Umair DIT · Dubai, UAE

Umair DIT – Umair
Alam

Digital Imaging TechnicianQTake Operator

The cart behind Rolls-Royce, Emirates, Etihad, Mercedes-AMG and 500+ productions across the Middle East. An established DIT and QTake operator in Dubai, trusted by directors and DOPs across the Middle East, Europe and America, and the creator of 300+ on-set solution videos.

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

On-set tech & IT

The tech problems that stop a shoot, solved

Beyond DIT and QTake, I know the IT side of a film set: networking cameras, controlling them wirelessly and keeping every device on set talking to each other. I've shared those solutions with the whole industry.

NETWORK

Camera networking

Cameras, monitors, QTake and laptops on one reliable network, wired or wireless, so control and feeds stay solid all day.

WIRELESS

Wireless camera control

Control and monitor cameras remotely from a phone, tablet or laptop, set up quickly and without lag.

IT

On-set IT solutions

Record triggers, intercom pairing, drives, cards and connections: the problems that hold up a shoot, fixed on the spot.

Claude AI + DaVinci Resolve24k views

Resolve 21 multicam editing9k views

QTake Pro complete course11-video playlist

Control the Sony FX6 from your phone3.3k views

Canon 5D Mark IV wireless control3.1k views

Trim RAW: 114 GB to 7 GB in ResolveNew

300+

Videos solving real on-set problems

Camera control, QTake, networking, DaVinci Resolve and more, free on my YouTube channel VID SHEPHERD. Watch a few and you'll see how I work.

▶ Watch on YouTube

Behind the cart

Meet Umair

I've spent 6 years on set in Dubai, the last 4 as DIT, on the biggest commercials and productions that come through the region. Directors and DOPs across the Middle East know my name, and I've worked on shoots in the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Directors and DPs from Europe and America ask for me when they shoot here. We've done many shoots together, and they keep coming back.

On set I cover everything a production needs from its DIT: data, looks, QC, dailies, QTake, live streaming and the handover to post.

6 yearsOn set, the last 4 as DIT

UAE · Qatar · KSACountries I've shot in

Europe & AmericaDirectors and DPs who book me again

500+Commercials and productions

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 DIT, on the monitor

Selected clients

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

Services

Everything you need from a DIT on set

One established DIT, one cart and one pipeline: from camera test to the grade, with QTake and live streaming on the same setup.

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

QTAKE

QTake Operator & Technician

QTake for the director, agency and client: live feeds, instant playback, comparisons and clip logging.

Single and multicam QTake
Live look on every feed
Clip metadata and selects for editorial

LIVE

Streaming solutions

Live streams from Russian Arm and tracking-vehicle shoots, from the desert or any remote location, to clients wherever they are.

Russian Arm and tracking vehicle feeds
Desert, mountain and off-road locations
Remote viewing for clients off set

POST

Upload & post workflow

Rushes and dailies uploaded on the day, and a post-production workflow set up so editorial and colour can start straight away.

Same-day uploads of rushes and dailies
Workflow planned with the editor and colourist
Only the RAW that was used goes to the grade

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.

Watch on Instagram →

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.

Watch on Instagram →

YouTube

VID_SHEPHERD

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

Open the channel →

IN2 · Streaming

Live from the arm car to the client

I stream the camera feed from Russian Arm and tracking-vehicle shoots straight to the video village, so the client, agency and director watch every take live, wherever the car is.

How it works

Set up and tested before the first take.

01

On the car

The camera on the Russian Arm or tracking vehicle goes live while the car is moving.

02

To the client monitors

The picture arrives live on the monitors in the video village, take after take.

03

And anywhere else

Clients and agency teams who can't be on set watch the same feed live from wherever they are.

Where I stream from

CAR

Russian Arm & tracking vehicles

Car commercials and chase shots, with the feed holding steady at speed.

REMOTE

Desert & remote locations

Desert, mountains and off-road, where the location makes streaming hard.

WORLDWIDE

Clients anywhere

Agency and client teams abroad watch live, as if they were on set.

Ask about streaming on WhatsApp

IN3 · Phantom

Phantom high-speed technician

Phantom high-speed cameras for product, liquid, food, car and action shots: set up, triggered at the right moment, and offloaded safely, so the slow-motion shot works first time.

SETUP