Blog Posts

The Mystery of the Missing Universes

I just recently wrapped a feature, and we had a very interesting/upsetting networking issue for about three weeks.  Universes would ...

Effects in Triplicate

I’ve been building a lot more material onto submasters and multi-cue lists since I’ve been doing more film programming. As ...

Tip for Multiple cue Lists on Eos

I don’t often use multiple cue lists on Eos.  There are lots of reasons, but one of the big ones ...

Why Does my Effect start in the Middle?

When I was learning effects on Eos, many times I was annoyed when an effect would start somewhere near the ...

Linear Effect Timing

When I started making effects, I was making changes and was usually surprised by the results. Sometimes, the surprise was ...

Last Level, a Little Faster

My Gaffer frequently will ask for a fixture at its last level…from several cues ago. For some reason, I always ...

About: Modifier

One of the tricky things on any console is the various ways to find “hidden” or less visible information. One ...

What Could Go Wrong? Priority and Background

I was asked to create and run a Paparazzi effect on a fader this past week. Since I’m relatively new ...

Flicker Effect

I love the fact that ETC added the flicker waveform to Eos a while ago. However, I don’t really appreciate ...

Make your Profile Your Own

I’m still quite new to film, so there are certain things that surprise me.  One of them is how often ...