I just got back from the Oregon coast where I was shooting a friend’s wedding on Super 8. I shot 10 rolls: some B&W, some 64T reversal and a bunch of Kodak’s new Vision3 500T. Depending on how the 500T turns out, I could see dropping the 64T reversal in favor of using the faster […]
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Blu-Ray? Sure, why not?
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Apple, SANs and Post Production, News
I got a copy of “That’s It, That’s All” on blu-ray a few weeks back. I thought it would probably be a good idea to get a player so I could actually watch it. I was also reading about how Toast 10 could burn up to 30min of blu-ray video to DVD-R, and that places […]
Read MoreDestination Extreme – National Geographic
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Apple, SANs and Post Production, Color Grading, News
I’ve been color correcting episodes of Destination Extreme for Wink Inc Productions, which will air on National Geographic in a few weeks. I just heard that the first 4 shows passed QC, which is awesome and takes a bit of the pressure off on the remaining episodes. For this series, I’m using Apple Color almost […]
Read MoreWings of Thunder
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Color Grading, News
A month ago, I color corrected a Super 16mm film for Jeff Hogan Films called “Wings of Thunder” for the Bear River Wildlife Refuge in Utah. It was very cool to be working on a film project again. The source tapes were HDCAM SR 422, which made the color correction much easier. It took quite […]
Read MoreQuick News…
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News
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted a news update. When working with film, it’s hard to post quick updates because I’m always waiting for the film to comeback from the processor, then I have to scan/telecine everything, then I have to color correct. Oh well. You get the idea. I always forget to take digital […]
Read More“No, I want it to look good.”
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News
This week the Audio Visual Plumber gained access to the software engine of the Cinema Craft Xtream hardware MPEG-2 encoder. This is the same encoder that was used on DVDs like Spiderman 3, the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and Cars, just to name a few. Cinema Craft is now offering the software engine of […]
Read MoreSometimes all you need is a Qtip and Electrical Tape
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Apple, SANs and Post Production, News
Yesterday my good friend Micah Black came in with his iBook looking for help. When his computer booted, there was no chime and it would just show a red screen, then a blue screen, then a green screen. I Googled pretty much those words and found out that something with the graphics card was loose, […]
Read MoreMobile Server – Wink Inc
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Apple, SANs and Post Production, News, SAN Installations
As I mentioned in a previous post, the second part of the VEoE installation at Wink Inc was to add a mobile server to the mix. We tested a Dual 2.7GHz G5 and based on those tests, we decided to use a Quad 2.5GHz G5 as the mobile server. The computer has 2 basic modes: […]
Read MoreDirt Removal Comparison – Super 8 transfers
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Super 8 Transfers
This reel was extremely over-exposed. Bringing the blacks back from gray really emphasized the dirt on the film. So I applied Red Giant’s Film Fix plug-in suite in After Effects. This is on the default settings for the Dirt Removal plug-in. Dirt Removal is very important for black and white and negative film, but less […]
Read MoreFirst VEoE Installation – Wink Inc
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Apple, SANs and Post Production, News, SAN Installations
I spent the last week installing a Video Editing over Ethernet (VEoE) system at Wink Inc Productions in Jackson Hole. I’ve installed 2 Xsan systems here in Jackson, but they are expensive and have a fairly limited target market. Xsan’s greatest asset is its ability to deliver super high speed data to every connected system […]
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