2010 Equipment Survey: Member Comments.

Five comment questions were posed to members of ACE in the 2010 Equipment survey: 1. Were you involved with a 3D project this year? If so, please give some details (shot in 3D, converted in post, editing system setup). 2. What was your biggest technology / editing frustration (and, no, directors and producers don’t qualify)? [...]

How to Fix Sync

We have a 42″ HD Client Display which runs out of sync with our Avid’s audio.  To fix the problem our Avid supplier, TimeLine Digital, has provided us with a black box which allows us to adjust a delay of the sound.  Unfortunately this doesn’t completely solve the problem of sync for us, as the [...]

File Copying Error in Mac OS 10.5.8

by  David Augsberger As we increasingly are moving to a file based workflow, moving media files becomes more a part of the assistant’s job. When copying files digitized by our telecine facility and delivered to us on a firewire drive, sometimes there is a copying error. There appears to be a bug in Mac OS [...]

FCP: What Works… and What Doesn’t

Before starting on the second season of Warehouse 13 I detailed some of the ideas we were going to implement, trying to solve some of the issues and clunkiness we experienced on season one. So, as we approach the end of production for season two, here is my take on what works… and what doesn’t. [...]

2009 ACE Equipment Survey – Notes

Reprinted from Cinema Editor Magazine The results have been compiled for the 2009 ACE Equipment survey (see complete results below). This was the first year the entire survey was conducted over the web. Thanks to everyone that contributed. For those who meant to, but missed, Ill be counting on you next year to help. As [...]

2009 ACE Equipment Survey

Training Videos for Avid MC 5

Avid has set up a web page for tutorial videos, produced by the training site Lynda.com, centered on Media Composer version 5. I’ve only sampled them, but it looks like a excellent resource.

Final Cut Pro Tips: Preferences and Mattes

FCP Preference files can become corrupt, which can cause frequent crashes. The same used to be true for Avid MC settings files. One important way to maintain good operation of FCP is to backup your User Data (Button Bars, Keyboard, Track, and Window Layouts), and delete FCP preference files so they can be rebuilt. Ken [...]

What’s Going On With Final Cut Pro?

“Apple’s Final Cut Studio suite of video post production apps is getting a significant makeover to better target the software to the mainstream of Apple’s customer base rather than high end professionals.” from AppleInsider, reported by Prince McLean on May 18. Uh, oh. There have been lots of rumors about what is the future of [...]

HOUSE Shot with Canon 5D DSLR

The season finale of [H]ouse is airing  Monday, May 17th on FOX at 8pm titled, “Help Me”.  It was directed by Greg Yaitanes (Children of Dune, Bones, House). It was shot on the Canon 5D Mark II DSLR, a still camera that shoots stunning HD motion footage. This camera was also used extensively on the [...]