As of today, it’s been 645 days since Apple last updated the Mac Pro. This means if you buy a NEW Mac Pro right now, you’ll be buying hardware that’s almost 2 years old. I just bought a Mac Pro. It arrives on Friday. It’s roughly 750 days old. That’s right, I bought a used […]
Read MoreOne thing became very clear to me at NAB this year, we no longer can or should base our entire careers around a single app or platform. “I’m a Final Cut Editor” Not anymore. I’ve been editing on non-linear systems for about 15 years. I started on Avid in 1998 and switched to Final Cut […]
Read MoreSome links/stories/news from the last week that you might be interested in: 48fps Looks Like Video, Who Knew? Earlier this week, Peter Jackson screened 10 minutes from “The Hobbit” at the Cinemacon exhibitors convention in Las Vegas. It hasn’t been well received, with some bloggers and critics saying it looks like a soap opera, or […]
Read MoreAs you can see, I’ve soft-launched my new website. I don’t have the knowhow to create a Dev website, so I just upgraded the whole thing in one fell swoop. I moved from WordPress.com to Bluehost and installed a cool theme from Themeforest.net. So far it looks like everything on the site made the move. […]
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With Atmos, Dolby has reinvented surround sound production, exhibition and distribution. But it’s taken me 6 months to finally “get it”. Back in November, Dolby flew me and members of the Brain Farm team out to San Francisco for a special screening of the Art of Flight in Dolby’s reference theater. This theater is basically Dolby’s cinema laboratory. […]
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Here’s a list of what’s new at NAB 2012 and links to articles, product pages, press releases, etc. I will be updating this as often as I can. The 3G here in Vegas is awful. 1 Beyond Wrangler LTO-5 NetDrive This is an interesting little contraption. 1 Beyond has combined an LTO-5 deck with ethernet […]
Read More Autodesk, Avid, Blackmagic, Brain Farm, Canon, Cineflex, Davinci, NAB, NAB2012, Red, Smoke, sound devices, timescapes, VegasI’m a huge fan of Dropbox. I’m slowly moving all of my documents over to it so I can be less tethered to my laptop and keep all my devices in sync. I’m trying to get this done before Apple forces me to dump MobileMe and switch to iCloud. I’ve talked with a few people that […]
Read More archive, back up, backup, Crash Plan, Crashplan, Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud, Mobile Me, MobileMeI’m putting together a shootout between different software and hardware H.264 encoders. The planned line up: Hardware: – Elgato Turbo.264 HD – Matrox MAX – Blackmagic Design H.264 Pro Recorder Software: – Apple Compressor – Adobe Media Encoder – Telestream Episode – Sorenson Squeeze I’ll be looking for 2 things: 1. The fastest encoder with acceptable quality. […]
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I recently bought a new (to me) Subaru. It still had the factory stereo and 6 disc in-dash changer. The previous owner was using a tape adapter to hook up his iPod. I don’t really listen to CDs much anymore. I’m about 98% iPhone, so this wasn’t going to work. It actually didn’t sound bad. […]
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Back in May I wrote a post questioning the value of physical media when digital media is so accessible. In the last few months, I’ve experienced a few things that might answer the question. Movies. I’ve spent the last 2 years working on a film called The Art of Flight. I’ve mentioned it a few […]
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