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Author Archives: Scott Simmons
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A Discussion on Tape, Tapeless and Shooting Ratios
There’s a great post over at the blog Little Frog in Hi Def prompting a discussion that needs to be had, about an issue that everyone in post-production is surely experiencing right now. As film and tape have given way to …
Useful editing tools for iPhone owners: Panoptik Timecode
A new timecode calculator is available for the iPhone. It’s called Panoptik Timecode (iTunes link), and it’s worth highlighting. It’s one of the most well-designed iOS timecode calculators I’ve seen. It sports a dark user interface, and it looks as …
Video diversion Gary Hecker: Master Foley artist at work
SoundWorks Collection: Gary Hecker – Veteran Foley Artist from Michael Coleman on Vimeo. Here’s a nice little video diversion for the movie fans out there on Oscar weekend. It’s a video profile of veteran and award-winning Foley artist Gary Hecker …
Beware of (Some) YouTube FCP Tutorial Videos
A couple of weeks ago I came across a YouTube Final Cut Pro tutorial about how to edit a music video. It popped up in my RSS feed, as the “tutorial” was embedded on a website. As one who often …
Avid Upgrades Media Composer Yet Again, to v. 5.5
When talking software I think of new versions in two ways: updates and upgrades. Updates are more like the smaller “dot” releases that take a piece of software from version 2.0 to 2.0.1 or 2.1. Then there’s upgrades that move …
Useful Tools for Editors: Luca Visual FX
One relatively common though quite cool visual effect you might see floating around is the filmic-style grunge, scratches, edge fog and light leaks. These looks are often used for transitions or just as a stylistic treatment over footage. It’s ironic …
Quantel Pablo PA – Yet Another Software-Only Post Tool
I’m not sure how I missed this product announcement that came from Quantel at IBC last year but today Quantel has released Pablo PA. This is yet another software-only version of what has been a high-end, high-dollar post-production system. Let’s …
Get, the FCP Phonetic Search Tool, Is Now Available for Rent
One of the hottest products I saw at NAB 2010 was AV3 Software’s Get, a phonetic search tool for Final Cut Pro. The idea for Get is simple: using some crazy voodoo-like “patented phonetic search technology” you let Get index …