http://www.ericmaierson.com writer, producer, editor Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:40:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been invited back to Ithaca College, my alma mata,  to speak about producing and multimedia. I'll be showing work and taking questions on Tuesday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. in Park Hall Auditorium. The talk is free and open to the public. If you're around, come by and say hello. For ... http://www.ericmaierson.com/2010/02/21/speaking-ay-ithaca-college-feb-23-at-7-p-m/ In addition to the MediaStorm store, DVDs are now available on Amazon. Get yours here. http://www.ericmaierson.com/2010/02/07/mediastorm-dvds-now-available-on-amazon-com/ I've written a short essay for the MediaStorm blog on how to get good. Here's the essence: People tell me they want to produce work like MediaStorm. You can. Yes, we are fortunate to work with many incredibly talented photographers. But the storytelling techniques we use in our work are not revolutionary. ... http://www.ericmaierson.com/2010/01/25/getting-good-on-the-mediastorm-blog/ I just finished Twyla Tharp's The Collaborative Habit, the follow-up to her successful 2005 book, The Creative Habit. Here are some of my favorite passages: "A great partnership is a lab where change happens every day." "In any collaboration, no one likes to let colleagues down. Crisis focuses energy. When it really matters, ... http://www.ericmaierson.com/2009/12/31/the-collaborative-habit-by-twyla-tharp/ I produced the stories section for Surviving the Tsunami: Stories of Hope. From the MediaStorm blog: MediaStorm along with Thomson Reuters Foundation and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) announce Surviving the Tsunami: Stories of Hope. The project marks the fifth anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami.Combining ... http://www.ericmaierson.com/2009/12/25/thomson-mediastorm-reuters-foundation-and-red-cross-and-produce-surviving-the-tsunami-stories-of-hope/ Here are some of the bread-and-butter shortcut keys I use most frequently: Command-Shift-A Deselect all. Contorl-B Enables/Disables a clip. This is a great one to use when trying to compare clips. Stack one on top of the other and use Control-B to turn your alternative on and off. Control - and Control ... http://www.ericmaierson.com/2009/12/20/10-final-cut-keystrokes-i-use-every-day/ Say you need to replace low-res footage with a new, high-res version while maintaining pixel accuracy. First, create a new layer. Stack the new footage of top of the old. In Final Cut, right-click on the top layer and choose Composite Mode>Difference. In After Effects, use the layer's drop-down Mode menu. Your footage ... http://www.ericmaierson.com/2009/12/13/replacing-footage-with-pixel-accuracy-in-after-effects-or-fcp/ Crisis Guide: The Global Economy, for which I produced the multimedia overview, was honored with an Emmy Award for New Approaches to Business & Financial Reporting. Pictured from left to right are: Jacky Myint, Michael Moran, Brian Storm, Eric Maierson, Jeremy Sherlock, Lee Hudson Teslik.  Image by bryan-brown.com http://www.ericmaierson.com/2009/12/13/cfr-org-and-mediastorm-win-emmy-for-crisis-guide-the-global-economy/ I'm about to update my blog with a new, more spacious wordpress template. I'm not sure how long the house cleaning will take so please bear with me. Thanks. http://www.ericmaierson.com/2009/12/12/changes-coming/ Tracy Boyer at innovativeInteractivity.com was kind enough to interview me as part of her innovative individuals series. From the article: Question: How do you drive innovation in your work? Answer: I want to be a better storyteller. I want to be a better editor. I just want to get better. I never want ... http://www.ericmaierson.com/2009/12/11/profile-piece-on-innovativeinteractivity-com/