3D HFR and the Immersive Experience

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There seems little doubt that display technology and the way we experience media today won't necessarily look the same throughout the 21st century, any more than Downton Abbey looks like Enter the Void, or a zoetrope resembles Call of Duty. There are, for example, nascent signs around us of technologies that could radically transform […]

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CAPTURE, CONNECT AND SHARE WITH THE LATEST CANON PRODUCTS AT THE 2013 CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., January 4, 2013 – At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, January 8th, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, unveils the vision behind its 2013 lineup of connected digital cameras, camcorders and printers. Visitors to Canon’s booth (#13304) will be invited to explore “Image Incredible” with product […]

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After Effects Apprentice Free Video: Depth of Field Blur

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As we mentioned recently, we've been updating our After Effects Apprentice video courses to reflect changes in the third edition of the book, and in particular new and enhanced features introduced in recent versions. One such feature is Depth of Field blur for 3D cameras in After Effects. AE has supported this feature for years, […]

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Documentary La Casa Ausente produced with 5 camera formats

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What do an iPhone 4s, a Sony Cyber-shot point-and-shoot camera, a JVC GY-HD250, the Canon HV20, a Convergent Design nanoFlash HD recorder, and a Panasonic AG-AF100 camera have in common? These five different video recording devices have been used to produce footage for the green documentary La Casa Ausente (The Absent House), which tells viewers […]

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Blackmagic Design Announces New Low Price for Compact Videohub

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Blackmagic Design today announced a new lower price on its popular Compact Videohub to $2,995.  Compact Videohub features 3 Gb/s SDI, ASI, auto switching SD, HD and 3 Gb/s SDI formats, full SDI re-clocking, USB, redundant power inputs, ethernet and serial router control for only $2,995. Compact Videohub is only two rack units and less […]

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Panasonic Introduces AG-AF100A Micro Four Thirds Camcorder

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Panasonic has released the new AG-AF100A large imager HD cinema camcorder, offering significant improvements and cost-efficiencies over its predecessor, the company’s groundbreaking AG-AF100.  Foremost, the newly-revised AF100A features 10 bit (enhanced 8 bit) 4:2:2 quality output for better gradation of tonal areas when recordingonto external devices, such as a P2 HD recorder.  The HD-SDI signal also […]

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Will TouchEdit be the iPad NLE we’ve been waiting for?

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Ever since iOS came along and began allowing custom apps there have been quite a few video editing applications on Apple's mobile touch platform. Along came the iPad and then the idea of a useful NLE for the touchscreen began to take shape. We've had iMovie for a while (and a lot more lesser editing […]

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Cine Meter for iOS – Beta Testers Needed

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Happy New Year! [Update 5 January: I have all the testers I need, thanks!] I've been beavering away for a while on a new app. Cine Meter is a shutter-priority reflected light meter, an RGB waveform monitor, and a false-color display, for any iPhone / iPod / iPad with a camera and iOS 5 or […]

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Moving and Sharing Final Cut Pro X Effects

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Happy New Year, everyone! We are starting off 2013 by getting a little “terminal”: I talk with Steve Martin from Ripple Training about how to share FCP X effects in FCP X that you modify, create, download or purchase.      […]

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