When was the last time you had fun at work? For many of us it has been a while and fun at work is usually something you do during lunch or around a watercooler. Employees may view work as dull, boring, unimaginative, and very often we see employees who are completely disengaged. Do a search for “employee engagement facts” and see what results you find. If you think employees are actively engaged you may be surprised to learn that many employees are not only disengaged, but actively...

Sound Devices doesn’t sound like a company that would make a splash with a video mobile recording device, but they have in a big way. The Pix 220 and 240 are mobile video recorders that create up to 10-bit digital video files and transfer them to a compact flash of solid state drive. Not only can the Sound Devices Pix record from a tape to make an instantaneously digital file, it can convert resolutions of the file at the same time. The Pix 240 and 220 offers real-time conversion from 1080i...

Examining the Loss of Magnetic Media From Repeated Hard Drive Usage in Video Production

Creative Asset Management is a key component of the video performance strategy. Implementing a content management strategy before shooting will help you to optimize your content for video search engine optimization (VSEO) if you intend to publish your content to the web, or for internal use, will help you manage locating, tracking, and building your content library. Whether you’re producing a video to publish for the viral or internal use, on or offline, here are some tips for implementing...

What was introduced to market in 1976 and for the first time allowed the camera operator to create smooth movements while treading over uneven surfaces?  Yup, you guessed it oh brilliant scholar of motion pictures.  What is the steadicam?  Now for the bonus round what was the original name of the steadicam?  Right again, the

Sony is introducing their OLED displays.  What is OLED you ask; it stands for Organic Light Emitting Diode. In a nutshell the organic materials used for these displays have a higher illumination quality while consuming less power…win win.  The OLED monitors are worlds apart in construction and design from CRT, plasma or LCD monitors.  They

You know when you’re on a shoot and you need to raise the viewpoint of a camera, like, right away and you don’t have time to set up stage risers. In this episode of Information Overdrive, we talk with founder of Spider Support Systems, Charlie Kendall, about why every camera guy needs this portable,

When your company is faced with producing a video communications project, outsourcing creative talent is a sensible and efficient solution. Crews Control provides the expertise, strategy support and execution to seamlessly integrate your preproduction planning with the production team needed to deliver a professional video. Outsourcing crew talent allows you to focus on your operational objectives with

So you’ve got to bring some still images into FCP…. What are the best file types? What’s a good pixel size? Why is it taking so darn long to render in some pictures!? Danny Greer, FCP Daily Blogger, gets these questions a lot and has a few tidbits of advice: The bigger the picture the longer the render. This

So the title might be a little misleading.  I have absolutely no clue what to do in case of ninjas, abominable snowmen, or t-rex….. but I know a thing or two about transferring P2 footage in the field. For the other eventualities, I suggest you inform your local authorities… Abernethy Media Professionals jumped on the Panasonic