Archive for September, 2011

Linkage: September 2011

Saturday, September 17th, 2011

IBC was just a week or so ago, here’s some wrap-ups.

Did you hear that Adobe bought IRIDAS?

Tangent’s new control surface looks cool as does its evolution.

Lightworks is still on a good looking roadmap.

The ARRI Alexa can now record 120 fps to ProRes.

If you’re interested in Avid then this post on frame rate and color might be a good read.

These are indeed 18 features Adobe should borrow from Final Cut Pro.

It’s an external Thunderbolt box for PCI cards.

Want to build a custom transition in Avid?

So Canon is having some big Hollywood announcement.

A great script for going from mocha to After Effects.

And that’s 90 minutes of FCPX discussion.

What makes a person a true professional?

Here’s how to get back 7 useful features that were removed from Lion.

If you missed the Keycode Media FCPX event the archive stream is here.

Wanna speed up Lightroom without additional hardware?

This is so true about those stripped down rental Blu-rays.

Here’s 5 things to do after you install a WordPress blog. And a way to make it more secure.

Ahhhh the stupid, stupid, client.

Links from Twitter:

acton 25 Pictures Taken at Exactly The Right Moment: bit.ly/ovl52I

ilovehue Nice video on how to map DaVinci Resolve shortcuts to Apple Magic Trackpad gestures. Clever! vimeo.com/m/#/24552493

walterbiscardi Your DVR uses more electricity than a refrigerator. Surprised? I sure was. tinyurl.com/3vw63dr

iluminance Grant Kay’s 10-part series on Smoke for FCP users is now complete : bit.ly/oWMRCZ

kkproff James Taylor gives guitar lessons! Who knew?jamestaylor.com/guitarlessons/

wienotfilms Seems to me @colorgrading is on the cutting edge for what’s possible with grading in #FCPX.

vimeo.com/27561185

digitalreb How to prevent blue shifts with ARGB codecs in Adobe Premiere CS 5.5: kb2.adobe.com/cps/915/c

fraying Wow. “My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress.” -Warren Buffett nytimes.com/2011/08/15/opi… 

jackjonescolour Preparing an Avid Project for a Nucoda Gradep.ost.im/p/eRTwwu

atlantacutters Panel Discussion: “Editorial Where Do We Go From Here?” is now posted! tinyurl.com/44uwvhv

justwinston Also, just discovered this site which lists all Criterion Collection films streaming on Netflix. Yay and yay.streamingcriterions.com

Heycameraman 10 Ways to survive your crappy job.  lifehacker.com/5830565/top-10…

Backup Reminder: September 2011

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Today is Backup Day! We discussed this Lion thing last month so if you’ haven’t upgraded yet be sure and backup before you do.