MacVideo Interviews

Run-through of the Ki Pro by Jon Thorn

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:16:00 GMT

AJA Product Manager tells us what this device can do

AJA Product Manager, Jon Thorn, give us a run-through of the Ki Pro: what it does, how it works, and what it is good for.

Bruce Nazarian: DVD, Blu-ray and distribution expert (part 1)

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:06:00 GMT

From "Rock Star" to "Digital Guy"

Bruce Nazarian is regarded as an expert in DVD and Blu-ray technology. He is the President of the DVD Association, author of DVD Studio Pro 4 - the Complete Guide for Authoring with Macintosh (McGraw-Hill Professional, 2006), a trainer, consultant and CEO of Digital Media Consulting Group Inc. He is known as "The Digital Guy."

Stu Maschwitz: DV Rebel (part 2)

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:40:00 GMT

Stu Maschwitz on shooting 24P

Why shoot 24P? Stu Maschwitz tells us why.

Stu Maschwitz: DV Rebel (part 1)

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:44:00 GMT

Filmmaker, Director, VIsual Effects Supervisor tells his story

Stu Maschwitzis a highly regarded director, writer and visual effects artist based in San Francisco.

Canon reveal prototype 4:2:2 camera; 50mbps; recording to MPEG-2

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:25:00 GMT

Preview of a soon-to-be released camcorder

Canon has announced it has adopted an MPEG-2 Full HD (4:2:2) file-based recording codec for a new file-based professional video camera currently under development. The new Canon MPEG-2 codec will enable high-quality imaging and audio performance with up to 50 Mbps data recording and twice the color data of the HDV*1 profile format. File-based recording helps video operations realize greater efficiencies during post-production, making it an ideal format for many industry applications such as newsgathering, documentary filmmaking and event videography.

Ajay Parekh, Live Events/Video Producer

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:55:00 GMT

Independent Producer talks through the job

Ajay Parekh has had 2 decades of experience in the live events, conference and video industry. Trained as a stage manager many years ago he quickly developed his people and project management skills into the film and television industry. During his four years at the BBC he worked on many science, technology and documentary programmes, as well as working as a 2nd and 3rd Ass Director on a number of features for television, with one of his highlights being a film called 'Truly, Madly, Deeply' Written and Directed by the late Anthony Minguella.

GridIron Flow: Angie Taylor; Steve Forde

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:13:00 GMT

Optimise your workflow and be totally organised

Flow is a Visual Workflow Manager, designed for creative professionals with the aim of keeping them streamlined and organised. Flow gives you a complete overview of your project, giving you the ability to see all your project file and how they relate to each other. You can quickly pin-point all the files which make up your project - and all related files, whether they exist on a local drive, on a network volume, or files which may be archived on media which is offline.

M dot Strange - Ultimate Independent Filmmaker

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:21:00 GMT

Making a 3D animated feature film single-handedly

A look inside the mind of M dot Strange. Hear from the man himself, just what motivates him, the tools he uses and how this self taught 3D animator has become known for producing a full-blown animated feature film single-handedly. What M dot has achieved would normally take a team of people months or years of work.

Larry Jordan - Founder of 2-pop.com

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:06:00 GMT

Creator of the first of the FCP websites set the scene for many others to follow

1999 ...a guy woke up crazy bonkers one morning and started a new Web site with an online discussion forum format dedicated to FCP in his bedroom on a Mac laptop. And that was the start of 2-pop: Larry on a Mac laptop in his bedroom in LA basically 24/7, figuring out Adobe GoLive and WebBBS and all that gooey Perl/CGI gunk, putting up juicy DV news flashes on the front page...

The future of Radio Mics. - Alain Richer, Sennheiser

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:53:00 GMT

As analogue frquencies switch off what happens to radio mics which use there frequencies?

Much of the entertainment industry relies on radio mics: television, theatre, concerts, hotels, events - at every corner of the production scene there is a need for wireless mics which are high quality and effective. The current range of radio mics rely on analogue frequencies. As these frequencies are reallocated or switched off this presents a problem to the entertainment industry with fears current equipment will not work for too much longer.

The future of Radio Mics. - Alain Richer. Sennheiser

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:53:00 GMT

As analogue frquencies switch off what happens to radio mics which use there frequencies?

Matt Davis on the PMW-EX1R

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:55:00 GMT

An experienced EX1 shooter gives his view on the PMW-EX1R

When Sony released the PMW-EX1 over 2 years ago now, Matt Davis purchased one of the cameras as an upgrade to his Z1. The jump in quality was significant, the tapeless workflow provided the means for ultra-fast turnaround, and since then Matt has moved more and more away from the world of tape to a file-based workflow.

Matt Davis on the PMW-EX1R

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:44:00 GMT

An experienced EX1 shooter gives his view on the PMW-EX1R

Best of MacVideo Interviews 2009 (parts 3 & 4)

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:10:00 GMT

Highlights of 2009

Best of MacVideo Interviews 2009 (parts 1 and 2)

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:43:00 GMT

Highlights from 2009

Ramy Katrib: Founder and CEO, DigitalFilm Tree

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:36:00 GMT

A Hollywood post facility on the cutting edge of technology

When FCP hit the world back in 1999 the program was regarded as a video editing application. For those wishing to work with film, and match the negative to the edit produced within Final Cut, this was a formidable challenge. Those at a Los Angeles based edit facility known as DigitalFilm Tree were pioneers who broke through the wall of expensive post production and made film editing using FCP possible. Ramy Katrib, Founder and CEO of DigitalFilm Tree, was instrumental in making this happen. He tells the story to MacVideo; where DigitalFilm Tree has been; developments which have taken place over the last decade; and where the company is at in the year 2009.

The Ken Stone Sessions Part 4

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:28:00 GMT

Featuring: Andrew Balis, Philip Hodgetts, Michael Horton, Ken Stone

A panel of 4 experts in the world of Final Cut Pro and other Apple professional applications come together to discuss issues facing the video community. Filmed in Hollywood, at the studio of Ken Stone, we hear a wide range of opinions regarding where the world of video is at in the year 2009. Issues discussed include the difference between 1080 and 720 HD, how much difference the edit system makes to the editing process, and the attitude of the younger, technically savvy generation, to the wealth of technology available.

Underwater Specialist: Luca Coltri

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:09:00 GMT

Shooting DVCPro HD with Gates underwater housing

In this interview Luca Coltri talks the equipment he uses, how it operates, and just what he has to go through to work as an underwater videographer.

Jan Crittenden - Product Line Business Manager at Panasonic Broadcast, USA

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:23:00 GMT

The Panasonic "Mojo" and what makes these cameras unique

Panasonic are a company which have been independent when it comes to aquisition. AVC Intra, AVC Ultra, DVCPro HD, DVCPro 50, Varicam, P2 - these are all trade marks in the industry by which Panasonic is known.

H.264 - the modern codec for distribution

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:13:00 GMT

Wayne Andrews from Matrox talks about the importance of H.264

Wayne Andrews from Matrox runs through the latest encoding technology, including accelerated H.264 encoding for Mac towers and Mac laptops with Express 34 slot. Matrox MAX technology is provided as an option with MXO2 products or as an H.264 accelerator PCIe card for the Mac. Matrox MAX technology uses a dedicated hardware processor to accelerate the creation of H.264 files for mobile devices, the web and Blu-ray discs. By using specialized hardware acceleration, jobs are finished with superior speed to the technology used by Apple in the creation of H.264 files. Matrox CompressHD works in systems with or without a video I/O device. The encoding technology works with direct integration with Apple Compressor on the Mac. Matrox claims the MAX technology allows direct export to higher-quality H.264 Blu-ray compliant files from Compressor.

Wes Plate: President, Automatic Duck

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:13:00 GMT

Working between AVID and Final Cut Pro, Motion and After Effects

Automatic Duck provides solutions for video editors needing to move between applications. To understand what they offer we need to step back in history. When Final Cut Pro appeared on the video scene in 1999 the professional world was entrenched with AVID. TO move an AVID project to Final Cut Pro or from Final Cut Pro to AVID was not a simple process.

Tom Ohanian - history of AVID (part 3)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:36:00 GMT

A key player of the founding team of AVID technology tells the story...

In 1987 AVID technology began life as a company and in the years that followed the entire workflow for editing film was to be changed forever. A core team of people were involved in the development of the AVID, from the initial idea by Bill Warner, to the technical creation of a system which still rules Hollywood today. Tom Ohanian was part of the AVID founding team, those who brought the Media Composer, the Film Composer and Avid Multicamera Systems into being.

Interview with Tom Ohanian - history of AVID (part 3)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:23:00 GMT

A key player of the founding team of AVID technology tells the story...

Michael Wohl - original development team for Final Cut Pro (part 3)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

An industry veteren tells the story of how Final Cut Pro was created

Michael Wohl worked for Adobe in the mid-1990's and was involved with Premiere in the days when Premiere was one of the only affordable video editors around. He then moved to Macromedia as part of the original team put together to produce Final Cut Pro. He is credited as being one of the original designers of Apple's Emmy award winning Final Cut Pro software.

Olivier Bovis - General Manager, Product Marketing, Sony Europe

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:58:00 GMT

Overview of XDCAM EX product

Olivier Bovis explains in detail the new XDCAM EX products offered by Sony. He explains the evolution of the XDCAM EX format, Sony's positioning in the market place and the philosophy behind the creation of these new products. This interview provides insight into the thought processes which go into producing this equipment. Olivier also provides information on the fact that the Sony professional cameras are largely put together by hand.