 The Olympics are in many cases, multiple Superbowls or World Cup events being staged at the same time. What does it take to produce all this?
Well, some stats being passed around on the production reveal it’s a huge undertaking, and I’m sure these stats don’t account for everything because those crews that come in always have to retrofit the stuff built out to “make it work right.”
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 Stu Maschwitzis a highly regarded director, writer and visual effects artist based in San Francisco. He has worked as a senior visual effects supervisor on many films. He previously worked at Industrial Light and Magic and also co-founded a company known as The Orphanage. In 2007 he authored the book The DV Rebel's Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap. In 2008 he became software director of Red Giant software
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 The folks over at Grass Valley have put together a nice littel promo video for the Edius Neo2 w/ Booster. If you have a Videocamera that shoots inteh AVCHD format, you will not find a more powerful and cost effective solution for editing! Which is why we named it one of our Top 10 products of 2009!
Edius Neo 2 w/ Booster is a light version of the full Edius 5 software. Unlike most light NLEs, Neo 2 isn't an oversimplified, dumbed down version. Neo2 is the exact same inteface and software a
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 lets get on to the Matrox MXO2 and, more importantly, the newest and imminent driver release that’s coming our way. Unlucky for some perhaps, but hopefully not for Matrox or their users, version 1.9 will be the 13th driver release for the MXO2 in just 18 months... and its a doozy.
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 The 7D has manual control, great function control, and can work with a variety of traditional lenses and accessories.
Canon is stepping up its prosumer DSLR game with an all-new camera line, and it all starts with the 7D. Sporting HD video in 1080/24p, 720/60p, and the 18 megapixel stills are also impressive, but the most attractive aspect is the huge assortment of Canon EF and EF-S lenses.
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 Last night the Videoguys sponsored a very special event at the LIVA (Long Island Videographers Association) meeting. It was movie night and the movie was an incredible indy film called the “The Videoguys”. The movie is produced, written, shot and features local videographer Dan Brennan and his family.
The Video Guys movie was great. It’s about an Event Videographer, his team and the impact they have on weddings and that weddings have on them and his family. It’s a humorous look at the wo
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 Besides all the advantages and possibilities shooting with a HDSLR offers, there are some major drawbacks. For me the biggest problems are: rolling shutter (but even the red has it), no audio control and the too contrasty, over-compressed, 4:2:0 h264 output. You can create or download a “flat-look” profile for your camera, which basically eliminates contrast by lifting blacks and crushing highlights when the camera sensor processes the image before compressing it. After playing around and testin
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 With Apple’s announcement of the iPad there’s been tons of articles, tweets and blog posts about this upcoming piece of hardware. There’s also been tons of ink spilled about just how this little device could be useful in the filmmaking process as well, some right here on this site. I had decided not to write anything at all about the iPad since pretty much everything had already been said. But I got to thinking how this device might integrate more with the post-production side of the filmmaking
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 There are numerous iPod/iPhone docks on the markets these days, but there are very few options available for BlackBerry users to wirelessly stream music from their devices.
The solution to this problem has come from a new company called Cignias. They have developed an advanced wireless music system that allows the user to wirelessly stream music from their BlackBerry to the NAO Symphony System via Wi-Fi.
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 Last week, Adobe invited a variety of well-known people in the industry to come get a closer look at what they’ve been working on, and to provide feedback on their direction. To Adobe’s credit, this was no “preaching to the choir” session; many of those invited were FCP and Avid editors, and several current users gave Adobe personnel an earful both publicly and privately. It was also made clear to us that no specific product versions or release dates were being discussed, and that we couldn’t re
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 Director/Producer/Cameraman Federico Pardo used the ikan V5600 Deluxe Kit during the production of the documentary COTTON-TOP. In the following essay, Fredrico describes the challenges of shooting in the treacherous jungles of Colombia and how the ikan V5600 performs in the harshest of conditions.
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 Attention Fusion still/video shooters: The honeymoon with so-called "bokeh art" is over. The harsh facts have been revealed. Working with the new generation of HD video-capable still cameras is just plain hard—many times it's frustrating beyond belief for the videographer wanting to take advantage of the buzz and technological edge. These "first born" supertechie cameras are just a year old and haven't grown up enough to let you in on their secrets.
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 You already know that your digital camera has higher-than-HD resolution -- even higher than film res sometimes -- and the pictures can look amazing. It turns out that your still camera actually works better than an HD video camera for creating gorgeous time-lapse photography. Marco Solorio tells you how to put it all together. This article focuses on Adobe After Effects, but it works the same for many other applications. Read on for details.
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 Edius is not among the most well known Windows based nonlinear editing applications, but this is not for lack of features, functionality, format support, or affordability. For several years now, Edius has been part of the Grass Valley/Thomson stable of products, acquired from original developer Canopus. It's often offered as a bundle with I/O hardware, such as HDStorm, HDSpark, or HDThunder. In this review, we are just considering the Edius 5.1 application and multifunctional software bundle.
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 The BD Powerstation is the fastest path from production
to Blu-ray Disc replication
Are you ready to mass-produce your movies on Blu-ray Disc or DVD? If so, join us on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST REGISTER NOW
Videoguys.com is proud to present this overview of professional Blu-ray Disc creation using the Sonic BD PowerStation. Learn how to Encode, Create, and Deliver professional Blu-ray titles.
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