Tips – Orig Media

Mac OSX tips, tricks, and hacks

Post author:Jeff Orig
Post published:April 7, 2015
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https://youtu.be/cpsc9xFRwDM Just some Mac OSX tips, tricks, and hacks that I like to use to speed up productivity.

Tips on Writing a Thriller

Post author:Jeff Orig
Post published:March 24, 2015
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We are working on re-writes for Othello and I came across this interesting article: http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/how-to-write-a-great-thriller-6-pieces-of-advice

Hard Drives and LED Lights

Post author:Jeff Orig
Post published:March 4, 2015
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Sometimes we get asked what hard drives and LED Lights we use. Here they are: The Hard Drives are re-formatted as a Mirrored RAID. This helps with a little bit…

Sony FS7 Review and LUT Utility

Post author:Jeff Orig
Post published:February 12, 2015
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Here is a great review from The Camera Store on the new Sony FS7 http://youtu.be/6M7upQVWRPM You'll need something to grade the SLOG footage and a good place to start for…

A Gift From Apple

Post author:Jeff Orig
Post published:February 11, 2015
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http://youtu.be/S6WNBRM18CI I received a little surprise gift from Apple today. They sent a shirt in response to my thank you note! What an awesome surprise.

The Easy Way to Create a Render Farm with Compressor

Post author:Jeff Orig
Post published:February 10, 2015
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http://youtu.be/pZe-_i4_FcQ I have tried this before on older version of compressor but it was super complicated and we only got it to work once. I had pretty much given up…

Testing the Limits of Our Microphones

Post author:Jeff Orig
Post published:January 20, 2015
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http://youtu.be/l0hMyA8ICuE This is an insanely quick and dirty test to find the limits of our gear and compare the Rode NTG-2, VideoMic Pro on 5DM3, and the Azden SGM1-X from…

What is a codec and a container?

Post author:Jeff Orig
Post published:January 13, 2015
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http://youtu.be/WpBjGUlBTHU I thought this was a good explanation of video codecs and containers. For video professionals, it is good to know the difference and when to use one or…

Pretty Good Basic Microphone Tutorial

Post author:Jeff Orig
Post published:January 13, 2015
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http://youtu.be/wppG76olNjk?list=PLE06B9B1596F01124 Sennheiser made a pretty good series on audio for video. The video above is a good primer on the different types of microphones and their characteristics. They have a…

Great Article on RAID’s for Editing

Post author:Jeff Orig
Post published:September 1, 2014
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This is technical article on storage for Editors. I always say it is not a matter of "if" a drive will fail it is "when." Remember these are all machines…