» Posts Tagged ‘windows’
Almost all new video cameras utilize some form of solid state media, like SD, CF, or SxS cards. That’s not necessarily the case with computers, however. Many of us are familiar with the clicking and whirring of traditional hard drives, but in the not-too-distant future, most of our devices will instead be using an SSD (or Solid State Drive) to store information. The big advantage to using an SSD as your main system drive (where all of your programs and the operating system is installed), is that since there aren’t any moving parts, read times can be much faster. John Hess, over at FilmmakerIQ, recently replaced the main hard drive on his Windows machine with an SSD drive to speed up his system. Watch his process and see some benchmarks in the video below. More »
Ever since VisualHub was discontinued, there’s been a dearth of freeware transcoding apps on the Mac. I’ve since recommended MPEG Streamclip, but a true “everything to everything” program hasn’t been available in the free arena. As of a week ago you can grab the new version of Apple Compressor for $50, but they didn’t update the program to 64-bit or even change the interface from the last version (which I was never a fan of). Thus newcomer Adapter, while still in beta, looks promising: More »
Mak: I see what you mean. Yes, what would come to be known as the Hitchcock sty… Here's a Compilation of Movies That Can Help Teach You the Craft of Filmma…
Abersouth: I'm not sure about Rublev being the most accessible of Tarkovsky's work. … Here's a Compilation of Movies That Can Help Teach You the Craft of Filmma…
Ben Joyner: the* Here's a Compilation of Movies That Can Help Teach You the Craft of Filmma…
Ben Joyner: The Social Network definitely taught me the most about that craft of filmm… Here's a Compilation of Movies That Can Help Teach You the Craft of Filmma…
Abersouth: Agreed on Vertigo and the Hitchcock fan club. I'm not sure movies can get… Here's a Compilation of Movies That Can Help Teach You the Craft of Filmma…