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Irwin Young: Film Processing History & Color Blindness

By: Mitch Jacobson, Category Five Studios | NYC The geek in me feels like a groupie today except I'm not backstage at a rock concert.  I'm at the historic DuArt Film Lab Building in New York City and the “rockstar” I’m here to meet is [...]

New Thunderbolt Cameras for Multi-Cam

Ximea cameras featuring Thunderbolt interface Vision 2014 in Stuttgart, held from 4 to 6 November, saw the first cameras displayed with a Thunderbolt interface. Thunderbolt is a joint development by Apple and Intel which is becoming more widespread in consumer electronics. Allied Vision and Ximea [...]

By |2017-05-31T08:28:01-04:00November 14th, 2014|Categories: Live Streaming, Mastering Multicam, Technology, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on New Thunderbolt Cameras for Multi-Cam

NAB2013: Blackmagic Design Busts Open NLE Editing with Resolve 10

The NAB show floor opened today and approximately 90,000 attendees clammored to discover the new toys, technologies and services offered by the world's best television related companies. I scouted for editing and live streaming goodies and scheduled some key interviews for Wednesday to stream live. [...]

By |2017-05-31T08:28:01-04:00April 7th, 2013|Categories: Editing, News, Technology, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on NAB2013: Blackmagic Design Busts Open NLE Editing with Resolve 10

Please Sign The ACE/MPEG Petition for Editors’ Recognition

It will only take a blink of an eye so please help give film and tv editors the recognition they deserve and click now: Sign The Petition for Editors' Recognition Editors Deserve Recognition! Unlike the celebrities and famous entertainers that film and TV editors work [...]

Bxx: A New Multicamera Storytelling Format for Film

Talk about convergence! This is the intersection of technology and art: Big Brother house meets thriller meets real time drama. A new multicamera storytelling format has been developed with a format called Bxx. Viewers can watch the action unfold from 16 cameras placed around the [...]

By |2017-05-31T08:28:02-04:00May 10th, 2012|Categories: Editing, Humor, Technology|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Bxx: A New Multicamera Storytelling Format for Film

Wednesday on “Cutting it Close- Live! from NAB with Mitch Jacobson

Today's live show at 3:30PM PST (6:30 PM EST) is our last program from NAB. Thanks to everyone who helped make this an incredible experience!... Today's guests include: Creative Cow Tech Guru Bob Zelin, Bryce Button-AJA, Colorist Alexis Van Hurkman, AutoDesk's Smoke on Mac, Avid, NVIDIA, [...]

Tuesday on Cutting it Close- Live! from NAB with Mitch Jacobson

Today's live show  at 3:30PM PST (6:30 PM EST) guests include: Al Caudullo- 3D editing with Edius, Walter Biscardi-editor of Good Eats, Bruce Sharpe-Singulars Software/PluralEyes, Phillip Nelson- NewTek Tricaster, Jose Burgos- All Mobile Video and Virtual Sets, Jenna Rappolt-Noyes- Tiffen. Join the conversation: #ASKNAB watch here: [...]

Cutting it Close- Live! from NAB 2012 with Mitch Jacobson

Hello from Vegas, everyone! I am happy to announce that I will be hosting my blog live from NAB again this year with my special live streaming series “Cutting it Close- Live from NAB! with Mitch Jacobson” starting tomorrow. This three-day livestream series will include [...]

CineMontage: CUT/PRINT- Ray Zone on Mastering Multicamera Techniques

This review by Ray Zone appears in the current issue of CineMontage, The Editor's Guild Magazine: (March 2012- by Ray Zone) This is a monster of a book, certainly the last word on this large and very complex subject that is of supreme interest, above all, [...]

Tax Preparation for Film Crews

Tax Preparation for Film Crews is a timely article brought to us courtesy Gotham Sound & Communications' The Gotham Gazette. (Revised January 2012) by Anne K. Johnson, Tax & Production Accountant The most important tax change for film makers is this:  Several years ago, Congress began [...]

By |2017-05-31T08:28:02-04:00March 7th, 2012|Categories: News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Tax Preparation for Film Crews
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