The Optical Devices Division of FUJIFILM North America Corporation will showcase its entire range of Premier PL 4K+ cine lenses and the Cabrio cine/ENG-Style lens series at the Cine Gear Expo 2014, being held from June 5-8 at The Studios at Paramount in Hollywood. The Premier PL 4K+ Series features the fastest T speeds available […]
Month: May 2014
Who Wants to Take ANOTHER Lighting Class?
Due to the success of last year’s lighting class Abel Cine has asked me to come back and do it again. So I am: “How to Light Faces: Hard Light, Soft Light and Damage Control” It will be held on May 28th, 2014 at the Mole Richardson Stage in Hollywood. Topics discussed will include […]
Nikon Df field report
When the Nikon Df was announced late last year, people took notice. A vintage styled camera with a modern sensor under the hood. Pretty cool. But some photographers were skeptical about the retro styling and performance of the camera. I've been shooting a Df for a couple of months now; thousands of images on assignments […]
Discover How Lars von Trier’s Films Ravish and Revolt Audiences Across the World
Peter Hjorth is a long time collaborator of the most interesting Scandinavian directors and Lars von Trier in particular. Peter serves as 2nd unit director, visual effects supervisor and/or post production wizard on all kinds of special projects. Other collaborators include Thomas Vinterberg, Lone Scherfig, Hans Petter Moland and Academy Award winners Susanne Bier and […]
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Do video hardware product drivers really have to live behind a registration wall?
Not to jump onto a soapbox here but I’ve had two instances in the last week or so of product drivers hidden behind registration walls that has prompted this post. On the surface this seems like not such a big deal as one would think that a registered hardware product would be a simple sign-in […]
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Pro Tools 11 Hardware and Software Upgrade
There are many of us in Hollywood and beyond who depend on the dependability of Avid’s Pro Tools digital audio workstation. Many of us have been using it for many years and in many different hardware and software iterations. Studio owners like myself, wade in slowly as we take the plunge, in time and money, […]
Digital Asset Symposium Where Multi-Industry Experts Look at the Lifecycle of Assets
What: The Annual Digital Asset Symposium (DAS). DAS will address the full life cycle of the media asset – from content creation to rights management to assuring asset preservation – with speakers and case studies addressing what works in the real world. Each part of the life cycle impacts the next and DAS is the […]
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Don’t Copy Those Proxies!
Do you have to keep editing when you travel? This week on MacBreak Studio, I talk with Steve Martin from Ripple Training about taking your edit on the road. The scenario is this: you are editing in your office on a Mac Pro with your media on a large RAID like a Pegasus2. You've decided […]
Blackmagic Production Camera Noise Test
How much noise is too much noise? Or, is the better question: How much noise can DaVinci Resolve's noise reduction clean up pushed Blackmagic Production Camera footage? I take the Production Camera and test all three ISOs to see exactly where each setting lands when it comes to noise, and how likely noise reduction can […]
5 Reasons to Add CMS to Your Marketing Technology Mix
With the rise of mobile technologies and social media, marketers and advertisers have been forced to re-think the ways their brands connect with customers. Marketing and advertising professionals still need to create great content, of course. But now they need to produce that content for a much wider range of media channels. They need to […]
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