UPDATED 7/20/2012: Two more Mac Pros added. We are transitioning our hardware in the shop so we’ll have multiple computers and some other assorted hardware for sale over the coming weeks. We’ll update this blog post as equipment becomes available. All of our machines have been used in a Post Production environment and have [...]
UPDATED: 6/25: VTR success and Workstations at the bottom. A continuation on my “Cautionary Tales of an FCP Switcher.” Getting Caught Up on our Series As mentioned at the end of the original article, we moved our PBS series over the Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 with the reasoning that if we had to flatten a [...]
Originally intended as a blog post, Creative Cow has published my latest article “A Cautionary Tale for the Final Cut Pro Switcher.” This article details our attempts to move a current series over to Avid 6, grade the series in Resolve, and how that series ended up on Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 after just three [...]
I made a comment at this past week’s Atlanta Cutters meeting that surprised many of those in attendance. It was something along the lines of “I’m anticipating our Avid’s will be a one year solution to our editing workflow and then we’ll see where we are next year.” In other words, Avid meets our [...]
A few weeks ago I mused on replacing my Mac Pros with iMacs in part because of cost and in part because so much software can run incredibly well on these machines. Well NAB 2012 definitely validated that idea. iMacs dominated the show floor in South Hall running just about every software imagineable. [...]
NAB 2012 was a lot of fun for me as I was asked to appear in multiple videos and interviews throughout the event. Here’s the links in one handy dandy location. Enjoy! “Cutting It Close with Mitch Jacobson” presented by LiveStream. I’m approx. 15:10 into this video talking Post to Good Eats. The [...]
Folks always ask me what to see at the NAB shows each year. Obviously most of my “must sees” revolve around Post Production since that is the main focus of me business, but I do try to walk the entire show at last once to see what’s out there. If you want to find me [...]
Springtime is upon us and that can mean only two things. Allergies are raging across the United States and it’s time for the annual National Association of Broadcasters convention. Before you head off to Las Vegas, here’s some tips from this seasoned attendee to make the most of your time. “Mirage” is a great [...]
Our short and sweet blog post yesterday about switching to Avid MC6 for our broadcast work touched off a flurry of requests for yet more information on our decision. Folks want to know “what specific features did it have that the others didn’t.” “Can you break it down feature by feature, why you [...]
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 [...]