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Over the past three weeks, I've been editing a 24-episode multi-camera chroma-key web series in Premiere for a client. It was a fascinating, challenging, deadline-driven project. I learned a lot. One of the production decisions that was made before I got involved was to record the media using the H.264 codec. For many productions, the small file size of H.264 makes it an acceptable choice - but not for chroma-key. The reasons are my lead story.
Link: Why H.264 is a Bad Codec for Green-Screen Keys
By the way, when I began this project, I first created a Premiere Production. But, as a solo editor, the media management of a production kept getting in my way. After about four episodes, I turned Productions off and created a Premiere project for each episode. This was both faster and easier. It also kept the project files small. If I was part of an editing team, I'd most likely find Productions very helpful. We also used Frame.io for review, which I enjoyed working with.
Now that this project is wrapping up, I can get back to presenting webinars. So they return next week. Details are below, along with more tutorials and a review.
In the news:
Nikon Acquires RED. Nikon announced last week that it has agreed to: "acquire 100% of the outstanding membership interests of RED.com, LLC (RED) whereby RED will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nikon." RED's cameras are legendary in our industry, even if you don't use them.
Link: https://www.nikon.com/company/news/2024/0307_01.html
EVRapp updated ChronoX 2. The new version includes: a redesigned user interface, improved monitoring of the export process, and revised preferences. Antonio tells me he created in response to my review.
Link: https://www.evrapp.cloud/chronox
Last week, I reported on Tyler Perry canceling his $800 million studio expansion. After that was published Philip Hodgetts contacted me saying that there was, perhaps, more to the story than just AI. Issues such as rising interest rates, projected revenue growth, the value of commercial real estate, and other financial factors. The details are locked behind a private blog that was not written by Philip, or I would share the link. Still, I think Mr. Perry's call for an industry-wide coordinated response to AI is worth considering.
Time in Pixels, developers of Omniscope software, released a training series on how to use their video scopes and quality control tools. I've used this software - it is powerful, complex and not intuitive. However, if you REALLY want to determine how your images look, this should be in your toolkit.
Link: https://timeinpixels.com/blog/featured-artist-joey-danna
Appointment requests for this year's NAB Show are starting to roll in. Looks like there will be some interesting announcements.
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