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David Davidson

I've been making films since 12. Writer, producer and director of 18 films, my work has screened at 38 international festivals including SXSW, Telluride, Cannes. An industry production veteran for 20 years, I've worked as Producer, Director, AD, Art... [more]
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December 13th 2002
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Los Angeles, CA
Replacing 16 port 4gb fibre switch
by David Davidson 3 weeks ago
Time has come to replace the 3 year old Qlogic 5600. Besides Qlogic, does anyone recommend another brand and make with which they've had good experiences I see lots of Brocades, HPs on ebay for fracti
Re: Replacing 16 port 4gb fibre switch
by Juan Salvo 3 weeks ago
What r u replacing it with Forwarding thinking, I suspect future of FC is FCoE on 10gE.... so would get something that can crossover. Hint: QLogic has such devices. online editor colorist VFX BD autho
Video: solventdreams demo
by David Davidson 11 months ago
solventdreams demo Some work from solventdreams watch demo reel
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Re: solventdreams demo
by David Davidson 11 months ago
thanks, the catching part is the creative cow's encoding hiccups! David Davidson Managing Director solventdreams, llc www.solventdreams.com 4222 santa monica blvd los angeles, ca 90028 323 906 9700 in
Apple Xserve RAIDS, fibre card, etc.
by David Davidson 11 months ago
Very clean, fully tested, studio condition full populated Apple Xserve RAIDs with low drive hours used for backups and some editing, color work. Always kept in smoke free, air conditioned server room.
Blu-ray way to force subtitle display?
by David Davidson 1 year ago
Anyone know how to do this Or if its possible Thanks! david
Re: Blu-ray way to force subtitle display?
by Larry Applegate 1 year ago
Select your project and look in the Properties list. You will see initial settings for Audio and Subtitle. On a side note, leaving them at "No Change" can lead to unpredictable results. Regards, Larry
Searching a volume
by David Davidson 1 year ago
On 4.5 with "spotlight indexing" checked. Doing a Spotlight search of a volume turns up no results. In fact, it never has, since v2.2.3.. Any ideas David Davidson Managing Director solventdreams, llc
Re: Searching a volume
by Michael Peele 1 year ago
Yeah I have turned Spotlight off in the MetaSan control panel and hid my volume from Spotlight in the Spotlight control panel. Figured if it doesn't work for that volume I won't even let it try. I use
Volumes appear twice
by David Davidson 1 year ago
We've been having this persistent issue where SAN volumes appear twice, incremented with the number 1. So for instance, I have multiple clients with MetaSAN accessing four unique SAN volumes. All volu
Re: Volumes appear twice
by David Davidson 1 year ago
Hi Brandon Thanks for your reply. Clients mount volumes over fibre, normal circumstances. We're not mounting the SAN volume, it just appears on the volume list when previewing the connection over AFP.
XDCAM proxies
by David Davidson 3 years ago
Has anyone been able to get FCP use the XDCAM proxies David Davidson Managing Director solventdreams, llc www.solventdreams.com 4222 santa monica blvd los angeles, ca 90028 323 906 9700 info@solventdr
Multicam SAN
by David Davidson 3 years ago
I'm designing a 4 seat SAN to offline edit two network shows on XDCAM in FCP's multicam mode. I'm not entirely certain if XDCAM will be shot at 35 or 50 Mb s. I've had very good experiences with MetaS
Re: Multicam SAN
by Daniel Hatch 3 years ago
David, Here's some information on Apace Systems that might be of use: The best solution to provide you with support for multi-ingest XDCAM streams is to consider two products from Apace Systems. a) Th
Tutorial: Up-Converting SD for HD Projects and HD Cross-Conversion Using AJA Kona 3
by Shane Ross 3 years ago
AJA Kona - Mac Up-Converting SD for HD Projects and HD Cross-Conversion Using AJA Kona 3 Need SD upconversion for HD projects, and HD cross-conversion Broadcast editor and Final Cut Pro community lea
Up-Converting SD for HD Projects and HD Cross-Conversion Using AJA Kona 3
by David Davidson 3 years ago
What a great article, thanks Shane
Service: Solventdreams ltd
by David Davidson 4 years ago
Los Angeles California, United States Post Production   Film   Color Correction Solventdreams ltd Digital Intermediates     Post Visual FX     Color Correction and Gradin
HDlink Pro LUT format
by Sean Donnelly 4 years ago
I'm planning on ordering an hdlink pro (if I can ever find one), and I'm curious about the file format of the LUT's created by it. Is it possible to export DaVinci or other formats directly from the s
Re: HDlink Pro LUT format
by David Davidson 4 years ago
Andrew, who's your sales rep David Davidson Managing Director solventdreams, llc www.solventdreams.com 4222 santa monica blvd los angeles, ca 90028 323 906 9700 info@solventdreams.com
24p via SDI
by David Davidson 5 years ago
Have you had pretty good experience bringing in 24p (not 24pa) material via SDI thru a Kona or Blackmagic HD card and getting the card to recognize the proper A frame Any recommendations on the settin
Re: 24p via SDI
by Noah Kadner 5 years ago
It's not worth it IMHO. Same exact effect by capturing Firewire and export to ProRes with much less storage requirement. Probably need a trip to CinemaTools though. NoahUnlock the secrets of the DVX10
Now HERE's an Apple Color Suite!
by walter biscardi 5 years ago
Wow, my friends down at CineFilm Lab here in Atlanta have completed a new DI suite featuring Color. Now this is a serious Color correction suite and oh by the way, the guy running it is a very long-ti
Re: Now HERE's an Apple Color Suite!
by David Davidson 5 years ago
Do it yourselfers purposely leave the lights on when grading. That's how log curves are simulated..
G-SPEED users
by David Davidson 5 years ago
A few questions for those using the G-speed XL.. Can you set the stripe size to 8mb as one can with the Xserve RAIDs What's the standard practice on this unit for 2k and 444HD What RAID controller is
Re: G-SPEED users
by David Davidson 5 years ago
Hi, Clark I was not expecting a company rep--more an objective user's experience. Appreciate the answers anyway. Like others, I've been researching large storage concerns for some time, especially fib
Kona 3 and HD 4:4:4 RGB Dual Link pipeline
by Ruslan Akmanov 5 years ago
I have a little question about Kona 3 RGB modes work. We got Kona 3 few days ago and don't have Kona 3 experience yet. We have Sony SR-5500 and want to capture 4:4:4 RGB Dual Link video. Kona 3 contro
Re: Kona 3 and HD 4:4:4 RGB Dual Link pipeline
by David Davidson 5 years ago
Should change over to RGB automatically. We just did some tests today on the very thing...David Davidson Managing Director solventdreams, llc www.solventdreams.com 4222 santa monica blvd los angeles,
Log, 2k, HDCAMSR with the Viper
by David Davidson 5 years ago
We did an ingest of the Viper 444 log image using the Aja LOG codec, and getting some confusing results on the histogram. Anyone do this before Does the log codec "logiffy" linear material Is there so
Re: Log, 2k, HDCAMSR with the Viper
by David Davidson 5 years ago
Filmstream to HDCAMSR.David Davidson Managing Director solventdreams, llc www.solventdreams.com 4222 santa monica blvd los angeles, ca 90028 323 906 9700 info@solventdreams.com
Final Post
by Bob Sliga 5 years ago
Hello All, It has been some time since I have posted. Because of my recent change in employment, this must be my last post. First of all I would like to congratulate Jean-Luc on the birth of his son.
Re: Final Post
by David Davidson 5 years ago
Congratulations! Thanks for all your valuable support and knowledge. We are sincerely appreciative of your professional insights.David Davidson Managing Director solventdreams, llc www.solventdreams.c
XServeRAID and HD 10bit RGB
by Christopher Tay -- account bounces requested notifications, account frozen 5 years ago
Hi, Is a 14 drives RAID0 configured XServeRAID unit capable of supporting 1920 x 1080 HD 10bit RGB I'm trying this on a WinXP machine and I can playback but when I try to capture (as DPX), it reported
Re: XServeRAID and HD 10bit RGB
by David Davidson 5 years ago
Mody You tried capturing DPX HD444 or HD444 Quicktimes with 2 xraids on a SAN and it didn't work We have three 3.5tb xraids & want to implement them as a single volume, shared between 2 systems. The s
XML's not reconnecting to Final Touch Renders
by walter biscardi 6 years ago
I've completed two renders using FT 2.6 beta something and after importing the XML's to FCP, they are not reconnecting to the rendered media. They're just simply reconnecting back to the original FCP
Re: UB 2.7 made XML worse
by David Davidson 5 years ago
Walter The fast rendering quandry (in leaving FCP open simultaneous to FT) may be the Macpro's troubling RAM addressing problems also seen when starving After Effects of memory. Not sure because your
UB 2.7 beta 2 Available
by David Davidson 6 years ago
2.7 Beta 2 AvailableDavid Davidson Managing Director solventdreams, llc www.solventdreams.com 4222 santa monica blvd los angeles, ca 90028 323 906 9700 info@solventdreams.com
HDCAM 24P to 25P
by Per Ottesen 6 years ago
Are there any who had some experience with the conversion from HDCAM24P to 25P
Re: HDCAM 24P to 25P
by David Davidson 6 years ago
Thanks. The 25p is artificially created--not in the camera.David Davidson Managing Director solventdreams, llc www.solventdreams.com 4222 santa monica blvd los angeles, ca 90028 323 906 9700 info@solv
ARRI d20 images
by David Davidson 6 years ago
We're doing some tests with the camera, planning on working in LOG-C mode. Anyone here had the chance to work with the D20's images and a viewing LUT for filmout David Davidson Visual Effect Superviso
Re: ARRI d20 images
by David Davidson 6 years ago
I'm sure you got busy. Tony, feel free to email me at david@solventdreams.com. I'd love to evaluate some of those images here if you have a moment! david David Davidson Managing Director solventdreams
Anyone use Jetstor RAIDs
by David Davidson 6 years ago
http: www.acnc.com 02_01_jetstor_sata_516f.html Interesting lower cost 4gb fibre option, w 1 controller (not as robust against failing as a dual controller). Wondered if anyone has tried this array.
Re: Anyone use Jetstor RAIDs
by David Davidson 6 years ago
Probably, but in unprotected mode--who wants to work in that. David Davidson Managing Director solventdreams, llc www.solventdreams.com 4222 santa monica blvd los angeles, ca 90028 323 906 9700 info@s
Fibre questions
by David Davidson 6 years ago
Hi, Gtech Do you have any benchmarks for the G-speed 4.5 TB in different raid modes Also, what kind of total data size will result when drive is striped as RAID 3, 5 and 6 When striping two RAID 5 arr
Re: Fibre questions
by David Davidson 6 years ago
Have you tried other drive enclosures, such as ADTX and Jetstor Not really happy with XRAIDs anymore.David Davidson Managing Director solventdreams, llc www.solventdreams.com 4222 santa monica blvd lo
Freelance FT colorists in LA
by David Davidson 6 years ago
Freelance FT colorists in LA Posted in the classified section: http: forums.creativecow.net cgi-bin new_read_post.cgi forumid=70&postid=856439
FCP to Avid to FCP
by David Davidson 6 years ago
Forgive the cross post on the Avid side of these forums. We're working with an editor who is comfortable with Avid and wants to cut this feature on an old Media Composer. However, the director wants t
Re: FCP to Avid to FCP
by David Davidson 6 years ago
Thanks, Nick. I'd heard of Sebsky's tools before & I'll try this as part of my workflow & see what I come up against. We're logging in FCP as currently these are our resident HD systems & have a techn
FCP to Avid to FCP
by David Davidson 6 years ago
Hi, Avid users. First time posting to this part of the Cow. Forgive the cross post on the FCP side of the forum. We're working with an editor who is comfortable with Avid and wants to cut this feature
Re: FCP to Avid to FCP
by Scott Simmons 6 years ago
I would also suggest that if you do this then investing in Auto Duck is the way to go. i have heard many good things and from my experience they have great support. The big issue I get between Avid an
Finding Jaime Fowler?
by David Davidson 6 years ago
I've lost touch with Mr. Fowler & am searching for his whereabouts about acquiring an Avid system... Isn't he in Texas Any info where I could reach him would be much appreciated. David A. Davidson sol
Re: Finding Jaime Fowler?
by David Davidson 6 years ago
Found him via CMP. Thanks CMP
Measuring raster lines
by David Davidson 6 years ago
Anyone know how to accurately measure raster lines in FCP's sequence window Must be some quick way to do so...
color correction broadcast safe
by Jose Alfonzo 7 years ago
Here it it: At work they wanted me to color correct all these clips coming from AE. (look all blown and funky, etc.) and they want me to use the color corrector 3 way, looking at the vector scope, wv
Re: color correction broadcast safe - sidebar
by David Davidson 6 years ago
That's a bummer. Did you ever get rectification for this
POLL - who would use DPX or Image sequence capture in Decklink.
by adrian hauser 6 years ago
Hi All, I thought Id start a little Poll to see how many people want to use image sequence capture support within Decklink Hardware. We know manufacturers such as BMD do resond to their clients wishes
Re: need jpg
by David Davidson 6 years ago
DPX, OpenEXR, JPEG2000
Filmout tests - Panasonic reps
by David Davidson 6 years ago
We'd be interested in shooting some tests to send to different labs. Especially tests which convert the material to a full HD 10bit 4:4:4 format, graded, put thru a film LUT, and how the material prin
Re: Filmout tests - Panasonic reps
by David Davidson 6 years ago
Jan I'm available for contact at david@solventdreams.com. Didn't know where to find your contact info... many thanks david
Filmouts or D-Cinema
by T Mathai 6 years ago
Having spend a good part of a decade doing film scanning and recording, I find what happens in post plays a big part in how video looks when it's transferred to film. Before DVX100, since most video
Re: Filmouts or D-Cinema
by David Davidson 6 years ago
100mb sec to an Ipod Ipods can handle that data rate over firewire


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