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Shoot with RED Dragon
Shoot HDRI spherical captures for each shot.

Initial Color Correction with FCPX
Export ProRes 422 at 4K DCI for working prints
Make low res image sequences for Syntheyes and Maya using Nuke.
Produce HDRI spherical images for image-based lighting using PTGui Pro.
Track shot ...

The computer in the sound room has the latest version of Ableton Live installed. It's helpful to link it with Pro Tools so you can use them together. It's really easy. Here's a tutorial on how to use the built in ReWire plugin to make them talk to each other:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...

MICROPHONES/AUDIO
ZOOM F8 Field Recorder
ZOOM F8 Manual

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpddKcP8_SA

Recording Audio - The difference between "Trim" and "Fader" ->
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CxnS_xOrnY

Some Zoom F8 Tips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glODzaEEBXc

A+T ...

For synchronized video playback of multichannel video you'll need to do some basic scripting. I've never used BrightAuthor for anything I've done with the BrightSign in all of these years. The Murphy's Well-Being piece was completely scripted with Unity3D producing graphics for the touch surface ...

Some of the above is out of date now. Here's the latest documentation on BrightSign seamless looping playback. I've had best luck with H.265 encoding rather than H.264 recently.

http://docs.brightsign.biz/display/DOC/Optimizing+Video+Quality
https://brightsign.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles ...

FAC 302 access is limited to A+T graduate and undergraduate students via card-swipe for a reason: to protect your valuable equipment and facilities. You and your peers should not need to worry about leaving a laptop lying on a desk or a camera sitting unattended. If you bring "outsiders" (those not ...

Here are some key Pro Tools shortcuts that you can refer to without scouring the manual/Internet:

I like to set PT up like this->
Setup Preferences:
Organize Plugins - Category & Manufacturer
Mixing -> Default EQ EQ3 7 Band
Mixing -> Default Dynamics BF-76
MIDI Automatically create click track ...

VRay allows one to separate components of an image so they can be individually adjusted/enhanced during compositing. These are called "Render Elements" and can be assigned in the Maya Render Settings dialog.

Here's an overview of the categories of element types:
VRay_Render_Elements_Overview.png ...

So, a fundamental component of rendering objects in Maya to be composited with photographic background plates is a technique called HDRI (High Dynamic Range Imaging) using spherical images captured on a film set or film location. Color information is stored in these images with enough dynamic range ...

We have a number of filters you can use, but, as a starter you should get familiar with the "starter kit" from Formatt. There are 5 filters in the kit, and here's what they do (or, go here ):

The 77mm 5-Filter Starter Kit from Formatt contains a wide variety of filters that will help you create ...