Apple iMacs As I noted in my previous blog, the iMacs are fast becoming my machine of choice and the newest models are even more impressive than the two we have running. At this time, barring any major announcement from Apple that changes my mind, my plan is to replace the remaining 3 Mac …
Winds from Sandy are whipping outside, though nothing like my friends are getting this up the East Coast. For those of us here in Georgia, Sandy brought a major blast of winter in the form of low 30 degree temps. So on this first evening of a lit fireplace, here’s some updates and random …
This is just a quick update than full blown testing, hence the “Part 2A” title instead of Part 3. I left the Dell running all Monday night and it finally downloaded the Adobe Production Premium CS 5.5 package. Installation went fine, then installation of the AJA Kona LHi drivers and the AJA Adobe CS 5.5 …
UPDATED 3/12 with pricing information. Well today, I cracked open the boxes on our new Dell Workstation. If you missed Part 1 with the backstory and disclosure, you can catch up here. As noted yesterday, the machine and monitor provided by Dell are ours to keep, however, there are no rules on what I …
Two boxes showed up today and one of my employees says, “That doesn’t look like a Mac.” Nope, that’s a long way from a Mac. That’s a brand new Dell Precision workstation featuring an nVidia Quadro card. I’ll post the full details on the workstation once I get it out of the box …
UPDATED WITH ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPHS AT THE BOTTOM! UPDATE 2 - New Photo showing relative size of the panel at the very bottom. Thanks to Tangent Designs for letting me introduce this to you guys. I saw the prototype at NAB this past April as of today, Tangent introduces the new Element Control Surface. As …
UPDATED 9/6/11 at the end of the article. Today we had our incredibly awesome friend Ron Anderson in the shop to test out the workflow from both Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro using a native workflows into Resolve. The man is a colorist extraordinaire who has gone back to his roots on Davinci …
EXCLUSIVE! (always wanted to say that!) When I get an email from Dan Desmet at Flanders Scientific asking “do you have any time available? I’d like to show you something” I always MAKE the time. One of the awesome benefits of being literally 15 minutes away from FSI is we get to see a lot …
Why use a single Video Scopes window to display four tiny scopes? Use full sized scopes! In this quick Final Cut Pro Tip, Walter Biscardi, Jr. shows you just show simple it is.
So about a month ago I ordered a new LM-2460W from Flanders Scientific and while waiting patiently for it to arrive, Dan, Bram and the rest of the gang at FSI were working up a surprise. The surprise arrived at our doorstep today, the brand spankin’ new FSI LM-2461W. I was so excited about all …
We’re really headed to the homestretch with another weekend of painting. The kitchen / gameroom is really starting to come together! Vanna White (Rebecca) presents the kitchen / gameroom. Cabinets are in place, ceiling is painted, lighting and fans are in, dishwasher is ready for installation and the fridge is in place. Other side of …
Did not realize just how long we’ve gone without an update. A lot of the interior finish work has been moving right along and we have a lot of photos to share so let’s get right to it! NOVEMBER 21 Long time Colorist and good friend Ron Anderson pitches in on the painting. Putting in …