Here’s another summary of the last week or so of news on After Effects-busier than expected before a change of gear at NAB-this time with CS Next, Mocha and tracking, 3D text and bevels, stills in AE, Trapcode Mir (pictured), 3 new scripts, assorted tutorials, and plug-ins new and old. Steve Forde promised that “a HUGE advance […]
Day: April 10, 2012
Final Cut Pro X and DaVinci Resolve
On this episode of MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin is joined by special guest Alexis Van Hurkman to dive deeper into Blackmagic Design’s color grading software, DaVinci Resolve. They show you an easy way to round trip your Final Cut Pro X projects with your DaVinci Resolve color work, including how to maintain color work you’ve […]
Getting Started with DaVinci Resolve
On this episode of MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin is joined by special guest Alexis Van Hurkman to show Steve how to get started and navigate through Blackmagic Design’s color grading software, DaVinci Resolve. In Part 2, Alexis shows Steve how to roundtrip between Final Cut Pro X and Resolve – check that out here. […]
Autodesk Smoke is Changing. Everything.
The annual National Association of Broadcasters or NAB is just a few days away. Rumors have been spreading across the internet like wildfire. The first was the Supermeet.com and CPUG announcement that showed Marc-Andre Ferguson was going to show a “super secret” presentation at the Supermeet. This was later titled “Smoke is changing. Everything.” The […]
1st handheld dynamic microphones with hybrid XLR/USB/iPad connectivity from Audio Technica
Over the past few years, the market has become flooded with USB microphones, but most have been condenser models, and only a couple have been dynamic. Those dynamic models have been USB-only. There has been a need for dynamic USB microphones that were also hybrid (XLR balanced analog + USB digital, together with onboard zero-latency […]
An NEX-FS700 Amuse-Bouche
NEX-FS700 with Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 lens and Zacuto Z-finder-EVF Last week, Sony announced the NEX-FS700, a super-slo-mo follow on to the NEX-FS100. On Saturday, a pre-production FS700 arrived on my doorstep. On Sunday, I went to the coast to try it out; I offer a small sampler of the results for your delectation. Some background: […]
Hollywood Tools Has Big Announcement for NAB 2012
Hollywood Tools LLC is set to improve the functionality of digital asset management (DAM) solutions with the unveiling of VidKey at NAB 2012. VidKey will bring added value to any DAM solution, including Hollywood Tools’ own RemoteMyProject. A new tool has been produced by Hollywood Tools to address the operating frustrations experienced with the use […]
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