Tag Archives: Technology

HV20 Workflow, Processing, and Image Quality

By jedypod | Published: 2007-11-09
In a previous post, I briefly discussed some of the specific concerns of working with footage from the Canon HV20. In this post, I will talk about these things in a little more depth, and with some example pictures to more fully demonstrate what I’m talking about. Here is a full resolution frame-capture of a [...]
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Summertime

By jedypod | Published: 2007-09-09
This blog has not received too much in the way of activity updates in the life of Jed. Accordingly, here is one on the subject of summertime. This summer was exceedingly much more busy than last summer, during which time I was unemployed and did not accomplish a great deal. This summer, I was fortunate [...]
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A List of Essential Windows Software

By jedypod | Published: 2007-05-31
Often I have come across very intense opinions about the superiority of the Mac user interface. While true with “stock” software options, it is my opinion that when bolstered with certain amazing freeware applications, the Windows XP user interface experience can surpass osX in terms of efficiency of operations. Thus, in the style of those [...]
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SOS: Media – Week 8 Update

By jedypod | Published: 2007-05-27
This last week I focused nearly exclusively on working on my Hybrid Music performance. I had been making it a second priority previously, and so had a lot of work to do to catch up. Fortunately, the visual component of my Hybrid project intersected significantly with my AI project’s abstract visualizations.Accordingly, I thought it might [...]
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Visual Effects: An Interview with Lead Compositor of Van Helsing

By jedypod | Published: 2007-05-05
I stumbled accross this (somewhat aged) interview with Todd Vaziri, a lead compositor in Van Helsing, at ILM. It might be interesting for some to see how After Effects is used in a larger professional production workflow on a big effects-heavy film production. The Interview (via vfxtalk.com)
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