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2015 Chronicles: Surgeons of the Caribbean 2: The Magic Cave
By: Mike Cohen on Jun 11, 2015 at 6:36:44 pm
If you read the 2014 entry on the Dominican trips, you will know that I document medical procedures performed by a group of US surgeons who travel to the DR. I had spent December and January preparing for this trip, including making sure everyone on the trip had booked travel and that we all had hotel rooms. Sounds simple enough but a 4 day trip with 7 people has a lot of details to keep track of. Not to mention meeting our driver at the airport and being totally unable to communicate. I should have paid attention in high school...
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2015 Chronicles: The Big Apple
By: Mike Cohen on Jun 11, 2015 at 6:26:51 pm
I kicked off 2015 with a 2 day trip to NYC to conduct some interviews. I expected a spacious hotel suite, I got a Residence Inn just off Times Square. While some Residence Inns have a lot of space, this one, not so much. I was by myself so I carefully moved furniture around, including moving the tv wall unit into the bedroom and placing the coffee table on the bed, to free up enough space for a three camera interview shoot and lighting. Worked out ok but it was a tight squeeze.
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2014 Adventures Part 9: Windy City Blues
By: Mike Cohen on Jun 11, 2015 at 5:10:03 pm
With only 2 days in the office to get ready, it was off to Chicago for another big medical conference. I don't recall exactly what day of the week it was, though I do remember feeling a little sleepy during dinner the first night.
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How Long Should We Expect a Tape to Retain It's Data?
By: Tim Jones on Jun 8, 2015 at 10:38:56 am
Over in the Archiving and Backup-Up Forum, a question came up concerning expectable LTO tape longevity. Apparently there are a lot of folks out there making life expectancy claims that are not based upon any real use data. I'll try to visit what our real world, highly abusive QA lab sees in this post.
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Tech Update: DIY 11 & System Recommendations for Video Editing
By: Gary Bettan on May 20, 2015 at 7:59:57 am
We’ve published two new articles on our website that we hope Creative COW members will want to read and bookmark. Our latest DIY build is DIY 11 and it is a creaming fast machine capable of 4K work. Our recommended systems page has been updated to include all the latest guidance for buying and configuring a workstation or computer for video editing. Each of the guides now includes a video you can watch for even more information. http://www.videoguys.com/blog/computer-hardware/videoguys-tech-update-diy-1 1-system-recommendations-for-video-editing/
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Roundabout synchronize of AV for multi cam edits: Premiere and Audition
By: Ht Davis on May 2, 2015 at 9:40:50 pm
Premiere... ...Audition... ...They do work together. However, Audition often works on the input for the beginning, or on the audio mix for the end of an edit. By that, I mean it usually creates a single mix to use in Premiere, or it allows you to clean up the audio from a video file, rendering the audio to a preview for use with your edit.
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Keep Trying; TRIAL CLOSES!
By: Douglas Spotted Eagle on Apr 21, 2015 at 10:13:34 am
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Wayne Gretzky Whenever we re working with a customer, it s easy to fall into a habit of merely talking about the product, but never actually trialing a close, asking a customer their opinion of the feature/benefit you ve just shown or explained to them. Trial Closes are Continue reading Keep Trying; TRIAL CLOSES!...
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NAB Diary: Dust Storm
By: Kylee Peña on Apr 15, 2015 at 1:51:12 am
Today was an uncharacteristically windy day in Vegas. The wind created a dusty, almost foggy late afternoon that sent everyone running to the nearest cab or shuttle as they left the convention center for the day. Which is an oddly appropriate metaphor for the way product development seems to be happening for the end user.
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NAB Diary: Be Nice
By: Kylee Peña on Apr 14, 2015 at 3:41:38 pm
Yesterday was the first day of the 2015 NAB Show, and appropriately enough I got too busy to write a blog. In fact, I fell asleep in front of my laptop. That pretty much sums up NAB for most people. Especially if they're me. (To my credit, it was well after midnight, and I'm from the east coast. I'm not THAT lame.)
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NAB Diary: Pre-show Observations
By: Kylee Peña on Apr 13, 2015 at 1:58:41 am
I spent half of my day at the convention center and the other half aggressively socializing with the entirety of the online post production community. Because of this, I have some observations to make on this NAB Eve.
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NAB Diary: Away to Vegas
By: Kylee Peña on Apr 11, 2015 at 8:50:18 am
Fresh off a week of some of the craziest night shift hours I've ever worked, I'm desperately trying to gather myself together (with Bloody Marys applied liberally and responsibly) for an even crazier week ahead in Vegas where I'll again be covering the NAB Show with lots of blogs and articles. (Woo.) I'll be talking to all the top companies and individuals working in video today, gaining insight into where the industry stands and where it's going.
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THANK YOU FOR SAYING “THANK YOU!”
By: Douglas Spotted Eagle on Mar 26, 2015 at 9:49:18 am
We provide services to many people, every day. These people have choices. Customers/Clients have more choices today than ever before. That they ve chosen your company, is reason enough to be grateful for their patronage and opportunity to serve them. EVERY invoice should be followed up with a thank you, within 3-4 days. We can Continue reading THANK YOU FOR SAYING THANK YOU!...
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Repairs made to WalterBiscardi.com Library
By: walter biscardi on Mar 17, 2015 at 4:37:42 pm
For the past few weeks I’ve been informed by Members that videos in the Library are appearing with the locked “Private” icon from Vimeo. It’s taken me a few weeks to really dig in and investigate and it turns out this all stems from my cancellation of Vimeo Pro. It threw the entire privacy settings for a loop on Vimeo thus locking everyone out of a lot of the library items.
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Videoguys Tech Select HPz Workstations for Professionals
By: Gary Bettan on Mar 10, 2015 at 7:18:07 am
Videoguys’ Tech Select HP Workstations are custom-configured by our technicians to hit some great price points and still provide you with a machine that we strongly recommend. HP uses only the best components, and these workstations come optimized for digital content creation. They are easily expandable and upgradable which means you’ll get a longer useful life out of them.
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How to Succeed in Shooting Pet Portraits
By: Nancy Irwin on Mar 4, 2015 at 1:49:43 pm
A number of photographers have taken to taking pet portraits . However, to succeed in this business, you need to have more than just a love of pets. Actually, it takes great skill, patience and tolerance to become the perfectly- professional pet photographer. Read on to learn more about how to succeed in shooting pet photos:
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Come to my Gender Equality Panel at NAB 2015!
By: Kylee Peña on Feb 12, 2015 at 10:45:36 am
I just realized I haven't formally invited the entire internet to a panel I'm helping to put together at this year's NAB Show. After reading my Sexism in Post article, Adobe reached out to see how they could help the visibility of women in the industry. Long story short, I've been working on this for the last two months, thanks to Adobe and their cooperation with Post Production World (who are a bunch of super cool people, by the way.)
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FILMMAKER NUNO SA PESSOA
By: Bob Gillen on Feb 9, 2015 at 12:52:08 pm
Nuno Sá Pessoa, film director at Skookum Films , is a true global visual storyteller. Educated in Denmark, based in Portugal, and working extensively in Brazil and the United States, Sá Pessoa knows firsthand what it means to collaborate internationally. “Cinema, as any other art,” says Sá Pessoa, “should have no boundaries. It’s a global language and the more you know of the world and its people, the easier it is for you as an artist to express what you want in a way that can reach each and every kind of person.” READ MORE......
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Learn to "Dance" in 2015
By: walter biscardi on Jan 27, 2015 at 6:51:22 pm
When we rang in the New Year I suggested a Resolution for everyone in a very simple tweet: “For 2015, resolve to take a risk, something you’ve thought about but never thought you’d do. It’s fun.” Lee Ann Womack said it well in “I Hope You Dance.” “I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance, Never settle for the path of least resistance, Livin’ might mean takin’ chances but they’re worth takin’”
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Photographer Trinette Reed
By: Bob Gillen on Dec 11, 2014 at 11:25:55 am
“The unknown is where the good stuff happens,” says photographer Trinette Reed. “Not knowing what you are doing is an integral part of being a good artist.” Visual storytellers Trinette Reed and her partner Chris Gramly are commercial photographers who frequently contribute to the online Storehouse app . Their posts take the form of short stories featuring text, photos and video. Reed offers advice on putting together an engaging story. “I think it is really about finding a balance,” says Reed, “between allowing for the unknown and at the same time being as prepared as possible for your shoot ahead...
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Cecilia Queiroz on Film Festivals in Brazil
By: Bob Gillen on Nov 24, 2014 at 10:23:47 pm
“Most movies we present show a Brazil that few people know.” Film festival curator and manager Cecilia Queiroz has exhibited more than 500 Brazilian films in global markets. Her responsibilities include organizing workshops, networking and pitching with professionals in the film industry at the festivals. READ MORE......
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Editing a Web Series: Arson Dogs
By: Kylee Peña on Nov 24, 2014 at 1:28:34 pm
If a thing happens and nobody blogs about it, did it really happen? Of course the answer is no, which is why I'm writing a post about a project I finished editing in September. But there is some freshness to it: it's actually airing nationally(ish) this week. You could have seen it online this whole time, but there's something about a thing airing nationally(ish) that brings a new layer of legitimacy to it.
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Brazilian Filmmaker Roberto Studart
By: Bob Gillen on Nov 17, 2014 at 6:55:19 pm
“For the action shots I would tie myself to a car with mountain climbing equipment, where I was, literally, one inch from the ground at 60 mph.” Brazilian filmmaker Roberto Studart shot Curvas e Ladeiras, a skateboard adventure about four girls in breathtaking downhill action in the mountain towns of his country. “I love the Curvas e Ladeiras project,” says Studart , “because it was shot in real underground conditions and the end result is so nice. Brazil is a huge country and we were all over the place. We had to carefully plan our logistics to overcome the really...
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