Keith Coogan, if you’re out there, know that every time I start the dishwasher, I declare:
I don’t want to take away from what Mr. Hooks and others are experiencing, but just about every freelance creative professional has been here and had to decide if the work is worth it. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
Current frame of mind:
Seems like a big deal. www.apple.com/newsroom/…
Had Buffalo Wings at Duff’s in Buffalo, NY recently. Extra crispy. Superhot sauce. Bullseye. duffswings.com
Jay Kay, Stuart Zender, and Toby Smith.
Shout out to Paisley Gardner and her Michael McDonald fandom. 👌🏽
Really sad to hear the Gatlinburg Pinball Museum in Tennessee* shut down.
I went to Funspot in New Hampshire last summer, and let me tell ya: the Gatlinburg Pinball Museum had ‘em beat on everything – selection, curation, cabinet quality, and atmosphere.
*Not to be confused with the lame, ticket-game-based Arcadia at the Space Needle just around the corner. Ticket-based games of chance do not an arcade make.
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If you have a Hulu subscription with ads, those idents are outstanding: www.thedrum.com/news/2022…
The dark side of being an NAB exhibitor? The “Are you interested in buying an Attendee List?” spam will never stop.
Never seen this before, but apparently UVFSService spiking / hogging your CPU is pretty common and solved with a Safe Boot in macOS:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253618408
Cool cool cool. www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-com…
Of course, the Green x Magenta announcement at Netflix reminds me of Disney’s Sodium Vapor process for compositing:
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One of the few videos where you should read the comments.
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If you’ve followed me elsewhere, you probably know how much I hate correspondence that ends with "Best,".
But the ending that really makes me want to teleport through the plumbing of the Internet and Hulk-smash your keyboard is, "Please advise."
I am not your lawyer. You don’t pay me an exorbitant retainer. So stop treating me like I owe you information.
Instead, consider these helpful alternatives:
- Can you help me?
- What am I doing wrong?
- Am I missing something?
Not only are they more polite, they’re questions. Questions demand answers. Commands do not.
–Brought to you by your friendly neighborhood post-production helper guy.
(Spoiler Alert) I watched this BTS of Free Guy over lunch.
Finally, someone (besides David Fincher) names Lola VFX out loud, then they show you their legendary approach to facial replacement and performance capture. Outstanding. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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BRAD BIRD ON IDENTIFYING, DIAGNOSING, THEN ACTING ON CREATIVE DIFFERENCES
I find myself thinking more and more about these words of wisdom from Brad Bird.
If you’re charged with evaluating someone else’s work, it’s easy to say, “That doesn’t work,” or even, “That’s terrible.”
But your opinion becomes useful when you can say, “Here’s why…”
And you become the rarest of sorts when you follow up with, “…and here’s how I would solve it.”
Should you live this way, that is, always looking for something to fix? No. But if you’re in the room with some team on some project, adopting this mindset can change an opinion into a helpful possibility.
Hello Bluesky! Isaac T. here. If you know me from elsewhere, you know what’s in store for you 😁.
How many movie themes can teleport you directly to The Movie Theater Of Your Mind like “Yoda’s Theme”?
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ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
It’s been 4 years since I’ve been in a movie theater, and it’s almost 24 hours since I saw Across the Spider-Verse. All I can say is… what a triumph. If filmmaking is a team sport, the Spider-Verse team has completely redefined the game.
(Possible Spoiler Alert) I’m linking to iMDB’s full cast & crew because everyone on this roster (and anyone not listed) needs a raise and/or a sabbatical.
Dear Avid Media Composer Teams, I’m sorry Media Composer is hard to use. Actually, I’m not sorry – you choose to use it. In Hollywood and don’t want to use it? Learn from the WGA: strike.
Today’s life tip: need a part for your Dyson vacuum and it’s only available from another Dyson store region? Grab the part number, fire up the chat, and be satisfied. A+, Dyson.
Here’s me, once again saying: The Cardigans are an insanely gifted bunch of musicians. Emmerdale is still an easy full album start-to-finish listen, like catching a great movie on TV:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/emmerdale-remastered/1449981156
Having trouble with palm rejection using Apple Pencil on your iPad? Shut down your iPad this way:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253952506
Tried it on an iPad Pro (11-inch) (2nd gen). Seemed to improve!
FCP FOR IPAD TO/FROM FCP ON MACOS
All I can say is:
Chris Hocking’s thread on #FCP for iPad <-> FCP on macOS sparked a whole bunch of exciting conversations here at Hedge. Stay tuned.
And if you have questions, like Chris (patiently) says: It’s explained in the thread. 😁