http://www.shawnlam.ca Vancouver Video Production - Vancouver Videographer Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:28:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 shawnlam/PVbzhttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shawnlam/PVbz/~3/hIa2JodNuKE/ http://www.shawnlam.ca/2012/premiere-pro-cs6-video-editing-computer-build/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:01:47 +0000 Shawn Lam http://www.shawnlam.ca/?p=1793 It is time to retire the &#8220;old&#8221; video editing computer that I built for Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 in early 2009 (pictured below). It isn&#8217;t that it wasn&#8217;t fast enough for my workflow but I got an offer I couldn&#8217;t refuse to sell it and have decided that the timing was right for me to [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/shawnlam/PVbz/~4/hIa2JodNuKE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.shawnlam.ca/2012/premiere-pro-cs6-video-editing-computer-build/feed/ 19 http://www.shawnlam.ca/2012/premiere-pro-cs6-video-editing-computer-build/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shawnlam/PVbz/~3/JeJ74JQjTQU/ http://www.shawnlam.ca/2012/top-5-video-camera-video-gear-top-lists/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:39:39 +0000 Shawn Lam http://www.shawnlam.ca/?p=1731 No &#8211; that isn&#8217;t a typo in my title. This post is about compiling my Top 5 list of the best video camera and video gear &#8220;Top Lists&#8221; in 2011. Now I guess I probably should have used &#8220;most noteworthy&#8221; because I&#8217;m going to point out a few selection processes that were a bit soft [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/shawnlam/PVbz/~4/JeJ74JQjTQU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.shawnlam.ca/2012/top-5-video-camera-video-gear-top-lists/feed/ 3 http://www.shawnlam.ca/2012/top-5-video-camera-video-gear-top-lists/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shawnlam/PVbz/~3/ZQKOCdEVWak/ http://www.shawnlam.ca/2012/to-5-video-production-industry-trends-2011-part-5/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:00:33 +0000 Shawn Lam http://www.shawnlam.ca/?p=1714 Large Sensor Video Cameras Surpass DSLRs This is part five in a five part series listing my picks for the top five video production industry news stories for 2011. DSLRs that shoot HD video are what many video production companies adopted out of frustration because of the poor video quality produced by the combination of [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/shawnlam/PVbz/~4/ZQKOCdEVWak" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.shawnlam.ca/2012/to-5-video-production-industry-trends-2011-part-5/feed/ 0 http://www.shawnlam.ca/2012/to-5-video-production-industry-trends-2011-part-5/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shawnlam/PVbz/~3/RjazRlwsVvI/ http://www.shawnlam.ca/2012/top-5-video-production-industry-trends-2011-part-4/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:00:08 +0000 Shawn Lam http://www.shawnlam.ca/?p=1694 External video recorders improve video recording quality This is part four in a five part series listing my picks for the top five video production industry news stories for 2011. At NAB two types of solutions to replace tape-based workflows were presented. Both improved video quality dramatically. Externals HD recorders will be featured in with [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/shawnlam/PVbz/~4/RjazRlwsVvI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.shawnlam.ca/2012/top-5-video-production-industry-trends-2011-part-4/feed/ 0 http://www.shawnlam.ca/2012/top-5-video-production-industry-trends-2011-part-4/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shawnlam/PVbz/~3/XofDgZVEjnY/ http://www.shawnlam.ca/2011/top-5-video-production-industry-trends-2011-part-3/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:56:04 +0000 Shawn Lam http://www.shawnlam.ca/?p=1677 Tape is Dead – Two Heirs Apparent My first pick dealt with how we edit video and Adobe Premiere Pro wouldn’t have experienced the success that it did in 2011 if it wasn’t for Apple releasing a version of Final Cut that was both dramatically different and not what their existing users had patiently waited [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/shawnlam/PVbz/~4/XofDgZVEjnY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.shawnlam.ca/2011/top-5-video-production-industry-trends-2011-part-3/feed/ 0 http://www.shawnlam.ca/2011/top-5-video-production-industry-trends-2011-part-3/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shawnlam/PVbz/~3/-IMUbCzne2U/ http://www.shawnlam.ca/2011/top-5-video-production-industry-trends-2011-part-2/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:42:57 +0000 Shawn Lam http://www.shawnlam.ca/?p=1651 2011 Video Production Industry Year in Review This is part two in a five part series listing my picks for the top five video production industry news stories for 2011. My first selection was the failure of Final Cut Pro X and the rise of Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5. Video Magazines R.I.P. (Rest In Print) [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/shawnlam/PVbz/~4/-IMUbCzne2U" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.shawnlam.ca/2011/top-5-video-production-industry-trends-2011-part-2/feed/ 0 http://www.shawnlam.ca/2011/top-5-video-production-industry-trends-2011-part-2/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shawnlam/PVbz/~3/5RY7FQZ75hs/ http://www.shawnlam.ca/2011/top-5-video-production-industry-trends-2011-part-1/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:14:42 +0000 Shawn Lam http://www.shawnlam.ca/?p=1639 2011 Video Production Industry Year in Review 2011 is drawing to a close and before I start making predictions for 2012, I thought I’d have a look back at 2011 to revisit some of the video industry developments that I thought were the most significant for the segments of the event and corporate video production [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/shawnlam/PVbz/~4/5RY7FQZ75hs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.shawnlam.ca/2011/top-5-video-production-industry-trends-2011-part-1/feed/ 5 http://www.shawnlam.ca/2011/top-5-video-production-industry-trends-2011-part-1/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shawnlam/PVbz/~3/I--C-YWYRTo/ http://www.shawnlam.ca/2011/sony-fs100-prime-lens-vs-zoom-lens/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:17:33 +0000 Shawn Lam http://www.shawnlam.ca/?p=1612 I already know that prime lenses can be sharper than zoom lenses but I wanted to see for myself just how much of a difference a prime lens would make, specifically on the Sony NEX-FS100 Super35mm video camera.  My hypothesis going into this, my third round of lens testing on the FS100, was that because [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/shawnlam/PVbz/~4/I--C-YWYRTo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.shawnlam.ca/2011/sony-fs100-prime-lens-vs-zoom-lens/feed/ 7 http://www.shawnlam.ca/2011/sony-fs100-prime-lens-vs-zoom-lens/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shawnlam/PVbz/~3/Iwm-DMWghYw/ http://www.shawnlam.ca/2011/bc-professional-videographer-association-speech/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:30:48 +0000 Shawn Lam http://www.shawnlam.ca/?p=1553 Last Sunday the BCPVA celebrated its 16th year as Canada&#8217;s leading video production association.  As a five-term President and current Past-President, I was asked to deliver a speech.  I spoke about disruptive technology and the relevance of video association membership. &#160; 2011 State of the Video Industry: Disruptive technology and the relevance of BCPVA Membership. [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/shawnlam/PVbz/~4/Iwm-DMWghYw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.shawnlam.ca/2011/bc-professional-videographer-association-speech/feed/ 2 http://www.shawnlam.ca/2011/bc-professional-videographer-association-speech/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shawnlam/PVbz/~3/2tRrT0OxKwc/ http://www.shawnlam.ca/2011/adobe-cs5-5-max-render-quality-nvidia-gpu-acceleration/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:22:22 +0000 Shawn Lam http://www.shawnlam.ca/?p=1528 Key Lesson: &#160; GPU acceleration gives the same level of render quality as Maximum Render Quality, even if you don&#8217;t check the Maximum Render Quality box.  But instead of a performance hit, you gain a 6-7x performance boost. Let me start-off by saying that Jan Ozer is my favourite video technology writer and speaker. I [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/shawnlam/PVbz/~4/2tRrT0OxKwc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.shawnlam.ca/2011/adobe-cs5-5-max-render-quality-nvidia-gpu-acceleration/feed/ 2 http://www.shawnlam.ca/2011/adobe-cs5-5-max-render-quality-nvidia-gpu-acceleration/