All of the Above

Note: reflection in water

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:25:40 -0400

Note: reflection in water

Can’t sleep.

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 03:45:41 -0500

Can’t sleep.

New Orleans temp editing station #5 (at Republic)

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 05:20:08 -0500

New Orleans temp editing station #5 (at Republic)

Crabs on crabs on crabs #neworleans

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:47:54 -0500

Crabs on crabs on crabs #neworleans

Am I visible?

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:38:14 -0500

Am I visible?

This is Nooner

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:58:14 -0500

This is Nooner

Blaine-cam. Patent pending.

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:13:13 -0500

Blaine-cam. Patent pending.

Server guard dog.

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:53:46 -0500

Server guard dog.

Church

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 13:21:13 -0500

Church

Dah-owg.

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:33:00 -0500

Dah-owg.

Trixy McCartney

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 02:27:57 -0500

Trixy McCartney

Picture of my dad.

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:41:49 -0400

Picture of my dad.

Good Idea aldenpeters: Deaf-accessible cinema.

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:50:00 -0400

Good Idea

aldenpeters:

Deaf-accessible cinema.

#Cute (Taken with Instagram)

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:53:05 -0400

#Cute (Taken with Instagram)

Cinematic, music video excellence. Capitalism!

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:20:00 -0400

Cinematic, music video excellence.

Capitalism!

The new music video from David Byrne and St Vincent has a...

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:44:50 -0400

The new music video from David Byrne and St Vincent has a fantastic music video. But the best part is at 00:12 when Byrne’s car door closes with the rhythm of the drum beat. I watched that bit about five times before letting myself move on with the rest of the video.

I was working on a little promo for Ford’s Ford Fusionist...

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 23:25:19 -0400

The first frame of fake the rolling shutter strobing artifact.

The second frame of fake strobing artifact.

Before placing the fake artifacting.

A look at the cut where I inserted this "effect."

I was working on a little promo for Ford’s Ford Fusionist event and, timing it with the flash of a projector, I added some fake rolling shutter strobing-artifact to make a smoother, more interesting cut in this sizzle reel.

Here’s the finished video:

nasdaq: digitalspark: Creativity and innovation, while not the...

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 17:48:00 -0400

nasdaq:

digitalspark:

Creativity and innovation, while not the same thing, both are iterative activities.

They both benefit from answering these six questions.

Always good to remind ourselves of the essentials, especially at the beginning of a new week!

Good things to think about when approaching a video or film.

Film Map

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:03:29 -0400

“A street map made up of over 900 film titles including cinema classics such as Lost Highway, On the Waterfront, Jurassic Park, Reservoir Dogs, Carlito’s Way, Nightmare on Elm Street, Valley of the Dolls and Chinatown.

“The Map, which is loosely based on the style of a vintage Los Angeles street map has its own Hollywood Boulevard and includes districts dedicated to Hitchcock and Cult British Horror movies. Like most cities it also has its own Red Light area. There’s an A-Z key at the base of the Map listing all the films featured with their release dates and names of the directors.”

See it here: http://www.wearedorothy.com/shop/film-map-original-open-edition

Mountain Lion and Final Cut Pro 7

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 22:48:00 -0400

After reading several mixed reviews of Final Cut Pro 7 running on Mountain Lion, I decided to try for myself.

I ran Time Machine one last time and updated to Mountain Lion. Then I logged and transferred (from a Canon 7D file structure), dragged-and-dropped files into FCP, ran Pluraleyes (v 1.1.8), copied, cut, pasted into a new sequence, exported in ProRes422, and transcoded to H.264 with Compressor. It all worked as it should!

I’ll be sure to keep updating regarding Mountain Lion and FCP 7 as I work more freelance jobs. We’ll see how the combination holds up through an ENTIRE, real-world workflow.

EPILOGUE: Obviously, you should take precautions before upgrading. Make a bootable backup before you do anything, in case Mountain Lion is a dud. (Time Machine isn’t bootable)