Bryce Randle – Page 18 – Post Fifth Pictures

American Heritage School Teaser

Bryce Randle did the edit and small animations on this project. The…

Check the Bios Section

We just posted a new bios section about some of the current…

After coming back from a business trip, I came home to find that the hard drive had failed on my wife’s computer. It’s an older iMac, first generation Intel. We’ve never had a problem with it. And now that it is 6 months out of Apple Care, the hard drive failed.

After installing a hard drive and tearing through the cosmetic inside of the computer, I put it back together and started it up. It’s important to note that the very first step was taking out of the memory or RAM.

When I turned the computer back on for the first time, it turned on, but the display wouldn’t come on and the white light on the front flashed quickly. You can imagine my panic at 1:30 AM when I realized I would have to disassemble the whole computer again, taking out the tiny screws and putting them back in. Then I had an idea, what about the memory/RAM? I had put it back in, but maybe it wasn’t in all the way.

Compressor Repair: Still Haven’t Heard of It?

Some people still haven’t heard of one of the most useful programs around for the most problem filled application in Final Cut Studio. Compressor Repair will go into your system, do what it does and either fix your QMaster, tell you if you simply need to re-install Compressor, or whatever it is to get your Compressor application working again.

Here is the link to Digital Rebellion’s application:
https://www.digitalrebellion.com/compressor_repair.htm

Compressor is one huge reason I like Final Cut Studio. I am able to track multiple render times and now with Final Cut Studio 3, I can render out a project while editing another. How fantastic is that?

Scaling Your Sequence

Scaling your sequence so you can see the entire project is useful.…

iChat Theater with Final Cut Pro

I upgraded to Final Cut Pro 7 and used the iChat Theater option now available. This is a great feature for us at Post Fifth Pictures because we handle a lot of work from distances. We are in California and Utah, but our work deals with Florida at times or in California while we are in Utah, and vice versa.

I tested the feature out over a wireless network, with only 2 bars on my wi-fi. I played Apple ProRes 422 HQ encoded footage, 23.98 1080p, with no problem at all. It streamed perfectly and looked like it had a great image. I previewed this feature with Cole Webley over at Saint Cloud and on his end the image looked great as well.

The image shown to your client is that of your timeline, the edit monitor. Rewind, fast forward, it moves around wherever your cursor goes. This is one of my two favorite features in the FCP 7 upgrade, background compressing being the other.

HockeyPlayer.com: Brian Engblom

In January of 2009, we flew Brian Engblom, Versus Hockey Studio Analyst and winner of 3 Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadians, to Salt Lake City to be interviewed for our presentation of 50 Hockey Tips.

Brian Engblom is well known in the hockey community for sporting one of the best mullets in the world of hockey. However, Brian cut his hair before the start of the 2008 season. It was a shock to many so we decided to ask Brian about it at the end of his interview.