Apple ProApps Certification info
As mentioned in class, it seems like an increasingly worthwhile idea to get FCP certification so as to be confident in yourself that your skills are up to par and to have the paper to prove this differentiation from the masses dabbling with FCP.
Here’s general info about Apple’s multi-step certification program for their Multimedia applications: ProApps
Also, test yourself to see if you could pass the FCP 101 test – the only test that can be taken without taking a certified class in conjunction with the test. Here’s the link to the PDF file for download:
FCP6 Level 1 Practice
OpenCut 2.0 Opens today – do have the time/focus to practice with RED camera footage??
OpenCut 2.0
OpenCut 2.0 is poised to open up for registration today. Check this out – if you’re really into editing and you’re hungry to work with new, high-resolution (think Digital Cinematography) formats this might well be the jumping off point for you. Note that there is a small fee involved ($75/individual competition submission or $25/per individual if part of a school group).
If the silver screen is calling your name louder that the LCD’s or CRT’s beckon, find out more about this new round of editing competition here: OpenCut
Also, I you install Azureus, a free, BitTorrent application, and search among their offerings you can view and/or download the just completed group of entries to the first OpenCut competition. I’ve also added a link to a variety of tests and interviews that were shot with the RED camera.
Link:Azureus
Link:OpenCut 1.0: Susannah
Link:Vuze:RED Camera
Pro Video Coalition – gem of a blog/community site
ProvideoCoalition
Photoshop for Video – the authoriative site/podcast for using & preparing images for video space
Check out Richard Harrington’s site, “Photoshop for Video” to garner all you ever wanted/needed or thought might be good to know about working with digital image files alongside video editing.
Link: Photoshop for video
Mind-blowing animation (low-fi!) on Vimeo
On Vimeo great videos abound if you are looking into experiments towards the cinematic experience online. A knock-out example of low-fi, time-laps/cell-animation style animation can be found here: Muto by BLU
RotoFactory. Hollywood FX…in Santa Rosa
Barely two years after opening its doors, a Santa Rosa company that creates visual effects for Hollywood movies is on a roll, with a dozen films under its belt and more in the works. Link
Interlacing? I don’t need to worry about effin’ interlacing in FCP 6…
Interlacing is one of those underlying technical issues that one would simply rather not acknowledge, but also one that can really trip you up if you’ve remained blithely unaware. Read Matt DeVries’ troubles he ran into as an editor for the show Mosaic for local production house and cable channel Link TV. He links to a great article by Chris and Trish Meyer on the issue of interlacing explaining it in plain English and in detail that offers solution for common issues.
