Film | Documentary | Television

Hi all!
The latest music video I edited (under the direction of Mark Becker) is now up on YouTube!  Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=346_vQcLjdU
Congrats to the band La Strada for their newest album “New Home.”
You can read more about “New Home” here: http://www.ernestjenning.com/band_lastrada.htm
or check out La Strada on  MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/lastradanyc

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§130 · May 13, 2010 · Uncategorized · 1 comment ·


After trolling the internet for a solution similar to Avid’s offline workflow for Final Cut Pro, I found myself stumped, and at best left with the message “Dude, why? Just cut natively.” In this article I respond to the absence of such information and show you (or your assistant!) how to create Offline/Proxy Footage For An Offline Edit using Final Cut Pro.

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§81 · January 10, 2010 · Uncategorized · 1 comment ·


If you are finding yourself needing to lay out some clips quickly in order of TimeCode (say for a quick string out or laying out to tape for archival purposes) check out this quick function I discovered while trolling www.creativecow.net ::
“Alex
Just select all the clips, then choose Modify > Make Multiclip Sequnece …
Leave all [...]

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§80 · January 7, 2010 · Uncategorized · (No comments) · Tags: , ,


Today is an “edit from home day,” my favorite! Jazz blasting on the little clock radio in the back room, sunny cool air sinks into the open window followed by the ruffling sound of fall. The FCP scrub bar whizzing by… oh! Time to export already! File, export, wait… where’s compressor?!
In the latest [...]

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§78 · October 30, 2009 · Uncategorized · 1 comment · Tags: , , , , , ,


Old technology meets work-around in the 21st century world of 24p HD.

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§75 · October 25, 2009 · Uncategorized · 1 comment · Tags:


I'm blogging live from the set of a short film produced by Samsung / Fort Productions to promote their new line of wireless streaming BluRay players.  What am I doing here?  I'm camping out in the video village, laptop, P2 reader and stack of hard-drives to boot (no pun intended).

The film is a cohesive action-short that [...]

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§74 · October 16, 2009 · Uncategorized · (No comments) ·


Hi everyone!
Keep on the look out, as a new Demo Reel and over-all website changes will be happening soon!  Very exciting stuff coming down the line!

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§73 · October 14, 2009 · Uncategorized · (No comments) ·


As you all know, we currently had very bad luck with installing Photoshop CS and CS2.  I’m currently waiting on my current employer to extend their licenses for their production suite so I can get some extra work for them (read: so I can open Photoshop without crashing my computer).
I have installed After Effects CS3 [...]

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§72 · October 4, 2009 · Uncategorized · (No comments) ·


As you all know, we currently had very bad luck with installing Photoshop CS and CS2.  I’m currently waiting on my current employer to extend their licenses for their production suite so I can get some extra work for them (read: so I can open Photoshop without crashing my computer).
I have installed After Effects CS3 [...]

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§67 · October 4, 2009 · Uncategorized · 1 comment ·


Today is the big moving day. Will get to testing part three (After Effects) tonight once I'm in the new space.
Wish me luck, I'm gonna need it!
—Peter Haas+ 01 646 468 6743www.peterjhaas.com

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§71 · October 1, 2009 · Uncategorized · (No comments) ·