Review: Sony PSZ-RA4T hard drive – A very portable rugged RAID

Review: Sony PSZ-RA4T hard drive - A very portable rugged RAID 1

When you think about rugged hard drives most of us probably picture the bright orange bumpers of a little Lacie Rugged or the blue case of a G-Tech G|Drive ev ATC . These are both small, single drives with slower mechanisms that aren’t terribly big or terribly fast. Now we can add the Sony PSZ-RA4T […]

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IMF Essentials: What You Need to Know

IMF Essentials: What You Need to Know

The new educational program is dedicated to facilitating more effective implementation of key SMPTE standards and, in turn, empowering media companies to save both time and money. The SMPTE, the organization whose standards work has supported a century of technological advances in entertainment technology, is partnering with industry experts to deliver “IMF Essentials: What You […]

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Blackmagic Design: Video Assist 2.3 Update

Blackmagic Design: Video Assist 2.3 Update

The new update to Video Assist 2.3 also adds features to the 5” Blackmagic Video Assist including improved DNxHD and DNxHR support, false color monitoring, expanded focus options and new screen rotation features. Professionals using the Video Assist 2.3 update can now load up to six 3D LUTs when monitoring video on set with their […]

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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Sapphire Builder Tool Part 2

Let's Edit with Media Composer - ADVANCED - Sapphire Builder Tool Part 2 2

In this lesson, part 2 of our look at GenArts Sapphire’s Builder tool, Kevin P McAuliffe goes in depth to show you how he created the “Inner Limits” show opening element he teased in the first part of this tutorial series. As complicated as it might seem, you can quickly and easily create looks like […]

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Christmas shopping: a Director’s chair

Christmas shopping: a Director's chair

If there is an object strongly related to Cinema, it’s the director’s chair. Given as a promotional item, present on set, or sitting on your porch waiting for you, the director’s chair is a unique kind of “thinking man’s seat”. Do you need more reasons to buy a director’s chair? Using it as some use […]

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