“Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives.” — Socrates If Socrates were alive today, he would probably own a drone. It’s getting to the point where almost everyone does anyway. Okay, a bit of an exaggeration but […]
proDAD today announced the immediate availability of its new Mercalli V4 SAL+ stand-alone video stabilization and automatic CMOS sensor distortion correction application for Windows users. Under development for more than two years, the new automatic CMOS correction technology automatically corrects distortions in rough action and sports videos, turning bumpy, jumpy, wobbly footage into smooth, watchable […]
In this week's Media Composer 101 tutorial, we're going to look at an effect that is used in just about every documentary, and that is the Ken Burns Effect, or a Pan and Zoom effect. The effect comes standard inside of Media Composer, and is quite simple to use! Working with still images is something […]
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Today on The Slanted Lens, we are getting into the holiday spirit and are headed out to photograph Christmas lights. There are only a couple basic things you need to understand so you can go out and take great photographs of Christmas lights this holiday season. 1. Time of Day: The best time to photograph […]
2014 has been an amazing year for aerial/drone photography and video, and I’ve compiled a list of great products that will appeal to fliers and shooters for all levels! The aerial photography/videography industry has literally taken off this year and so many enhancements, improvements, options and developments in sUAVs and personal drones. We’ve seen advancements […]
The Vitec Group today announced that it has acquired SmallHD, the North Carolina company known for its high-quality, high-definition, on-camera field monitors used by videographers, cinematographers, camera assistants and other creative professionals across the filmmaking world. SmallHD will be incorporated into the Vitec Group’s Videocom division, complementing its existing brands. SmallHD pioneered the design […]
Millions of subscribers to the web show Video Game High School are a testament to the idea that if you produce it, they will come. In 2010, University of Southern California graduate Freddie Wong began making the kinds of videos he wanted to watch and posting them on YouTube. More than one billion views later, RocketJump, the […]
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With the publishing of Jack Nicas and Andy Pasztor's speculative and interpretive article in the Wall Street Journal this past week, it seems every news agency, media outlet and publication has totally lost their minds in a fit of hysteria liken to Chicken Little proportions; sparking “end of days” tweets and forum discussions throughout the social mediasphere […]
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Best of 2014 and holiday gift lists are mushrooming, but there aren’t so many lists for digital video creators at this point, and it seems that most of them are on PVC (with more coming). We’ll link in a few extra lists, and look back the year in After Effects for more ideas. Holiday […]
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How do you cross-fade just the audio portion of an edit point? That's the question we tackle on this week's episode of MacBreak Studio. I start by showing Steve Martin from Ripple Training a simple storyline of clips, where I want to audio portions to overlap, yet I want to retain straight cuts […]
