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Not many posts lately because we’ve been in the thick of it for a few weeks.  Here’s a quick recap:

I spent the last 2 weeks working with Hit Entertainment, transitioning them to HD.  They’ve had HD cameras for a couple of years now, but their post production workflow hadn’t been upgraded to allow for it yet.  So - they went all out with HDCam SR decks (6 of them) and new Media Composer Nitris DX systems.  I worked alongside James Johnson building cables and getting the decks setup.  Barney in HD!

We’ve also been getting ready for the upcoming Varsity Wired season. We had our annual meeting yesterday and it went well; we’ll be handling a few more events this year and we also have a couple of cool apps in the works to make things a bit easier on everyone.

I leave for Anaheim, CA for a shoot for an optical pharma company on Friday. I plan on stopping by the San Diego zoo while I’m out there (and the lego store!).

Just picked up the CS4 Production Premium bundle and so far I’m impressed - I’m looking forward to using OnLocation. Photoshop and After Effects seem like minor upgrades but Flash is rocking - I finally feel comfortable animating in Flash!

Had to jump back into an Avid for a gig this morning and man is it a rough transition.

I grew up editing on an Avid and I have to say, aside from a few tools, I absolutely despise them…
I hate the idea of ‘modal editing’ - let me drag clips around without having to hit an extra hot key…
And I absolutely hate the way that Avid forces you to import footage… “No rendering” they say… but I’d rather grab a cup of coffee when I’m almost done with a project than wait until all of my animation codec files import and get wrapped in a proprietary format…

All that being said, Avid’s are still everywhere and they still have their uses.

So - in case anyone wants a crash course on either system:

• Avid2FCP
• FCP to Avid