Steve Martin, Apple FCP3 Wiz Kid visits Ojai DV Camp
 

Steve Martin, Apple FCP3 Wiz Kid visits Ojai DV Camp

(For Immediate Release) The Ojai DV Camp brings Hollywood professionals to their upcoming DV MOVIEMAKING workshop with a special visit from Apple certified instructor Steve Martin. Steve has taught workshops at Macworld, AFI, NAB as well as creating The DV Guys, web radio show. He has authored two renowned CD Roms entitled Secrets of Final Cut Pro, PowerStart and the soon to be released Color Corrections for Final Cut Pro. In 2002 Steve launched Ripple Training and continues to provide timely, practical, and most of all, useful tutorials and resources so you can go about doing your job more efficiently while having more fun. Steve can be reached at www.rippletraining.com

The Camp is slated for December 14th and 15th 9am to 5pm and is being held at the Oak Grove School 220 West Lomita Street Ojai, California. The course fee is $325.
Sunday is devoted to post-production. Steve begins with a complete overview of Final Cut Pro 3. You will learn valuable tips and tricks as well as see the program’s advanced feature set of effects and editing tools. In the afternoon, you will see theory put into action as noted Hollywood Director Robert Grasmere joins Martin and they begin to editorially shape a sequence of scenes that were shot the previous day. Students will see the raw footage emerge into a dramatic scene. Finally you’ll learn how to prepare content for multi-media release using the innovative Sorenson Squeeze compression software.
For more information call (805) 640-7122 or visit www.ojaiDVcamp.com

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Based on their press releases, several foveon pixels can be configured to represent a single video pixel. AKA variable pixel video. If you think about it, that means their 10 million pixel chip can record 1080p with not problem. With oversampling and subpixel rendering to boot.

Wait and see. Hype by any other name is still hype.

Sorenson Squeeze to support MPEG4
 

Sorenson announced its support for MPEG 4 http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/...0202/223360096 More companies will be making similar announcements now that all the licensing issues surrounding MPEG 4 have been resolved.

Jeff

Media100 almost Delisted by NASDAQ
 

Media100 narrowly misses being delisted after its stock price fell below $1.00 http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/...3.media100.php

Jeff

With only $14 mil in market capitalization and a 52 week trading range between 3.75 and 0.35 they appear to be more of a hobby than a business to the financial markets. They may be big joo-joo to post production houses but that's far too narrow and shallow of a business to raise public capital these days.

When they all go "real time everything" (hopefully in my lifetime in DV)- then we're really in for a good time............but by then our mini-DV "tape" cameras will be ole' tech and the new disk drive portable 24FPS HD cams will be all the rage- of course they wont have real-time HD editing, they'll need to render and it starts all over again......

...isn't technology grand?

FCP Version 16 maybe????
(hahaha- smile guys- you only live once)

VariZoom for Panasonic DVX100
 

Just tested our new VariZoom control for the Panasonic DVX 100.

Model# Stealth-DVX

The controller is very different internally then our other controllers. The zoom control allows for very smooth ramping up and down whether going wide or telephoto. The new control allows for Zoom, pause, record.

We will have it available at Dv Expo West in our booth #118 the product will be shipping in early January.

Tom McKay

VariZoom Lens Controls

News At L.A. DV Expo and NY Digital Video Show
 

I can just see Sony announcing VX3000 the day after I buy the VX2000--if they were to announce such a thing is the L.A. DV Expo Dec. 9-12 or the NY Digital Video Show in January 2003 likely places to do so??

No, no, no. Sony won't announce the VX3000 the day after you buy a VX2000.

They will probably cut the price by 30% though. That's what always happens to me.

The TRV950 / PDX10 is still too new. My guess is NAB 2003.

Final Cut Pro 3 Updated
 

The 3.0.4 update to Final Cut Pro 3 was released for download today. According to Apple's site:You can learn more and download the update at:
http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/download/

That's Life
 

Rick and Chris, thanks for thoughts. I will be more than content with current generation VX2000 I am sure.

Had my hands on this controller today for a brief test -- it works great. More to follow very soon.

Upcoming Trade Shows
 

Hello! I'd be interested in fing out what, if any DV cam trade shows might be on the horizon....
Thanks
Jean King

Super short notice...and beyond
 

DVexpo West, LA convention center December 9-12 2002

http://www.dvexpo.com/west

DVexpo East, Jacob Javits Center NYC, July 7-11, 2003

http://www.dvexpo.com/east

use registration code CWP

Mark

Videmaker Expo West
Jan 23-25, 2003
Burbank, CA

http://www.videomaker.com/scripts/expo.cfm

DVD Studio Pro Updated
 

The 1.5.2 update of Apple's DVD Studio Pro dvd authoring system is now available for download at:

http://www.apple.com/dvdstudiopro/update/

Imagine that. To hear the FCP trolls that visit the Avid forum now and then, you would think FCP never had any bugs to fix... Just goes to show, all the nle's have their "issues."

Live Ken Burns Chat Dcember 13
 

This was posted on one of the lists I suscribe to.

Jeff


Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns will receive the 2002 Career
Achievement Award from the International Documentary Association. Burns
was also nominated for an Academy AwardÆ in 1981 for Brooklyn Bridge, his
first non-fiction film project. He has subsequently produced and directed
such critically acclaimed documentaries as The Civil War, Jazz, Baseball,
Lewis & Clark, The Statue of Liberty, Thomas Jefferson and Frank Loyde
Wright.

"This internet chat is a unique opportunity for filmmakers, students and
fans from around the world to speak with and get their questions answered
by one of the most influential filmmakers and storytellers of our times,"
says IDA President Michael Donaldson. "We are grateful to Kodak, a
long-time supporter od the IDA, for sponsoring this chat."

Ken Burns "Chat" on Internet - December 13 at 10:30AM PST (1:30PM EST)

Link for additional information:

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/news/burnsChat.shtml

I've just gotten a 1394 card for my laptop and hooked up my XL to messenger. Now all I need is people someone on the other end.

But Jeff, the Star Trek Nemesis is going to be released that day! Couldn't they reschedule Ken for a few days later??

Happy Holidays,

Adrian, you can always add me,

My email on messenger is racerz@yap.com.au

kermie

ps. anyone can add me into that, i love to talk this stuff.

Sonic Foundry produces the goods
 

This is an interesting article from the Sonic Foundry web site.

http://www.sonicfoundry.com/news/Sho...?ReleaseID=460

Anchorage Film Festival
 

I should have posted this months ago, but regardless here ya go........

http://www.anchoragefilmfestival.com/main.html

December 13-22, 2002

The NY DV Show is just around the corner now...

http://www.nydvshow.com/

IFC: Ten New Titans: The Future of Film
 

For those of you in the U.S. who get the IFC (Independent Film Channel), IFC will be showing:from December 18-20 at 8pm EST.

This should be interesting.

For more information: http://www.ifctv.com/ifc/what/0,5266...-TB-4-,00.html

Apple & FCP Break into Editing Features
 

Final Cut Pro is being used by 3 time Academy Award winning editor Walter Murch in his latest film. The complete Hollywood Reporter article is here http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hol...ent_id=1772771

Jeff

Great find Jeff. That is very exciting news. It will be interesting to see how Hollywood reacts to this. Could this be a sign of the times? One can only hope...

Very, very interesting Jeff. Particularly after reading "In The Blink of An Eye" (http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...&threadid=5501).

Thanks Jeff.

<<<-- Originally posted by Ken Tanaka : Very, very interesting Jeff. Particularly after reading "In The Blink of An Eye" (http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...&threadid=5501).

Thanks Jeff. -->>>

I was thinking the same thing as I read the article. As I stated before, it is exciting to think what might be in store for us thanks to heavyweights like Murch getting behind FCP.

Requiem for Vegas Video and Steinberg
 

Well, anyone who's kept up with the news knows, by now, that Steinberg has been sold to Pinnacle Systems and that Sonic Foundry has a part of their business on the chopping block. Is it Vegas Video? Rumors appear to abound that it is. This is a shame. After years of struggling with Premiere's nebulous UI and Pinnacle's faulty software coding, I shudder to think what I may have to use for my NLE app.

All good things come to an end.

2003 IFP Los Angeles Film Festival
 

Call for Entries

$50,000 Target Filmmaker Award, which will be awarded to the winning director of the Best Dramatic Feature...and they "will consider works-in-progress, films with temporary soundtracks, digital outputs and work that did not originate on film"

Films submitted for consideration to the 2003 IFP Los Angeles Film Festival must meet the following criteria:

- Must have been completed after January 1, 2002;
- Must not have had any commercial, theatrical or television play in the United States;
- Feature films must be at least 60 minutes in length and must not have been screened at other festivals or publicly in the Los Angeles area;
- All films in a language other than English must be subtitled in English for festival presentation;
- The festival will consider works-in-progress, films with temporary soundtracks, digital outputs and work that did not originate on film.

Submissions for the 2003 IFP Los Angeles Film Festival must be received no later than Friday, February 21, 2003 for short films and music videos; and Friday, February 28, 2003 for full-length narrative and documentary features.

Entries should be sent to the IFP Los Angeles Film Festival, 8750 Wilshire Blvd, 2nd Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90211. For a complete description of the submission requirements and an entry form, please visit the IFP Los Angeles Film Festival web site at www.lafilmfest.com or call (323) 951-7090.

www.lafilmfest.com

Steinberg
 

This is the first I heard of this one. But buying Steinberg does make sense for Pinnacle - they are German, and they do audio (which Pinnacle, bless their cotton bed socks, never really "got").

My concern is, will the new Cubase now get launched before it's ready like everything else Pinnacle markets?

I wonder what they'll call it? Audition?

Julian

Could you post some actual news links? This is the first I'd heard of any SoFo sale. I don't follow "industry news" sites much but do get around on the forums and hadn't seen any buzz until now.

Here is the URL for the Sonic Foundry Reports Fourth Quarter and Year-end Results for Fiscal 2002

http://www.sonicfoundry.com/news/ShowRelease.asp?ReleaseID=498&CatID=

You can listen to the conference call via vcall.com - see bottom of above page.

Bias SoundSoap
 

Bias, the folks that brought us Peak, have recently introduced a new noise reduction tool called SoundSoap. Bias claims that SoundSoap:

"Easily & instantly reduces noise from your digital video or digital audio files..."
"...scrubs audio squeaky clean — dramatically reducing tape hiss, buzzing and hum, rumble, and most other types of background noise."

SoundSoap is available for Windows XP and Mac OS X and has in introductory price of US$99.

For more information see Bias' site at: http://www.bias-inc.com/

Nice side-by-side comparison of 3 chipper specifications
 

I didn't know that the GL2 had interchangeable lenses.

It dosn't. That's just a mistake. I dont think the DVX100 has them either, although I could be missing somthing.

Nor the Panasonic AG-DVX100. <g> Also "Info unavailable" under the GL2's "Focus Adjustment" column? Uh, "Auto, manual" would be fine. And does anyone really think of their video camera's ccd resolution in terms of fractional megapixels?

This is a great comparative chart in design. But, as with so many other compilations on the now struggling-to-survive CNet, this is misleading or just plain incorrect in implementation.

Nevertheless, thank you for pointing it out "mikeysbistro".