The Official MASV Blog
Develop your creative media workflow with productivity tips, profiles on emerging tech, and interviews with creative specialists.
Digital Imaging Technician (DIT): The Unsung On-Set Heroes
Keith Putnam is a video production professional who has spent the past several years as a Digital Imaging Technician (DIT) and second unit Director of Photography and on the CBS series Bull and Madam Secretary. Read his interview.
Jim Donnelly
Jul 28, 2021
How to Upload Large Files to Google Drive Quickly
We’re big fans of Google products at MASV – it’s just one reason why we’ve built integrations with Google’s Cloud Storage and Google Drive. In this post, we'll cover the good, the bad and the ugly of uploading large files to Google Drive.
Jim Donnelly
Apr 7, 2021
File Size Limits of the Most Popular Cloud Storage Providers
Nothing puts a damper on finishing your project like hitting a storage or transfer ceiling. One minute you think you’re about to deliver final files to your client, and the next you’re staring at a warning message that your files are too large for your cloud storage or file transfer limit. Ouch. Cancel your plans – you’re gonna need a workaround. Fortunately, there’s a better way.
Greg Wood
Feb 24, 2021
How To Send Large Files via Email. 5 Easy Ways.
Email, Slack, cloud storage providers, productivity apps; there are so many ways to share files. It can get confusing when you start to juggle which file was sent by whom using which platform? Wouldn't it be nice if everything could be sent as an email attachment?
Jim Donnelly
Nov 3, 2020
How To Send Raw Files and Video Footage
As you know, video files are already huge and hard to deliver, but the file size of raw video footage straight from a camera is massive. Transferring raw files is a bottleneck for production schedules — which are often time-critical projects on tight budgets.
Greg Wood
Feb 15, 2019