So here we are, just a few days from moving offices. Later this week we’ll be tasked with one of the most tedious, time consuming and important jobs we’ve ever tackled; breaking down, moving and hooking up four entire edit suites in less than 24 hours.  Luckily, in previous employment, I’ve completed moves like this twice before, so I feel like we are going to handle this well, due mostly in part to the following tips:

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The construction work on the new office continues to zoom along.  We’ve gotten official word that we’ll be able to move into our new space on June 1st, so it looks like Memorial Day weekend will be a busy one for us.  Breaking down Avids, moving furniture, rebuilding Avids…I think we’ll be glad to have the extra day in the weekend.

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Here are a few more pictures from the new office construction.  The stairs are now fully constructed.  Cabinets have been removed from the lobby area in preparation for the hardwood floor that should be laid down this week.

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Okay, so my title may be a touch melodramatic.  My other blog entries have been how-tos, but this post is a call for opinions.  It is based on a conversation that Ryan and I had with a colleague.

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In my last post, I talked a bit about organizing and managing media.  For this post, I thought I would continue in that vein and talk about drive letter assignments.

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In this tutorial, I explain how to create a cool Pan and Zoom effect over Documents or Newspapers. I show how to use a blur effect to create the feeling of Depth of Field and how to use masks to give the illusion of lighting.

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For a follow up to my last tutorial, I cover using the Ease In/Out Keyframes in Boris Red to create smooth moves on hi-resolution still photos.

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In today’s blog, I provide a Video Tutorial with instructions on how to use Boris Red and Avid Media Composer to perform Pan and Zoom type moves on high resolution still images.

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When it comes to editing, I have no shortage of “pet peeves,” and perhaps one of my biggest is seeing footage with “Incorrect Aspect Ratio.”  Far too often I see television shows, news packages, promos, even graphics in a video with the wrong aspect ratio, causing the images to appear squished.  I’m not talking about TV networks that incorrectly display entire programs (I’ve got a future blog lined up to complain about that); no, I’m talking about a shot or two incorrectly formatted in an otherwise perfectly fine video.

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As a video editor I often find myself using elements that begin their video-life as imported stills.  Sometimes the stills are photos in something like JPG or TIF form.  Sometimes they are vector graphics like those from Adobe Illustrator.  Sometimes they are complicated images with multiple layers such as Photoshop files.  In short, stills come in a number of file formats.

Since the file format is often right there in the name of the file (“aPicture.tif”), I am usually aware of the format being imported.  But, one detail that can slip through the cracks is the color mode.

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