As an early user of CineForm’s Neo3D editing workflow, Don Wilson was one of the guinea pigs who helped CineForm make Apple’s Final Cut Pro stereo-friendly. F&V talked to him about his career, his stereo workflow, and why he thinks cutting concerts in 3D is actually easier.... »
This Swiss Army Knife utility gives you a powerful and convenient way to edit the metadata recorded in your P2 footage and is a supercharged alternative to Panasonic’s free metadata editor.... »
Editor Lisa Gunning got her big break in 1998, when she stumbled into a gig working with director Anthony Minghella on a short project for Comic Relief. F&V asked her about collaborating with director Sam Taylor-Wood, editing a music-heavy feature, and her career to date.... »
Just about every new camera system has ditched the tired, old idea of recording to tape. I thank my personal god for that, but not all tape needs to go the way of the Dodo. It turns out that a particular tape format called LTO4 is still the best option for backing up and archiving the footage you’ve shot on your tapeless camera... »
Avid today introduced new versions of its Media Composer (4.0), Symphony (4.0), NewsCutter (8.0) professional editing software and Interplay (2.0) production asset management system.... »
Panasonic’s AJ-PCD35 lets you plug in up to five P2 cards, and conveniently transfer all their footage to your desktop computer. Of course, a five card P2 reader isn’t exactly a new concept. Panasonic has sold two earlier models over the years, but the PCD35 is the first to transfer data amazingly fast, offloading footage roughly five times faster than card readers of yesteryear.... »
Apple has been listening to its customers. This release directly addresses some of the workflow issues of the past, while adding robust enhancements and maintaining the terrific functionality and interface of the original app. It’s a ridiculous value with a ton of bang for the buck. It will make life easier—and much more fun—for a lot of editors.... »
Apple® today announced a significant update to Final Cut Studio® with more than 100 new features and new versions of Final Cut Pro®, Motion, Soundtrack® Pro, Color and Compressor. Final Cut Studio features Final Cut Pro 7 which expands Apple’s ProRes codec family to support virtually any workflow and includes Easy Export for one step output to a variety of formats and iChat® Theater support for real-time collaboration. Motion 4 includes enhanced tools such as 3D shadows, reflections and depth of field for stunning motion graphics and visual effects, and Soundtrack Pro 3 features new multitrack audio tools to streamline audio post production. Color 1.5 includes better Final Cut Pro integration and support for full color resolution, and Compressor 3.5 adds new features that make it easy to set up and customize your export options. At $999, the new Final Cut Studio is $300 less than the previous release and is also available as an upgrade for just $299.... »
Editor Marco Perez has joined the staff of bicoastal Union. He comes over from Mad River, having just completed a run of new work for HBO, Tostitos, Microsoft, and Levi's and recently was nominated for an AICE award. His first project at Union is for American Family Insurance via Element 79 and directed by Michael Haussman.... »
Dailyfilm.tv, the filmmaker’s viral video site, today launched the Video DSLR Short Film Contest sponsored by Redrock Micro with over $10K in prizes. Filmmakers are challenged to use a video DSLR camera (such as the Nikon D90, the Canon EOS 5D Mark II or the Panasonic DMC-GH1) to create a narrative short, documentary, or music video. First, second, and third place prizes will be awarded in each of the categories. The online contest is currently open, and the deadline for entries is Sept. 18.... »
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced Matrox MXO2™ Mini support for the popular CineForm NeoScene editing workflow that streamlines AVCHD editing with Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 on the PC. The Matrox MXO2 Mini I/O device provides inexpensive HDMI monitoring with 10-bit 4:2:2 color precision. It turns an HDMI screen into a professional-grade video monitor with Matrox's unique color calibration tool. Controls for hue, chroma, contrast, brightness, and blue-only are provided. Users get accurate color representation so that an inexpensive HDMI monitor can be used even for color grading. Matrox MXO2 Mini even provides 1:1 pixel mapping on HDMI displays that support this feature so video will not be stretched and distorted by the monitor.... »
At CineGear 2009, a group of top-notch ACE editors—Mark Goldblatt, Michael Tronnick, Maryann Brandon, Maysie Hoi and Tina Hersch—got together to showcase some of their more challenging editing sequences and describe what’s going on in the business today.... »
Star Trek took the editorial team on a wild, sometimes bumpy, adventure that included battling workflow bottlenecks, alliances with visual effects outfits, warp-speed sync issues and fighting off intergalactic pirates. We spoke with first assistant editor Julian Smirke about boldly going to the final editorial frontier.... »
