Cinefex Magazine, the craft of visual effects, and you

Readers of this post fortunate enough to have attended film school had the opportunity to study the masters of crafts from directing and cinematography to lighting and scene design. Look at the most influential work being done today, and you can't help but notice that it's dominated by a newer, but no less major creative […]

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Why I (sadly and reluctantly) opted-out of my Vimeo Pro renewal

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Today I did it, although sadly and reluctantly: I opted out of my Vimeo Pro auto-renewal. Like many Vimeo Pro and Vimeo Plus users, I have been patiently waiting since March 2013 for them to fix the Android playback of embedded Vimeo videos on sites other than Vimeo.com. As reported previously, that was working fine […]

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Panasonic AW-HE2 1080p ePTZ camera: a first look

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The US$995 AW-HE2 is not a camcorder (since it contains no recorder), but an intriguing camera with a live 1080p (or 720p) output at selectable framerates, together with extensive remote control capabilities via IP or infrared. Although in a completely different price and sensor size range, the AW-HE2 shares a similar feature with the Sony […]

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Phottix Mitros: Cheap TTL for the Masses

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When I decided to get a new flash for my Canon system, the option of the new Mitros from Phottix had to be considered. It’s similar to the Speedlite 580EX II but it costs much less than the 600EX-RT. I simply had to check. And let me add this: Phottix launched today the version for […]

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Talk of editing on the Digital Cinema Cafe podcast

It’s been a busy few weeks here at the Editblog so posts have been slow to come. One thing I had the privilege of doing recently was sitting in on a session of the new podcast Digital Cinema Cafe (iTunes link). I hate to make a shameless self promotion type post but I think our […]

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