’ve I been? 2011 November Red (finally) takes the wraps off new camera - Scarlet-X Canon’s new EOS C300 digital cinema line - competition for Red or Sony? June Single Chip Camera Evaluation screening tomorrow morning at CineGear Come see my footage from F3 S-log & Leica Summilux-C lenses TONIGHT at CineGear May Mike finally gets to play with an Epic-M and HDRx April Mike’s NAB 2011 Day One Part One Coming to NAB? Come see results of our 12 camera test Tuesday night 2010 July 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 May I went and saw nitrate prints and Soderbergh on the same evening… April Arri Alexa - look out Red! March Mike’s iPad rant-good device, bogus marketing The Return of Blogwad February 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 Great new blog to read - PostWorld Giz Explains: Why ISO Is the New Megapixel Aperture 3 announced - time to upgrade from iPhoto ‘09? January WOW! Here’s why to go cheap/fast/light! iPad Follow-up Thoughts - thoughts on v2 hardware and v1.5 software Apple’s iPad - All the Details, What It Means For Us Apple iSlate=Segway 2010? 2009 December Band Pro 3D - roundup panel discussion on stereoscopic Band Pro 3D - Technicolor 3D is 35mm film based stereoscopic projection solution Band Pro 3D - Element Technica shows off their 3D camera rig Band Pro 3D - Iridas’ metadata driven stereoscopic toolset Band Pro 3D - Cineform - it is time to look at them again Band Pro 3D - Silicon Imaging’s Impressive use of SI-2K for Stereoscopic (3D) cinematography Band Pro’s 3D Symposium - all the latest greatest for acquisition and post for stereoscopic imaging Sony Introduces SR 2.0 Initiative in LA November Specdown: Red One vs Epic-X announced features Red Update - revised specs for Epic-X camera September FantasticFest Panels: on set VFX supervision for 3D FantasticFest Panels: Sean Fairburn on shooting 3D FantasticFest Panel: The Future of 3D FantasticFest Day 1 - First Squad, Gentlemen Broncos, Rec 2, The Highball I’m here covering FantasticFest 2009! More tidbits on D300S sustained shooting @ 8fps Nikon D300S vs Canon 7D Specdown Snow Leopard - Go or No Go? August A few Gotchas with OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Native Red Render speeds in new Color 1.5 Video Tour of Rocketcine-X build 566 New ProRes info - Data Rate Chart Apple’s much improved laptop repair service Caveats of upgrading to Final Cut Server 1.5 DGA Digital Day 2009 Conference Notes Notes from DGA Digital Day 2009 vendor area & camera footage demos July Read my reviews of the new Final Cut Pro components June Mikey Hands On: Migrating from iPhone 0G to iPhone 3GS May Funny Video & Discussion - vendor/client relationships April Attention Red owners/users - at LAST eSATA transfers off of Red Drives! March Mike’s Buyer’s Guide - Inside the new iMacs for editors So - what’s up with Apple and Mini DisplayPort? January Mike at Sundance - just saw Soderbergh’s new The Girlfriend Experience ProVideoCoalition Liveblogging the MacWorld 2009 Keynote Mikey on the scene - blogging the MacWorld SF 2009 Keynote Live 2008 December Color 1.0.4 Released - Red fixes Beware 10.5.6 upgrade, 2007 Mac Pro owners Rant on The Death of Indie Film as a Business Model Red updates Scarlet/Epic specs - “Mo Bettah” November TRULY native Red support in Final Cut Studio…finally! Red’s new approach - modular digital stills and motion cameras - 8 new models New workflow options for Red announced from Apple, Adobe, & Avid Red Drops the (Specs) Bomb October “The Conversation” Conference starts today in SF September QuVis Wraptor to export your own DCI DCP (that’s theatrical digital file package) Bloggage - I’ve got my own Nikon D90 on the way Nikon D90 vs Red’s Scarlet - Specdown! Nikon D90 - nice DSLR that also shoots HD video iSee4K - MUST HAVE iPhone/iPod Touch app for Red One users August HEY! Apple releases ProRes for Windows July Red One Geekery: Real World Info on Redcode June Making Movies Now - bigger, sometimes better, definitely riskier Couple bits of awesomeness May The very, very serious problem with democratization of technology in moviemaking WOW. Reason to want to make movies Panavision & Canon videos on “Demystifying Digital Camera Specifications” April Top 5 Things at NAB ‘08 Red One News - Builds, Lenses, Accessories Red Ray - 2+ Hour 4K playback for under $1000…from a burnable DVD Red Scarlet - 3K for $3K…at up to 120fps Red’s new Epic camera - 5K RAW, 100fps, $40K Blogwad - press releases of interest for NAB 2008 Long, AWESOME interview with James Cameron about shooting 3D Mike’s Notes from Saturday’s Digital Cinema Summit Mike on the scene at NAB Red “Mythbusting” Video March Crimson - third party Red application to help with workflow Quick update - Red One now shoots 2K at 120 fps - sample included		3D Audio Budgeting Business Cameras Distribution Editing Hardware Lists Lighting Motion Graphics NAB '09 Pre-Production Production Post Production Training Visual Effects LIGHTING: Advanced Cucoloris Use Illustrated by a Solar Eclipse Art Adams \| 05/24- 11:24 AM *Q: What happens when you stack several pattern-making devices in front of a light? A: Extreme lighting goodness. Learn why here…* I love stacking cucolorii… David Atkins Enterprises and Digital Pulse use Adobe software for record-setting arena projection Todd_Kopriva \| 05/22- 12:31 PM *Australian production studio delivers animation for the 12th Arab Games, on record-size projection space, using Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.* In December… After Effects Apprentice Free Video: Rendering a 4:3 Center Cut Movie from a 16:9 Composition Chris and Trish Meyer \| 05/21- 08:53 AM *...plus an update on what’s next for the Apprentice series.* As… Advertisements

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