KiBAN International Builds One of the World’s Smallest OB Vehicles with Blackmagic Design

Blackmagic Design today announced that KiBAN International, a global e learning company, used Blackmagic Design’s ATEM Television Studio, HyperDeck Studio Pro and SmartView Duo to form the video backbone of one of the world’s smallest HD broadcasting cars, named the Panda Bird. The vehicle carries a full array of switching, monitoring and SSD recording, and […]

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ALEXA M cameras Outfit FascinatE’s Omnicam for Interactive, Panoramic Viewing

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The Omnicam, a new panoramic camera system developed by the FascinatE Consortium (Format-Agnostic SCript-based INterAcTive Experience), utilizes six ARRI ALEXA M cameras to capture footage in ultra-high resolution for immersive viewing. On May 26th and 27th, the Omnicam will be employed at Arena Hall Berlin to record a dance performance of the Carmen Suite by […]

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Sound Devices Showcases Next-Generation Portable Audio/Video Recorders at Cine Gear Expo 2012

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Sound Devices, experts in portable audio and video products for field production, showcases its next-generation PIX 260 and PIX 240 Version 2 portable production audio/video recorders at Cine Gear Expo 2012 (Stand 94). Sound Devices’ new PIX 260 production recorder is based on the company’s field-proven PIX 220 and PIX 240 recorders. PIX 260’s convenient […]

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30 Final Cut Pro X Multicam Webinar Questions Answered

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A couple of weeks ago I hosted a webinar with Moviola Filmmaking Webinars centered on multicam editing in Final Cut Pro X. These webinars are free to attend and available after for purchase on-demand. There’s always a ton of questions we don’t have time to answer so I thought I’d try and answer 30 of […]

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Recently in After Effects

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Here’s another summary of recent news on Adobe After Effects – with more on CS6 and updates, raytracing (or not), hardware requirements, integrating muzzle flashes, looks, assorted tutorials, and plug-ins new and old. After Effects CS6 has been updated to version 11.0.1, with bug fixes and added GPU and 3D renderer support. Todd Kopriva has […]

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The Effective Workplace: It’s All About Your DAM

The workplace of the future (which means you start now) is completely dependent upon workers’ ability to find the most important things at the right time, and put those things together with the best people to solve problems. The line between who works directly for a company, and who is a vendor, partner or other […]

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Drobo Delivers Data Defense

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where we’re all acquiring and creating media at an alarming rate-media that requires vast amounts of storage space. If your clients are like mine, they are remarkably unsophisticated, sometimes even careless, about how and why to protect the valuable images we make for them. Drobo® changes all that. When they come crying to you, wouldn’t […]

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My lengthy Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 review now online

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Last week Studio Daily published my Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 review. It’s a longie but a goodie as I tried to go into detail about what I really like and what I kinda don’t like about this brand new Premiere Pro. I had been pounding it hard on several projects before writing the review. I […]

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The ?ARRI M40? Outshines the Competition at NAB 2012

We asked John Gresch, ARRI Vice President of Lighting Products, to tell us more about the products ARRI had to show at NAB 2012 and he gave us some details about the ARRI M40. It offers more light than what you’d get from a traditional power lamp and features the ARRIMAX reflector. See other ARRI […]

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LIGHTING: Advanced Cucoloris Use Illustrated by a Solar Eclipse

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I love stacking cucolorii (plural of “cucoloris”) and I thought it was time to write an article about how this technique works and why I like it so much. I was a bit stretched for ideas that would illustrate this concept… and then an eclipse happened. Why that made a difference is a very interesting […]

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