OFFLOAD = Peace of Mind

Your footage does not exist, until it exists in at least two other places than the source. Then, and only then, should you reuse source media. The adage above is as close to a truism as one can find in digital video production. At the start of my production career, Alex Lindsay hammered it into […]

Increase Mouse Accuracy in OSX

If you’ve ever switched from a PC to a Mac, there’s no doubt that you’ve realized that moving the mouse just isn’t the same– like something doesn’t feel right. I really noticed it when I was younger and played video games that needed precision, and maybe you have experienced it too. That sensation is called […]

Auto-Stack Images in Lightroom for Easier HDR Processing

The other day I was showing a friend how to send images to be merged into an HDR in Photomatix Pro by exporting from Lightroom. When we were going through his image library, it was difficult for him to remember which images were in each sequence. He couldn’t remember if his camera was set to […]

Batch Rename Images Using Adobe Bridge

Naming your images on import is good practice but there’s times when you’d like to rename a batch of images after import, maybe you’ve whittled down the images and would like them to be sequentially numbered or, and I admit this happens far too frequently, your images are named ‘Enter custom name here’. The examples […]

Batch Rename Images Using Adobe Bridge

Naming your images on import is good practice but there’s times when you’d like to rename a batch of images after import, maybe you’ve whittled down the images and would like them to be sequentially numbered or, and I admit this happens far too frequently, your images are named ‘Enter custom name here’. The examples […]

Shooting HDR Timelapse – Developing HDR Photomatix

I’m a huge timelapse fan…  plus I’m a bit nutty about HDR.  In this tutorial I show you how easy it easy to batch process a giant HDR series.  I shot in Zion National park and created HDR timelapse movies to tell the whole story. You can learn more in this complete lynda.com course. This […]