Category Archives: Editing
Winter (a new doc from the Ski Channel)
Here’s a trailer I cut for a doc I’m editing called “Winter” for The Ski Channel.
Is Cloud gaming a precursor to Cloud editing?
OnLive is a streaming gaming service that allows users to play games via their Mac, PC, home TV (with the use of the OnLive Microconsole) and, if all goes as planned, even their iPad by the end of the year. … Continue reading
RAID is not a backup
On multiple occasions I’ve seen people use the term “backup” when talking about RAID 1 or RAID 5 and that is not correct. RAID 1 and RAID 5 provide redundancy but they do not provide a backup. Redundancy protects you … Continue reading
Post Production is a Misnomer
Workflow development and asset management is the unsexy, red-headed stepchild of our industry. Many people see it a boring, tedious thing filled with a lot of numbers, labels, documents and other things that are deemed non-creative. So why should creative … Continue reading
Final Cut Pro & Reel Numbers
When you are using the Media Manager in FCP 7 and earlier to consolidate a project make sure each piece of media has a Reel number. FCP uses this metadata to help differentiate between clips. If a clip does not … Continue reading
FCP Batch Export quirk
Have you ever used the Batch Export feature in FCP and then couldn’t find your exports? Did you look in your Renders folder? On more than one occasion FCP dumped my exports there even though I set the destination someplace … Continue reading