Recent Blog Posts in 2012

  • PromaxBDA: Creative Educator's Forum

    Posted By Jeff Boortz

    With one toe firmly in the industry and another in academia, I am sitting right now in the Creative Educator's Forum at Promax. It is the third year for this forum and my second, and it is amazing to see how the meeting has evolved. Katerina ... Continue reading "PromaxBDA: Creative Educator's Forum" »

    June 13, 2012 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • PromaxBDA: Thinking and Drinking

    Posted By Jeff Boortz

    So the 2012 PromaxBDA conference has kicked off in earnest, and if Tuesday was any indication, it will be one of the best I've attended. Favorite Color's crisp graphic titles and Reeps One's insane beatbox performance got the blood pumping to my ... Continue reading "PromaxBDA: Thinking and Drinking" »

    June 13, 2012 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • PromaxBDA: Time to raid the mini bar

    Posted By Drew Neujahr

    After the hang over of last night's Kings Stanley Cup win at the Staples center, next door to this years conference, there were a lot of bleary eyes and a lot less mullets and goatees. Terry Lee, Roger's owner and Creative Director described today ... Continue reading "PromaxBDA: Time to raid the mini bar" »

    June 13, 2012 | Permalink

  • PromaxBDA: 'Imagine: How Creativity Works'

    Posted By Kate Canada Obregon

    Jonah Lehrer's keynote, titled "Imagine: How Creativity Works," kicked off the 2012 PromaxBDA Conference and was an inspiring rumination on the process of creativity and innovation. As we settled into our seats and unpacked our crowded minds, Lehrer ... Continue reading "PromaxBDA: 'Imagine: How Creativity Works'" »

    June 13, 2012 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • PromaxBDA: Day Uno

    Posted By Danixa Diaz

    By Danixa Diaz Let the show begin with Reeps One amazing performance, electrifying the audience before we hear from the author of "Imagine" How Creativity Works, Johah Lehrer! WATCH THE VIDEO This all after out Elite Celebration by the pool of the JW ... Continue reading "PromaxBDA: Day Uno" »

    June 12, 2012 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • Promax: Monday, June 11

    Posted By Jeff Boortz

    By Jeff Boortz What better beginning to Promax this year than a Stanley Cup Final victory for the Kings, and an Elite Member Party at the Marriott ION pool directly above the madness? Victory chants, klieg lights, and circling helicopters, not to ... Continue reading "Promax: Monday, June 11" »

    June 12, 2012 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • Dolby Fidelity Forum 2.0 follow up

    Posted By Daniel Restuccio

    SAN FRANCISCO - Professionals have been using digital, plasma, LCD and LED flat screens to display film and television output for years, yet when it came to color correction, no flat-screen technology was as good as a Grade 1 CRT. That is until now. ... Continue reading "Dolby Fidelity Forum 2.0 follow up" »

    May 30, 2012 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • Dolby Digital's 'Brave' new audio world

    Posted By Daniel Restuccio

    By Daniel Restuccio SAN FRANCISCO - At the Dolby Fidelity Forum 2.0 in San Francisco last week they demonstrated a host of evolutionary audio and video technologies for Blu-Ray mastering and digital theater design that are destined to make the ... Continue reading "Dolby Digital's 'Brave' new audio world" »

    May 25, 2012 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • Follow-up: KRK KNS 8400 headphones review

    Posted By Luke Harper

    By Luke Harper Owner Audio Altimeter Minneapolis So you may remember that six months ago I reviewed the KRK KNS 8400 headphones (http://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Magazine/2011/October-1-2011/Review-KRK-KNS-8400-headphones.aspx ). Since ... Continue reading "Follow-up: KRK KNS 8400 headphones review" »

    May 22, 2012 | Permalink

  • REDucation-X: The next level

    Posted By Daniel Restuccio

    By Daniel Restuccio The five-day intensive Red camera training, called REDucation, is headed to the next level with the four-month-long REDucation-X, the first Red "alternative" to traditional film school training for the next generation of ... Continue reading "REDucation-X: The next level" »

    May 4, 2012 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • Petabyte is the new Terabyte

    Posted By Tom Coughlin

    By Tom Coughlin Coughlin Associates www.tomcoughlin.com Peter Jackson's the Hobbit is being shot at 48 frames per second (fps), six days a week, using 5K Red cameras shooting in 3D. Total content generated each day is between 6-12TB. James Cameron's ... Continue reading "Petabyte is the new Terabyte" »

    April 27, 2012 | Permalink

  • Top 5 Picks from NAB 2012

    Posted By Tom Baurain

    My Top 5: 1. Blackmagic Design Cinema Camera Perfect this camera is not, but that this price point, you can't not help but be excited about this camera. Including Resolve and UltraScopes makes this something of a no-brainer. An odd form factor, 2x ... Continue reading "Top 5 Picks from NAB 2012" »

    April 25, 2012 | Permalink | Comments(0)

  • The 'cloudy' haze of NAB

    Posted By Jonathan Moser

    By Jonathan Moser LAS VEGAS - Trying to navigate the broadcast geek-fest known as NAB in half-a-day is about as realistic as taking in the glories of the Sistine Chapel by looking at one fresco...but I'll try. I have to confess it's been over 20 ... Continue reading "The 'cloudy' haze of NAB" »

    April 23, 2012 | Permalink

  • NAB 2012 has come to a close

    Posted By Mark Heitke

    By Mark Heitke NAB 2012 has come to a close and man what a blur. The last day and a half have been filled to the brim! Wednesday I tackled the North Hall exhibits and caught up on the newest broadcast tech. It was really interesting to be able to see ... Continue reading "NAB 2012 has come to a close" »

    April 20, 2012 | Permalink

  • The ties that bind them

    Posted By Tom Coughlin

    By Tom Coughlin Coughlin Associates www.tomcoughlin.com LAS VEGAS - The 2012 NAB South Hall had an ever-growing complement of booths showing digital storage products or using those products. There were of course some smattering of storage vendors in ... Continue reading "The ties that bind them" »

    April 20, 2012 | Permalink

  • Cab adventures at NAB

    Posted By John Parenteau

    By John Parenteau (Note to reader: This is a TRUE story. If anything, I cut some craziness out!) Fade in Int. cab - evening John, (46) dark haired, handsome, enters the cab. John Palazzo, please. Once the door is closed, the driver guns it, throwing ... Continue reading "Cab adventures at NAB" »

    April 19, 2012 | Permalink

  • NAB 2012 - Last Day

    Posted By TJ Ryan

    By TJ Ryan Last day at NAB and 2012 holds many meanings. My hotel room number ended with a 12, I had 12 hours of sleep since S unday, 12 is my starting hand for just about every game of blackjack that I played, my daughter is 12 and I have 12 minutes ... Continue reading "NAB 2012 - Last Day" »

    April 19, 2012 | Permalink

  • Lost At NAB + Impressive Blackmagic Camera

    Posted By Andrew Kobliska

    By Andrew Kobliska As many of you no-doubt know, the 2012 NAB Exhibit Floor is massive and simply overwhelming. After carefully scripting my route of attack the night before, I still found myself lost and disoriented early in the day during my ... Continue reading "Lost At NAB + Impressive Blackmagic Camera" »

    April 18, 2012 | Permalink

  • NAB Day 2 Mark Heitke

    Posted By Mark Heitke

    The show rages on. Today was a day to check out everything cameras and production, which meant I lived in Central hall. I spent most of time visiting with camera vendors since as a Post Producer I deal with new cameras and workflows daily. Looking ... Continue reading "NAB Day 2 Mark Heitke" »

    April 18, 2012 | Permalink

  • The languages of NAB

    Posted By John Parenteau

    I don't really speak any languages. I like to think I remember some of my cumulative 5 years of French, and because I'm half French, that I have a genetic predisposition to know it, but I'll be honest. I suck at it. But having some understanding of ... Continue reading "The languages of NAB" »

    April 17, 2012 | Permalink

  • For Us...The Winner is Premiere.

    Posted By Ian Karr

    I never thought I'd write this, but I think IKA Collective is going to become an Adobe Premiere house. One of the main missions I had for this year's NAB is to decide on a new editing platform. Final Cut X isn't an option for us. 99% of all editing ... Continue reading "For Us...The Winner is Premiere." »

    April 17, 2012 | Permalink

  • Blackmagic Casting a Spell

    Posted By Ian Karr

    By Ian Karr The new Blackmagic cinema camera is getting a lot of attention. Offering 2.5K resolution for a 3K price tag, this could be really cool. I hope the images it generates look better than the camera itself...it's channeling a 1990's era Kodak ... Continue reading "Blackmagic Casting a Spell" »

    April 17, 2012 | Permalink

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