DataTale Thunderbolt RAID Review

DataTale Thunderbolt RAID Review

The recently released DataTale SMART 4-bay Thunderbolt RAID caught my attention as an affordable Thunderbolt storage unit for video editing so I contacted Oyen Digital here in the Twin Cities and they sent over a unit for me to review*. I supplied my own 2TB Toshiba...
Kickstarting TRIUMPH

Kickstarting TRIUMPH

How we raised $12,000 in 30 days for our feature film. Note: This is a repost from a post I authored at the TRIUMPH67 website. Upon first hearing about crowdfunding via kickstarter I was obsessed with how I was eventually going to put it to use on a film project. I...

FCPX and XDCAM Workflow

Did you jump right in and download Final Cut Pro X today? Did you get your mind readjusted to the new editing paradigm? Did you freak out when you couldn’t get your XDCAM footage into FCPX? And then have another little freak out about what you had done when you...
Stayin’ Connected

Stayin’ Connected

Since I’ve been blogging for, gosh, over ten years now in various forms and at various URLs, I’m hip to the various ways to post and get information: blogs, rss, tweets, status updates, etc, and I long ago fell in love with a Mac application called...
Add T2i Support to Canon Final Cut Plugin

Add T2i Support to Canon Final Cut Plugin

Thanks to this great (and easy) solution from Nathan Beaman, you can add T2i Support to the New Canon EOS Final Cut Plugin. Supposedly this plugin is up to 3x faster than using Compressor to import your files for editing. NOTE: You MUST retain the folder structure of...
NeatVideo Noise Reduction

NeatVideo Noise Reduction

As a filmmaker, either documentary and narrative, there are certain times when you are forced for some reason to shoot with available light and in those situations there are most certainly times when that light is too low for your desired shots. This typically leads...