Category Archives: Arri Alexa

Understanding RAW, LOG and Uncompressed

What’s the difference between RAW, LOG and Uncompressed? HDVideoPro.com has a useful post explaining the differences between shooting RAW, LOG and uncompressed video. Andy Shipsides explains the essentials differences to all three of these camera elements, using the ARRI Alexa … Continue reading

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Free digital specification guides and short cut cheat-sheets

If you need help remembering how fast transfer speeds are over firewire 800, or what the target bit rates are for RED-RAW or what the shortcut is for ‘add edit’ in FCP7 then look no further than worldwide-studios.com for a … Continue reading

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Creating graded dailies as proxy files with DaVinci Resolve from Log footage

DITspot.com looks like a fairly new, yet promising, DIT (Digital Image Technician) website (it only has three articles so far) but they are already excellent sources of DIT info. How to create dailies using DaVinci Resolve This workflow tutorial will … Continue reading

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DaVinci Resolve Color Grading Tutorials

DaVinci Resolve color grading tutorials are popping up all over vimeo and Presynkt Productions in Australia have plenty a few good ones coming online. How to apply a LUT in DaVinci Resolve This 10 minute walkthrough shows you how to … Continue reading

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Understanding 4K Cinema

What is 4k? Oliver Peters has written up an excellent introduction to understanding the basic concepts of 4K cinema, from the underlying sensor technology, the different sorts of cameras (such as the RED EPIC, Arri Alexa on Sony F65) and … Continue reading

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Working with ARRI Alexa footage

Oliver Peter’s at Digital Films has a great article (among a huge, and equally great, back catalogue) on working with Arri Alexa footage in a variety of NLE’s. Useful free downloads include: Log C to Rec 709 fcp plugin from … Continue reading

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