Sunday night, Sony lets a few journos in to see what’s new before the doors open Monday morning. Sony’s Juan Martinez shows off some of the features of the NEX-FS100 “NXCAM Super35” camcorder, as well as a new viewfinder attachment for the PMW-F3. I also grabbed a quick pic of the dustproof / splashproof HXR-NX70 […]
Day: April 11, 2011
NAB 2011 – Sunday Seminars
DP Brian Pearson wields an EPIC as RED’s Ted Schilowitz watches. On Sunday I sat in on several classes and sessions, to get a feel for the non-show-floor goings-on at NAB. Herewith, my fragmented, barely-edited notes. DP Discussion Gary Adcock leads a discussion by DPs. Gary Adcock hosted a panel of DPs—Geoff Boyle (Dark Country, […]
After Effects CS5.5 in Production
It’s only been a year since After Effects CS5 was released, which brought the application to 64-bit and introduced Rotobrush. With the announcement today of After Effects CS5.5 we are looking at the most rapid upgrade since Adobe unified all of its applications into one dancing,kicking line of graphical chorus girls known as the Creative […]
Coming to NAB? Come see results of our 12 camera test Tuesday night
Hey all – One of the (many) reasons I haven’t been writing lately has been I’ve been up to my neck in the SCCE. What’s that? The Single Chip Camera Evaluation. Zacuto started the idea and Bob Primes ASC designed and supervised all the testing. I was one of the planner/organizers, as well as post […]
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Creative Suite 5.5 + Subscriptions
Adobe has a new subscription option that gives you the latest Creative Suite software for a monthly or yearly fee. For After Effects CS 5.5 the cost is $49 per month on the yearly plan, or $75 per month. Upgrades are $179 for CS5 users, and $299 for CS2-CS4 users. The full permanent license is […]
NewTek Reveals LightWave™ 10.1 Stereoscopic Camera and Interactive Production Workflow Enhancement
LAS VEGAS – NAB 2011 – April 11, 2011 – NewTek, a worldwide leader of 3D animation and video products, will showcase NewTek LightWave™ 10.1, the latest version of its Emmy® Award-winning 3D software, at NAB 2011 in Las Vegas. With advanced modeling and animation tools built to integrate into any production pipeline, LightWave 10.1 […]
After Effects CS5.5
Just one year after the release of After Effects CS5, the AE team has cooked up a very nice update with some significant new and updated features (plus a lot of nice small ones as well) that will be of interest to both motion graphics and visual effects artists. To share our take on these […]
Travel lighting kit
I often get asked how I carry my lighting gear on shoots, and what gear I use. This is a big question, with lots of answers. The simplest way to deal with airlines and portability is use speedlights. Today there are more accessories than ever for speedlights, and you can create some incredible images using […]
AE CS 5.5: New Creative Techniques Introduction
Chris Meyer introduces his favorite new features in AE CS 5.5 in the first of a complete training series hosted by Adobe, AE CS 5.5: New Creative Techniques Introduction. How do you spell woohoo?! I’ll skip the sexy stuff with multiple tutorial movies, and just include ETLAT here. […]
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Avid announces FCP cross-grade, other stuff at NAB
Avid held their press event on Sunday evening of NAB at the beautiful Aria hotel. The stage was decked out in Avid purple and we heard from several Avid executives including CEO Gary Greenfield. While there weren’t many big announcements that really fit into the world we cover here at the Editblog they did announce […]
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