Interviews

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NanoFlash Investigation with Ben King (parts 1 and 2)

31/08/2010

Rick Young
Broadcast Editor Ben King, investigates Convergent Designs NanoFlash. The aim is to see just how much difference it makes working with full 4:2:2 image processing and at higher bitrates. The NanoFlash is is a portable device which accepts video in via SDI or HDMI. It can be used to record a full broadcast signal out of affordable cameras, bypassing the image compression which these cameras natively employ.

Interview with Bruce Sharpe - creator of PluralEyes

23/08/2010

Rick Young
For anyone who has ever struggled with getting cameras to sync up in a Multicam Sequence, PluralEyes is software which will take this pain away. Created by Bruce Sharpe, former Rocket Scientist and Mathematician, Plural Eyes has seen a tremendous boost in popularity due to the DSLR phenomenon. However, the use of Plural Eyes is for any situation where dual system sound is needed or where multiple cameras are recording at the same time. In this interview we talk to Bruce Sharpe who explains how this software came into being and where it is going next.

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From the MacVideo Archive: Walter Murch, History of Editing

15/08/2010

Rick Young
Walter Murch has worked in feature film production since the 1960's and has seen many changes in the technology behind feature film production. In this interview he talks about how it used to be before computer non-linear technology existed.Murch has earned a reputation as being innovative and daring with his approach to technology. Murch used Final Cut Pro to edit Cold Mountain in 2003, at a time when Final Cut Pro still had to prove itself.

From the MacVideo Archive: Ramy Katrib - the guy who put the word 'Pro' into Final Cut Pro

08/08/2010

Rick Young
When FCP hit the world back in 1999 it was regarded as a video editing application. For those wishing to work with film, this was a formidable challenge. Those at an Los Angeles based edit facility were pioneers who broke through the wall of expensive post production and made film editing using FCP possible.

AVID Media Composer 5: Interview with Deepraj Sandhar

26/07/2010

Rick Young
Media Composer 5 represents a major step forward in the evolution of the AVID editing platform: key features include, AMA (Avid Media Access); full-quality 4:4:4 HD-RGB color space; monitor video externally using the Matrox MXO2 Mini; ProRes support; access low-res XDCAM proxies for offline work; use RTAS audio processing plug-ins.

Bill Warner - The man who "made" AVID (part 3)

18/07/2010

Rick Young
Bill Warner is the man who had the vision, he's the man who made AVID happen. In this, the third episode of a five part series, Bill explains the frustration he felt at the linear editing process in a tape-based world and how he, turned this frustration to find a solution to the problem. As a result the world of editing has never been the same. Where once tape-based suites and film cutting rooms dominated, now the electronic non-linear way has become the accepted process.

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Richard Shackleton - The Foundry

10/07/2010

Rick Young
The Foundry is regarded as being world leading innovator of visual effects and image processing technologies that boost productivity in motion picture and video post production. The Foundry's products support a wide range of award-winning host platforms including After Effects, Autodesk® Media and Entertainment Systems, Avid DS, Nuke, Shake and Final Cut Pro. In 2007, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded a Sci-Tech Award® to The Foundry's development team for the Furnace image processing suite.

AJA KI Pro: real-world operation

26/06/2010

Sidney Lobb and Rick Young
Recorded in Rome, this interview with Project Engineer, Sidney Lobb, gives insight as to how AJA's Ki Pro can be used in a professional situation. Designed as a ProRes recorder, the Ki Pro can be used to replace traditional decks, and also to enable up conversion, down conversion, cross conversion of video signals. One can use the Ki Pro to bypass the compression of the affordable cameras and achieve superior results to highly compressed codecs.

Stuart Ashton - General Manager EMEA, Blackmagic Design (parts 1 and 2)

04/05/2010

Rick Young
An in-depth discussion about DaVinci Resolve on the Mac: what this means for the world of color correction, different options offered in the DaVinci range, key features which DaVinci offers and the Blackmagic strategy for making high-end tools affordable and within reach of everyone.

Dennis Radeke: Adobe Certified Expert

19/04/2010

Rick Young
In this piece Dennis Radeke talks about the significance of the 64 bit, native cocoa functionality of Adobe CS5, the integration with Final Cut Pro, the Mercury playback engine, and the benefits the latest carnation of the software brings to the users.CS5 is an eagerly awaited upgrade to Adobe's CS5 and is expected to ship within the month.

Bill Warner - the man who "made" AVID

22/03/2010

Rick Young
In 1987 Bill Warner quit his job at Apollo Computer, Inc. and set up AVID Technology. Within a few short years filmmaking was changed forever. Bill Warner is the man who had the vision, he's the man who made this happen. In this, the first of a five part series, Bill explains the frustration he felt at the linear editing process in a tape-based world and how he, turned this frustration to find a solution to the problem. As a result the world of editing has never been the same. Where once tape-based suites and film cutting rooms dominated, now the electronic non-linear way has become the accepted process.

Ajay Parekh, Live Events/Video Producer

31/01/2010

Rick Young
Ajay Parekh has had 2 decades of experience in the live events, conference and video industry. Trained as a stage managerhe quickly developed his people and project management skills into the film and television industry. During his four years at the BBC he worked on many projects, with one of his highlights being a film called 'Truly, Madly, Deeply' Written and Directed by the late Anthony Minguella.

The future of Radio Mics. - Alain Richer, Sennheiser

18/01/2010

Dean Cleary
Much of the entertainment industry relies on radio mics: television, theatre, concerts, hotels, events - at every corner of the production scene there is a need for wireless mics which are high quality and effective. The current range of radio mics rely on analogue frequencies. As these frequencies are reallocated or switched off this presents a problem to the entertainment industry with fears current equipment will not work for too much longer.

Best of MacVideo Interviews 2009 (parts 3 & 4)

02/01/2010

Rick Young
Featuring: Claudio von Planta - War Cameraman/Journalist; Jonathan Walls- Co-Director/Editor; Lenny Lipton - Independent Filmmaker; Michael Wohl - original Final Cut Pro Development Team; Vaughan Smith - War Cameraman/Journalist; Walter Murch - Feature Film Editor; Tom Ohanian - Founding team Avid Technology; Jerry Hofmann - Digital Video Pioneer; Ramy Katrib - CEO and Founder, DigitalFilm Tree; The Ken Stone Sessions (part 1).

Best of MacVideo Interviews 2009 (parts 1 and 2)

28/12/2009

Rick Young
Featuring: Tom Robotham - inventor of Blender light, Noah Kadner - digital video expert; Brian Valente - Redrock Micro; Bob Daniels - CDIA; John Rule - Rule Broadcast; M Dot Strange - filmmaker; Larry Jordan - 2-Pop Founder; Anthony Artis - filmmaker; Arthur C. Smith III - filmmaker; Glenn Kennel - Arriflex.

Ramy Katrib: Founder and CEO, DigitalFilm Tree

21/12/2009

Rick Young
When FCP hit the world back in 1999 the program was regarded as a video editing application. For those wishing to work with film, and match the negative to the edit produced within Final Cut, this was a formidable challenge. Those at a Los Angeles based edit facility known as DigitalFilm Tree were pioneers who broke through the wall of expensive post production and made film editing using FCP possible. Ramy Katrib, Founder and CEO of DigitalFilm Tree, was instrumental in making this happen. He tells the story to MacVideo.

The Ken Stone Sessions Part 4

14/12/2009

Rick Young
A panel of 4 experts in the world of Final Cut Pro and other Apple professional applications come together to discuss issues facing the video community. Filmed in Hollywood, at the studio of Ken Stone, we hear a wide range of opinions regarding where the world of video is at in the year 2009. Issues discussed include the difference between 1080 and 720 HD, how much difference the edit system makes to the editing process, and the attitude of the younger, technically savvy generation, to the wealth of technology available.

H.264 - the modern codec for distribution

23/11/2009

Rick Young
Wayne Andrews, Mac Product Manager from Matrox, talks in-depth about the importance of H.264 as a distribution codec and how Matrox MAX technology uses a dedicated hardware processor to accelerate the creation of H.264 files for mobile devices, the web and Blu-ray discs. By using specialized hardware acceleration, jobs are finished with superior speed to the technology used by Apple in the creation of H.264 files.

Wes Plate: President, Automatic Duck

16/11/2009

Rick Young
Automatic Duck provides solutions for video editors needing to move between applications. They produce plug-ins specifically designed to enable content to work between AVID and Final Cut Pro, After Effects and Motion. In this interview, President of Automatic Duck, Wes Plate, talks about how the company was founded and the evolution of computer-based video editing over the last decade.

Interview with Tom Ohanian - history of AVID (part 3)

09/11/2009

Rick Young
A core team of people were involved in the development of the AVID, from the initial idea by Bill Warner, to the technical creation of a system which still rules Hollywood today. In part 3 of this interview Tom Ohanian takes us back to the 1990's when AVID became the dominant platform in the editing world, and leads up to the point when a new system appeared on the scene called Final Cut Pro.

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