Mike Kirsch

Filmmaker and author. Come with me on a journey to find out what inspires great creativity.

[Mike Kirsch @cinematek]

@Vimeo Thank you so much for fixing the video naming to keep "." on upload. Every video I post uses a #.# naming convention and that small change will save me a manual step on every single upload. Thank you!

[Mike Kirsch @cinematek]

Lots of great post-production happening these days. Working on the endgame of a big project.

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[Mike Kirsch @cinematek]

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[Mike Kirsch @cinematek]

@Blackmagic_News Audio is out on the live stream.

[Mike Kirsch @cinematek]

About to listen to #HelloInternet #100 on a plane!!! I'm very excited about this @BradyHaran . Thanks for the many many many hours of entertainment, and congrats on the milestone. (I really hope Grey doesn't end up saying that milestones are silly.)

[Mike Kirsch @cinematek]

Yes!! @Frame_io drops a sneak peek at all the new features coming out later this summer and they're 🔥🔥🔥Sign up for early access! https://t.co/pckRx7hgFK (This is my favorite pre-fab tweet ever. Nice work, Frame!)

[Mike Kirsch @cinematek]

A few hours in and I'm more comfortable with the EVA-1, but it's just not as user friendly as the FS5. I went into both cameras blind, and by this point with the FS5 I was super comfortable and hadn't googled anything. I've already needed to check the EVA-1 manual 3 times.

[Mike Kirsch @cinematek]

I have an FS5 and an EVA-1 in my possession right now. I was so excited about the EVA, but unfortunately I'm not impressed in person. But the FS5 - WOW!! Amazing camera.

[Mike Kirsch @cinematek]

Trying out a unique Kaleidoscope Preset today. #adobe #premierepro #videoediting | Chung Dha https://t.co/UGzBoq7Bzo via @chungdha

[Mike Kirsch @cinematek]

Resolve continues to win my heart. I'll be editing, and I'll wonder what a shot might look like with a certain grade, so I'll click color, play around, and then go right back to editing. It's not like I didn't have similar tools in Premiere, but it just seems to work better here.

[Mike Kirsch @cinematek]

Finally getting down to some actual editing. ctrl+= and ctrl+- zoom in and out on the timeline. Might remap to remove ctrl more like Premiere. Shift+z zooms to view full timeline.

[Mike Kirsch @cinematek]

The Decklink mini monitor is really impressive. I'm on my FSI BM210 and I'm switching between decklink SDI and GPU DVI and I can totally see the difference. Way better color and range with the decklink, especially in the blacks.

[Mike Kirsch @cinematek]

Thanks to the support team @Blackmagic_News - It took a few minutes but we did some troubleshooting and everything seems to be working just great now. We adjusted a few settings but it might actually boil down to a faulty SDI cable. Time will tell.

[Mike Kirsch @cinematek]

Spoke too soon, maybe. Decklink output video still seems to drop out for no reason sometimes, then comes back a minute or two later with error frames. Need to dial this in. May contact @Blackmagic_News support soon.

[Mike Kirsch @cinematek]

A few ghosts in the machine later, I seem to have gotten the @Blackmagic_News Decklink mini monitor 4K up and running. I downloaded the most current Desktop Video Setup app and set the output to 1080p24. (Default was psf and that had probs.) Full vid on second screen now.

[Mike Kirsch @cinematek]

The biggest setting that took an extra minute to figure out was how to separate SDI audio to play through system speakers. Under Davinci Resolve > Preferences > System > Video and Audio I/O you can choose "Use System Audio Output".

[Mike Kirsch @cinematek]

Got the Decklink mini monitor 4K installed. Took about a half hour of adjusting settings and restarting, but I now have full-screen output to my FSI BM210 while editing and coloring in Resolve. Great start!

[Mike Kirsch @cinematek]

In the Resolve take selector, is there a way to watch multiple takes at once on a 4-up similar to multicam?

[Mike Kirsch @cinematek]

I just discovered the take selector, which lets you stack multiple takes in the timeline for easy review. This is a feature I remember being intrigued by in the original FCP X, but I never spent much time in that program.