One Wrapper To Cover Them All

Posted By Tom Coughlin

Yesterday at the 2009 SMPTE conference media and entertainment professionals discussed developments in the MXF wrapper format for content creation and delivery during the Seminar on Advanced Media Workflows and MXF. Today a session on Service ... Continue reading "One Wrapper To Cover Them All" »

October 28, 2009 | Permalink | Comments(0)

VES Production Summit Wrap Up

Posted By Barry Goch

VES Production Summit, October 24, 2009 Ritz-Carlton, Marina Del Ray, California, USA I had the pleasure of attending the VES Production Summit last Saturday. I have to admit that I felt a little out of my league - no wonder as the room was filled ... Continue reading "VES Production Summit Wrap Up" »

October 28, 2009 | Permalink | Comments(0)

Avid Packs Them In

Posted By Barry Goch

People came from all over LA, during the first rain of the season, to watch Michael Krulik of Avid wow a capacity crowd with the new features in Media Composer 4. The coolest thing is the ability to mix and match resolutions and frame rates on the ... Continue reading "Avid Packs Them In" »

October 20, 2009 | Permalink | Comments(0)

REDucation Downtown LA

Posted By Barry Goch

On my lunch break yesterday, I drove from Burbank to Downtown to check out the REDucation event. Now, for those of you who know LA, you will know that I got very lucky with the traffic in both directions. Given my limited time at the event, I just ... Continue reading "REDucation Downtown LA" »

October 16, 2009 | Permalink | Comments(0)

Wow Wacom!

Posted By Barry Goch

Although I have not yet tried it, the new multi-touch Wacom Bamboo tablet looks great. I tried the jog knobs when they first came out, but I quickly went back to the arrow key. I'm already a big fan of using tablets for editing and I hope that this ... Continue reading "Wow Wacom!" »

October 14, 2009 | Permalink | Comments(0)

Post Magazine and Autodesk talk RED at ALT

Posted By Barry Goch

Post Magazine and Autodesk held a discussion on RED workflows at ALT systems in Sun Valley Thursday night. The ALT folks do know how to put on a party. I got there early and had...well let just say I was well lubricated...even before the discussion ... Continue reading "Post Magazine and Autodesk talk RED at ALT" »

October 3, 2009 | Permalink | Comments(0)

Keycode intros their new LA location with Adobe demo

Posted By Barry Goch

Keycode is making a statement. They hosted their first demo in their new digs last Thursday. They moved their headquarters from Studio City to a much larger space in the underbelly of Burbank. The lunch and learn session was great. The demo guy from ... Continue reading "Keycode intros their new LA location with Adobe demo" »

October 3, 2009 | Permalink | Comments(0)

Editors' Lounge Wrap Up - Wow!

Posted By Barry Goch

Last Friday I went to the Editors' Lounge at Alpha Dogs, a post house in Burbank, CA, owned by Terry Curren. I've been attending the Lounge for a few years now and I really enjoy the camaraderie of hanging out with my fellow editors and other post ... Continue reading "Editors' Lounge Wrap Up - Wow!" »

October 3, 2009 | Permalink | Comments(0)

The Life of a Freelancer

Posted By Barry Goch

Okay. Here's an example of the craziness of freelancing in this wacky economy. I'm on hold this week, but they don't need me so I check in with another place that wanted to hold me for one day and they don't know if they need me and I should check ... Continue reading "The Life of a Freelancer" »

October 3, 2009 | Permalink | Comments(0)

Crash the SMPTE Technical Conference October 27-29 in Hollywood...sort of

Posted By Barry Goch

I've always wanted to attend the annual SMPTE conference, but it's pricey for us freelance folks so a friend of mine offered a great way to get in for free...by volunteering. Work a half day, enjoy the conference for the rest. ... Continue reading "Crash the SMPTE Technical Conference October 27-29 in Hollywood...sort of" »

September 25, 2009 | Permalink | Comments(0)