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iKeysToGo: Premiere Pro CS6 Shortcut App

iKeysToGo: Premiere Pro CS6 Shortcut App

January 25, 20131 Comment

I stumbled on this app yesterday when I needed to figure out the short cut for playing around an edit in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 . I have to admit I don’t know all the short cuts, and to make things worse I haven’t bought a new keyboard to replace my Final Cut Pro version […]

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Getting My Hands On The Canon C100

Getting My Hands On The Canon C100

November 29, 20122 Comments

My hands on review can now be found here. Many Canon C100 cameras are getting into the hands of cinematographers and I’ll have my hands on one Monday. I rented the C100 from lensRentals.com for seven days so I can play with it and also shoot two news image promos with it. I’m excited! From […]

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Behind The Scene Of 007 Skyfall

Behind The Scene Of 007 Skyfall

November 20, 20120 Comments

I like all Bond films. What can I say. I grew up with them and like many others growing up watching these films we all wish we could be Bond. Well maybe for a day or two. Skyfall was special to me because they came back to the the root of Bond films with several […]

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Premiere Pro CS6 is Making Me Happy!

Premiere Pro CS6 is Making Me Happy!

October 25, 20120 Comments

Really Erik? Your NLE is making you happy. Dude you need to get a life! Well that might be true but when you spend days editing and not shooting you want it to just work. Crashes are a royal PITA! And that’s what I was experiencing a few weeks ago on my Mac Pro with […]

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Transitions For Premiere Pro CS6

August 22, 20121 Comment

Now that I got the quirks worked out of Premiere Pro CS6 I need more plug ins to go with it. I have relied on FXFactory with Final Cut Pro 7 but they don’t support Premiere Pro CS6. I hope they will because I like the the plug ins a lot. I found some very […]

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DaVinci Resolve 9 Public Beta Now Available

DaVinci Resolve 9 Public Beta Now Available

July 31, 20124 Comments

Blackmagic Designs DaVinci Resolve 9 Beta is available for download now. Go to support and pick the right product for your OS. blackmagicdesign.com/support MAC VERSION (Clicking these links will start download) PC VERSION RESOLVE 9 MANUAL On page 71 their is a 30 page tutorial to get you started. Make sure you download and read the configuration guide […]

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Nvidia Geforce GTX 285. CUDA On The Cheap For Mac

Nvidia Geforce GTX 285. CUDA On The Cheap For Mac

July 10, 20124 Comments

I had to get away from Final Cut Pro 7. Render times and overall performance has gone down when editing with HD content. In SD FCP was great. Final Cut Pro 6 came out in 2007 that makes it 5 years old to date.  FCP X wasn’t an option when it was released since it […]

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Making The Move: Adobe CS6 Production Premium and SpeedGrade

Making The Move: Adobe CS6 Production Premium and SpeedGrade

May 6, 20120 Comments

The trial version is now available at Adobe.com I’ve decided to move over to Premiere Pro CS6 from FCP7. Its been a tough decision for me because I edit a lot. I love shooting but I spend 90% of my time in front of an NLE so yes it has to be a hassle free […]

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Install Final Cut Studio 3 On A SSD, And Save 50GB Of Space

Install Final Cut Studio 3 On A SSD, And Save 50GB Of Space

January 5, 20121 Comment

Maybe this post is a little late but I still use the EOL’ed Final Cut Pro 7. I have tried Premier Pro CS5.5 and its pretty good, but for now I still use FCP7 most of the time. If your like me and still want to use FCP Suite 3 here is a great way […]

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When The Lights Went Out.

September 27, 20111 Comment

On September 8th. at 3:30 pm the power went out. I mean really out. All of San Diego Co., South Orange County,  and all the way east to Yuma AZ. We were all in the dark. I was editing a sales project when it happened. What the ……. I ran out of my edit bay […]

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