Richard A. Cooper, Founder, Frostline Productions is a Producer, Editor and
Emmy® Award Winning Director of Photography.
Specialties:
Aerial Cinematography, remote Alaska locations,
wildlife cinematography, documentary and reality television,
... [ more] Richard A. Cooper, Founder, Frostline Productions is a Producer, Editor and
Emmy® Award Winning Director of Photography.
Specialties:
Aerial Cinematography, remote Alaska locations,
wildlife cinematography, documentary and reality television,
HD post production, international production and location work.
Awards:
2009 Emmy® Award Winner, NW Chapter, Director of Photography, long program.
2009 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, NW chapter Emmy® Awards Judge, HS entries.
2008 Telly Awards - Judge
2008 Aurora Awards - Judging coordinator / Judge
2007 Silver Telly Award Winner- Cinematography
2007 Bronze Telly Recipient - Producer / Editor Commercial
2007 Bronze Telly - Recipient - Producer / Editor - Travel / Tourism
2007 Aurora Award, Platinum - Best of Show - Cinematography
2007 Aurora Award , Gold - Producer / Editor - Commercial | | | | Member Since: April 8th 2009 Location: Anchorage, Alaska | | | | |
Friends:  Andrew Landini  Chris Jacek  Steve Martin | | | | |  | What is this for Exactly ?by Neil Hynes 2 weeks agoWhats the main purpose of this card And when would one use one Im concerned that everyone is saying that it captures video better than other methods; but is this intended for live streaming performanc | Re: What is this for Exactly ?
by Richard Cooper 5 days ago
If you"re just looking for a Dual monitor set up for you edit suite then go for it. It should work. I may have missunderstood what you were trying to accomplish. Richard Cooper Frostline Productions,
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| | | |  | FS700 and DaVinci Resolveby Filipe Nunes de Barros 2 weeks agoHi, i'm just finishing editing a short film in Premiere and I need put the MTS files in Resolve for color grading but I'm cracking my head trying to get the best workflow possible. I try to rewrap the | Re: FS700 and DaVinci Resolve
by Richard Cooper 7 days ago
Depending on the length of your project, What we do here for the most part is export a ProRes 422 Master file (minus all the text graphics)of the finished project. Then in Resolve bring the master fil
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| | | | | Video out of sync w Audio via i/o cardby Richard Cooper 1 week agoI realize this may be an Black Magic issue and I have asked this question there as well, but... Has anyone figured out how to get the video output on the DeckLink Studio i o card to sync EXACTLY to wh | | | | |
| | | | | Video Delay out of BM DeckLink Studioby Richard Cooper 1 week agoI realize this may be an Adobe issue and I will post this in that forum as well but... Has anyone figured out how to get the video output on the DeckLink Studio i o card to sync EXACTLY to what is bei | | | | |
| | | | | I need a camera op in Dallasby Steve Martin 4 weeks agoHi all, I'm producing a corp event shoot in Dallas in a few weeks and need to hire a local camera operator. Nothing too complex: Shooting some seminars (audience POV) and simple man-on-the-street inte | Re: I need a camera op in Dallas
by Richard Cooper 4 weeks ago
I have a friend down in Dallas that is a great shooter. His name is Ted Barnett. Lots of experience. Send me an email and I can get you his contact info. rich at frostlineproductions dot com Richard R
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| | | |  | What IO card will you use for CS6?by Erik Naso 1 year agoIt seems that many have had issues with IO cards working with CS5.5 but what about CS6 Any beta testers try out Aja and Blackmagic cards yet I've only used AJA with FCP7 and that combo is about perfec | Re: What IO card will you use for CS6?
by Richard Cooper 6 months ago
Barbura, The Kona line cards are for Broadcast video in and out of your edit machine so you can monitor a proper signal on a broadcast monitor. They wont give you faster renders or faster editing. Wha
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| | | |  | FS 100 lens for Interviewsby Joseph Colombatto 9 months agoIn terms of a lens for interviews with the FS 100 is this a combo you would advise NIKON Nikkor 85mm F 1.8 SONY 16-50mm f.28 (Nikon F to E mount adapter) (Sony Alpha to E mount adapter). Without spend | Re: FS 100 lens for Interviews
by Richard Cooper 6 months ago
You may miss not having the 51-84mm range if these are the only two lenses in your kit but it is a good start. Also, while having an f1.8 piece of glass is very nice in certain situations, for intervi
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| | | |  | FS700 owners will bite the bulletby Dennis Hingsberg 7 months agoAs a non fan-boy of Sony or RED (I do own both actually along with Canon 7D, etc..) looks like FS700 will need to take out a 2nd mortgage on their house to get 4k RAW out of the nifty little FS700 2k | Re: FS700 owners will bite the bullet
by Richard Cooper 6 months ago
Yeah, I think you are right. I LOVE my FS700 don't get me wrong, it has been a huge step up from the DSLR and I am happy with my investment. It paid for its self on the first project. But your points,
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| | | |  | What are the limitations of FS700?by Terry Leahy 7 months agoHey Ya'll I'm thinking of selling my HPX370 and switching over to an FS700. The 370 is great because it is always ready to go, good for live events (Press Conferences,Sports) and it has 10 bit color. | Re: What are the limitations of FS700?
by Richard Cooper 6 months ago
I think that Dennis makes great points all around. Especially if you are making feature films. Now, If you are a small shop or individual doing corporate commercial stuff and the big screen is not you
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| | | |  | Music Licensing Resourceby walter biscardi 9 months agoBecause this question comes up so much on this forum wanted to pass along a great music licensing resource that's right here in Atlanta. Melissa Love runs a company called Song Finder. Basically she h+1 | | | | |
| | | |  | CRT monitoring solutionby Shawn Strong 10 months agoI have a 2010 MacPro 2.4G 8-core (12G RAM) w Radeon HD 5870, using FCPX to Davinci Resolve and want to monitor on a Sony PVM-14N6U. Is this possible Nothing above HD. | Re: CRT monitoring solution
by Richard Cooper 10 months ago
The Sony PVM-14N6U is a standard def monitor so you wont be able to monitor in HD but if SD is all you need, then you just need to get a Black Magic i 0 card to send a proper NTSC video signal out fro
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| | | |  | Mountain Lion and PPro CS6by Steve Connor 10 months agoIs there official support for Mountain Lion yet with Adobe products, I can't find anything on the website about it Steve Connor "The ripple command is just a workaround for not having a magnetic timel | Re: Mountain Lion and PPro CS6
by Richard Cooper 10 months ago
Any one know if the new Mountain Lion still works the NVIDIA GTX570 (I know it is not "officially" supported) I just got the MacVidCards GTX570 installed and working with my LION system and CS6 and no
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| | | |  | Icon view out of orderby Alex Hawkins 2 years agoHi, does anyone know how to keep a bin full of clips in order when switching from list view to icon view in the project panel Every time I switch to icon view to browse through my clips, which are all | | | | |
| | | |  | CS6 Audio Mapping on Exportby Luke Pearson 12 months agoHello, I'm currently trying out Production Premium CS6 and Premiere CS6 on the 30 day trial as a possible replacement to Final Cut Studio. So far so good, the media support is fantastic and the export | Re: CS6 Audio Mapping on Export
by Richard Cooper 11 months ago
Have you had any luck with this I need to output 4 discreet mono channels when encoding to ProRes (Rather than a stereo mix) but cannot figure out the workflow. Guess it is time for some more Lynda.co
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| | | |  | Audio issues with CS6 Kona 3by Greg Jones 12 months agoI just installed the Aja drivers and I notice there is a lot of audio dropout. Anyone else experience this. I have a Mac Pro 2,1 with a Kona 3 Greg Jones D7,Inc. | Re: Audio issues with CS6 Kona 3
by Richard Cooper 11 months ago
I fixed these problems (99% of the time) by calling AJA Support. He had me not only set the OSX system preferences output to "optical digital out" but also the INPUT to "optical digital in". He said B
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| | | |  | Sorting order in Icon viewby Jim McNally 2 years agoI prefer to work in Icon view over List view in my bin. However my footage is completely random in the Icon view and makes it difficult to find shots. Is there a way to keep the sort criteria determin | Re: Sorting order in Icon view
by Richard Cooper 11 months ago
OK So this is a silly bug!... but I just figured a quick solution. Open the bin in list view so they are in order. Then create another empty bin and set that on into ICON view, then just select all in
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| | | |  | Consumer monitor recommendationsby Zak Ray 12 months agoHi all, So I'm on the lookout for a decent, small (max 42", ideally something I could use on my desk next to the computer monitors), and sub-$1000 consumer monitor that I could calibrate to Rec 709 fo | | | | |
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| | | |  | BMD Cinema Camera!by Paolo Castellano 1 year agoElegant, sophisticated and jam packed with the latest digital cinema technology, Blackmagic Cinema Camera gives your work that timeless feature film look! Blackmagic Cinema Camera features an amazing | Re: BMD Cinema Camera!
by Richard Cooper 1 year ago
I think they have definitely created a buz.... the BlackMagic web site is DOWN! Richard Cooper FrostLine Productions, LLC Anchorage, Alaska www.frostlineproductions.com
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| | | | | Monitorsby ryan loetscher 1 year agoDidn't really see another forum to post this question to, so hopefully this works. I have ancient, giant, heavy computer monitors and I'm looking for newer ones. I got a free one that was a castaway f | Re: Monitors
by Richard Cooper 1 year ago
You should NEVER color grade on a computer monitor. You need a proper grading monitor (or at least a Panasonic plasma) that has been probe calibrated to Rec 709 specs, fed with a proper video signal c
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| | | | | Credit Card Merchant Accountby Greg Ball 2 years agoAnybody taking credit cards through a merchant account We've been using PayPal, but have run into several instances where PayPal has not worked for some clients. Figuring it's a good business strategy | Re: Credit Card Merchant Account
by Richard Cooper 2 years ago
We use http: www.squareup.com Takes VISA, AMEX, MasterCard and Discover.... Simple, take CC with your iPhone, iPad, Android, with or without card. (Swiping and manual number entry) they only charge, i
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| | | |  | Monitor Calibrationby Hyunsoo Moon 2 years agoIs there a Monitor Calibration tool that's decent for Color correction I don't want to break too much bank. Has anyone used Spyder3Elite It's not for Broadcast, but I just want something that gets me | Re: Monitor Calibration
by Richard Cooper 2 years ago
Spyder is a computer display monitor calibration tool for PRINT work and not for use for video. The challenge is, that the color GUI video window is not even close to accurate due to the way color han
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| | | |  | splashtop and iPad with fcpxby kim krause 2 years agoi just had to see for myself if this really worked and i have to admit that i would never even attempt to do any editing on it....i'm sure i have just had a huge glimpse of the future...the very thoug | Re: splashtop and iPad with fcpx
by Bill Davis 2 years ago
Herb, You might find it interesting that the word "coffee" never even appeared in the original Starbucks business plan. Starbucks has never been - even from the very beginning - about coffee. IIRC the
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| | | |  | purchasing the AVID Media Composer trialby Laura Seltzer 2 years agoI've been using the AVID Media Composer 30 day trial for the past 29 days & need to purchase it today. The AVID activation is asking for my System ID & Serial Number to proceed with my purchase. I hav | | | | |
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| | | |  | Rip Van Winkle just woke upby Steve Ford 2 years agoI've had my head in the sand up until this week and had no idea what had happened to FCP. Towards the end of the year I will have to make a decision whether or not to stay in FCP when we update our sy | Re: Rip Van Winkle just woke up
by Richard Cooper 2 years ago
Yes, the CS5.5 suite makes a lot of sense for you, but honestly... if you are still on FCP5 and happy, you could upgrade to FCS3 and be blown away at the improvements from FCP5.... and be happy for an
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| | | |  | Shoot, Edit, Uh oh...by Rich Rubasch 2 years agoOk, a producer approaches a camera guy and asks if he will shoot some segments for a 1 2 hour show. Camera guy will get paid once the sponsors kick in some money. No contract is signed. Post house agr | | | | |
| | | |  | FCP X Working Perfectly - Love It!by Sean Thomas 2 years agoLast night I was about to download FCP X but before I did I thought I would visit the Cow to see what people think about it. After reading the FCP X forum I was amazed to see that nearly everyone hate | Re: FCP X Working Perfectly - Love It!
by Chris Jacek 2 years ago
Sean Thomas "This is why a few of us have said (somewhat jokingly) "All the haters go somewhere else" so we can learn and talk about X." And that's why so many are offended. This is a FCP X forum, no
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| | | | | Payment terms for editing network tv showby Max Kaiser 2 years agoHi there, We're being asked to edit a network tv show (for a small network, mind you, not a biggie) and the payment terms are sort of tough on us. They are 25% down, and then the remainder when the sh | | | | |
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