Christmas linkage: December 09
By S Simmons. Filed in Blogs and links, from the net, linkage |
(note: If you’re only seeing a summary in your RSS feed please click over for all of the linkage. I’ve set the feeds to show the entire post but for some reason it will not work properly. We are currently troubleshooting and hopefully an update will fix the problem. It is annoying as I like to see entire posts in my RSS feeds.)
I wrote a little piece over on PVC about edit suite etiquette and sharing your space.
Oliver Peters demystifies color grading a bit. He also posted 11 more great Final Cut Pro tips.
Studio Monthly review the AJA Ki Pro and I wrote a review there of the new Sorenson Squeeze 6.
Autodesk Smoke on the Mac: A video from fxguide and an article from Mark Christiansen.
Dylan Reeve talks about doing downconversions in Media Composer.
FCP Versioner autosaves and track changes with Final Cut Pro projects.
Mike Jones has listed a bunch of useful tools.
Sometimes you do have to sync two mics…after the fact in Final Cut Pro.
Imagineer systems, creator of mocha, now have a blog.
If you need to eject a stuck disc then this list might be for you.
A battle is brewing: HDV vs. AVCHD.
At some point it might be time to step up to a professional tripod.
The D|Focus v2 looks like a more affordable follow focus system.
Is there better compression than H.264/AVC?
There is a way to sync Photoshop presets on multiple computers.
Here’s a freebie HDR application for Mac.
If you like dogs and take photographs you must see the 25 inspirational dog portraits article on Digital Photography School.
Here’s 5 Smart Playlists to help you manage your iTunes library.
This is fun: the periodic table of visualization methods.
There’s a new Quicksilver beta!
30 books for independent filmmakers.
And here’s 5 things Hollywood reuses more than plots!
Links from Twitter:
shepherdfx Digital Factbook 20th Anniversary Edition (pdf)http://su.pr/2hFlIO – TV tech resource @Quantel
avidscreencast New Episode: Red Workflow I – Ingest R3Ds with Metafuze http://avidscreencast.com/asc08
radiantgrid Found interesting: Calibrating Colors Bars for FCP and Avid http://bit.ly/8egEL3
KarstenM Recommended reading: Tarantino’s editor Sally Menke reflects on their editor/director relationshiphttp://hurl.no/FLJ (via @theauteursdaily)
crewstv The truth about DSLR video - http://bit.ly/7ndUbv
luge TIP SHEET FOR SUNDANCE FILMMAKERS; wish I had a read before I’d made my pilgrimage/ ‘07-grt info for most fests generally http://sn.im/tjsyg
tylerginter Some of the best Stedicam work I’ve seen from a DSLR! Incredible! Canon 7D Music Video – Prospect Hill “Roller Coaster” http://tr.im/GtdP
PXLpainter Thinking about taking an ACE exam for Adobe CS4? Check this out first: http://www.acequestions.com
emptyframe RT @laughingsquid: 100 Greatest Quotes From The Wire http://bit.ly/7RocqS
trimforward Wow. The Electronic Makeup Artist filter for FCP is so worth it if you have a project that will pay for it.http://bit.ly/78Bujs
digitalreb Interesting read – Monitor calibration: Matrox or Spyder? http://tr.im/FjCw
jasondiamond RT @5tu: Final Cut to After Effects conversion script: http://www.popcornisland.com/after-effects/final-cut-2-after-effects/
comebackshane @artgug The LAFCPUG events are all available online athttp://opentvnetwork.com/channel/contents/7 $.99
5tu Better faster cheaper CF cards for your 5D, 7D video shooting: http://bit.ly/3fblv9
markspen This is in Photoshop CS5 coming some time next year: http://cs5.org/?p=147



Saturday, December 19th 2009 at 1:09 pm
Hi Scott,
Thanks for the December links. That’ll keep me busy whilst I’m locked in under the UK snow. Just a quick thanks for all your articles, links and tweets of the last year in case you don’t get any feedback from one-way information vampires like myself
May 2010 bring you non dropped frames when laying to tape…