Mostly Coherent
I was the guest host on this week’s Mostly Photo show with Leo Laporte and Lisa Bettany. We talked about shooting stills and video and getting the most out of post-processing, and I showed off some video gear from Redrock Micro and Zacuto. I̵...
3, 2, 1… Lunch
So the Space Shuttle Endeavor launched for the last time yesterday morning, and I wasn’t there to see it. But two weeks ago I was at the Kennedy Space Center for the first launch attempt, and the experience was truly amazing, even without a laun...
NASA As I Wanna Be
I’m at the Kennedy Space Center today and tomorrow for the STS-134 NASA Tweetup. If you dig on the space stuff, watch my Twitter feed leading up to the final launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavor scheduled for tomorrow at 3:47 PM Florida time.
Introducing Movie Looks and Noir, Plus Plastic Bullet Free For a Limited Time
Today Red Giant Software has released two new iOS apps that I helped design and create, Movie Looks and Noir. To celebrate the launch, Plastic Bullet is free on the iTunes app store for just two days.
Ever since we released Plastic Bullet, folks have ...
Final Cut Pro X
Apple took over the Final Cut Pro User Group Supermeet at NAB in Las Vegas last night to show a preview of the complete reboot of Final Cut Pro that Steve Jobs himself tersely teased a year ago.
Apple hasn’t realeased anything official for tho...
Two Free Color Correction Plug-ins from Red Giant Software
Today Red Giant Software released two new Magic Bullet effects for Final Cut, Premiere, and After Effects, and they are 100% free for any kind of use.
First up is Colorista Free. Part of the goal of the original Colorista was to create a single, easy-...
Movies at High Frame Rates
People have been asking for me for my thoughts on Jim Cameron’s recent presentation at CinemaCon stating that “the future of cinema” is higher frame rates. I haven’t felt the need, really, since I’ve been mouthing off...
FXPHD April Term, NAB 2011
FXPHD have announced their April term, which includes a course called Epic On Location, where Mike Seymour and I learn you up some Epic. FXPHD courses are always amazing. I have a friend who mastered an entire RED One feature on a single Mac Pro using...
Rebel’s Guide on your iPad or Kindle, DV Rebel Tools For Free
My book, The DV Rebel’s Guide, is finally available as an eBook for Apple iOS devices, Amazon kindle, and anything that reads the epub format (such as the Nook). This has been a long time coming, and I wanted to cel...
Your New TV Ruins Movies
Maybe you got a new TV for Christmas. Or maybe you just got one recently. Maybe you are thinking of buying one. Whichever is the case, take heed: your TV will try very, very hard to make whatever movies you watch on it look not just bad, but aggressiv...
Sony NEX FS100
I think Sony may have just made the ultimate DV Rebel camcorder. Check out this video from Hangman Studios and F-Stop Academy:
Price for the body is rumored to be in the $4,500 range.
Red Epic HDRx in Action
Image from fxguide.com
RED came out of the gate strong with a message of the importance of spatial resolution. We werre told that the RED One was an important camera because it “shot 4K,” and 4K is better. A more-is-more argument that I agr...
