Why is it that Producers treat Post Production as an afterthought? As in, “I need to spend all my money on Production so it looks great, but the editing we can do on the cheap.” The editor is the LAST person to touch your film. As in the person who will make or break your [...]
I’m seeing this all over the various forums, blogs and twitter feeds in one variant or another in regards to the big Final Cut Pro X reveal at the FCPUG SuperMeet in Las Vegas last Tuesday. “Hey, don’t knock down this product when it was just a SNEAK PEEK people! Sure there’s some questions out [...]
Wednesday at the NAB Show I had the opportunity for a 1 on 1 demo of the full Baselight color correction system and it’s “little cousin”, the plug-in tool for Final Cut Pro (and other hosts). First off, Baselight is just the most intuitive color correction tool I’ve seen. I sat through the session with [...]
It took a very simple demo to remind me of what I’ve been missing for years. Efficiency. You all know I’ve been a staunch Final Cut Pro user going on 10 years now. I originally bought the app because quite honestly it was cheap and it was more efficient than the Media 100 system I [...]
On Saturday the news broke that Filmlight is releasing a full featured Baselight color correction plug in for Final Cut Pro. On their website they clearly show the plug in running on Final Cut Pro 7 but the release date is not until Fall 2011. Baselight to FCP Of course we all know now that [...]
So by now it’s a known fact that the FCPUG Supermeet on April 12 in Las Vegas has been abruptly taken over by Apple. Yes, it says “special presenter” on the Supermeet Website but it’s a known fact now that it will be Apple showing off the new Final Cut Pro and most likely the [...]
A recent thread at the LAFCPUG website asked folks for opinions on how to use the Final Cut Pro Interface for best use. Well the honest truth is, there is no ONE layout that is the most efficient for FCP. In my case, I use up to a dozen different interfaces depending on the task [...]
As I’ve been on the Creative Cow Final Cut Pro forums about 9 years now, I have seen all manner of people whine and complain about stability issues with Final Cut Pro. Sometimes it’s truly Apple breaking stuff or releasing versions of Quicktime or FCP before they’re ready. But often, it’s operator error / configuration [...]
We’re based in the U.S. so naturally the majority of our work is produced and finished in the NTSC standard. But sometimes we get requests to finish and even produce projects in the PAL standard for European distribution. There are several ways to do this, with software or hardware.
We’re getting closer and closer to finishing up the film. Ron Anderson did a tremendous job with the Color Grade, particularly some really REALLY difficult scenes. He just shows how far I still have to go as a Colorist. I’m pretty good, but man, nothing compares to 30 years of experience doing nothing but color. [...]