by Joey Daoud | Oct 8, 2009 | Photography, Software, Tips, Video Apps
Want to control your digital SLR camera from your iPhone (or Touch)? When I was taking pictures of grilled cheese sandwiches, there was a bit of downtime between the grillin’, so I figured out how to work this totally awesome magic, all for less than $4. (While...
by Joey Daoud | Oct 27, 2010 | Documentary, Editing
Editing for Bots High, my first feature length documentary, is done! Picture is locked, music is getting wrapped up and sound design has started. I’m working on a variety of posts to cover what I learned, both on higher, editing theory level, and detailed,...
by Joey Daoud | Jun 22, 2011 | Documentary, Editing, Tips, Video Apps
Have a few hacks we discovered while editing Bots High. Our main challenge was how we (Andrew the editor and I) could streamline two computers working off the same Final Cut files (not simultaneously) to access the same footage. Some reasons for this – Andrew...
by Joey Daoud | Jun 12, 2012 | Editing, Final Cut Pro X, Software
Not too long ago, I swore off FCPX as a project sabotaging POS and was trying to figure out where to go next. Today, FCPX is all I’m using and I don’t see myself jumping ship. How’d I learn to stop worrying and love the bomb? One word. Metadata. With...
by Joey Daoud | Jun 13, 2012 | Editing, Final Cut Pro X, Software
They say Adobe After Effects is like Photoshop for video (or aims to be). I’ll take it a step further and say Final Cut Pro X is like Adobe Illustrator for editing. This post is a continuation of what I like about Final Cut Pro X. Check out part 1 on metadata...
