On video editing codecs
Video compression is something of a black art. I’ve become something of a compression nerd over the past few months, partly because I was helping to plan the 2010 NPPA Multimedia Immersion, and partly because I’m a giant geek. I’m going to concentrate on editing codecs today. I don’t want to get into final output [...]
Recutting my first multimedia
I re-edited my very first multimedia piece, an autobiography about racing.
Converting a QuickTime .mov to .flv
wrote this up after some of my students had problems uploading H.264 encoded video from Final Cut Express to VuVox. Their videos either didn’t play back smoothly, or resized incorrectly–it seems VuVox only supports square pixels. So I tried converting the videos to .flv using Adobe Media Encoder, and it fixed all the problems we were having.
On working abroad: Communication
This is the first post in an ongoing series about the challenges of working abroad, or even in unpredictable situations close to home.
Funk N Waffles
Funk N Waffles is a restaurant in Syracuse, New York, which does all sorts of crazy (and not so crazy) waffles. I spoke with co-owner Adam Gold about the restaurant, the economy and his plans for the future.
Ice race photo essay
Working on my CNY Ice Racing pieces. This is the photo essay, it’s not 100%, but it’s close. I still need to tweak the middle split-screen section, and probably some of the timing. Shot with Nikon D300 D700, Nikkor 400mm f/2.8VR, 200-400mm f/4VR and 24-70mm f/2.8. Ambient sound captured on a Sound Devices 744T with [...]
