September 26, 2009 by John Dickinson | 1,315 views | Comments (17)
Robert Sharp got into video in the early 1990’s as one of the early members of Terran Interactive – makers of Media Cleaner Pro. In 2007 Robert relaunched Digieffects – makers of Cinelook, and the more recent Camera Mapper plug-in. In this frank and open discussion Robert talks about the early days with Terran, founding Toolfarm, and what it took to bring Digieffects – an almost forgotten company – back from the dead. If you are interested in creating tutorials for Digieffects or beta-testing you’ll find contact details here.
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17 Responses to this post
September 26, 2009 at 8:04 am |
Man I love these. What the hell is wrong with me?
Rock on Jon.
September 26, 2009 at 8:25 pm |
Absolutely nothing at all Jim, and I love doing them. Thanks for being a fan! All the best, John.
September 26, 2009 at 11:53 am |
Great Interview, John! Also, thank you Robert for taking the time to sit down with John for this episode of Unplugged. Man, I got to say that that Camera Mapper plug looks absolutely amazing! As always, can’t wait for the next installment of Unplugged!
~bellacose~
September 26, 2009 at 10:28 pm |
Intreview with Robert sharp awesome, I think he knows me well
I worked with him online, using his awesome products.
Good interview both of you.
Cheers
September 27, 2009 at 3:26 pm |
Thanks Laith, I’m glad you enjoyed it. Best, John.
September 27, 2009 at 6:33 am |
Thanks for yet another great interview!!
//Klas
September 27, 2009 at 3:32 pm |
Hi Klas, did you find this interview revealing or did you know most of what was covered? Best, John.
September 27, 2009 at 8:35 am |
Another great interview, thanks. John, you are a natural at this.
September 27, 2009 at 3:33 pm |
Hey thanks Rob, I’m really enjoying connecting with our industry in this way. It’s only taken me a decade to become a “natural” hehe. All the best, John.
September 28, 2009 at 5:56 am |
These interviews are great, very informal. Keep it up!!
September 28, 2009 at 2:59 pm |
Hi Chad, thanks for your support. My plan is to post one interview each week. Best wishes, John.
September 28, 2009 at 7:33 am |
John, really enjoyed your interview with Robert.
I used to work at a UK distributor back in the days when a young Robert Sharpe came across the pond to get us selling Terran Media Cleaner. A few years later I was European VP of Media 100 when Terran was purchased and I got to see Cleaner selling literally thousands per month. The dream came true and people were indeed achieving the impossible and putting video on the web. Hard to imagine now how anyone ever doubted it. It’s great to see that Robert remains so enthusiastic and as straightforward and honest as ever.
Keep up the good work. How many of these interviews do you have to complete before they let you out of that cage? (Interesting background – or are you actually in a cage?)
Rob Pickering
UK
September 28, 2009 at 3:01 pm |
Hey Rob, thanks for joining in the conversation, Cleaner was big back then for sure. I’m using a Japanese style shoji screen behind me to spare you all the mauve wall of the room I record in.
Best, John.
October 1, 2009 at 6:09 pm |
Hey Mate
I originally found your site from VC and didn’t notice your Aussie
and was googling to see what NINE were using to make there cool effects lately, Found you
What are the odds, I’m like 15, would you be will able to tell where would be the best place to start for education to get into this industry. Andrew is cool but i want to make this career as well
Any Suggestions?
oh and this guys cool, looking at his site now….Awesome!
Kind Regards
Zach
Qld
October 7, 2009 at 10:11 am |
Wow, I’m happy I went back and listened to this interview. Great stuff. Plus I just emailed Digi to hopefully be put on the beta-test of Nature, the clips they have released look really impressive.
January 23, 2010 at 12:23 pm |
Is it weird that I got nostalgic listening to this? Ha…
I remember playing with cinelook and filmdamage back in the day… and I remember waiting days for them to render, too!
Thanks again, John (and Robert) – great stuff!
January 26, 2010 at 2:25 pm |
Not weird at all, those years have passed in a heartbeat! Cheers, Scott.
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