| | | | Cine Alta 900 Lens Equivalence
by john sharaf on Oct 5, 2008 at 10:08:49 pm
in the Sony CineAlta - XDCAM Forum
Tony, Simple formula. Video lens focal length (on 2/3" imager like F900) X2.5 yields 35mm focal length. For example at 30mm on video = 75mm on 35mm Film Camera. The thing to remember is that the field of view will ... | | | | |
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RED Camera
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Exposing the RED: Perfect Exposure, Every Time
Director DP, REDtrepreneur, early adopter and obsessed student of the RED camera system David Battistella takes a closer look at how to hit the sweet spot on the RED sensor. David shows how understanding REDs inner workings will help you expose your scene just right, every time.
Feature
Author: David Battistella |
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| | | | Flash to Flash EDL export?
by bob flood on Sep 10, 2008 at 2:21:19 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Chris Flash to flash means film camera start to film camera stop. The efx house wants to know the start and end of each shot from camera, not from your timeline. an EDL will tell them the exact frame each ... | | | | |
| | | | Capturing a live feed
by Jack Warrender on Sep 8, 2008 at 4:43:37 pm
in the Apple Final Cut Server Forum
I am trying to Log and Capture a live image from a film camera going through a Sony XDcam Recorder. Camera - B.N.C - XDcam - Fire wire (400) - Apple mac When I open Log and capture the window ... | | | | |
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Apple Color
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The Forbidden Kingdom: Jackie Chan. Jet Li. FCP.
A Creative Cow Exclusive! DigitalFilm Trees Zed Saeed has helped create pioneering digital workflows built around FCP, custom-designed for large-scale productions. Their biggest challenge so far has come on The Forbidden Kingdom, an epic film partnering Jackie Chan and Jet Li for the first time -- with production and post in China, Korea, Australia, and multiple locations in the US. Heres a look at how they put it all together with FCP, Xserve, XML, Color, file-based workflows...and hard, hard work.
Feature
Author: Zed Saeed |
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| | | | HDX900
by john sharaf on Apr 28, 2006 at 2:17:38 pm
in the Panasonic VariCam Forum
will be considering Panasonic's record with HVX200 delivery. The main differences between the two cameras are: Varicam is true variable speed camera; 4-60 fps, like a film camera. Varicam has superior HD grade prism block, I believe the HVX900 has ... | | | | |
| | | | 24p-180degree shutter
by santellavision on Nov 21, 2007 at 6:18:13 pm
in the Panasonic VariCam Forum
Definitely use the half-shutter when shooting 24. Without it, you get way too much blur. True film cameras do the same thing as the mirror rotates when exposing. I also use half when shooting 30 fps if you are getting ... | | | | |
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Adobe After Effects
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Cineon Files: What They Are, and How To Work With Them
Expert film compositor Pete OConnell takes you through the world of Cineon files, including exactly what they are, how they work, and how to work with them in Adobe After Effects. If you work with film files or want to, you need to read this article.
High Bandwidth/Large File Warning: Due to the fact that this article deals with film images, the image sizes are large and this article contains 32MB of images in the HTML file.
Tutorial, Feature
Author: Pete O'Connell |
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| | | | News: Canon Lens Technology Receives Emmy Award
by Cow News Droid on Oct 3, 2005 at 5:50:43 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
the result of our ongoing dialog with the international broadcast and production communities and our long and continuous pursuit of optical excellence." Canon entered the film camera arena in 1934 and by the early 1950s had acquired an important global ... | | | | |
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AJA io
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The long-awaited AJA Io HD!
Creative COW Community leader Gary Adcock has also worked closely with a number of industry manufacturers over the years, including AJA. Gary offers a guided tour through the features of the much-anticipated Io HD, and its promise of portable, hardware-supported ProRes editing in virtually every frame size and frame rate.
Review
Author: Gary Adcock |
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Apple Final Cut Pro
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Seeing RED in Montreal: A Creative COW Real Time Report
None of the RED cameras have yet made their way into an owner's hands in Montreal, so Mathieu Marano helped arrange an introduction for the Final Cut Montreal user group. In this Creative COW Real Time Report, he shares the details of that meeting, as well as his first experiences with RED post-production workflow. Since this is a real time report, stay tuned for updates as Mathieu and the producers of Montreal learn more.
Review
Author: Mathieu Marano |
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HD High-End
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Dress for Success with RED
Not all production with the RED camera is Hollywood-scale. Craig Meadows is in a smaller market, doing mostly local and regional spots. Even though he's only had his RED for a short time, he tells you here about how it works, its workflow, and how it's already making a big difference for his clients.
Feature
Author: Craig Meadows |
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Cinematography
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Shooting with RED: Testing, testing...
CreativeCOW leader Gary Adcock's experience shooting both film and HD gives him a unique perspective as he takes you along for thorough testing with the new RED camera. In part 1 of this series, he focuses on the camera's benefits and shortcomings of the camera itself, as well as some of the challenges shooting with it.
Feature
Author: Gary Adcock |
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Event Videographers
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Professional Emitter Libraries: Pyro and Hearts
In this article, CreativeCOW's Bill O'Neil takes a look at the new wondertouch Professional Emitter Libraries. In this set are two Pyro libraries and one Heart set which is a collection of beautiful heart themed designs and backgrounds.
Review
Author: Bill O'Neil |
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Indie Film & Documentary
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The Making of Kenya, the documentary film
In 2000, a team from Steven Galvano's organization (RCCM) traveled to Zambia and the over 20 hours of video he captured there turned into a short documentary film. Now, 6 years and three documentary films later, documenting these trips have become a central part of what he does. In this article, Steven describes his recent documentary: Kenya, The Documentary Film.
Tutorial, Feature
Author: Steven Galvano |
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Panasonic VariCam
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Leo Ticheli discusses the HD VariCam from Panasonic
Panasonic's VariCam HD camera is one of the most popular HD units in use today, being used in major and independent films, commercials, corporate and music videos and many other projects. In this article, Creative Cow's Leo Ticheli discusses how the VariCam is used at his company, Leo Ticheli Productions (LTP). LTP bought VariCam back in 2001 and today uses the VariCam in projects that are developed at the two company offices located in Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia.Leo Ticheli, (host of Creative Cow's VariCam forum), discusses his purchase reasons, the image quality, the posting process and some of the projects that the VariCam has been used on. He gives his assessment of the camera, as well as the VariCam's aptness for a broad range of assignments.
Review, People / Interview
Author: Leo Ticheli |
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Podcasts | | | | creative cow podcast
Episode #036 - May 25, 2006
Episode 036 - Character Design with Stephen Silver, Knoll Spark Pack, Windows Media Photo, MPEG Surround, Dell no install, Canon quits film camera business, MacBook vent trick and more creative tech news, interviews and reports - www.creativecow.net - Comment Line 206-984-4778 | | | | |
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