We recently reached out to sound engineer/head of production Cory Choy, who helps run Silver Sound Studios (www.silversound.us) in NYC, and asked him about gear he uses as part of his day-to-day workflow. He was happy to share his experience with a lesser-known tool by an Australian-based company, called AATranslator.
Columbus, Ohio — LeftChannel (http://leftchannel.com), a motion design/animation studio led by Creative Director Alberto Scirocco, has released its annual holiday video feature — it features “warm and fuzzy” 3D animation that has a classic holiday feel. The :36 piece stars a hat and scarf wearing Gryphon flying through a winter wonderland with a special tree ornament.
By Brady Betzel
As every editor and VFX artist knows, the toolset shouldn’t define you as an artist, however, in today’s visually intensive world any and all help is welcome in my eyes.
In addition to a couple of After Effects scripts like Newton 2, TypeMonkey, and any Trapcode plug-ins, there are two products that I feel are must-haves being an editor and working in VFX: Video CoPilot’s Element 3D and the Rampant Design Tools entire drag,
By Brady Betzel
Over the last year or so I have seen many products touting the “work from the cloud” moniker. In fact, the largest post software developers, like Adobe and Avid, have bet the farm on the future of editing from anywhere.
Bumin Murray editor Brady Betzel calls this newest version “a beast of a release.”
As we breached the 21 Century, I began my career in post production. I attended California Lutheran University in the little California suburb of Thousand Oaks. I was eager to learn every piece of software,
The phrase, “we can fix it in the mix” makes my skin crawl. That’s not because it’s untrue, but because it’s partially true. Not many people know exactly what can or cannot be fixed in a mixing session long after a shoot or recording session has wrapped.
On a set,
SAN MARINO, CA — The iOgrapher, which turns your iPad, in this case a mini, into a lightweight camera rig is now shipping for $65. It can be ordered from www.iographer.com or www.amazon.com.
The iOgrapher’s features two handles on each side of the case, making the iPad mini a hand-held “Steadicam-like rig.”
I began my life on an Apple IIgs, if anyone can remember what those were. It ran at a blazing 2.8MHz, 1.125 MB of RAM, harnessing an astounding 640×200 resolution in Super-High Resolution mode!
