PINLIGHT's equipment is geared towards providing digital content. We specialize using Apple's Final Cut Studio.

SHOOTING

We've been shooting HD since 2006, and have never gone back to NTSC except by the request of the client. We shoot using a Canon XL-H1 equipped with a matte box and portable HD monitor. The system delivers stunning 1080i 24P images, once it's converted in FCP. Our work can be viewed on-air in the upcoming release of The Wordz Project on Time Warner PPV. 90% of the project was shot using this camera, with the remaining 10% shot on the fabulous RED ONE camera.

EDITING

We edit using Final Cut Studio, (Final Cut Pro 6, Motion, Sountrack Pro, Color, Compressor, and DVD Studio Pro). Additionally, we have Adobe Photoshop and After Effects, Logic Pro, and ProTools (M-Powered). For the internet, we can compress any project to look and play the best it can be. A pair of bi-amplified JBL LSR-28's allow us to be sure the audio sounds as good as our pictures look. A Sony 40" 1080P display is there for monitoring the HD output.

The HD tools in Final Cut Studio are the most powerful we've seen to date, and enhances all the work we're doing. We can merge and mix NTSC footage with HD footage. We can add still graphics and animations. We've decided that Final Cut's keyframing ability exceeds the Avid's capabilities in the area of effects and also in multitrack audio.

COMPRESSION

PINLIGHT routinely provides h.264 compression for those assignments where it needs to be slid over to YouTube, or for other streaming media situations including cell phones.