
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] 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 Director and for commercials, studio features and television. I've also published film criticism, curated festivals, written screenplays. I edit only narrative features. I love the many forms of drama--all onscreen! From industry experiences as a filmmaker, I realized absent from the post process was a genuine consideration of the myriad dilemmas filmmakers face in the crucial finishing stages. With rapid changes in technology that blur the boundaries between production and post, filmmakers need a clear, unbiased source of consul to make informed choices. I founded my company, Solventdreams, to provide a supportive, experienced environment for talent to collaborate and flourish. My role is to guide and facilitate the challenging end processes of finishing a film..and to learn something as well. | | | | Member Since: December 13th 2002 | | | | |
| | | | |  | Where do I advertise?by John Corbitt 2 months agoHi folks, I am very much interested in creating these kinds of products but not quite sure where to advertise my services Who hires for DVD authoring And if anyone kind enough would like to share what | | | | |
| | | |  | post houses in L.A. with terranexby jim joyce 7 months agohey guys, do you know a good reasonably priced place that you could recommend for the "upscale uprez" process that the terranex suite of tools does thanks, jim | | | | |
| | | |  | Insert Timecode on Sony HDW2000by David Davidson 3 months agoI'm going from FCP to the HDW2000, trying to modify pre-existing timecode on an already time coded & mastered HDCAM tape. You'd think after ten years I'd know how to do this in FCP. I think I recall F | Re: Insert Timecode on Sony HDW2000 by David Davidson 3 months ago A major tape company said you can't insert timecode w o redoing the whole tape, meaning it's not possible to insert edit TC only--even if from a TC signal generator into the deck. Their solution was a
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| | | |  | SDI Video Output wrong aspect ratio bugby David Davidson 5 months agoResolve 9.03 lite on OSX 10.6.8 Macpro w a qualified BM Extreme HD card woke up this morning not wanting to send out full 1080, and is instead sending a scaled down 16:9 image, more like 720 inset on | | | | |
| | | |  | 16:9 Output Scaling Issuesby Jon Wright 8 months agoHi there, Not sure if this is just me being stupid, but in R9 I can't seem to find a consistent way to monitor my HD footage on an SD grading monitor (as I was in Resolve 8.x). My footage is coming fr | | | | |
| | | |  | G13 script for davinci9 :)by Andy Winter 8 months agohi everyone. i wonder how many people out there are actually using a G13 logitech left hand controller during grading i use one since my apple color times :). and now i decided to redesign my resolve8+1  | Re: G13 script for davinci9 :) by David Davidson 6 months ago Great work figuring this out Andy. I would love to try it if you're still emailing it out. Thank you. David Davidson Managing Director solventdreams, llc www.solventdreams.com 4222 santa monica blvd l
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| | | |  | Replacing 16 port 4gb fibre switchby David Davidson 1 year agoTime 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 1 year 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
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| | | |  | Searching a volumeby David Davidson 2 years agoOn 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 2 years 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
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| | | |  | Volumes appear twiceby David Davidson 2 years agoWe'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 2 years 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.
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| | | |  | XDCAM proxiesby David Davidson 4 years agoHas 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 SANby David Davidson 4 years agoI'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 4 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
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| | | |  | Service: Solventdreams ltdby David Davidson 5 years agoLos Angeles California, United States Post Production Film Color Correction Solventdreams ltd Digital Intermediates Post Visual FX Color Correction and Gradin | | | | |
| | | |  | HDlink Pro LUT formatby Sean Donnelly 5 years agoI'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 5 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
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| | | |  | 24p via SDIby David Davidson 6 years agoHave 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 6 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
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| | | |  | Now HERE's an Apple Color Suite!by walter biscardi 6 years agoWow, 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 | | | | |
| | | |  | Log, 2k, HDCAMSR with the Viperby David Davidson 6 years agoWe 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 | | | | |
| | | |  | Final Postby Bob Sliga 6 years agoHello 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 6 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
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| | | |  | XML's not reconnecting to Final Touch Rendersby walter biscardi 7 years agoI'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 7 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
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| | | |  | UB 2.7 beta 2 Availableby David Davidson 7 years ago2.7 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 25Pby Per Ottesen 7 years agoAre there any who had some experience with the conversion from HDCAM24P to 25P  | Re: HDCAM 24P to 25P by David Davidson 7 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
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| | | |  | ARRI d20 imagesby David Davidson 7 years agoWe'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 7 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
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| | | |  | Anyone use Jetstor RAIDsby David Davidson 7 years agohttp: 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 7 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
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| | | |  | FCP to Avid to FCPby David Davidson 7 years agoForgive 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 7 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
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| | | |  | FCP to Avid to FCPby David Davidson 7 years agoHi, 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 7 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
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| | | |  | Finding Jaime Fowler?by David Davidson 7 years agoI'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 | | | | |
| | | |  | color correction broadcast safeby Jose Alfonzo 8 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 | | | | |
| | | |  | Filmout tests - Panasonic repsby David Davidson 7 years agoWe'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 | | | | |
| | | |  | Filmouts or D-Cinemaby T Mathai 7 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 | | | | |
| | | |  | Marketing Listsby David Davidson 7 years agoHas anyone here used marketing lists for postcard mailings to the local production industry Wondered if there were any positive results and or resources for formatted lists other than the manual copy | | | | |
| | | |  | So No Sony 20L5's... now what?by Mitch Ives 8 years agoNow thaqt there doesn't appear to be any Sony PVM-20L5 monitors anymore... what is everyone ysing to monitor HD I need something with accurate colors for color correction. Any wisdom that anyone would | Green JVC tube by David Davidson 8 years ago We've noticed the same. It requires a high-end calibration to maintain, if you're using it for HD grading. Otherwise, it's just displaying 1000 lines...and a nice picture--not accurate for color corre
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| | | |  | Uncompressed HDV and HDcam Post Systemby SarahXP 8 years agoHello All, wear about to purchase a suite mostly to do HDV uncompressed. I have a couple of questions 1) Would anyone suggest any change to the set up below. 2) Would doing post in uncompressed HDV be | Re: Uncompressed 10bit by David Davidson 8 years ago I've read all the HDV uncompressed posts & not conclusively certain about this issue for high end finishing of HDV material. When doing a color correct on HDV material in a FCP HDV native timeline, th
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| | | |  | LA HD Post Facility?by Shane 8 years agoHi, Does anybody know of a reasonable HD online facility in the Los Angeles area for an indie feature We are willing to go with either FCP (probably cheaper) or Avid or whatever is the cheapest soluti | | | | |
| | | |  | 23.98 vs 24by Peter McAuley 8 years agoI'll be editing a short film that will be shot on a F900.The sound will be recorded to dat with non drop 29.97 timecode. Should the F900 be shot at 23.98 or 24 All video and audio post will be done wi | Re: 23.98 vs 24 by David Davidson 8 years ago Rare is there a case to use 24fps. If you plan on protecting for film & tape deliveries, 23.98 is an absolute must as legacy (and non legacy) sound will sync correctly @ 23.98. W 24fps your are asking
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