Global Cinematography Institute Will Announce Plans At Plus Camerimage Film Festival

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Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC and Yuri Neyman, ASC will reveal plans for an advanced cinematography educational program for postgraduate students and veteran filmmakers to be called the Global Cinematography InstituteTM with headquarters in Los Angeles. Details of the educational enterprise will be announced at the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography in Bydgoszcz, Poland […]

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New Nikon SB-910 Speedlight Offers Advanced Flash Technology and Intelligent Features

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Today, Nikon Inc. announced the addition of a new flagship speedlight, the powerful and capable SB-910 speedlight. Building on the versatility of Nikon’s Creative Lighting System (CLS), the SB-910 incorporates an enhanced intuitive operating system and graphic user interface (GUI). The SB-910 speedlight comes equipped with a wide zoom range covering the most popular focal […]

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Digital Rapids Expands Award-Winning Encoding and Streaming Solutions with New 3.7 Software Release

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Digital Rapids today announced the release of version 3.7 of the Digital Rapids Stream software for the company’s StreamZ, StreamZHD and Flux encoding and live streaming solutions. New features in Stream 3.7 include expanded format support including encoding to the Panasonic AVC-Intra format; 64-bit operating system support; cue point insertion for live streaming with Adobe(r) […]

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Getting Started with Smoke

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There is an old proverb that warns us against the temptation to “run before you learn to walk”. This occurs in all aspects of our lives, and I guess that is what makes us human. As a senior trainer at Autodesk, I am always guiding people back to the basics. I’ve seen this temptation to […]

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New EDIUS Keying Tutorials

Today’s NLEs need to be more than just editors. As image acquisition and camera technology advance, there is an increasing need for efficient and powerful post-production tools that not only meet technical requirements, but also allow us to work creatively. Matthew Scott is a DP, Editor and Colorist based in Melbourne, Australia, who has been […]

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Autodesk Smoke and RED Workflow at Oakley

James Masters, Global Video Manager, talks about how Oakley shoots on the RED Camera® and uses Autodesk® Smoke® software in its in-house post-production pipeline to create corporate videos, short films, and advertising projects. Learn more about Autodesk Smoke on AREA […]

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Last week in After Effects

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Here’s another week or so of some news on After Effects tutorials, plug-ins, scripts and more. Thanksgiving was last week but there was substance from Video Copilot, a start on some broadcast-style graphics, LED light walls & casino-style text lights, green screen tips, 3D cubes and other shapes, linking objects with lines, results of a user’s […]

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LED and Casino light text effects in After Effects

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In a new tutorial, Daniel Moreno shows you how to Create A Glittering Cabaret Light Display with Las Vegas bulb lights and make them shine in different patterns with Trapcode Starglow and Particular. Here's a list of similar treatments that built LED, light wall, or Jumbotron-type looks with AE filters like CC Ball Action […]

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PsF’s missing workflow, Part 7: Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5.x

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In parts 1-3 of the PsF’s missing workflow series, we introduced the terms benign PsF & malignant PsF, and revealed the PsF status of several professional AVCHD cameras from 3 manufacturers (Canon, Panasonic, and Sony). In part 4, we did the same with several file-based HD video recorders from 6 different manufacturers. In part 5, […]

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