hfos.net http://hfos.net Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:14:42 +0000 en hourly 1 Frozen Over http://hfos.net/2012/02/frozen-over/ http://hfos.net/2012/02/frozen-over/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:26:22 +0000 Robin http://hfos.net/?p=206 What the what..?

What the what..?

]]> http://hfos.net/2012/02/frozen-over/feed/ 0 Recent video work http://hfos.net/2011/12/recent-video-work/ http://hfos.net/2011/12/recent-video-work/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:36:16 +0000 Robin http://hfos.net/?p=184 I recently shot a music video for a bachelorette party. I can’t upload the video because (1) it contains copyrighted music (the Extra Festive version of Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’) and I don’t really need any lawsuits right now, and (2) I heard that song like 70 times the last two weeks, something I wish upon no one. So we’ll have to make do with stills.

Shot with pretty much available light and the Sony EX1 and Nikon D7000, edited in Premiere (you can’t see that right now but take my word), mostly graded in After Effects with Magic Bullet Colorista II and there’s a couple of Video Copilot’s Optical Flares here and there as well.

]]> http://hfos.net/2011/12/recent-video-work/feed/ 0 Recent wedding shoot http://hfos.net/2011/11/recent-wedding-shoot/ http://hfos.net/2011/11/recent-wedding-shoot/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:02:56 +0000 Robin http://hfos.net/?p=174 Some highlights:

]]> http://hfos.net/2011/11/recent-wedding-shoot/feed/ 0 Experimenting with the HyperDeck Shuttle http://hfos.net/2011/07/experimenting-with-the-hyperdeck-shuttle/ http://hfos.net/2011/07/experimenting-with-the-hyperdeck-shuttle/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:16:51 +0000 Robin http://hfos.net/?p=148 So, I shot a simple scene this evening: a sparkler, my Sony PMW-EX1 (overcranked to 60fps), and the Shuttle.

The differences are pretty pronounced, there’s slightly more detail, less noise and less compression artifacts in the uncompressed footage. It’s also pretty huge, see previous post.

I think the footage looks nice and the Shuttle is nice to have, but for many shots it’s probably pure overkill., e.g. interviews or simple registrations. It might be nice for (reflective) water, shots with lots of motion and scenes with little available light.

Shot with the EX1 (compressed)

Shot with the EX1 (compressed), click for full size (1280*720)

Shot with the Shuttle (uncompressed)

Shot with the Shuttle (uncompressed), click for full size (1280*720)

Shot with the EX1 (com­pressed)

Shot with the EX1 (com­pressed), click for full size (1280*720)

Shot with the Shut­tle (uncom­pressed)

Shot with the Shut­tle (uncom­pressed), click for full size (1280*720)

These examples might be more obvious if the lightbox plugin wouldn’t dip to black, but there you go.

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Initial findings: firstly, uncompressed HD video is, unsurprisingly, insanely large (34:16 seconds @ 1920*1080*25fps = 4.868.530.254 bytes) and secondly, 4.868.530.254 bytes via USB 2 = no fun. Premiere Pro CS5.5 however seems to have little trouble handling (a few of) these files.

Blackmagic Design HyperDeck Shuttle, OCZ Vertex 3 240GB, DIN 1.0/2.3 <-> BNC SDI cable

This post will be updated with more info, images (still and/or moving) in the very near future.

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Carlijn Sophie Heemstra
More pics below.

Carlijn Sophie Heemstra

Carlijn Sophie Heemstra

]]> http://hfos.net/2011/05/more-new-stuff/feed/ 0 New stuff http://hfos.net/2011/05/new-stuff/ http://hfos.net/2011/05/new-stuff/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 18:45:56 +0000 Robin http://hfos.net/?p=115

Spot the differences! I know it’s only an incremental update but you might have made some effort, Adobe.
Anyway, in my opinion the new Warp Stabilizer alone is worth the price. That, and the Mercury Playback Engine is supposed to be improved.

]]> http://hfos.net/2011/05/new-stuff/feed/ 0 Otomata http://hfos.net/2011/04/otomata/ http://hfos.net/2011/04/otomata/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:47:43 +0000 Robin http://hfos.net/?p=98 Seriously addictive, try it here at earslap.com! here’s a youTube video that shows what it does:

Click here to view the embedded video.

]]> http://hfos.net/2011/04/otomata/feed/ 0 Not-so-recent art http://hfos.net/2011/03/not-so-recent-art/ http://hfos.net/2011/03/not-so-recent-art/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:39:06 +0000 Robin http://hfos.net/?p=74 Not by myself (obviously!), but by artist C.P. Smith (The Programme, Wolverine Noir, others). The Grendel piece I commissioned; the Ghost Rider Noir picture he had ‘lying around’..! I’ve owned both pieces for a while now, but I’m so happy with them I thought I’d share them with the rest of the world. Seriously, how great are these?

Grendel by C.P. Smith

Grendel by C.P. Smith
Ghost Rider Noir by C.P. Smith

Ghost Rider Noir by C.P. Smith
]]> http://hfos.net/2011/03/not-so-recent-art/feed/ 0 NHG @ Soundcloud http://hfos.net/2011/03/soundcloud/ http://hfos.net/2011/03/soundcloud/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:37:58 +0000 Robin http://hfos.net/?p=53 I have taken to uploading some of the music I made with NHG (Josef Blersch & myself) several years ago.
We made these mostly by means of ‘Acid Tennis’; one of us would start a track in Sony’s (previously Sonic Foundry’s) Acid, then send the file to the other, who would tinker with it and send send it back, repeat until ‘finished’.

This one has no title:

This is version 15 of DarkDarkLoopy:

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