Specialist in medical education and training, surgical video production, distance learning, multimedia based education, project management.
I dabble in book publishing, website design and DIY projects. Any excuse to buy tools is a good one! | | | | Member Since: April 11th 2001 Location: Connecticut, USA | | | | |
Friends:  Abraham Chaffin  Alvaro Lanciai  Archie Cruz  Ariane Fisher  David Braswell  David Scandlyn  Don Walker  Franklin McMahon  grinner hester  Jeani Primes  Kathlyn Lindeboom  Mark Stuart  Paul Del Vecchio  Peter John Ross  Robert Nitko  Ronald Lindeboom  Tim Wilson  Tom Meegan  Ty Yachaina | | | | |  | Star Toursby Stephen Smith 4 days agoSince this is the Star Wars Pancakes forum I felt it was best to post this here: I just got back for Disneyland and loved the updated 3D Star Tours. If you haven't been it is a must. For those that do | Re: Star Tours
by Mike Cohen 4 days ago
That photo of Hoth is cool. I think they should re-shoot the original trilogy for better continuity with the prequels. Use Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan - the rest of the characters could be new actors. MC
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| | | | | Article: NAB 2012: Adobe CS6 Releaseby Debra Kaufman 4 weeks ago NAB Expo NAB 2012: Adobe CS6 Release With the release of Adobe Creative Suite 6 Production Premium, Adobe's booth at NAB 2012 was packed every day of NAB 2012. Editors in particular came to check out+1 | Re: Article: NAB 2012: Adobe CS6 Release
by Mike Cohen 3 weeks ago
The $50 month subscription to every Adobe product looks extraordinary. Questions: If I buy a subscription, but I have a laptop and an edit station, do I need a separate subscription for both computers
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| | | |  | Early Reaction to The Hobbit in 48 fpsby Scott Roberts 4 weeks agoI just read this very interesting post from Peter Sciretta of Film, he attended a CinemaCon conference where Warner Bros screened 10 minutes of footage from the upcoming Hobbit film. The film, of cour+1  | Re: Early Reaction to The Hobbit in 48 fps
by Jeff Breuer 4 weeks ago
I'm not smart enough to argue with Mr. Jackson or Mr. Maschwitz, I respect them both. However, when I try to wrap my mind around this issue simply from a theoretical perspective and not having the opp
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| | | | | HD Element parity loss on a regular basisby Mike Cohen 1 month agoEvery few weeks we lose parity in the same drive slot. We have a 2nd HD Element on another computer with no issues. Both are Win 7 64bit running CS5.5. Caldigit tech support suggested we try switching | | | | |
| | | | | More Prometheus Hypeby Scott Roberts 1 month agoCheck out this cool "promotional" video about Weyland Industries latest android model, David 8 (Michael Fassbender): | Re: More Prometheus Hype
by Mike Cohen 1 month ago
Yesterday on the Delta Shuttle from DC to LGA, a few rows up, someone was reading the newspaper and there was a full page ad for the Weyland Dave 8. From a distance and seeing only the top of the page
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| | | |  | First Redbox Rentalby Jason Jenkins 1 month agoSo, I picked up Hugo at a local Redbox the other day. First time Redbox rental. It's nice that Redbox has their patented Card Guard to help avoid those debilitating credit card overswiping injuries. I | Re: First Redbox Rental
by Mike Cohen 1 month ago
I remember an article a year ago about how Neflix would send its employees out to WalMart to purchase copies of new movies to avoid the studio rules about waiting for new releases. Walmart, possibly a
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| | | |  | Dealing with picky bid specsby Todd Terry 3 months agoHey kids... long post (and partial rant). Wondering if any of you ever had this situation, and if so how you dealt with it. Our company lost a bid for a job today. Ok, a little backstory. We hardly ev | Re: Dealing with picky bid specs
by Mike Cohen 1 month ago
go have at look at fbo.gov - you can search for any number of criteria - there are usually a dozen media related RFPs mixed in with unbelievably specific requests. It is true, the RFP's are likely wri
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| | | |  | WeVideo warning.by Shane Ross 2 months agohttp: www.wevideo.com WeVideo is a new subscription service that provides cloud editing services. Upload your footage, and edit it anywhere. Post to online media sites. Up to 720p (1080p is an option) | Re: WeVideo warning.
by Mike Cohen 1 month ago
If I get one more e-mail talking about "the cloud"... Someone figured out that "cloud" sounds much hipper than "servers in multiple geographic locations" and now it's all you hear. If it works, who ca
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| | | |  | When a job goes on ... and on ...by Rachel Gorman 2 months agoJust wondering how all of you handle those freelance jobs that just kind of go on indefinitely for months and then stop without notice. I've been freelancing in LA off-and-on for about 15 years, but t+1 | Re: When a job goes on ... and on ...
by Mike Cohen 1 month ago
Whenever I hire a local video crew, which is often, I get either a contract on invoice from the vendor ahead of time, listing the terms, the date s of hire and what they will be providing. It is your
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| | | | | Total Remakeby Mark Suszko 2 months agohttp: www.youtube.com watch v=sWMhADqlPYg&feature=player_embedded Thoughts | Re: Total Remake
by Mike Cohen 2 months ago
Sam Worthington, an unknown, did not hurt Avatar - although most of what people went to see Avatar for had little to do with Sam Worthington. I read that Disney removed "from Mars" from the title beca
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| | | | | The Hunger Gamesby Scott Roberts 2 months agoSo after all the hype of adapting a wildly popular book, garnering an awesome Rotten Tomatoes score, and trying to satisfy a ravenous fan base while at the same time trying to make it universally watc | Re: The Hunger Games
by Mike Cohen 2 months ago
So over the weekend I rented "J. Edgar" - the Clint Eastwood biopic of J Edgar Hoover's rise through the FBI and some but not all of his personal struggles. I was fascinated by the film noir-like qual
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| | | |  | What to do at NABby Rich Rubasch 3 months agoOk, let's start populating this thread with some of your favorite things to do at NAB, from vendors and floor highlights to social events and parties....this is only my second one and I don't want to | Re: What to do at NAB
by Mike Cohen 2 months ago
Tim and others mention restaurants. In my hundreds of trips for work and two to Vegas I make sure to find some tasty food. Here are my suggestions: Bellagio - go through the flower room and walk almos
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| | | |  | iPad teleprompter apps and hardwareby Chris Blair 6 months agoWe're considering getting a hardware app combination and using an iPad as a teleprompter. Problem is, I can't find hardly any reliable reviews about the apps. Most of the reviews from the App Store ar | Re: iPad teleprompter apps and hardware
by Mike Cohen 2 months ago
I just picked up a unit from lcd4video.com - the price was right - for the frequency of needing a prompter it is a lot more cost effective than hiring a prompter and operator for $500+ per shoot, espe
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| | | |  | Article: Opening My Mind Has Opened Doorsby Richard Harrington 5 months ago Art of the Edit Opening My Mind Has Opened Doors Richard Harrington describes how he reached the decision to switch from Final Cut Pro to Adobe Premiere Pro and why part of his post-production depart+6 | Re: Opening My Mind Has Opened Doors
by Mike Cohen 3 months ago
Interesting reading experiences of so many people going from FCP to PPRO, and from MAC to PC. We are now evaluating the best PC to PC on steroids solution, or MAC solution for continued PPRO work. Cho
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| | | | | Enterprise vs Desktop drives?by Mike Cohen 3 months agoWe have two HD Element 6 TB RAIDS running RAID 5. Both are attached to Win 7 64 bit machines running CS5.5. One of the units has been running for two years without a drive failure. The other unit lose | Re: Enterprise vs Desktop drives?
by Bob Zelin 2 months ago
Jaime writes - In regards to your desktop vs enterprise drive concern: the lab tests here at CalDigit concluded that, both desktop and enterprise drives have the same reliability. REPLY - I think that
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| | | | | Article: Shooting Interviewsby Mike Cohen 3 months ago Indie Film & Documentary Shooting Interviews Whether you shoot surgery, reality shows, documentaries especially, how-to videos, cooking, painting, sculpting, decoy carving or...you name it...you are +2 | Re: Shooting Interviews
by Mike Cohen 3 months ago
and here's another approach, speaking of looking at the camera: http: magazine.creativecow.net article shooting-true-firstperson-interviews
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| | | |  | Essential non-camera must haves?by adam taylor 4 months agoIts a long time since i was out in the field, and back then it was my job to cart all the kit around - not easy when it was low-band video recorders, portable monitors, Hitachi Z1, etc. I recently got | Re: Essential non-camera must haves?
by Mike Cohen 3 months ago
A good alternate use for gaffer tape is to remove lint from sweaters, jackets and other articles of clothing (works for dandruff too), and for concealing lavaliere mic wires. Always ask permission bef
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| | | | | Blog: Surgical Video: The Sequelby Mike Cohen 3 months ago A few years ago I was honored to write the following article for Creative COW Magazine. http: magazine.creativecow.net article surgical-video-the-cutting-edge Ever since, after countless nice comment | Re: Blog: Surgical Video: The Sequel
by James Houghtaling 2 months ago
Great article Mike. Excellent results. I enjoyed the video but it ended too soon. Where can I watched the rest of the procedure --------------- My Hardware: Core i7 2.67GHz; Nvidia GTX580, 12 gig RAM
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| | | | | Applying make-up to corporate intervieweeby John Shand 5 months agoHi All, For a long time i have been trying to figure out the best way to ask a 'typical' corporate interviewee if they would mind me putting some matte make-up on their shiny skin. Especially when usi | | | | |
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