The Editblog

Some Mac users have been dipping their toes in the PC waters at their facility.

If you haven’t heard big reality tv producers Bunim/Murray are moving from Final Cut Pro to Media Composer. And there’s more detail to that story here.

Here’s a great blog about Autodesk Smoke.

This is a nice Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 wishlist with some 5.5 gripes. And it appears CS6 will ship in the first half of 2012.

Painting video frames in Photoshop can come in very handy.

Apparently you can get the full Sorenson Squeeze 8 with an Avid Media Composer purchase.

Goody. More words that sitting in front of the computer all day is killing you.

This post that hypothesizes that Final Cut Pro X is better than the rest because it is faster than the rest has some epic discussion in the comments.

And this post debunks that idea that FCPX is so much faster than other NLEs. If you want even more then a COW discussion about that post is further reading.

For those curious about 4K workflow this Dragon Tattoo article is a great read.

This is a fun discussion of the jump cut.

Here’s a list of some free filmmaking ebooks.

Are DSLRs really a dying breed?

Are you keeping up with who is in and out of SOPA?

There are simple rules for a creator’s life.

So maybe kids today can hear audio quality above and beyond crappy mp3s through ear buds.

There’s a new rule that documentary features must get a review in the LA Times or NY Times to quality for the Oscars.

Kickstarter keeps growing and growing.

There’s a cloud-based video editor going out of beta. But who really cares since automatic video editing is where it’s all headed anyway.

These long exposure shots of fireflies are just gorgeous.

Links from Twitter:

askmrvideo [Phoronix] Avidemux 2.5.6 Video Editor Brings Many Changes: Avidemux 2.5.6 Video Editor Brings Many Changes. Pos… bit.ly/vwPk8v

digitalreb Interesting thread on how the different settings in the Import dialog affect how Avid remaps a clip’s levels: community.avid.com/forums/p/90299…

BKMeditor Smoke Basics: Working with Source Clips wp.me/pYRXU-1b A detailed explanation of the Editdesk.

indiewire Netflix, Piracy and the IRS: The Top 10 Filmmaker Toolkit Articles of 2011 ow.ly/1gs58L

videoguys Tech trends you’ll see in 2012 soc.li/C7PaARS

CPDaily Creating a new demo reel for 2012? Check out these 20 tips for making a successful reel: ow.ly/8dlpj

boxee How Much Is Your Cable Habit REALLY Costing You? b0x.ee/uWCDPL via @Gothamist

girlgamy The 10 Best Productivity Apps of 2011 tnw.to/1COoX by @HarrisonWeber on @TNWapps

Company3 Here are some time-saving touchscreen shortcuts that some of you iPhone/iPad experts might not know. ow.ly/8bIYs

wingrove Tangent devices confirm pricing for element panels.. $695 to $1195us ea with bundle price of $3,495us for all 4 bit.ly/q4W26M

josephnasto This is awesome! – Before They Were Famous: The Short Films of Well Known Directors bit.ly/tAd3rT

ilmgeek Found out 2 weeks ago that a clean lion install doesn’t have QuickTime 7. Turns out you CAN get an installer: support.apple.com/kb/DL923

slashfilm Q&A: How Do I Know If My IMAX Theatre is Real 70mm IMAX or lieMAX (Digital IMAX)? bit.ly/tuvQ0L

Just_CoS_ Jan Harlan writes Stanley Kubrick about Steadicam. History in the making – Letters of Note: It’s just terrific ow.ly/85nvB

PostMasters876 We have Updated our workflow structure with a few minor changes. Download here –> db.tt/UWnFZTQ – Happy Editing.

Finally, sit back and enjoy this trip around the world:

Time is Nothing // Around The World Time Lapse from Kien Lam on Vimeo.

Avid Media Composer 6 is launching in the next few days. Check out an early review. And the Avid webcast announcing MC6 is available online.

Freddylinks is still the best place ever for all Avid info.

We should all think about doing work we can be proud of.

If the future there might be No more jump cuts? Or use the Avid technique today.

Hurry to get your free DaVinci Lite training before it’s gone.

So is the 35mm depth of field adapter dead?

Loiloscope is in version 2 of an alternative video editor but it’s for PC only. Of we can let some website do a lot of the work for us to create a “video slideshow.”

If you missed this timeline comparison I did between FCP and Premiere Pro then check it out.

AJA has new Kona drivers out.

TUAW pointed out the Blackmagic Disk Speed Test app.

I was honored to be on this list of 10 video editing and post twitter users.

It’s fun to read about other’s experience in the 48 hour film project.

Here’s a Kubrick interview from 1966.

Links from Twitter:

DaufCam: A great example of crop factors by Phil Hollandfb.me/A3xE3gdq

clipwrap ClipWrap 2.4.4 – now with metadata parsing, better avid DNxHD support, and much more divergentmedia.com/clipwrap/trial

Digistorians Media 100 keeps on trucking, Read this v.2 review, by Michael Hanish tvtechnology.com/article/124884

MediaComposer @howardberry When MC 6 becomes available later this month, take advantage of your complimentary student upgrade here:bit.ly/vrlEPA

dvice ’The Matrix’ bullet-time comes to pro surfing: whoa bit.ly/uNS2GZ

olacolorist: Took a break to show you very quickly how I do multicam editing in FCP7 using an iPad. youtube.com/watch?v=JCpKMM…

zacuto All three episodes of the Great Camera Shootout 2011 are now available for download on Vimeo: ow.ly/7b4ti!

kev_mon Batch Renaming Clips for Adobe Premiere Pro in Adobe Bridgebit.ly/uyhEBa

wienotfilms How can someone not want a #GoPro after watching this?youtu.be/GUEZCxBcM78 The #editing job on it was masterful, btw!

CriterionCorner this article on THE TREE OF LIFE’S editing process is the best thing you’ll read or re-read all day: is.gd/Y5oyie

jessicaebelhar all of my pix from the horrific #indycar crash in #vegasthat took dan wheldon’s life: bit.ly/qatYiF

BitesBlog The Chick-fil-A Conundrum: How to Reconcile Tasty Chicken with Distasteful Politics goo.gl/fb/kst62

These are 13 memorable quotes from Steve Jobs (but beware you have to click through to every one).

Steve Jobs narrated an unaired Think Different commercial.

Mike Jones says to start acting like an amateur if you want to be a professional one day. This is a good read, good food for thought.

Everything you probably ever wanted to know about NVIDIA GPUs and what they mean for Adobe Premiere Pro is right here.

Editor Jamie Cobb writes a great piece on editing violence.

Editor Jason Konoza discusses things he’s learned about editing from Postchat. And if you don’t know about #postchat read about it here.

An interesting opinion on what Adobe might do with IRIDAS SpeedGrade.

What is the future of big color grading systems?

One editor discusses basic split edits in Final Cut Pro X.

Here’s some Thunderbolt impressions.

And here’s some help if you’re moving from Media Composer 4 to 5.

And then here’s some cross-platform, multi-NLE, tapeless transcoding workflow tips.

Great detail of what is imported into Premiere Pro from a Final Cut Pro XML.

The Cinedeck RX looks like  a nice tool for the right application.

Batch renaming clips in Adobe Bridge is one way to accomplish that task.

Did you get your copy of the new and improved (and free) Post Haste version 2.0?

Two unpaid interns have files a Black Swan lawsuit. The comments are a good read.

do videobloggers really make millions through online content?

Is this video proof that many war images are staged?

I think it’s great that iOS 5′s iMessage might cut into some cellular carrier’s crazy expensive text messaging fees.

This is a nice Lightroom Q and A.

Tower Heist is going to hit VOD just a few weeks after it hits the theatre? And speaking of Comcast they are testing some different kind of package deals.

Links from Twitter:

bcfilmmaker The Decline of Indie Movies on Netflix: Were They Amputated With the Long Tail? fb.me/1ckGIIhYR

walterbiscardi Tennessee wanted the “Footloose” production, but Georgia’s incentives and infrastructure won out. tinyurl.com/3roat2o

mikejonestv Ratio income of average Workers to CEOs around the world. This is why the USA is dying. pic.twitter.com/aZJian2h

jwidmer 6 Habits Of Highly Productive People http://ow.ly/6MOd3

entrepreneurpro Domains + logos for sale = genius: http://stylate.commikeseymour Stunning story behind the real reason we as an industry lost Kerner Optical… (great piece of journalism too)variety.com/article/VR1118…

evilschultz Great write-up on using @AvidTechnology @MediaComposerPaint Tool. community.avid.com/forums/p/97865…

chrisvisser Great @MediaComposer tip on Sync Point Editing.vimeo.com/26294093

Quantel We’ve just launched a competition to find the next big talent in the post-production world! Check it out: blog.quantel.eu/2011/10/make-m…

digitalreb 25 excellent post-production iPhone and iPad apps (including ours): premiumbeat.com/blog/25-excell…

joshpetok Very good advice from @patInhofer Tao Of Color’s Latest Blog Post: Career Advice to Keep You Earning taoofcolor.com/699/whats-your…

ThisIsSethsBlog: Seth’s Blog: The warning signs of defending the status quo bit.ly/owmox4

ryansalazar VideoProduction.com Produces Network Quality Videos for Under $300 http://ow.ly/6AfU8

alex4d New keyboard shortcuts for #fcpx audio roles bit.ly/nEeH0q

nease One of the best short films I’ve seen in a long time! “3×3″ by Nuno Rocha vimeo.com/6761817

lifehacker Have a lot of stainless steel in your house? WD-40 is a product you probably already have that cleans and protects it: lifehacker.com/5841616/use-wd…

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

Here’s my FCPX review at Studio Monthly. Oliver Peters has his too.

Have you seen the museum of early video editing equipment?

Here’s a couple of tips for keeping Premiere Pro running smoothly.

Here’s a handy pdf about color levels when import and exporting from Avid Media Composer.

Avid did extend their $995 Final Cut Pro crossgrade.

Switching to Premiere Pro can save you some bucks.

And Sony is even offering a competitive upgrade for Vegas!

A new version of Shotput Pro is out.

The Neat Video noise reduction plug-in is now available for Quantel machines (pdf link).

The guys who make Scopebox and Clipwrap have started a podcast.

Why join a user group?

Ars Technica asks if Apple still cares about creative pros.

This post might be helpful if you’re in need of a job.

So has Color been merged into FCPX?

Some people just can’t stomach giving money to Apple.

It’s nice to see detailed accounts of how others set up their edit suite.

This is an interesting discussion of video scope discrepancies.

5 tips when getting started in editing.

How one person got an FCPX refund.

Apparently the broadcast safe filter in FCPX will work.

Another good FCPX video.

Could the Comcast data cap kill your internet access too?

Thunderbolt speed testing begins.

The 3 part FCPX demo from a recent LAFCPUG meeting is a must FCPX watch.

Here’s a gigapixel image from a recent U2 show in town. These things are always amazing.

Want to work faster in After Effects and Premiere Pro?

Finally, 100 Final Cut Pro X questions answered.

So they say prolonged sitting may be as dangerous as smoking!

Dropbox is wonderful but some etiquette when using it with others would be nice.

Part 1 of 3 on choosing the right shared storage solution. I am following this one with great interest.

More about RED EPIC!

Here’s part 1 of Post Soup, (it’s about post-supervising) which looks to be a great series.

We might need to know how to create a bootable Mac OS Lion disk once it ships via Mac app store download.

If you need edumacation about HD color model and sub-sampling then this is the article for you.

Editmote is an iPhone control app for your NLE. I’m  looking forward to see where this one goes.

AETUS helps out with creating dynamic, hand-drawn text.

Here’s some help with keeping that aspect ratio when scaling down your footage.

Splice Now has a tip on displaying source track names in the Avid timeline.

Why are FCP thumbnails showing media offline when media is available?

Do you need to reinvent yourself?

This tutorial about superimposing a car onto another image is a great photoshop tutorial.

First we get some deep analyzation of the FCPX screenshots that might show Motion integration then we got some possibly leaked Motion 5 screenshots. Just get it here already.

Can You Customize the Tangent Wave for DaVinci Resolve? Or just go with the cheapest control surface ever.

If you’re curious about RED EPIC then read about others playing with EPIC frames.

If you’re a Roger Waters / The Wall fan then this piece on the current tour animations might be of interest.

This is a great idea: still photos brought to life with a little bit or motion.

Do you need to know how to whistle real loud?

You really should look at this picture of Bonnaroo from the air.

Link from Twitter:

silveradosys [HDTV] …what are the specs that really matter? http://bit.ly/kTZVQK #media

synapticlight RT @Raindance: 6 ways film directors screw editors: http://bit.ly/mnwJ1T

FilmBudget Cable companies start charging heavy streaming video users. http://fb.me/wynmHHbd

blatherskyte The best article I’ve read so far on why cable tv doesn’t go a la carte: http://j.mp/jmKSx8

onerivermedia Using #multicam #HDSLR and #timecode together on set. http://bit.ly/myvakE

AdobeAE using Warp Stabilizer to remove objects and perform a content-aware fill in After Effects CS5.5:… http://fb.me/JnaeTm9W

digitalreb Interesting undocumented feature in Avid’s PhraseFind: movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/Avid-L2/…

AdobePremiere CUDA processing improvements in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5: http://bit.ly/iWDpC5 details: http://adobe.ly/gE0JlS http://fb.me/12BT4IKCV

freshdv RT @johnaugust: Screenwriters: We made an app for the iPad. It lets you read Final Draft files and looks great. http://fdxreader.com

finalcutters Got noisy footage? 21 noise reduction plug-ins for Final Cut Pro http://bit.ly/fcnoisered

jamiecobbeditor So ridiculous & yet I want one RT @joetombarello: Stay In Style & Keep Warm Inside The Edit Bay ~> http://bit.ly/k5qq0d

IncMagazine Here’s how great logos have evolved over the ages. http://ow.ly/4mUbW

hblodget America is DEMOLISHING rest of world in military expenditures and % of families that have been homeless http://read.bi/mwEqO1

josephnasto Dunno how old this link is, but this “scale of the universe” blows my mind: http://bit.ly/gllHbz

Many think post-production is an afterthought but it is not.

NVIDIA’s Quadro 4000 is their newest CUDA graphics card for the Mac.

A Camera Does Not a Filmmaker Make. If you haven’t read this essay do so now.

This is a good report on RED EPIC and HDRx. And speaking of EPIC here’s a very nice piece about working on the RED NAB film.

A LFHD report on inexpensive archiving from the NAB 2011 show.

Here’s a good article on fixing offset audio levels.

This can help you track down potential problem clips in an Avid timeline.

Nice piece here about documentaries and distribution.

Colorgrader Network is a grading resource I hadn’t heard about.

Controlling FCP from the iPad can be possible.

Digital Intermediates are important in post.

There’s this new Technicolor CineStyle image profile for Canon DSLRs.

Before you jump into it try and understand LUTs.

There’s been a lot of tests of the Technicolor CineStyle profile  and this is a good one.

Here are 15 utilities for managing FCP preferences.

How could documentary cinema change for the better?

This REDuser post is a great after NAB read about the current state of RED.

Archiving is important, even for indies (I may have linked to this before).

One of the regulators who ok’d the NBC / Comcast deal has now joined Comcast as a lobbyist. Sad.

Remember Film Threat magazine? They are crowdfunding.

Links from Twitter:

bnealeditor Thousands of free audio books from the public domain! How cool is this? http://librivox.org/

robgwilson How to Jump Ship from GoDaddy to a Better Web Host and Registrar http://j.mp/ifWdHL

CreativeCOW iPad Users: Creative COW Magazine app now available at iTunes Store http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/1/858363

WEVAnews Adobe’s first Photoshop Touch Apps for iPad are out, shown in this clip http://bit.ly/gBpgx0 with news release: http://bit.ly/jeXFvM

ImagineerSys An overview of the mocha Pro Remove tool! We go through 6 shots where the Remove Module can help create clean plates: vimeo.com/23230113

totalfilm Malick is the master: The Making Of The Tree Of Life http://bit.ly/lCtxUv

BuzzEdition ?GAVE ME CHILLS –>Time lapse video of woman with HIV/AIDS http://bit.ly/fGPnMA

sam_longoria First Review for ‘The Tree of Life’ Brings Comparisons to ’2001? & Spielberg http://bit.ly/kuqRiw

RJWeditor AICE Editing 2011 Finalists: http://bit.ly/imY6rf

post_magazine Post Magazine’s 2011 Storage Solutions supplement is now available online http://bit.ly/eQAgGz

NVIDIAQuadro Yes, NVIDIA GPUs and technology really are everywhere: http://bit.ly/kMoZvm

kev_mon Are you a video editor that has not learned After Effects yet? No worries, go here: http://adobe.ly/hL38yj

gary_hustwit Stunning images of Chicago by a young photojournalist named Stanley Kubrick in 1949: http://j.mp/ii22Uv (via @brainpicker)

AdobePremiere Modifying timecode in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5: http://adobe.ly/gnLy92 more: http://adobe.ly/etNdmv http://fb.me/X32mbvMe

shepherdfx Compilation of articles and videos about Final Cut Pro X: http://goo.gl/DOYjY

blatherskyte Passing storm sounds awoke & reminded me to read “How to steal like an artist (and 9 other things nobody told me)” http://bit.ly/e6obg3

andrewpprice Meet the Photoshop master – BaoJun Yuan: http://bit.ly/kHyZ5a And he doesn’t charge a cent.

And finally:

hblodget America is DEMOLISHING rest of world in military expenditures and % of families that have been homeless http://read.bi/mwEqO1

It was a big NAB show last week with lots of people attending and a lot of products announced. This is a short linkage edition but with the NAB show there’s a lot of to kill time with. Here are some links from around the web.

FreshDV has some of the best coverage around the web. They did a ton of videos on everything from production to post so you can kill a lot of time watching their coverage.

Pro Video Coalition has its own dedicated NAB 2011 page with stories on many different NAB related topics. I posted a few iPhone videos over at the Editblog on PVC.

Of course we all know that Apple gave us a sneak preview of Final Cut Pro X and there’s tons of discussion of what we saw … of course. I posted my own piece about the demoed features as I saw them go by. All the usual suspects have chimed in: Larry Jordan, Walter Biscardi, Philip Hodgetts. Mike Jones says that FCP X is really not so new. I don’t think Digital Rebellion was there but they have comments from a developer pov. Here’s another piece that has what looks to be the best video captured that night.

fxguide has their NAB 2011 Wrap Up.

Digital Production Buzz had coverage every day of the show.

Here’s a report from an After Effects pov.

Studio Daily has a bunch of NAB videos. Post Magazine has their own NAB coverage as well.

Vimeo was at NAB too.

Some not necessarily NAB links from Twitter:

ywwg Yesterday: Baselight for FCP. Today: Baselight for Nuke! http://bit.ly/NAB-info

patInhofer RT @eyeheight: NAB 2011 News! Eyeheight Announces Development of complianceSuite Plug-ins for Media Composer.http://tinyurl.com/67w5r23

ronsussman this IS the future. whatever FCP or Avid is planning on offering now it will be old very soon http://oblong.com/

TapeOnline Video of Sony’s Sendai tape factory post-tsunami - http://bit.ly/hIuWTK

mikeconaty RT @thedvshow: Video Professional vs the “Video Professional” http://bit.ly/gEDLsh

synapticlight Download your free guide to Media Asset Management : http://apps.avid.com/make-most-media/interplay/?cmpid=AV-EM-MTM-9

IRIDAS IRIDAS CEO Lin Kayser talks to Post Magazine about IRIDAS’ NAB product releases: http://bit.ly/hGI6T5

goforjared updated #NABshow coverage here. Check it out! http://bit.ly/91rKQx

This Japan Quake Map is amazing to watch as it shows the quake and its aftershocks in a way you may not have seen before. Consider donating to the Red Cross if you can. Or Doctors Without Borders for another great cause.

Avid Media Composer 5.5 has shipped. You asked, Avid listened. And Freddy’s big list of Avid links has been updated accordingly.

There’s been a lot of speculation on the next version of Final Cut Pro. I speculated a bit more. And this Cinema5D thread is just insane in its length and discussion on the topic.

Here’s the NAB exhibit interactive floorplan.

Are you going to the NAB SuperMeet? You could win a $30,000 DaVinci Resolve.

The RED EPIC articles and footage are starting to really fly. Check out The Impossible Shot.

These shooting tips from the edit suite are good shooting tips for all shooters.

Even if you don’t know what frankenbiting is you’ve probably done it before.

If you use Media Composer and AMA then you should know how to get out of the yard.

Here’s a great piece on DaVinci Resolve vs. Nucode Film Master.

Did you see all the 28 Days of Quicktips collected into one place?

Did you know you can communicate with Adobe’s pro video and audio teams?

If you don’t use multiple FCP window layouts you really should learn how to do it.

So you CAN install iMovie on a first generation iPad.

Try x264 as an alternative to H.264.

That’s a cute video to promote the Arri Alexa and your studio.

AJA Ki Pro Mini vs. nanoFlash.

Being an editor is hard work. And again but different: Being an editor is hard work.

If you’re wondering about SAN storage system then read this article.

And if you’re wondering about an “inexpensive” display for your post production then this article might help with that.

Another way to wirelessly control FCP with your iPhone.

I like to read about other’s Adobe Lightroom workflow since I use it and I’m not a pro photographer.

You might win an iPod Touch by submitting your idea for destroying one.

Links from Twitter:

GTechbyHitachi A classic #tedtalk to enjoy: How to make work-life balance work! http://ow.ly/4335e

MediaSilo Been wondering how to add your MediaSilo channels to your Apple TV? http://tinyb.it/4D680CB439FCB

freshdv Shutter Speed vs FPS: Here’s a short video tutorial on the topic of Shutter Speed http://bit.ly/dKuBhL

HDnews NVidia Announces CUDA 4.0 http://bit.ly/e1MbSJ

creattica The Freelancer’s Cheat Sheet for Collections http://enva.to/g4KcVz

FCPdotCO How to move projects from Final Cut Pro to Adobe Premiere using XML http://tinyurl.com/6cg8yds

endlesspicnic Wow, great blog post over at @hurlbutvisuals — the holy grail of 5D Media Management practices! http://bit.ly/hsZLXv

DanMoranColor I got bored after 18 nodes on HD Alexa ProRes 4444 http://plixi.com/p/82300914

artguillotine Sally Menke Audio interview PT. 1 http://bit.ly/ggrYxf PT. 2 http://bit.ly/g3nw7D

finalcutters 189 FREE Final Cut Studio plug-ins and apps #fcp #finalcutpro #editingandpost http://bit.ly/fcfree

artguillotine Want to know how to ingest and edit 7D footage on #avid http://bit.ly/h5t544 check out this video

joetombarello Do You Know Where Your Codecs Are In Your Computer? A Must Read For Video Editors ~> http://adobe.ly/hBm3YI

conigs The 3/11 earthquake as filmed by 15 citizens, viewed simultaneously. http://www.twofourtysixpm.com/

seanbonner Seriously, this first person Tsunami video is one of the scariest things I’ve ever seen. http://ow.ly/4dvh0

ftwo The Big Picture: Earthquake hits Japan http://post.ly/1jiSj

TomCruise.com had a recent article about editing and the Editblog on PVC got a mention!

Studio Daily has posted my DaVinci Resolve for Mac review. It’s from an Apple Color user’s pov.

If you’re an Avid user then read this post about QuickTime workflow for proper brightness levels.

And here’s a must read piece if you’re syncing dailies in Avid Media Composer.

Yet another great article from Oliver Peters about demystifying color grading.

If you’re wondering about RED’s HDRx then this post explains a lot.

Speaking of color grading Little Frog in High Def looks at Colorista II.

ProLost is trying to help you determine The Shot You Can Make.

What is HD? What is HD indeed.

Need help finding magic hour?

Here’s a nice post about the very cool (though expensive) Cinedeck Extreme.

So are you worried that Apple will abandon Pro Video?

This is a great After Effects tutorial roundup.

Can you really stabilize motion without zooming?

You can get AirPlay to an old Apple TV with this app. And it works as I tried it.

And another USB 3.0 for Mac review.

Links from Twitter:

melrosematt Correct Color Correction? A Great Tech Blog By MVP’s Gary Carter http://bit.ly/gVVrHX

careyd How to re-constitute an FCP project when all you have is the h.264 SD card data: http://bit.ly/e0wJ9S

ebertchicago The Best Documentaries of 2010. My new blog entry, just posted. http://j.mp/f80N08

mjeppsen A handy flowchart to help you decide if you should do a job for free: http://bit.ly/fiPD6x

Lifehacker Sick of DRM on your iTunes video purchases and rentals? Here’s how to remove it: http://lifehacker.com/5731842

FCPDaily Luca Visual FX announces Film FX 2.0 — Awesome grunge & light clip based transitions for FCP, AVID, Premiere, etc!! http://bit.ly/e6jA64

synapticlight Not All 720p Is Created Equally : http://normanpogson.blogspot.com/2011/01/not-all-720p-is-created-equally.html

beerad 210% After Effects: Everything, including the music was made exclusively in After Effects. http://vimeo.com/17092568

artguillotine Help us get our new sister site trimbin.com up and running check it out: http://www.trimbin.com

KarlSoule Adobe Trial Users: Please be aware of some of the trial limitations: http://tinyurl.com/2f2evnn

markspen Ten Reasons to Attend NAB 2011 http://filmmakingcentral.com/fmc2/2011/01/03/blogs/ten-reasons-to-attend-nab-2011/

MrKelly2u Hmm. Cool site for finding flights – it’s almost fun to use! Hipmunk: http://bit.ly/d1X4rv

mikeseymour Detroit in ruins gu.com/p/2m5bv/tw via @guardian

danielkutz David Fincher’s Explains the Henley Royal Regatta Tilt-shift Scene from ‘The Social Network’ | /Film http://bit.ly/hHPpny

hljarboe Kickstarter – “The Bunker Letters” – A Film Of Political Frustration: http://kck.st/fqhhlD

digitalreb This article illustrates the differences between various color spaces and what purposes they are suitable for: http://bit.ly/fpRus3

smalltreecomm The return of ‘rabbit ears’ on televisions across the country? Perhaps says @BE_magazine – http://tiny.cc/xywhr

And if you’re an editor who hasn’t seen this ProRes rap then you should watch it now: