My new laptop kicks ass. I was able to edit full 1080P 23.976 300 Megs Per Second HD AVI files in my Matrox Intermediate codec with no effort. Adobe CS5.5 still rocking it in Premiere Pro and even After Effects today. Getting more editing done wherever and whenever I can Read more…
Insomnia sucks. I get bouts of this every now and then. Tossing and turning, unable to sleep, nothing on TV keeps your attention, thoughts flee and hide from coherency. All while you know you have to get up early the next day. Then you have an entire day where you Read more…
I ate an entire pizza yesterday. I haven’t done that in a really long time. I nearly drowned in Coca-Cola to wash it down. I felt so bad, I went for a 2 mile walk in 17 degree weather to punish myself. Guilt. Is this what healthy people feel when Read more…
As I gear up to do another feature film in the not so distant future, I’m making a tour of indie films that inspired me. Last night was Doug Liman’s SWINGERS, written and produced and starring Jon Favreau. Tonight will be BROTHERS McMULLEN from writer/director/star Edward Burns, even though I Read more…
Okay, it’s official. I’m back, baby. I’ve got several things editing, which means I’ll have something to promote, and I love getting the stuff out there. FRAMELINES is great because it promotes not me, but the work of others. It’s a show that highlights a lot of people doing things Read more…
They say what you do on New Years Eve will be indicative of what you will be doing the rest of the year. What a crock! Even if it’s true, I’ll spend my year with a good friend, talking and laughing and having a great time. And I’ll be preparing Read more…
Ah, how coincidental the titles of my blogs lately have simply been the titles of every Led Zeppelin song and yet they match the subject more often than not. On this blog, I have almost always done an end of the year review of things I accomplished. Not this year. Read more…
So yesterday, due to illness, was one of the first over-12-hours edit sessions I’ve done at home in years. Kitten Lorenzo brought a record number of cat toys to the basement, and Vladimir Jack Bauer laid on top of my mixing board, keyboard, and iPhone, with defiance looking back at Read more…
I cannot go without sleep like I used to. A 7:00AM call time after many nights of 2:00AM edits doesn’t reconcile as well as it did when I was in my 20’s. I writhe in pain because simply not getting enough rest can wrench my gout from its slumber. I Read more…
Dived headfirst back into After Effects for a job. It’s been nearly a year since I’ve done any extensive animation with AE. I’m a little rusty. I dig that my mind went there for something innocuous as my brain has engaged itself creatively. This is the tip of the proverbial Read more…
So today is Christmas. I did all my family stuff yesterday. Today was me and my boys at home. I viewed it as a semi-day off. I did some editing for FRAMELINES, watched some of the HBO show THE NEWSROOM which is my newest addiction, went back to editing on Read more…
As soon as I breeze through the family Xmas activities, I’ll run off to work and get some editing done. I need to get some files so I can work at home tomorrow too, but I’ll get a lot of work done when no one is at the office. I Read more…