5 Reasons You Should be Using Flash Video

February 13th, 2008 : John Kary

The goal of every website is to provide content and services to its visitors. You probably look at your website daily from your computer to make sure it looks great. But not all web browsers display the web in the same way. Little nuances between browsers can sometimes make sites unusable.
Things get even more tricky […]

More details on Premiere’s AAF export functionality

December 19th, 2007 : John Kary

Thanks to user stooovie’s comment in the post where I belittle Premiere’s audio exporting capabilities, I have been made aware that Sony Vegas Pro 8 properly imports Reference AAFs exported by Premiere CS3.
The Reference AAF is created in Premiere by selecting Project > Export Project as AAF… and checking neither of the boxes available in […]

Premiere Pro 3.1.1 update released

December 6th, 2007 : John Kary

Adobe has released their latest update to Premiere Pro 3.1.1, which now adds support for Mac OS X 10.5 and addresses some “minor” issues with P2 workflow.
Still awaiting an online changelog to see exactly what was fixed, and will again be prodding for any new audio workflow options.

How to pull off taping a live concert video, Part 3 - Video Production

November 25th, 2007 : John Kary

Capturing great quality video at a concert is more difficult than setting up a camera wherever you can find space and shooting. You have to navigate around the sea of people, find safe spots to setup your cameras and keep the drunk guy without his shirt on from spilling his beer on you after telling […]

Why Adobe Premiere Pro is not suited for the indie filmmaker

November 14th, 2007 : John Kary

Update, December 19, 2007: Please see my follow-up post with additional info on how to make Premiere AAF exports work.
I spent about four hours yesterday trying to devise an audio post-production workflow for a client shooting single-system (no audio field recorder) on the Panasonic HVX200 and editing in Adobe Premiere Pro 3.1.0. Conclusion? It’s not […]