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Final Cut Pro Tip: Log & Capture Shortcut

Let’s say you’re at 33:50:06 of your tape while logging & capturing and want to jump to 23:50:06, for example. You could manually rewind, or simply type in 23 and hit ‘Return’. FCP will tell your obedient deck/camera will rewind and stop at that exact same spot. Sweet!

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The Comcast Experience

Apologies if some of you clicked on the title to read about my experience with the cable service – good or bad. I read about this in Studio Monthly magazine yesterday and wondered why more publications hadn’t covered it.  Are other media giants worried about having to praise a rival company? Seriously now. The long [...]

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TED Talks: Keith Barry does Brain Magic

The great thing about Barry’s presentation is, he sets you up from the top that he’d be tricking you, yet each trick fools you.Just brilliant!

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Watch: Stephen King’s Short Story ‘N’

This is cool! King’s latest short story [from this upcoming book] comes alive with a collection of 25 short graphic videos. The B&N site has 10 episodes so far. Watch Episode 1.

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Why Forrest Gump Ran

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.       Full-screen Slideshow here. When you decide to go for it, when you decide to make your move, when you pick up and run with it there’s less time to think, less time to worry, less things to take into account, and therefore less opportunities to miss. Take for instance, the Sunday [...]

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Bad Audio in Video + Encoder Settings for Online Video

I watch a lot of videos online, some made with the directors framing the shot with their fingers to those made with money that could pay for my grandkids’ (working on it) college. Now that anyone can make videos, as well they should, if they want to, a lot of bloggers, indie producers are going [...]

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No Balloon Ride, But…

…stuff happened along the way. That’s the Big Man’s way of saying, “Save your money, kid” because as soon as I stood in line a guy walks over and tells everyone, “Ride’s not gonna happen tonight, hate to tell you this. There are too many people ahead of you.” “What if we come tomorrow morning…early [...]

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Using Still Photos To Enhance Video

This falls in the holy shit category. I can almost see Photoshop doing this in a year or two – within Photoshop. The HDR and stabilizer part falls in the ‘fucking insane’ category. Imagine my Panasonic GS-180 and Canon Rebel Xti producing hi-res videos with this system. Ooooh!  [via CrunchGear] Using Photographs to Enhance Videos [...]

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Filming with N95 #3: Times Square, Mon Amour

Had just finished watching The Dark Knight down at 34th and 8th Ave. Decided to take a walk over to TSquare and then to Bombay Express. Had the N95 on me, which I’d used the night before. I should have noted the band’s name. I’ll try and find out when I’m there again. Happy Weekend!! [...]

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