Convergent Design Odyssey7Q Owner Loyalty Program
authored by Mitch Gross, Director of Communications at Convergent Design With the introduction of the new Odyssey7Q+, Convergent Design is rewarding our Odyssey7Q clients who wish to purchase the new…
"Interstellar": My Take on IMAX vs. 35mm
I’ve now seen “Interstellar” projected digitally in a multiplex as well as in 70mm OmniMax. They were very different experiences. Here’s what I noticed… It’s a weird thing to sit…
Are You a Cinematographer or a Documentarian?
One of my guilty pleasures is watching the HBO series “True Blood.” It’s a campy vampire soap opera, true, but it’s also occasionally educational. Episode three of series seven got…
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Sony F5: Dynamic Range, plus interpreting it in Resolve
Sony gives us a lot of gamma table options in the F5 and F55. I recently had a chance to sit down with an F5 and map them all out, and in doing so I learned a lot about both gamma curves and how BlackMagic Resolve Lite handles them. I had no idea what I was getting into when I shot these tests. Usually I bring clips into Final Cut Pro, export them to Apple Color and capture waveform images from there, but according to Sony there are no current options to import XAVC HD directly into Final Cut Pro 7 or X. I’m not that familiar with BlackMagic DaVinci Resolve Lite, but I learned a lot… while putting a nice dent in both my forehead and the wall over my desk along the way.
Early Access to Sony F5/F55 1.03 Firmware Update
On Monday you’ll see firmware v1.03 for the Sony F5 and F55 cameras appear on Sony’s website, but if you’re shooting over the weekend you can grab it now at…
Adobe CS6 DVi Workshop: Transitioning to Adobe Creative Cloud
Pete Bauer explains the process of transitioning from Adobe CS6 or other disc-based NLE applications to Adobe Creative Cloud. (runs just under 7 min.) This Adobe CS6 tutorial by Pete…
Kappa Studios and Annoying Orange
Kappa Studios switches from Avid to an all Adobe workflow for the production of Cartoon Network’s new hit show Annoying Orange. This animated series originated online and when viewership broke a billion views it was time to take the production to broadcast. With the demand for extremely quick turn around Kappa Studios knew only Adobe video tools could meet their needs for complicated animation and accelerated post workflows to make the production a success.
Adobe Creative Cloud for Video Professionals
The practice of installing new software on a DVD is going the way of the dinosaur. Top software companies are moving away from physical installation disks to an online cloud-based download system. Adobe is leading the charge with Adobe Creative Cloud. Creative Cloud is an ongoing membership that lets you download and install all of the Adobe Creative Suite 6 software, including Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop Extended, After Effects, Audition, SpeedGrade, Prelude, Illustrator, and Flash Professional. You also get other creative software like Lightroom, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, and services like Adobe Story Plus for scriptwriting, production scheduling, and reporting. DVi contributing author Clay Asbury guides you through Adobe Creative Cloud.
Serious Multicam
Cutting a 14-Camera Music Video in FCP X Some months ago, I was looking for a project that would let me explore FCP X’s multi-cam capabilities. Then I heard about…
Everything you ever wanted to know about HFR and The Hobbit
This article was originally published on Tim Dashwood’s blog and is reprinted here with his kind permission. The Hobbit has finally been released in 2D and 3D at the traditional…
Digital SLR Cameras – What’s New for Surveillance Photography
This white paper is provided to DV Info Net courtesy of Sofradir EC, Inc., formerly Electrophysics, a leading developer of advanced high performance infrared cameras, portable thermography systems and advanced…
NAB 2012 End Of Year Round-Up
DVi contributor Craig Chartier saw a lot of really cool stuff at NAB this year. Most of it wasn’t even shipping then, but everything is available now. Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Craig presents his “best products of the year” for 2012 in this four-page buyer’s guide. A lot of these items weren’t available for sale yet when they were first shown at NAB, but all of them can be bought right now, and the links to buy them from B&H, or directly from the manufacturer, or in some cases on Amazon, are included at the end of each description. There are no $10,000 items on this list. They are ranked in no particular order of importance and they cover several areas of production.
Adobe CS6 DVi Workshop: Using Adobe Premiere Pro with SpeedGrade and Audition
This Adobe CS6 tutorial by Pete Bauer of Contrail Media shows the round-trip process of taking a video clip through Adobe SpeedGrade that was deliberately shot at the wrong color temperature (i.e., a camera’s white balance was set to daylight instead of tungsten), because color temperature is something that Premiere Pro’s built in color correctors don’t explicitly have, but SpeedGrade does. Rounding out the workshop is a demo of a simple audio noise clean-up with Adobe Audition.
Sony Releases Vegas Pro 12
After a couple of controversial releases with seemingly minor visible changes (but plenty of changes under the hood adding the OpenFX API, GPU acceleration, 3D video, and compatibility with many…
Twenty Premiere Pro CS6 Power Tips for FCP Editors
These power tips are geared toward the FCP editor and will you get up to
speed quickly with the nuances and new features in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6! Maybe you’ve come to Adobe Creative Suite Production Premium from Final Cut Pro or Avid Media Composer. If so, you’ll want to take advantage of the new features found in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. I myself am a switcher and a former Final Cut editor. Professional editors want a powerful, reliable app that can handle various workflows, and those new to editing want an NLE app that is easy to use and intuitive. In this article I’ll share some power user tips to make you more successful and comfortable with Premiere Pro.