Russ Fairley Productions

RFP Video becomes Revostock producer!

russ@russfairley.com — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:52:50 +0000

RFP Video is proud to announce that they have joined the ranks of Revostock’s illustrious stock video providers. RFP Video has a history of creating high quality HD videos for clients from many verticals.

RFP Video becomes iStockPhoto video provider!

russ@russfairley.com — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:45:41 +0000

RFP Video is proud to announce that they have joined the ranks of iStockVideo’s illustrious stock video providers. RFP Video has a history of creating high quality HD videos for clients from many verticals.

RFP Video acquires Secret Weapon Media

russ@russfairley.com — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:38:34 +0000

RFP Video has recently acquired Secret Weapon Media, a Toronto-area video producer and new media specialist.

RFP is looking to add SWM’s line of video products to their existing lineup, as well as maintain the Secret Weapon Media brand.

Watch for Secret Weapon Media products at RFPVideo.com and SecretWeaponMedia.com early in 2012.

RFP Video acquires QuikStop Video

russ@russfairley.com — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:34:47 +0000

RFP Video has recently acquired QuikStop Video, a Toronto-area short-shoot, quick-turnaround video producer.

RFP is looking to add QuikStop Video’s line of video products to their existing lineup, as well as maintain the QuikStop brand.

Watch for QuikStop Video products at RFPVideo.com and QuikStopVideo.com early in 2012.

Next time you’re bored on a plane…

russ@russfairley.com — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:01:45 +0000

…send your family a postcard made from an image. Use Photoshop to chop out the head and clone stamp in the background, then import cropped layers into AE and turn on the tears.

5375 plays some Peter Gabriel

russ@russfairley.com — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:59:54 +0000

We shot this in crappy light with an NX5U. No lights, kit shotgun mic, no post, too many beers…

Sony NEX-FS100 UK samples…

russ@russfairley.com — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:57:40 +0000

Russ Fairley Productions (www.rfpvideo.com) has spent about a jillion dollars improving their offering in the last few months. 12-core Mac Pros, Westcott Spiderlites, and now…a Sony FS100. Here are some samples:

Russ Fairley Productions launches NEW corporate website!

russ@russfairley.com — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:19:29 +0000

Russ Fairley Productions Inc. is proud to announce the launch of their new corporate site, RFPVideo.com. There are still some bugs to iron out, and plenty of content to add, but head on over and check it out.

Watch for RFP’s blog, launching May 1st!

So what is to become of this site? This will be where Russ Fairley will be posting After Effects and Premiere tests, and other cool things he comes across.

What else is in the pipe? A division of Russ Fairley Productions Inc. has a major new community oriented site, launching June 1st. Watch for announcements!

Russ passes the CS5 recert exam!

russ@russfairley.com — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:16:41 +0000

Russ Fairley is proud to announce that he has updated his Adobe Certified status by passing Adobe’s After Effects CS5 recertification exam with a grade of 81%.

Playing around with Trapcode Shine and AE

russ@russfairley.com — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:25:56 +0000

I had a few minutes while all of the machines here were enjoying a “render bender” so I fired up AE and tried out Trapcode Shine. This plug-in is pretty awesome – I barely adjusted any settings and it looks awesome. I had the project set at 32bpc to keep the gradient smooth and make the shine really…um…shine.