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New blog under construction
Packafoma Post, the new blog section of packafoma.com, is under construction and will be ready in a few days. Check back for updates on Packafoma’s relocation from Los Angeles to Brooklyn, and for...
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Pics from “Two of Us” music video shoot in Olympia
I want to give my heartfelt thanks to the entire crew, to my Olympia, Washington friends, and to the exceptional members of Congratulations. This was a particularly exhausting 3-day shoot, and everyone...
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Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 Gripes / CS6 Wish List (from the perspective of an...
For information on the now released CS6 update, please take a look at my followup post: Adobe Premiere Pro for Mac CS6.5 Wish List The following is a re-post from my thread in the Adobe Premiere Pro...
View ArticleSeparators for Safari bookmarks bar
Apple Safari has been my favorite web browser since it was introduced along with Mac OS 10.2. Early on, however, I discovered a minor but irritating omission, which is that there was no way to add line...
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Packafoma relocating to Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge Park with view of downtown Manhattan After living in Los Angeles for nearly 15 years, I will be moving with my girlfriend to Brooklyn in August 2012. My producing partner, Shea Roggio,...
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Free downloads of my VFR flight planning forms
I started The Packafoma Post primarily as a video production and web design blog, but sometimes my aviation obsession sneaks in as well. » Go right to VFR flight planning forms A simple, better VFR...
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Adobe Premiere Pro for Mac: CS6 Gripes / CS6.5 Wish List (FCP switcher)
This list of concerns and feature requests is a follow-up to my post in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forums concerning CS5.5, which drew a fair amount of attention from both current Adobe Premiere users and...
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Display Vimeo play counts for embedded videos without slowing down your site
Learn how to use Vimeo’s Simple API along with PHP and jQuery to display the play counts of Vimeo videos embedded on your web site. The method described in this tutorial works asynchronously, meaning...
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Why Adobe Premiere Pro needs background rendering
The CS6 version of Adobe Premiere Pro went a long way towards winning me over after Apple stranded the FCP7 community with the release of FCPX. I still have many, many gripes, including stability...
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Adobe Premiere Pro CC: Wish List Scorecard
This list is a follow-up to my post, Adobe Premiere Pro CS6.5 Wish List (FCP switcher). Well, as we all know, CS6.5 never materialized because Adobe switched to a new, subscription-only release model....
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Panasonic Lumix GH3 Wish List
Panasonic Lumix GH3 has a lot of quirks, but it produces stunning HD video images. This is a list of missing features in the Panasonic Lumix GH3 DSLM camera that I would like to see addressed in a...
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Adobe Premiere Pro CC Gripes and Wish List
This is the third in my series of lists detailing my gripes and wishes for Adobe Premiere Pro. To see the many items that got checked off the list with the release of CC, take a look at the Adobe...
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Use this time-lapse calculator to quickly determine the shutter interval (time between shots) that you should set to achieve your desired clip length for a given recording duration. Scroll down for a...
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The Nature Conservancy: Restoring the Escalante River (Editor’s perspective)
This article appeared originally on the Chris Crisman Photography blog as Nature Conservancy: Escalante Video Feature on June 6, 2014. Written by Robert Luessen. Republished with permission. Chris...
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10 Easy-to-Fix Things That I Can’t Believe Adobe Hasn’t Fixed in Premiere Pro CC
This list does not include some of the more serious bugs in Adobe Premiere Pro CC, and it’s certainly not comprehensive. The 10 items below are confounding because they are relatively minor nuisances...
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Commercial shoot: Drexel LeBow College of Business
On location in West Philadelphia: Production stills from LeBow Hall, the first location of our commercial shoot for Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business. Shea and I had a wonderful experience...
View ArticleEntertainment Weekly premieres trailer for Jack of the Red Hearts [Video]
I recently had the opportunity to edit the theatrical trailer for the award-winning feature film, Jack of the Red Hearts, starring Famke Janssen (X-Men) and AnnaSophia Robb (Mercy Street, The Carrie...
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Stronger Together: Convention Week in Philadelphia
Photos from the 2016 Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, and the post-convention campaign rally at Temple University’s McGonigle Hall, featuring images of Hillary...
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Update to Time-lapse Calculator app adds new features
Time-lapse Calculator 99¢ iOS app for iPhone & iPad Version 1.6 of my Time-lapse Calculator for iOS is now available. App Store: Time-lapse Calculator iPhone iPad This update requires iOS 9 or...
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Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Hillary fans celebrate equality in birthplace of...
Technically, as a resident of Philadelphia, I also reside in Pennsylvania, but please don’t hold that against me. Last week, I was honored to be given exclusive access to photograph the performers at...
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