Blog: SD

  • I bought my first HDTV just about 3 years ago. I was a little late to the game considering I work in TV and I enjoy all sorts of new technology. But I was waiting until I felt there were enough HD channels on cable that it would really be worth the purchase. I didn’t want to spend over two… read more →

  • In today’s blog, I provide a Video Tutorial with instructions on how to use Boris Red and Avid Media Composer to perform Pan and Zoom type moves on high resolution still images. Click more for the video….

  • When it comes to editing, I have no shortage of “pet peeves,” and perhaps one of my biggest is seeing footage with “Incorrect Aspect Ratio.”  Far too often I see television shows, news packages, promos, even graphics in a video with the wrong aspect ratio, causing the images to appear squished.  I’m not talking about TV networks that incorrectly display… read more →

  • I love HD television.  I would guess that 90% of the recordings on my Tivo are HD, and if I’m watching live TV I always scan the HD listings first.  Unfortunately, there are still many instances on the HD channels where you see shoddily upconverted or simply misformated 4:3 video (I believe RedArrowRyan will be having a blog post in… read more →

  • So I visit the Avid.com message boards every day and one of the questions I see most often has to do with using HD footage in an SD project without scaling the footage down and losing quality.  Many people asking this question are coming from other NLE’s that allow the user to keep the HD footage at 1920×1080 inside their… read more →