Apple iMacs As I noted in my previous blog, the iMacs are fast becoming my machine of choice and the newest models are even more impressive than the two we have running. At this time, barring any major announcement from Apple that changes my mind, my plan is to replace the remaining 3 Mac …
Winds from Sandy are whipping outside, though nothing like my friends are getting this up the East Coast. For those of us here in Georgia, Sandy brought a major blast of winter in the form of low 30 degree temps. So on this first evening of a lit fireplace, here’s some updates and random …
After lots of testing and comparing, we’ve made the decision to move two original series to Avid Media Composer 6. PBS series “This American Land” is starting up Season Two next week and in about a month or so we’ll be kicking off a new original reality series. Over the past for months or …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 5, 2011 BUFORD, GA Biscardi Creative Media (BCM) has completed post production for season one (13 episodes) of the new PBS television series, “This American Land.” BCM Principal, Walter Biscardi, Jr. is Managing Producer and Post Production supervisor of the series which is the first to come out of their …
By now you’ve heard that Wes Plate has joined the Adobe Product Marketing Team. For those who might not know exactly who this guy is, he’s been “the guy” in the industry for years who has made various production tools talk to each other. And not just a simple, “move parts of my projects into …
There a great new article on Post Magazine’s website which you should read in its entirety. There’s some interesting statements in there about Apple’s thinking as they released and are now updating the software. Here are some of my takeaways from the article: Apple, for its part, wants it known that they are interested in …
I’ve run into this issue so many times, practically on a weekly basis, so once and for all, 1080i / 60i is NOT 60fps. That is 60 frames per second. Never was, never will be, it’s just not going to happen. Let’s take a look shall we? First off, the “i” in the number. …
Yesterday the Creative Cow published my latest article about Apple’s New Final Cut Pro X which is part review and part discussion of where our company will go from here. Final Cut Pro X – What’s missing for some pros
I was fortunate enough to be invited to do a podcast with the great Richard Harrington for our thoughts on the new Final Cut Pro X and how it might come into play in our facilities. Richard is the owner of a post production facility in Washington DC so we came at this software from …
Why is it that Producers treat Post Production as an afterthought? As in, “I need to spend all my money on Production so it looks great, but the editing we can do on the cheap.” The editor is the LAST person to touch your film. As in the person who will make or break your …
Yesterday was a whirlwind day. Started off early at a breakfast meeting with the top level executives of Avid and ended with the always entertaining Supermeet. Ok, maybe this year’s Supermeet was a little more entertaining than most. Let’s start with this morning. For the first time I can truly say that “Avid is listening.” …
Briefly from the Maxx Digital booth today They’re showing off a new 10 gig ethernet SAN that removes many of the issues that have slowed down this method and Apple’s Ethernet controller changes. Also we can now have one SAN that serves both super high speed needs such as 4k and the Ethernet based ProRes …