Useful Tools for Editors: Render Notification

October 5, 2010, 12:45 PM

http://www.studiodaily.com/blog/?p=4368

Have you ever set a looooong render on one of your favorite post-production applications and watched as the render bar ticked away and the app tried to give you a best guess as to how long the render might take? And have you ever watched in frustration as the actual length of time it took to complete the render was way longer than the estimate?

De-interlacing in Apple Final Cut Pro

October 5, 2010, 12:44 PM

http://digitalcontentproducer.com/videoedsys/revfe...

Though many producers now exclusively shoot in progressive mode, few producers don't have some interlaced footage that they need to work with, whether legacy DV or some HD format shot more recently in interlaced mode. When producing for TV or DVD, interlaced works just fine. But when producing for streaming, or for film-based output, de-interlacing is necessary to convert the interlaced fields into progressive frames.

Heliocentric Pantheon: An Interview with Murch

October 5, 2010, 11:32 AM

http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/heliocentric-...

As it happens, Murch's interests go far beyond the reach of cinema, encompassing architecture, astronomy, music theory, and mathematics – among an almost impossibly broad range of other subjects. When a friend of mine casually mentioned that Walter had "discovered" something about the Pantheon, in Rome, and that this discovery had something to do with Nicolaus Copernicus and the origins of heliocentrism in Western astronomy, I was determined to write about it for BLDGBLOG. Within only a few...

Matrox Announces Support for Avid DNxHD Codec

October 5, 2010, 09:59 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/news/story/...

RELEASES PLURALEYES 1.2 FOR FINAL CUT PRO

October 5, 2010, 09:58 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/news/story/...

MENTAL IMAGES IRAY INCLUDED IN AUTODESK ADVANTAGE

October 5, 2010, 09:54 AM

http://www.postmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm...

BERLIN - Mental Images' (www.mentalimages.com) Iray rendering solution is now incorporated into the Autodesk Subscription Advantage Pack for 3DS Max 2011 and 3DS Max Design 2011 software. Iray rendering technology balances ease-of-use and scene setup with a high quality final frame output. A productive workflow is achieved by enabling artists to more accurately simulate their creations with "push button" rendering.

Chairman of the Edit: Walter Murch

October 4, 2010, 04:41 PM

http://cinesourcemagazine.com/index.php?/site/comm...

Much-lauded as a sound designer, film editor, and visionary, as well as inventor, Murch is a renaissance man and jack-of-all trades, a classicist as well as a classy guy. Polite and precise, he is encyclopedically acquainted with the arts, in part because he grew up in Manhattan, son of Walter Murch, a painter of mysterious textures and romantic atmospheres, who remains a cult figure in the New York art scene.

Importing XDCAM Footage into FCP

October 4, 2010, 03:23 PM

http://lfhd.net/2010/10/04/tutorial-xdcam-import-i...

This one isn’t from me. But it has to be one of the best technical tutorials I have seen. I might be inspired...

Tapeless TV Workflow for Childrens Hospital

October 4, 2010, 03:21 PM

http://www.studiodaily.com/filmandvideo/technique/...

Childrens Hospital debuted in 2008 as a web series on TheWB.com before coming to Adult Swim this summer. Bringing it to television meant planning a workflow that would preserve the creative energy that made the online version a success while bringing the property to a much larger audience. That responsibility fell to North Hollywood's J/KAM Digital, which cut the show in HD on Mac-based Avid Media Composer Nitris DX systems and finished it on the Symphony Nitris DX. Film & Video talked...

A NEW DSLR LIGHT JIB

October 4, 2010, 02:53 PM

http://uniquedesigners.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/a-...

After i posted my Cinec Best Of i got a "few" questions regarding to the ABC DSLR LIGHT JIB . As it seems like a nice tool even for our work back here i did contact ABC due the fact there is almost no info’s out there yet. (as it was shown the first time ever at cinec 2010 anyway). So here are some facts i got to share with you.