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Tim Kolb
COW member since April 10th 2001 from Neenah, Wisconsin, USA

In video production since 1986.

I've worked in broadcast news, educational/institutional production, network sports, and have been "independent" (with up to 12 employees in the 90s, but on my own now) since 1990.

I've moved into HD post gradually over the last several years and have gradually eased out of shooting to directing and editing.

I've been involved in software development and HD workflow research over the last year or two...

My other jobs include: Advisor to institutional investors as a consultant with Coleman Research Group, I judge Tellys and Emmys as well as a couple of University competitions, author, trainer, ...and I suppose I should have listed husband and father much closer to the top of the list...

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System Details: Premiere Pro/CineForm/AJA Xena LH/Iridas Speedgrade DI system on a Boxx 7500 series Dual-Dual Core Opteron 2.8/4 Gigs

Magic Bullet for Editors 2

Profound Effects Camera POV and Gak Pak

Canopus Edius/Storm system.

My Dell M90/2 Gig RAM Laptop for editing/post production/frying your legs

Convergent Design SD Connect.
Convergent Design HD Connect LE

Contour Shuttle Pros

Sony PDX-10
Sony Z1U
(Needless to say I rent cameras for most jobs, I've worked with F900, Varicam, Silicon Imaging 2K RAW camera, etc, etc)

Serious Magic DV Rack HD 2.0
Serious Magic Ultra 2

Sonic Fire Pro 4

Adobe:

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Studio

Audition 3

Acrobat Pro 6

CineForm Prospect 2K
CineForm Aspect HD

Vegas 6
Acid Music Studio
Sound Forge Audio Studio

Canopus
Edius Pro 3.5
Imaginate 2
ProCoder 2
2 ADVC-100s
1 ADVC-500

Carrara Studio Pro 6
Hexagon
Amapi
Motion Builder 6
Swift 3d

Camtasia and SnagIt (for training and publishing)

etc, etc, etc...

Hobbies and Interests: You mean some of you have time for something else besides video?

My 8 year old son likes Monster Trucks and Tractor Pulls...not exactly the tea and crumpet set, but if he enjoys it, I do too.

I have been known to pull out a guitar and quickly clear the house of unwanted guests...

Comments and Things Worth Noting:
Been in this business since 1986 and no nervous breakdown yet...that's worth noting.

To reach me try tim at kolbproductions dot com.

I have a page up...a more updated website will be appearing at kolbproductions dot com sometime later

:-)

My Recent Posts:

Re: Help with trying to go HD, emphasis on key matte by Tim Kolb on Nov 21, 2009 at 2:39:02 am
Re: Help with trying to go HD, emphasis on key matte by Tim Kolb on Nov 20, 2009 at 8:28:20 pm
Re: Help with trying to go HD, emphasis on key matte by Tim Kolb on Nov 20, 2009 at 4:17:58 am
Re: HD downconverts softening by Tim Kolb on Nov 20, 2009 at 4:07:41 am
Re: Premiere Pro alternatives by Tim Kolb on Nov 19, 2009 at 9:00:05 pm
Re: HD downconverts softening by Tim Kolb on Nov 19, 2009 at 8:56:14 pm
Re: Premiere Pro alternatives by Tim Kolb on Nov 19, 2009 at 5:36:15 pm
Re: Premiere Pro alternatives by Tim Kolb on Nov 19, 2009 at 1:20:39 pm
Re: CS4 4.0.0 gives me no option to export as AAF by Tim Kolb on Nov 18, 2009 at 7:26:31 pm
Re: HD downconverts softening by Tim Kolb on Nov 18, 2009 at 4:56:05 pm
Re: Good System for High-End HD Video Editing/Animation/Effects? by Tim Kolb on Nov 18, 2009 at 4:53:09 pm
Re: CS4 Codec Support? by Tim Kolb on Nov 18, 2009 at 4:47:02 pm
Re: Premiere Pro using too much on hard drive by Tim Kolb on Nov 18, 2009 at 2:56:31 pm
Re: CS4 Codec Support? by Tim Kolb on Nov 18, 2009 at 2:53:07 pm
Re: Importing H.264 video into PPro CS4 - convert to something else first? by Tim Kolb on Nov 18, 2009 at 2:51:41 pm
Re: Premiere Pro alternatives by Tim Kolb on Nov 18, 2009 at 2:41:20 pm
Re: Anybody know what happened to Tim Kolb by Tim Kolb on Nov 18, 2009 at 12:36:49 am
Re: Premiere Pro alternatives by Tim Kolb on Nov 17, 2009 at 11:28:53 pm
Re: *NEW* AJA v4.2 XENA and Io Express Windows software available now by Tim Kolb on Nov 17, 2009 at 11:21:36 pm
Re: Premiere Pro alternatives by Tim Kolb on Nov 17, 2009 at 9:23:06 pm

My Tagged Posts

Re: PLEASE -Suggest Best Editing Book (( No history-just the meat of where and when to cut ))
by Tim Kolb on Oct 22, 2009 at 6:33:59 am
in the Art of the Edit Forum
[grinner hester] "No book can tell you where and when to cut, man." That is correct. This is one area where your skill level at editing is different than your software knowledge. You can get trained...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Jason Jenkins

Re: Setting up a new system
by Tim Kolb on Oct 5, 2009 at 6:00:30 pm
in the HD High-End Forum
Unless you have money to start playing with the big boys, talk of "fraud" is probably going to keep you from making any move at all... The Scarlett you started talking about will likely use a Bayer sensor like the RED...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Jake Schumacher

Re: GTX285 ▄ Quadro FX/CX ▄ Matrox RT.X2 - Which is better?!
by Tim Kolb on Jul 27, 2009 at 4:14:56 pm
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
The Matrox card accelerates the effects that come with the Matrox card inside PPro and gives you video in/out ports... The other two cards are of course, Open GL cards. The GTX series are gamer cards and the Quadro series are the...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Ariel Brener

Re: Worlflow Question
by Tim Kolb on Jun 26, 2009 at 6:24:05 am
in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum
I'd line up the audio with the video and output one master audio track...that way when you go into your digital audio workstation, you're working with only what you need. I usually bring the edited video in for reference as well...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Roberto Cerini

Re: Invoice Issue
by Tim Kolb on Jun 18, 2009 at 10:03:39 am
in the Business & Marketing Forum
[Aaron Cadieux] "If nobody ever bothered to blow the whistle on a company for bad business practices, then there would be no such thing as a company with a bad reputation. $650 may not seem like much to...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Ron Lindeboom

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Notes

Jon Barrie wrote on Sep 25, 2008 at 6:52:10 pm

Thanks Tim. I'll probably go with AME as I think this is the biggest addition to the suite. Speech to text is certainly an amazing function, but I think it's a loaded gun because its accuracy is not so great. I'll keep thinking about the angle.
Cheers - JB

Jon Barrie wrote on Sep 25, 2008 at 6:43:20 pm

Are u working on a CS4 review? I was about to start writing one up then thought there might be other cow leaders in beta that would be doing one too.
- JB ;)

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