nVidia GPU Buyers – Don’t Toss Your OLD Graphics Cards!

Posted by Eric Hansen - December 17, 2012 - Apple, SANs and Post Production

I’ve installed or recommended nVidia GPU cards for clients and friends for quite awhile now. Personally, I’m rocking a GTX570 in my Mac Pro for Premiere Pro and Resolve. I also have a GT120 installed as the second card for when I use Resolve. Most of the time my monitors are connected to the GTX570. […]

Final Cut Pro 7, Mac OS X 10.7.5 and nVidia GT120 Aren’t Playing Nice

Posted by Eric Hansen - December 7, 2012 - Apple, SANs and Post Production, Tutorials

I’ve noticed this now on enough systems to call this a bug, and since it involves 2 out of date pieces of software and one out of date graphics card, it’s unlikely that Apple will address it. Problem: Skipping playback in the Canvas and/or Viewer windows in Final Cut Pro 7 on Mac Pros with […]

Color Grading: Every Third Thursday – Bulletproof, Call of Duty Black Ops 2 Snowboard

Posted by Eric Hansen - November 30, 2012 - Clients, Color Grading, News

Signal Snowboards’ Every Third Thursday gets caught up in the excitement of the new Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 game release by building a bona-fide bulletproof Snowboard! The build starts with an inspiration trip to Treyarch Studio to get an early Black Ops 2 game play in. The challenging board build is executed using […]

Color Grading: Every Third Thursday – I Love Boobies, Breast Cancer Awareness Snowboard

Posted by Eric Hansen - November 29, 2012 - Clients, Color Grading, News

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, the Signal Snowboards crew teamed up with the Keep-A-Breast (KAB) foundation in an episode that’s all about feeling boobs! In an effort to do their part to bring a little education, fun, and snowboarding to a very serious subject, Signal and KAB Founder Shaney Jo Darden create a […]

Color Grading: Every Third Thursday – Raising the Bar, Next Level Adaptive Snowboard

Posted by Eric Hansen - November 28, 2012 - Color Grading, News

Dave Lee and the Signal Snowboards crew are back tackling a new hybrid snowboard project that’s inspiring on many levels. This month’s challenge is to merge Signal snowboards technology and Crankbrothers Mountain bike component technology to create a new next-level custom adaptive snowboard customized to get a new crew of shredders on the hill. The […]

Pirelli “Make Winter The Best Season For Driving”

Posted by Eric Hansen - November 27, 2012 - News, Production, Travel

Back in May 2012, I headed north of the Arctic Circle to Clyde River on Baffin Island to assist in a SkiBASE commercial for Pirelli Tires. It was a co-production of RSA Films and Camp 4 Collective. I was brought on as a DIT and Cineflex Tech. I could write quite a few blog posts […]

Color Grading: Every Third Thursday – Reel Shredding, Fishing Rod Snowboard

Posted by Eric Hansen - November 26, 2012 - Color Grading, News

The guys over at Signal Snowboards asked me to join the team for Season 3 of “Every Third Thursday”, where the Signal board designers “get spontaneous, come up with a theme, and build it”. Previous ETT seasons included a board called the iShred with an iPad built-in, a paint ball gun board, and my personal favorite, a […]

QUICK! Hard Drive Recommendations

Posted by Eric Hansen - November 25, 2012 - Apple, SANs and Post Production

Q: Internal hard drives for Mac Pro, what would you recommend? I have been a big fan of Hitachi for the last few years, but know WD now runs them and wondering if I should still go there or are they kinda all the same? A: Hitachi Ultrastar and Western Digital Caviar Black are my go-to drives, […]

Color Grading: Patagonia – Insulated Snowbelle Jacket & Pants with Caroline Gleich

Posted by Eric Hansen - September 10, 2012 - Clients, Color Grading, News

On the coldest days in the Cottonwood Canyons, Patagonia ambassador Caroline Gleich gears up with the Insulated Snowbelle kit. Color Grading: Eric Hansen Editing: Tate MacDowell

Color Grading: Patagonia – Snowshot Jacket & Pants with Ryland Bell

Posted by Eric Hansen - September 9, 2012 - Clients, Color Grading, News

Patagonia ambassador Ryland Bell rides 100 days a season. His gear takes a beating. See what he has to say about the waterproof ripstop Snowshots. Color Grading: Eric Hansen Editing: Tate MacDowell