Staggering Mistakes: Reversing Field Order
Red One Unboxing – Part 1
Fedex delivered my Red, #417, on Monday to my friend’s house since I was out of town (as pre-arranged...
Final Effects Complete version 5: Why?
Final Effects was pretty much the original third-party plug-in set available for After Effects. It was created by a...
Petrol Introduces Mini Camera Accessory Bag
Effective: February 28, 2008 Petrol, a Vitec Group brand, introduces the Petrol Mini Camera Accessory Bag. This new semi-rigid...
PMW-EX1 Update 2
• Adam Van Voorhis of Boston Camera says that the EX1 does indeed supply Y/C video, using the same...
AFI Digital Content Lab Looking for Mentors
The American Film Institute’s Digital Content Lab (AFI DCL, for short) is looking for mentors for some high-profile interactive...
Apple Introduces New MacBook and MacBook Pro Models
CUPERTINO, California-February 26, 2008-Apple® today updated its popular MacBook® and MacBook Pro notebook lines with the latest Intel Core...
Dynamic Range and the RED One
Stu Maschwitz (he of The Orphanage, Magic Bullet, and The DV Rebel’s Guide fame), is one of my go-to...
Half-color Fashion: Why Project: Runway looks “thin”
Today I had an interesting conversation about bit depth with my toaster. “So, tell me,” said Harold the Civil...
Blu-ray Won – What’s Next For…
As I guessed (once it was getting pretty obvious), Blu-ray has won the high definition optical disc format war....
Traveling with batteries, Pro Apps Updaters, etc.
• FAA rules on lithium battery transport• Apple Pro Apps – save those updaters!• PMW-EX1: XDCAM Transfer 2.5.1 for...
Claim: NVIDIA Redefines Notebook Workstation Market
SANTA CLARA, CA – FEBRUARY 21, 2008 – NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the world leader in visual computing technologies,...
The Public Domain, Fair Use, and Other Bedtime Stories
We’ve all been there before: We really need a particular source image to realize an idea. And we don’t...
PMW-EX1 – use regen timecode
A post on the Cinematography Mailing List yesterday indicates that XDCAM Transfer may not see all the clips on...
Non-Square Strategies
No matter which workflow you choose, always make sure your source footage has been tagged with its true pixel...