video editing
Final Cut Pro wipes
I have used Final Cut Pro since version 1.0 in 1999. During these 8 years I have used wipes two or three times. Wipes are ugly. Heh. But today a friend of mine called and asked: What do I buy if I want the most crazy wipes out there for Final Cut Pro? Fair enough. [...]
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Just when you thought HD was the next big thing, then comes 3D HD
3D HD is THE next big thing. And it comes to sports and music first. NBA (the National Basketball Association in USA), plans to shoot some of their games in 3D HD. In a session called “Winning Ways to Wow the Sports Broadcast Viewer” (must be an advertising guy who cme up with that title…), [...]
Blackmagic Disk Speed Test showing slower results
We have been installing a new Xsan system the latest days (more about that in a later post). When testing the performance we use two different tools, and they have very different results, 186 MB/second vs 136 MB/second. The first one is Xsan tuner, that comes with Xsan: Speed is calculated to 186 MB/second. We [...]
Aperture to Final Cut Pro
I love it when someone solves a problem, just before I need it solved! This happened yesterday. Eirik and I have been looking for the ultimate photo archive solution. I have been using iPhoto since getting my first digital camera some years ago. iPhoto is a great product but has been missing some more advanced [...]
Final Print
Final Print is a standalone application which prints a list of markers from a Final Cut Pro sequence. This provides a very useful workflow enhancement when handing off a project to someone else for further work. Excellent little application from Digital Heaven. I also recommend their Final cut Pro plugins, of which I own DH_SubTitle. [...]
Joe’s filters
If you’re using Final Cut Pro and NOT using Joe’s filter… Spend a few minutes at Joe’s Filters. Joe is about to upgrade the filters, he writes in an e-mail today: I’m finishing a major upgrade (way, way too long in coming) and starting to look for new ways to make the filters bigger, faster [...]
Timelapse
…is fun. Use Google Video. Here’s the top 50 time lapse videos (by rating).
The magic of video editing (and fx)
Some of the stuff that is quite easily done now – with all our wonderful digital tools. Effects work like this would cost millions only ten years ago. The Power Of Video Editing Video – video powered by Metacafe Related on brilliantdays: How to make special effects in movies
Apple buys Proximity
Proximity is the maker of Artbox, a media asset management software package that catalogs all your media assets; movies, pictures, graphics and sounds. It integrates with Final Cut Pro already, and works perfectly with Xsan. With Xsan cataloging using Proximity artbox and project level integration between artbox and Final Cut Pro, users are able to [...]
Xprove – online approval system for video
Xprove is a browser-based review and approval system targeted for producers, editors, and facilities. Clients don’t need additional software or licenses. You can have as many clients on a project as you like. I guess you could send large files to a client with some of the many services that lets you do that: Upload [...]
FinalTouch in Final Cut Pro
Silicon Color announces that they have been bought by Apple. This is good news. FinalTouch is a program for color correction of movies. It’s typically used in high end environments where specially trained people do color correction on programs before airing them: Fixing color temperature in pictures, making cuts better by suiting the color of [...]
How to make special effects in movies
Buzz Image shows how to make special FX for movies. You get to see the original shots, the shots used for the FX, and the final composites. Including huge movies like “Brokeback Mountain” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “The Aviator”. Kate Winslet about to get her left foot removed. Notice the cool [...]
9 months in 30 seconds
Matt Pressnall took a picture of his wife Carlin every day for 9 months, edited it together at put it on Google video. Excellent idea. Next for Matt would be to take a picture of his daugher Ella every day, and post at Google Video in 20 years or so. Put the kid on a [...]
Backup Final Cut Pro preferences
Chesapeake systems make FCP Attic, a small app to… …trash, backup and refresh your Final Cut Pro preferences with the click of a button. Can be used with all Mac OS X compatible versions of Final Cut Pro (version 3.x thru 5.1). (via The TV Weasel)
