HitFilm 3 Express Special Edition – free for a limited time

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Another piece of fun news this week is the latest FREE version of the effects/editor Hitfilm Pro, HitFilm 3 Express Special Edition, which will be available for a limited time only. The Hitfilm crew is celebrating the release of the new Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens.   HitFilm 3 Express Special Edition includes […]

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After Effects CC 2015.1 Update

After Effects CC 2015.1 Update 2

After Effects CC 2015.1 – also known as v13.6 – is being rolled out today to Creative Cloud subscribers. The initial CC 2015 release marked a significant under-the-hood change to its architecture plus a major update to previewing, all of which promised improved usability. However, that initial release was fraught with bugs, performance slowdowns, and […]

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Great photography with just one light

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Creating great photography with just one light is accessible to more people than many initially may think. The photographer Tilo Gockel reveals how a single flash can be used to create magic in 232 pages that will enlighten your path in photography. It does not matter how many books on flash photography you’ve read, there […]

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Olympus and Panasonic want their cameras to last longer

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Recent improvements in Olympus and Panasonic cameras go beyond the simple firmware update, following a logic of giving the consumer more camera for a longer time. It’s something Fujifilm has done for quite a while and even has a name in Japanese: Kaizen, or change for good. The idea for this article grew from reading […]

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4 things that will take Adobe Premiere Pro to the next level

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At this point in time we are well into the life cycle of the “new” Adobe Premiere Pro. This “new” version is long past the early years of an odd interface, the period where Premiere left the Mac, the rebirth as the CS (Creative Suite), the conversion to CC (Creative Cloud) and the move to […]

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Media Composer 101 – Lesson 16 – Bin Views

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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about Bin Views inside of Avid Media Composer.  Bin Views are how you are going to see the most important information about your clips, depending on the editing situation you are currently working in, so that the relevant information is displayed to you, and you can keep your […]

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Media Composer 101 – Lesson 15 – Introduction to Bins

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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about Bins, the best naming convention to start out with, and how to quickly and easily search for bins in your Media Composer projects. […]

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