Apple has finally managed to fix the missing bits and pieces in Final Cut Pro X. Now you can interact with other editors or software via XML export. GPU accelerated export of movie files and a full screen mode for Lion.
Not many news, but still good news.
On July 21st, the Telecine Department at The Mill NY hosted a forum for local cinematographers and directors to encourage a more open line of communication among directors, DPs and colorists.
Senior Colorist Fergus McCall talked about how the role of the colorist has changed over the years, specifically since the emergence of file-based camera formats and the accompanying digital workflows.
Do we try to make digital look like film or do we try something new and adapt to the new digital format?
Paul Franklin, co-founder and VFX supervisor at Double Negative, is thinking about the future for the visual effects industry in the UK and the challenges it faces.
The amazing creative country that I live in enabled my colleagues and I to work with Hollywood on our own terms. I believe it’s essential that we, as a nation, build upon that and develop the skills of tomorrow’s workforce so that we leave a lasting legacy for the future and help to maintain the UK’s leading position in creativity.
The big danger for hyperconnected creative professionals is that incoming demands and digital distractions get in the way of real productivity – i.e. making inroads on your big, scary, difficult, and (ultimately) rewarding creative challenges.
If you do ONE BIG THING today – one draft design, one chapter, one photoshoot, one intensive rehearsal – it feels like a productive day. (Two or more is for superheroes.) But if you don’t nail that one thing, it doesn’t matter how many little jobs you get done, you know in your heart it was a wasted day.
Asking yourself this question first thing helps you focus and prioritize. After that, the only things that can get in your way are emergencies and excuses.
Mark McGuinnes
