Canon C100 Short PULSE Debuts Online

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One of the first projects to be shot on the Canon C100 is now online.  Commissioned by Canon and directed by Emmy-award winner Patrick Moreau of stillmotion, the docu-short PULSE profiles the making of the BioBeats app, a new technology that utilizes cameras to generate custom music based on a human heart rate.    Apparently […]

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Nikon Produces 75 Millionth Nikkor Lens

TOKYO – Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that total production of NIKKOR lenses* for Nikon interchangeable lens cameras reached seventy-five million at the beginning of November 2012. Nikon (then Nippon Kogaku K.K.) released its first NIKKOR lens for Nikon SLR cameras, the NIKKOR-S Auto 5cm f/2, in 1959 along with its first SLR camera, […]

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How to Light & Pose a Seated Bride

Having a portrait of the bride done before the wedding is something all photographers should think about doing. Besides the extra revenue, it provides confidence not only for the bride, but for yourself especially if you are a new photographer. If you don’t have in mind what you’re going to do in posing, you may […]

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Professional Video Editing Just Got Better – Autodesk Smoke 2013 Now Shipping

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Endorsed by twenty five thousand Facebook fans, six industry awards and thousands of new users through the trial download and active forum communities, Autodesk, Inc., (NADSAQ: ADSK) announced that the new Autodesk Smoke 2013, professional video editing software is now shipping.  “The anticipation for Smoke, since its thrilling announcement at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in […]

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Editing video on a previous generation Apple iMac

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As Apple’s big, expandable, workhorse towers – the Mac Pro – has been seemingly left withering on the vine the last couple of years and a lot of professional editors with it. Many of those editors have moved to a laptop or an iMac as their primary edit machines rather than purchase a new tower. […]

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After Effects Apprentice Free Video: Spotting Dialog

As we mentioned recently, we've been updating our After Effects Apprentice video courses to reflect changes in the third edition of the book. One shortcoming of previous editions of the book that we corrected with this version is to give audio better coverage, including a new exercise on mixing music and dialog together. In this […]

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proDAD® Debuts Defishr™ Automatic Video “Fisheye” Correction App; Flatens Warped Video & Still Image

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proDAD, the acclaimed developer of digital video effects and image enhancement technologies today unveiled a new innovation called Defishr – an automatic video fisheye corrector application for Windows® which is highly effective at removing the warp and perspective (compression) distortion caused by very wide angle camera lenses on GoPro-type action cameras, DSLR cameras fitted with […]

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The Hobbit: Back to Middle Earth

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Almost nine years have passed since the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King during which loyal Tolkien fans speculated whether its literary prequel The Hobbit would ever make it to the silver screen. The adaptation was originally supposed to be a marriage of minds with Guillermo del Toro directing […]

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Sandals Resorts switches to Adobe Premiere Pro CS6, boosts productivity by up to 40%

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Imagine creating upwards of 150 wedding videos a month—that’s roughly five each day! Each one has to be creative and stunning; after all, the videos memorialize one of the most important events in couples’ lives. At Sandals Resorts, a talented crew of four manages production of wedding videos for the company’s 21 Caribbean resorts. The […]

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