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17th Annual Pro Video Show to be held March 9-10, 2007 at Stonehill College in Easton, MaWritten by David Tames on February 3, 2007
Filed Under Camera, Documentary, Editing, Events & Screenings, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, High Definition, Lighting, Media Literacy, Podcasting, QuickTime, Sound, The Media, Video on the Web, Web
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If you live in the Boston area you will not want to miss the 17th Annual Pro Video Show sponsored by The Camera Company to be held Friday and Saturday, March 9-10, 2007 at Stonehill College, in Easton, Massachussetts (Exit 17B off Route 24). This annual event provides local media makers... Continue Reading...
2007 SMPTE/NE Digital Production ShowcaseWritten by David Tames on January 18, 2007
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The New England Chapter of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) held its Annual Digital Production Showcase (which has become a mid-winter tradition) on Wednesday, January 17th at WCVB-TV’s studio in Needham, Massachusetts. My photos from the event are available... Continue Reading...
Final Cut Pro color correcting blues about to change their hue?Written by David Tames on October 28, 2006
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It’s no secret, Final Cut Pro’s color correction tools pale in comparison to the Avid. But Apple’s recent purchase of Silicon Color technology is certainly to have an impact on future color correcting capabilities in Final Cut Pro. And even if the capabilities are slated for... Continue Reading...
Instant HD, is it magical?Written by David Tames on June 18, 2006
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I love Magic Bullet Editors from Red Giant, I use it to create looks and film effects when editing in Final Cut Pro and have been very happy with the results. Thus, when Red Giant announced Instant HD, a tool for upresing standard definition footage to HD, I was expecting another amazing plug-in... Continue Reading...
NAB2006: My picks from the showWritten by David Tames on May 4, 2006
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Here are the products that stood out for me (not in any particular order) at NAB2006. The Zylight Z50 is a tiny LED lighting instument that can instantly changes from 5600K to 3200K light with the push of a button and can be programmed to to produce any color you want and you can save you... Continue Reading...
To P2 or not P2, that is the question…Written by David Tames on April 30, 2006
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I discuss Panasonic’s P2 technology and workflow in Part 2 of my article about the Panasonic AG-HVX200 camera that appears in the most recent issue of New England Film. As part of my research for the article I put together a music video shoot using P2 workflow and spoke with several filmmakers... Continue Reading...
Not all RAIDs are created equalWritten by David Tames on April 20, 2006
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I did not emphasize a very important aspect of my discussion of media storage expansion options: a critical aspect of setting up a software RAID array is the utility you use to set up the RAID, and SoftRAID is a better option than Apple’s Disk Utility. Continue Reading… Read More →
Media storage expansion options for the Power Mac G5Written by David Tames on April 15, 2006
Filed Under Editing, Filmmaking, General
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Recently I needed to add more video storage to my G5 editing system and I faced several options, below are the three options I considered. Apple would love to have you buy their XServe RAID, and it’s a beautiful, high performance box, but it’s overkill for the indie filmmakers and... Continue Reading...
Remembering John Marshall Premiers at Museum of Fine Arts, BostonWritten by David Tames on April 5, 2006
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After a very intense sixteen day editing schedule, Alice Apley and I, with the help of assistant editors Cristina Bauer, Sharon Perpignani, and Tamar Skowronski, have completed editing Remembering John Marshall. It premiers tonight at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston as part of Documentary Educational... Continue Reading...
Apple White Paper on Final Cut Pro and P2 WorkflowWritten by David Tames on March 16, 2006
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Apple recently released a white paper discussing P2 workflow with Final Cut Pro, the document covers P2 cards and card-reading devices, recommended capture and ingest options, shooting modes and formats, importing P2 footage into Final Cut Pro, using log and capture with P2 footage, recommended... Continue Reading...
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