The Editblog

If you didn’t know that Nashville experienced Biblical flooding the first weekend of May then (and you may not know) … well, we did. And cleanup is well underway.

So there’s been this big debate recently about H.264 licensing that comes with your video camera.

Fini has a great list of color correction edumacation resources.

And A.C.E. member has written about the end of Final Cut (for him).

What if you had to cut 5 one-hour episodes in a week?

The Foundry is releasing a new product called Storm.

And Oprah is starting a documentary club that might be a game-changer?

Been wondering about moving from Avid to FCP to get to Color?

If you want to know a bunch of Avid console commands then look here but be very careful with them.

Want to know how to compress video for the iPad?

You apparently can make an Edit Change list in Final Cut Pro.

Here’s a great article on learning …. and why we resist it.

Don’t forget about Post Haste to help organize your editing assets.

Ahhhh the L-cut.

And ahhh so color grading is done on a proper monitor! I’m amazed that some don’t know this.

Jon Chappell talks about aperture changes in Compressor 3.5.

So some of the Photoshop CS5 tricks have been available in GIMP.

Here’s a couple of CS5 videos: Dynamic Link and Adobe Media Encoder.

And there’s a handy After Effects rendering droplet.

Filmcontracts.net has about every film contract you can think of.

This is a nice roundup of several Avid Media Composer 5.0 videos.

If you’re wondering about the Canon 7D vs. T2i video mode controls then check out this link.

And speaking of MC 5.0, check out Shane Ross talking about the announcement.

Seems there’s a free iPad film slate out there.

If you’re presenting with an iPad and Keynote then this is worth a read.

Really? A toe mouse/flip flop mouse? I must have one.

Engadget has a rechargeable battery shootout.

Here’s a Nikon D90 shot short film that was sent to me and one of the better looking D90 pieces I’ve seen.

And then there’s 100 useful and free Mac apps.

And any stuff from Dr. Strangelove is worth looking at right?

Links from Twitter:

philiphodgetts: Unbundling channels to programs or apps.http://bit.ly/9mLUxV Inveitable consequnce of unbundling trend of the Internet

hughmacd: Facebook’s Eroding Privacy Policy: A Timeline :http://is.gd/bSQF4 (is.bd would be better for that link. is certainly not gd.)

WBCareers: Wondering what a Preditor is? It’s a combo of producer & editor. http://bit.ly/9ef078

VisionWrangler: Why DVXUser & REDUser can seem like Sheltered Workshops at times: http://bit.ly/cx0hMO Via @EOSHD

ThadNurski: Uh oh. If you downloaded The Hurt Locker illegally, you might be in trouble. http://bit.ly/cgFukL

ditzkoff: All-star grp of documentary filmmakers sends open letter supporting Crude director Joe Berlinger in case vs Chevron - http://nyti.ms/aEVAHp

NewMediaDude: Are more cores better for post-production? http://bit.ly/aqOMro

Quantel: More info about the new V5 software release, which is proving very popular…http://tinyurl.com/385h8zl

mjeppsen: Designing an app for the iPad? You MUST read this usability study. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/ipad.html

cinemaminima: The herculean struggle to get Terrence Malick’s THE THIN RED LINE to the screen http://j.mp/9YaSwu

tieguy: terrific visualization of facebook’s default privacy settings: http://mattmckeon.com/facebook-privacy/

FCPDaily: Using the browser’s “Find” function to increase organization and efficiency http://tinyurl.com/2c9nnha

saracollaton: Blog post: Why I left MobileMe and switched to Google Sync & @SpanningSync http://bit.ly/bFt8Ok

schnittman: Cool. Avid introduces a series of webinars, including mixer of LOST and a tour of Molinaire.http://bit.ly/9LPdEd

avidtips: Fairly solid article calling Steve Job’s recent open letter about Flash hypocritical http://bit.ly/blgxCm

andybeach: Announcing the first free software Blu-ray encoder http://bit.ly/97T2dx

chrisfenwick: Canon 5DMK2, 7D & T2i Timecode, how to LOG it in the field, a great trick for logging timecode during a shoot. http://bit.ly/9foRxb

mediastudio: How to Calibrate Color for the Webhttp://bit.ly/c8FzmH

poetzero: New post: Hollywood’s Rule of 28 (http://bit.ly/91Yykd)

bcfilmmaker: Do you know what is expected of a film/TV director in pre-production? http://su.pr/2sOKML

And finally:

trustthedust: I LOVE this. Haters gonna hate. http://bit.ly/bKJ11O

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