Don’t Work for Peanuts
Here’s the text of an ad I saw on craigslist just last night: “I need someone to create 10...
11 Excellent FCP Tips & Tricks
Editor/Colorist Oliver Peters has posted a really nice collection of Final Cut Pro tips that are bound to save...
Photography Books for Cinematographers
David duChemin is offering 50% off his Craft & Vision photography ebooks…use discount code BLKFRIDY to make these $5...
Avatar – The Making of a VFX Scene
So unless you’ve been under a rock for the past 3-6 months, you are probably aware of Avatar, James...
DSLR Field Test
DPs Jim Ball and Matt Gottshalk set the cameras for our studio test. Lenses and camera settings were matched...
FCP: an annoying delete, duplicate bug found while I was remapping the FCP keyboard
When I’m working I’m always in a constant state of awareness about how I can change my keyboard mapping...
Sanyo’s VPC-HD2000A boldly goes where no consumer camcorder has ever gone before: 1080/59.94p
At the dawn of affordable professional HD video camcorders, JVC first offered recording only to 720p, Sony first offered...
From reduser.net: Avid to Apple Color – step by step
I was slogging through the RED workflow section of Reduser tonight, as I tend to do from time to...
Sony launches NXCAM tapeless camera family
For the past few days, I’ve been evaluating a prototype of Sony’s first NXCAM camera family member. This first...
Anatomy of a Spot: Commonwealth Club
In this economy one has to stretch every production dollar as far as it can go. This doesn’t mean...
