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Umair DIT · Dubai, UAE

Umair
Alam

Digital Imaging TechnicianQTake Operator

The cart behind Rolls-Royce, Emirates, Etihad, Mercedes-AMG and 85+ productions across the UAE. DIT and QTake operator in Dubai for commercials, films and music videos.

Umair Alam at his DIT cart in a lecture room in front of a chalkboard
Behind the cart

Meet Umair

Dubai-based DIT and QTake operator. From lecture rooms to mountain tops, the cart goes wherever the shoot goes, and so do I.

Umair with arms crossed in front of his DIT cart and monitors
You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus and the support.
Umair at the laptop on his cart at night in the mountains
Night shoot, in the mountains
Umair sitting at his cart in a school classroom
Classroom set, ready to roll
Black and white photo of Umair on comms with a headset
On comms, playing back the last take
Umair's DIT cart on a blue-lit stage with the UD logo on the monitor
Umair DIT, on the monitor

Selected clients

Rolls-RoyceEmiratesEtihadMercedes-AMGManchester CityPiagetGMCGeneral MotorsCadillacJeepAtlantis The RoyalWaldorf AstoriaPepsiIKEAVogue ArabiaVisit Dubai

DIT first. QTake on the same cart.

Digital Imaging Technician in Dubai, and QTake operator when the director needs video village too. One person, one cart, one pipeline.

MAIN DESK

DIT · Digital Imaging Technician

Exposure and colour support for the DP, looks on set, checksum-verified offloads and dailies in DaVinci Resolve, from camera test to final handover.

  • Checksum-verified offloads to three destinations
  • Live grading, LUTs and CDLs with the DP
  • On-set QC with scopes and false colour
  • Resolve dailies, proxies and shoot reports
ALSO ON THE CART

QTake Operator

QTake video assist in Dubai for the director and client: live feeds, instant playback, comparisons and clip logging.

  • Single and multicam QTake
  • Live look on the feed
  • Clip metadata and selects

All life is problem solving.

@umair_alam_dit

The pipeline

Six stages, in this order, on every job. Pick a stage to see what happens on set and what gets handed over.

Learn the cart

Short lessons for colourists, editors, post producers and directors.

Graphic reading Send only the RAW you used to your colorist

Send only the RAW you used to your colourist

Trim a Resolve project from 114 GB to 7 GB before it goes to the grade.

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QTake interface with clip list and two video outputs

QTake with one camera

The basics of a single-camera QTake setup, for directors and DOPs.

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YouTube

VID_SHEPHERD

Longer tutorials on Resolve, QTake and on-set workflow.

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