Author: Michael Kammes

In his current role as Senior Technology and Workflow Consultant at Key Code Media, Michael consults on and demonstrates workflows benefiting the post industry: stereoscopy, acquisition, storage, editorial, audio, finishing, and encoding. His background of integration and configuration of both hardware and software, coupled with his production experience, gives him a keen insight into the future of the post industry. Michael has spent many years on the technical, consulting, and demonstration side of post production. He’s been involved in the design and build of hundreds of NLE systems and facilities, and consulted on even more. He’s also had the privilege of working on many new media and interactive media based projects, from web design to DVD to interactive kiosks. He’s been a keynote speaker at colleges, conventions, technology retreats and symposiums. His post audio experience encompasses serving as a Dialogue Editor, SFX Editor, ADR Recordist & Editor, Re-Recording Mixer and Supervising Sound Editor on dozens of film, television and internet based projects. He is currently a member of the MPSE (Motion Picture Sound Editors), an Apple Certified Trainer (Final Cut Pro – ACT FCP), an Avid Certified Support Representative (ACSR), and is constantly becoming certified on latest and greatest post technology has to offer. Plus, he really, really, digs Post.

Avid & Media Composer 7 at NAB 2013: What it *really* means to you

New features were sparse for Media Composer 7 at NAB this year, but the announcements made do impact quite a few post workflows. Let's examine a handful of them.  

3D Post Production: My Marriage Proposal

In a nutshell: I shot a video to propose to her in 3D, edited the video in 3D, showed it to her in 3D, and filmed her reaction in 3D. Got that?  

Smoke for Mac 2013 Announcement

Head any good tech news lately? Smoke is changing.  Everything. Smoke has had a long and illustrious career, but for many years was only available to those with deep pockets – and a willingness to use Linux.  Several years ago Smoke for Mac (or as we call it, “SMac”) was released, and although it lacked […] 

The Post FCP Fog

On Friday night, I had the opportunity to join the 9th annual Pre NAB editors lounge panel discussion as a last minute fill in.  I found myself uncharacteristically less participatory, mainly due to the experience and stature of the others on the panel.  The brain power on the panel could power a small town. During the mostly […] 

A Note to Technology Manufacturers

Part of being a technologist is getting to work with cool products and solutions. However, for every shiny and blinking device I get my grubby hands on, there is a bevvy of baggage that accompanies it. Here are some tips for technology manufacturers to reduce the baggage.  

Avid Media Composer & Symphony 6.0 and You: New Features

We’ve got the purple kool-aid, and we’ve got the firehose: New. Avid. Releases. Now that the cat is out of the bag, I can share with you dear readers a comprehensive list of what is new and groovy inside the latest offering from Avid.  Like what you see?  Join me for a more in-depth webinar […] 

Choosing the right shared storage solution: Part 2 of 3: Size, Spindles, and Protection

This is Part 2 in a 3 part series on Choosing the Right Shared Storage Solution.  You may want to check out Part 1: Bandwidth & Connections. Hard drives are a dime a dozen nowadays. At last check, I think Best Buy and Fry’s had them at the checkout counter next to the latest Star […] 

FCP X – from a unique perspective

Let’s all take a deep breath. Relaxed? On day 1, this isn’t a rant about how great or not so great FCP X is. I’m in a very unique position to be impartial. Gratefully and luckily, I work with virtually everything within the walls of Post. Thus, I’ve attacked the issue of FCP X and […] 

Choosing the right shared storage solution: Part 1 of 3: Bandwidth & Connections

Shared Storage – the least sexy of the post production technologies. Shared Storage is not the hot chick in class. She’s the quiet librarian with glasses that you end up falling for when the unreliable hot chick loses her sheen. She’s got everything you need: reliability and stability, and flashing lights. (Maybe the flashing lights […] 

Avid PhraseFind: 10 Tech Notes

Before we get into the nitty-gritty, let’s go over some of the basics of PhraseFind. *Update April 12, 2011: Avid has given some feedback on the blog post, and I have posted their comments inline in bold.Thanks Avid! PhraseFind is a phonetic matching algorithm, developed by Nexidia. It’s been wildly successful, serving as the basis […] 

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