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Time to Upgrade? An editing suite nightmare wakes up to Thunderbolt.

Posted by David Barrett on August 6, 2012 | Featured

One of the reasons editors poo pooh changes in their editing environment is the time it takes to make the conversion to whatever the new gear might be. Imagine buying a house, spending a year getting the furniture just right, … Read More

Tags: Apple, DisplayPort in a cable, documentary production, editing with Thunderbolt, Final Cut Pro, HD Camera, Mac post production, not lightfoot and thunderbold!, OCI Express in a cable, Panasonic, post production, Rcom Creative, Thunderbolt I/O, web design, XDCAM, YouTube

NAB 2012 Preview: Why Final Cut is On the Block

Posted by David Barrett on April 14, 2012 | Featured

Last year at this time, the professional editing world was agog at the idea that Apple would be releasing a new long-sought after version of its storied editing solution, Final Cut Pro. And introduce it they did – via a … Read More

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Now, $10,000 = $500,000 in Video Production Capabilities, but What About That Storyline?

Posted by David Barrett on March 13, 2012 | Featured

YouTube has changed the world of video. Sixty minutes of video are uploaded every minute. More than four billion videos are watched every day. 700 videos are shared via Twitter every minute. The statistics blow the previous set away every … Read More

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What Really Went Wrong With Final Cut X

Posted by David Barrett on February 27, 2012 | Featured

I can remember when nobody knew what Final Cut Pro was. In fact, I can remember when Randy Ubillos and Tim Meyers were working to move an unnamed video project from a company called SuperMac to Adobe. Those were really … Read More

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R/com Earns 2 Telly Awards for Pau Gasol Ads

Posted by David Barrett on June 16, 2010 | Featured

R/com Creative has been awarded two 2010 Telly Awards for the recent production of two public service television commercials featuring Lakers Power Forward Star, Pau Gasol. … Read More

Tags: Advertising, Cameron Barrett, David Barrett, Gasol and LAFD, HD Camera, LA Lakers Star, LAFD, Los Angeles Fire Department, MySafeLA, Pau Gasol, Pau Gasol & MySafe:LA, Pau Gasol Spokesperson, Rcom Creative, Social Networking, video production, XDCAM

Changing Workflow Ideal with AVCHD File Format

Posted by David Barrett on March 26, 2010 | Featured

Can you imagine an HD workflow that includes Canon, Sony, and Panasonic? Our suite of Canon EOS 7D DSLR, Sony NXCAM NX-5U, and Panasonic HMC-40, all using AVCHD, all including HDMI out, plus great images, gives us the competitive edge. … Read More

Tags: Apple, AVCHD professional, Cameron Barrett, Canon 7D, Canon EOS 7D, David Barrett, documentary production, EOS 5MKII, EOS 7D, HD Camera, HMC-40 camera, NX-CAM, NX5u, NXCAM, Panasonic, Sony NX-5U camera, using AVCHD professionally, XDCAM

Sony NXCAM – Great News For Documentary Work

Posted by radmin on November 20, 2009 | Featured

Hey Sony – want some remarkable footage of firefighters saving lives? How about the California coast and wine country? Or, how about some footage of the latest sports cars being testing on windy country roads at speed? If so, get us an NXCAM ASAP. We aren’t asking for a freebie. We’ll own it. Love it. And we’ll tell the world. … Read More

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The New JVC GY – HM100U is How Much?

Posted by radmin on October 6, 2009 | Featured

The DV Expo was really small this year. We ripped through the tiny section of the Pasadena Convention Center set aside for the likes of Panasonic, Sony and JVC, in about three hours, and that included saying hi to nearly … Read More

Tags: Cameron Barrett, documentary production, GY-HM100u, HD Camera, JVC HD, XDCAM

Could This Be Our HD Workflow Solution?

Posted by radmin on December 1, 2008 | Featured

And for us, the real trick is the recording unit on the back of the camera. It uses standard CF cards, although I’m told that the faster the better. Sure enough. And, to make matters even better, the Z7U will record to the memory card and tape simultaneously. And that, sports fans, is where our thumbs move to the up position. … Read More

Tags: CF memory cards, HD workflow, Sony EX3, Sony HDV, Sony HVR Z7U, SxS memory cards, XDCAM

Looking at a New HD Workflow

Posted by radmin on July 10, 2008 | Featured

On the other hand, archiving is a big deal. I don’t want to save material in a different format. Nor do I like the idea of storing archived material on hard drives. They fail. So, what is the answer? … Read More

Tags: HD Camera, PMW-EX1, Sony, SxS memory card, XDCAM