The new version of Glue Tools PhantomCine Toolkit, in this case, 3.1.2693, has Open CL GPU acceleration. Since converting Phantom Cine files to ProRes is a daily occurrence at Brain Farm, I thought I would do some speed tests. I got some interesting results. Source Clip: Phantom Flex, 2560×1440, 49 seconds Test System: Mac Pro 4.1, 8×2.23GHz, […]
Read MoreDirector Adrian Moat Discusses Pirelli Tires “Scorpion” Commercial
Director Adrian Moat sits down with SourceEcreative to discuss the “Scorpion” commercial he directed for RSA Films last year, for which I was DIT/Media Manager (and did a bit of gear rental coordination too). Working with Adrian, Camp4Collective and the rest of the crew was an amazing experience. Adrian has an excitement and lust for […]
Read More adrian moat, arctic, baffin island, camp4collective, DIT, jimmy chin, optimo, pirelli, production, Red, rsa filmsOn-Site Post at Red Bull Ultra Natural
Video: 2 min recap of Ultra Natural 2013. Check out the full episode here In February, I was in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, coordinating the post production for Red Bull’s Ultra Natural event. We set up a 4 bay post facility in a hotel in Nelson; ingesting, organizing and editing footage from roughly 20 cameras. […]
Read More adobe, apple, Avid, Blackmagic, Brain Farm, cc, creative cloud, cs6, cuda, Davinci, FCP, flanders, fsi, mac pro, macbook pro, Maxx, Maxx Digital, mobile rocket, nbc, premiere pro, Red, red bull, red rocket, retina, san, small tree, ultra naturalColor Grading: Red Bull Ultra Natural: Full Episode
Color Grading: Eric Hansen Adobe Premiere CS6, Davinci Resolve, Twixtor, Dolby PRM-4200 monitor, Avid Artist Color control surface You may notice frame rate issues with this video. All the action and day-of stuff was shot at 60i so it looked live. Progressive cameras such as the RED Epic and GoPro Hero 3 cameras were set […]
Read More adobe, Avid, Brain Farm, cs6, Davinci, Dolby, Epic, GoPro, nbc, Premiere, prm, red bull, red epic, resolve, travis rice, ultra naturalColor Grading: Strong To The Finish Teaser
Strong to the Finish Teaser from BrainFarm on Vimeo. Brain Farm is excited to announce Strong to the Finish, currently in production and seeking funding via Kickstarter. Strong to the Finish follows the dramatic triumphs and heartbreaks of 40 year old Brian Hunter and his young family as he attempts a heroic test of physical […]
Read More 4k, Brain Farm, brian hunter, Davinci, Dolby, Epic, kickstarter, mongolia, orphans, prm, Red, resolve, strong to the finish, sttfScreening From a Blu-Ray? Skip It!
A few years ago, a local members-only golf club here in Jackson, WY started having occasional movie screenings followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers. This started because one of the members, a film producer specializing in documentaries, approached the club owners with the idea. It’s been a hit with the club’s patrons and last […]
Read More ac3, aja, bd, Blackmagic, blu-ray, DCP, Dolby, dts, dts-hd, hyperdeck, ki pro, makemkv, mkv, parkland, prores, redray, rip, rush, screening, skip, skipping, truehd, tv live, tv live hub, wd, western digitalPre-WWDC 2013 Mac Pro Rumor Roundup
There’s been surprisingly few detailed rumors about a new Mac Pro compared to Apple’s other products. Over the past few years there’s been speculation about a Mac Mini Pro or xMac, which is basically a beefy Mac Mini with a user-replaceable GPU and not much else. I would post a link, but there’s as many descriptions […]
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