Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Green/Magenta?

Adam Wilt | 11/18- 10:19 PM

Testing RED ONE for green/magenta sensitivity, and what we found.

Art Adams and I have observed here on PVC that the RED ONE seems unusually sensitive to green and magenta colors. The topic keeps coming up on the cinematographer’s mailing list, too, and on reduser.net. I decided to compare the R1 to several other cameras under a variety of lighting conditions. I got more than I bargained for.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

My First Shoot with the Sony F35

Art Adams | 11/16- 06:41 PM

In which a series of tests becomes the fastest spec spot shoot in history

About a week and a half ago I received an email from Leigh Blicher, partner at Videofax in San Francisco. “Just wanted to let you know our F35 has arrived.” My response read something like this: “Ooo! Oh! Oh oh oh! Ooooo oh oh OH! Oh! OHHHHH! Can I come over and PLAY?”

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Lighting Simply for the RED

Art Adams | 11/13- 01:23 PM

Two PARs, a couple of bounce cards and some grid cloth make this spot shine

A while back I posted a Quicktime movie of this project, shot for the California “No on Prop 8” campaign. At the time I promised that lighting diagrams would be along shortly. I lied. I just got around to this today.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Reality TV Post with Final Cut

Steve Hullfish | 11/11- 09:32 AM

Media Management in a shared environment

In the first of a two part series on how Final Cut Pro is being used in two of the biggest reality TV shops in the country, Mark Raudonis, VP, Post Production for Bunim Murray talks about the challenges of posting up to ten hours a week of finished programming.

With that much media moving through so many post-production steps, it’s critical to understand media management and to have a simple standard operating procedure that is followed throughout the process. Raudonis shares his hard-won knowledge of how to take advantage of Final Cut’s media management strengths and how to stay away from its weaknesses in this interview. 

Monday, November 10, 2008

Avid Gems 8

Steve Hullfish | 11/10- 08:16 AM

Gems in the Bins - How many do YOU know?

Get your bin tips! Step right up, folks! Get your bin tips here!

Once again:  maybe not sexy, but useful. One of these tips isn’t even in the manual and one of them was new to me until I re-read the manual.  Which ones will be new to you? You never know what little gem has slipped past you on the way to becoming the experienced editor you are.

Friday, November 07, 2008

Make Custom Templates for FCP

Steve Hullfish | 11/07- 10:47 AM

Leveraging the power of Motion in FCP

Take advantage of all of the tools in Final Cut Suite 2 to make your work in Final Cut Pro easier and more polished. Customizing Templates in Motion is easier than you may think and it allows FCP to create drag and drop motion graphics that are easily changed from episode to episode. This simple video tutorial shows how even a “non-designer” can customize a great show graphic.

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