Fun stuff for your edit suite
Now you can SEE in HD
I remember seeing this on late night tv, in a 30 minute infomercial. I thought … that would make...
The Editblog is a top 50 blog for Moviemakers according to MovieMaker
I was happy to see that MovieMaker magazine has named the Editblog as one of the 50 Best Blog...
Local television commercials don’t all have to be bad
There was a post on Autoblog recently about a Cincinnati Ohio area Kia dealer’s commercial spot. It uses a...
Edit suite etiquette and sharing your space
If you’re a working editor out in the world, chances are you freelance or you are on staff at...
Adobe and Avatar- How it Was Made Video
I wasn’t really aware of Adobe’s involvement in Avatar until just today. If you hit up their main Creative...
After Effects, ProRes, and Gamma Shifts
Adobe’s yeoman After Effects documentation guru Todd Kopriva maintains a highly useful blog over on Adobe.com. Today he just...
Controversial History Channel “WWII in HD” debate – THE TRUTH
?The History Channel’s WW2 in HD series has created a firestorm of debate over archival methods. If you read...
Apple’s new iFrame codec implementation
So recently Apple released specs on a new video format they are calling iFrame. What is it, and how...
Speech Search Meets ScriptSync
Anybody remember that classic commercial for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups? “Hey! You got peanut butter on my chocolate! No!...
Free Newsletter Preview
For the past several months we’ve been publishing a monthly electronic newsletter, each typically containing 3-5 articles by PVC...
Kicking the tires on Snow Leopard and doing some edit work too
Over the weekend I installed Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard!) and crossed my fingers as I booted up Final...
The Centrica Carnivale part 3
In part 2 we looked at the creation and animation of the “racing waiters” scene… one award done but...
The Centrica Carnivale part 2
In Part 1 we looked at the initial client brief, the pitch animation, and ended up creating some flashing...
Introducing the Centrica Carnivale
3D or AE? How about 3D using AE! At the beginning of 2006 I created a conference opener for...