Greeting Video for KompasTV

Dapat kesempatan dari Kak Sofie untuk menyampaikan ucapan selamat tahun baru untuk Kompas TV.

The Cloud Marching

Neo & Breakdance

Reaksi Neo menonton video breakdance di YouTube. UPROCK!

Nelayan Kuwait

Berjalan-jalan di pasar ikan, melihat kesibukan para nelayan mengangkut ikan.

Steve Jobs Wafat

Kompilasi dari breaking news TV.

Neo Setelah Makan Durian

Aksi pecicilan Neo (2 tahun) setelah makan durian. Sebenarnya memang ngga ada hubungannya sih ;D

Kebakaran di Apartemen Kita!

Kawinan Adat Sunda di Gurun Wafra

Agak surreal mendengar gending Sunda & lagu Keong Racun di kampung peternakan, di tengah gurun Wafra, Kuwait.

Hiburan Musik Tradisional saat Ramadan

Hiburan musik Ramadan di mall Kuwait.

Suasana Jelang Buka Puasa di Kuwait

SEPI! Ngga ada yang ngantri tempat makan karena tempat makannya juga baru buka 5 menit setelah adan Maghrib :D

Food Photography Made Easy Promo Video

Ini promo video untuk peluncuran buku Food Photography hasil kolaborasi Dita & teman-teman.

Capturing the beauty of lightning when Zeus is rocking the sky

Testing Red Giant Movie Looks

More in our Apple blog.

Painting with iPad

Digital & Analog Painting from Pinot on Vimeo.

Festival Petir di Langit Kuwait

Fenomena seru di Kuwait: petir menyambar-nyambar dalam hitungan detik. Beginilah bentuk musim transisi dari winter ke summer.

Respon Dari Video Toca Tea Party

Salah satu kegiatan akhir pekan kami adalah bikin 'video review' tentang aplikasi anak-anak untuk iPad (Teddy's Day & Teddy's Night) dengan Arwen, Leia & Neo jadi reviewernya. Kali ini, kami membuat review untuk aplikasi Toca Tea Party.



Dalam video ini, kami hanya memperlihatkan ekspresi natural dari krucil apa adanya saat bermain dengan aplikasi ini. Lucunya, suasana serunya justru saat malam jelang tidur, mereka tertawa-tawa bareng Mamin. DSLR belum siap, terpaksa syuting dadakan pakai iPhone 4 dalam suasana low-light (walau akhirnya sempat mengambil beberapa angle dng DSLR) tidak ada cahaya tambahan dari jendela.

Sesaat setelah kami upload & tweet videonya, kami mendapatkan respon tidak terduga dari tim developernya:

Our friends @tocaboca just got this amazing video made by a happy father who bought Teaparty. You have to watch! http://vimeo.com/21717251 (link)

@pinot your amazing video really lifted everyone's mood here at Toca Boca! So it's me who's bowing to you ;) (link)

Absolutely amazing video! RT @pinot: Picnic with Toca Tea Party app for iPad [video] http://bit.ly/gqzXpn cc @tocaboca (link)

@bjornjeffery @pinot @tocaboca Fantastic! (link)

Helt otroligt - det är en alltså en fan-video! RT @pinot: Picnic with Toca Tea Party app for iPad [video] http://bit.ly/gqzXpn cc @tocaboca (link)

Amazing to see that we make children smile :) RT @pinot: Picnic with Toca Tea Party app for iPad [video] http://t.co/WJb6TB (link)

Almost made this Play Designer cry :) @pinot: Picnic with Toca Tea Party app for iPad [video] http://t.co/3nEpPE8 cc @tocaboca (link)

@pinot We're all very happy in the office right now because of your video! (link)

@pinot Love your video! I'm proud to be part of @tocaboca :) Can we snailmail some presents to you? (link)

Kami benar-benar tidak menduga mendapatkan respon yang mengharukan ini. Bahkan mereka berjanji mengirimkan gift untuk Arwen, Leia & Neo ke alamat Jakarta.

Terlihat betapa tim developer aplikasi ini bekerja dengan segenap rasa, hati mereka tersentuh saat menyaksikan hasil karya mereka diapresiasi oleh anak-anak kami.

Giant Sand Storm!

Langit sore yang cerah tiba-tiba gelap seperti mendung. Saat menatap jendela, awan pasir hitam pekat sudah menutup langit. Creepy!

When The Kids Meet The Old PowerBook 170

Got this dead dusty PowerBook 170 in Kuwait flea market for $6. Interesting to see how our kids react when they see this 20 years old artefact. Arwen is asking "What's floppy disk?"

Recorded & edited on iPhone 4.

Testing Lensa Tele

iMovie on The Original iPad

When I heard that Apple finally release iMovie for iPad I was so freakin excited.
Then officially they ditch the compatibility for the original iPad. I was like... "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" (doing Anakin's scream for Padme - btw our iPad name is iPadme Amidala.)

So why does Apple ditch the original iPad from iMovie's love?

Jason Snell (Macworld):

I was able to install my sample copy on an original iPad and it seemed to work fine, though as projects got more complex it got a little sluggish. This may be one of those cases where Apple decided that if the product didn't worth smoothly and flawlessly on the original iPad, it wasn't worth supporting at all. (article link)

Sluggish? Really?
Trying to download the iMovie app to the original iPad, this is what I got:

Front facing camera? Really?

iTunes & AppStores are refusing to install the iMovie to my original iPad. This is pure evil!
Then I got this trick. The iMovie finally installed in my original iPad.

After import some footages from iPhone 4, then I begin to edit a short video.
Is it sluggish? Is it good?
It. Is. Beautiful!

iPhone 4 > Camera Connection Kit > iMovie on original iPad



It's only 30 seconds project but at least everything works relatively fine. Not snappy quicky perfect but everything is there. The audio waveforms are there. The scrubbing footages are there. The smooth transitions are there.
And best of all - been doing finger-editing on iMovie for iPhone for months - now I'm doing finger-editing on 10 inch screen!
It. Is. Beautiful!

iMovie isn't built for a long duration/complex/multi layered video editing project. It's only for fun, family video, video-blogging, online video. I think the original iPad is sufficient enough for that kind of task.

So again, why do you ditch original iPad from iMovie's love, Apple?

(crossposting blog. also posted in here.)

Kesurupan Cindy Lauper Saat Jogging

Is The iPhone 4 Ready For Video Post Processing?

It depends.

If you're doing it for fun, video-blogging, you may force the iPhone 4 to do video post-processing.

If you're doing it for pro, record on the iPhone 4 then edit it on desktop (yes you can put 'semi' word before 'pro' ^_^)

2 reasons.

1. It's a phone.
Its main function is a communication device. Rendering a video can take forever on this device & some apps are not natively multiprocessing. Anticipate a phone call while rendering. A phone call means interrupted rendering process. Not to mention the battery life. Don't try to render your edited video while far from electricity outlet. "Sorry I can't get your call, my phone is still rendering & the battery is low."

Takes 30 mins to render this 45 seconds video. 30 mins without receiving any phone call :D

And since it's a phone, you have to get used to edit in a small multitouch screen with your finger. iMovie for iPhone is great, but keep in mind that from desktop to tiny multitouch screen is another learning curve: finger editing.

2. Quality matters.

Color-correction is a critical process in video post processing. Without proper compression method, the video file will be 'damaged' due to inappropriate lossy data compression algorithm.
For instance, CinemaFX for video is the coolest color-grading app for iPhone 4. Problem is, by default it compresses the video from the Camera Roll, means that you'll get a video with blocky compressed quality - not the original.

Don't expect some Sorenson, DV-Pal or any professional video compression codecs for iOS anytime soon.


Try watch the video in HD to see the comparison.

iMovie for iPhone on the other hand, is using H.264 compression, which is good enough for final video. But not good enough to do multiple post-procs.

Is it ready for video post-processing?

"Hello? I'm shooting a video right now with my iPhone. Can I call you back?"

The Tale of A Father & Three Kids

Begini kalau papin sendirian ngangon 3 bocah menjelang jam tidur. Arwen habis mandi besok sekolah, Leia makan malam, Neo ngga tidur-tidur.

Karnaval Kuwait

Cerita lengkap di sini.

Marina Jogging Park in Kuwait

Lunch with Indonesian Menu

Dancing Floodlight

Cantiknya konfigurasi lampu sorot di depan Bayan Palace ini dalam rangka memeriahkan pesta kemerdekaan Kuwait tgl 24 -25 Februari.

Mie Bakso di Old Salmiya

Cerita lengkap di sini.

A Place In Kuwait That Doesn't Look Like Kuwait

Video Jogging Bulan Januari

Test Drive: Harley Davidson Sportster 48 2011

Ada yang baru jadi biker, bawa Harley Davidson ke kantor. Semua beramai-ramai menjajal.

Angin Kencang 50km/jam

Neo ditabrak angin dingin yang berkecepatan 50km/jam. Ekspresinya lucu, antara kaget, takut & enjoy :D



More http://pinodita.blogspot.com/2011/01/angin-kencang-hujan.html

Berlari & Bervideo di Tantangan Nike+

Tanding lari bersama-sama sekarang tidak harus berada di tempat & waktu yang sama. Cukup bergabung di Nike+ challenge, seperti yang sedang saya ikuti bersama teman-teman di Twitter: Ganyang Lemak To Demak - yang terjauh lari adalah pemenangnya. Saya di Kuwait dan mereka di Jakarta, serasa sedang lari dalam tempat & waktu yang sama.



Suatu ketika saya iseng, mencoba merekam, mengedit & mengupload video dari iPhone saat saya jogging. Saya share di Twitter untuk memberi tahu bahwa "Hi guys, gue jogging nih pagi ini." Tidak diduga, ternyata @sirico juga merekam kegiatan joggingnya di kemudian hari. Dan diikuti @adhams, @natalixia, @qronoz & @fauzanalfi, semua peserta Ganyang Lemak To Demak.

Walau kualitas videonya tidak cukup baik - shaking, blur & portrait video - tapi pesannya jelas: semua sedang berlari bersama. Dan dampaknya semua peserta jadi termotivasi & lebih semangat. Semangat lari & semangat ngeceng. Huehehehe.

Bahkan @adhams pun bisa mendengar suara nafas lari saya yang terengah-engah. Hahahaha!



(via Twitter)

Saya sendiri bela-belain editing sambil jogging dengan iMovie for iPhone. Lumayan buat mengalihkan rasa capek :D





Berniat bergabung?
Ini beberapa video jogging dari peserta Ganyang Lemak To Demak.


@adhams


@fauzanalfi


@natalixia


@qronoz


@sirico

Link:
http://nikeplus.nike.com
http://gltd.tumblr.com

Indahnya Kuwait Saat Winter

Ini salah satu alasan kenapa kami sangat jatuh cinta dengan musim dingin di Kuwait: pantai & burung camar. Semoga video ini bisa menggambarkan alasan kami.