(NOTE: For video editors and production personnel) The process of timing script treatments and voice overs to match image sequences has been laborious and frustrating for me, mostly because keeping a stopwatch handy has proven harder than you might imagine. I’ve had at least a dozen, from the Sports Illustrated freebies, to magnetized kitchen […]

Harkins Creative produced a site intro video for Planet2025.tv. 18 months later, it is still being used on the home page of their site, and today we received notice that it had just been announced as a Panda Awards finalist in the Wildscreen Film Festival! Final judging will take place in October.
Below is the […]

(NOTE: This post is for the audiovisual creatives among our readers.) The new CS4 suite of creative tools from Adobe is already trickling down the pipe, with Soundbooth CS4 making a particularly impressive mark, in my mind.
Perhaps the most genteel new feature is the simplest one: the ability to preview mp3 compression settings before […]

We just started using a Canon XH-A1 Hi-Def camera for run-n-gun shoots, and, as usual, the on board mic is pretty susceptible to wind noise. There are lots of windscreens on the market, and many of the foam ones double as excellent clown’s noses at children’s’ birthday parties.
But this time around, I wanted to […]

I’m usually a modest person, but I don’t mind telling you that I am using the most amazing and innovative audio editing software on the market, and I know what I’m doing. There. I’ve said it.
So just what can I do with the most amazing audio tools money can buy, and all the […]