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Posted in Blog on Friday, March 11th, 2011 at 10:58 pm No Comments

Bruce Chilton joins Twitch as Editor/Animator! Bruce loves Mexican food and was once an architecture major at UC Berkeley. He has two kids: a 4-year-old daughter and a 6-year-old son. Pictured here, Bruce works his magic in Adobe After Effects.

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“Color Correction Handbook” by Alexis Van Hurkman

Posted in Blog on Monday, October 25th, 2010 at 2:01 am No Comments

If you want to know more about color grading for film and TV, check out our Colorist Alexis Van Hurkman’s new book “Color Correction Handbook: Professional Techniques for Video and Cinema.” Published by Peachpit Press, it’ll hit the stores on November 17th, but you can pre-order on Amazon.

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Get Vaccinated

Posted in Blog, Portfolio, Slider on Sunday, October 17th, 2010 at 1:15 am No Comments

Twitch completes editorial and post on the new PSA for New York City’s Department of Health. Produced by Persona Films, the :30 spot was shot on RED One camera at 4K resolution.

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Growing Pains

Posted in Blog on Sunday, October 17th, 2010 at 1:11 am No Comments

Lauren Conoscenti joins Twitch as Post-production Coordinator, leaving behind over 300 applicants for this position. Here’s some trivia: she grew up in Pennsylvania’s Dutch Country, graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Film and Television, her Mac desktop features an image of Xena, she…

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Final Cut Studio RED Workflow Whitepaper

Posted in Blog, Slider on Sunday, October 3rd, 2010 at 12:43 pm No Comments

Our colorist Alex Van Hurkman updated his whitepaper titled “Using RED Media with Final Cut Studio,” written for RED Digital Cinema. The 43-page document, detailing the best practices for post-production workflow with Final Cut Studio using media recorded with the RED One camera, is available for download from RED’s…

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Twitch Accepts “Made in NY” Discount Card

Posted in Blog, Slider on Sunday, September 5th, 2010 at 12:18 am No Comments

Twitch now offers a 20% discount on all post-production services to qualified projects participating in the “Made in NY” incentive program created by the New York City’s Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting.

This discount is offered in addition to a new tax credit incentive created earlier this year by…

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Beta-testing DaVinci Resolve

Posted in Blog, Slider on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 at 2:30 am No Comments

Twitch’s Colorist, Alexis Van Hurkman, starts beta-testing Resolve, DaVinci’s real-time color-grading system. DaVinci is the name behind more feature films, television commercials, documentaries, episodic television production and music videos than any other grading system. Among feature films graded with DaVinci systems are “Avatar,” “Transformers,” “Valkyrie” and “Quantum of Solace.”

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World Cup Team for Safe Roads

Posted in Blog, Portfolio, Slider on Sunday, July 18th, 2010 at 11:27 pm No Comments

Twitch completes post-production (editorial, motion graphics animation, color grading and finishing) on a new spot for the Federal Road Safety Corps of Nigeria. Featuring top soccer players from the Nigerian national team, the spot aired during the broadcast of the 2010 World Cup. Shot on RED ONE camera in…

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From YouTube to the Tube

Posted in Blog on Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 at 1:03 pm No Comments

“Drink Yourself Fat” spot, edited by Abigail Honor, will play on the 11pm news on CBS, NBC, WPIX and WNYW in NYC. For all of you Glee fans out there – it will also be airing during tomorrow night’s show. The campaign was a hit on YouTube with over…

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Frolicking at the MoMA

Posted in Blog on Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 at 1:02 pm No Comments

Colorist Alexis Van Hurkman completes grading on John Pilson’s nine-screen HD video installation “Frolic and Detour” for its premier at the New York Museum of Modern Art.

Commissioned by MoMA, “Frolic and Detour” takes its title from a legal term referring to “employee conduct that is outside the scope…

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