If you have ever been disappointed when your audio quality drops exponentially as you add more microphones with a talk show, interview or reality, due to a phenomenon called spill, bleed or “crosstalk”, and you can’t afford the time to mulitrack and fix it in post, you’ll be happy to know that there is a […]
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Let's face it, we don't always feel creative. I'm always on the look out for great sources of inspiration. Sometimes l need a little fuel in my creativity tank, and other times I'm looking for ways to visually represent my ideas to team members and clients. Here are a couple of my go to sites […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Note advice on ETLAT updated for AE 2015 at bottom… PRINT A couple of years ago, Jesse Michael Newman released a layer-by-layer video deconstruction of an After Effects project, DECONSTRUCTING GAEA I – Flowing Meditation though the end result was a printed piece as part of a Kickstarter campaign. He has a new piece, DECONSTRUCTING GAEA II, […]
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Marketing for retail went from analog to digital in just a few years, and retail enterprises that were unable to adapt were quickly left behind. Today, more and more retailers are expanding their web and mobile storefronts and even moving into international distribution in an attempt to grow their sales. The retailers that are profiting […]
Hot off NAB, Autodesk Smoke 2015 editing and effects software is now available. Smoke 2015 adds new effects tools, 3D tracking, support for OS X 10.9 (aka Mavericks), support for the new Mac Pro and better-than-ever interoperability with Final Cut Pro X. “The integration of the timeline editor, the visual effects tools, and some familiar […]
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Smooth edges and surfaces on photos are easy to achieve! You can also choose either to remain within the reality of images or go cartoonish or completely out of this world. This, somehow, sums the capabilites of Topaz Clean, one of the tools with the least controls to use in the Topaz Labs family. In […]
I recently came across, in an online forum, a question from someone that is obviously new to photography and wanted to buy a “portrait lens”. That person has a 18-200mm lens, a type of lens that has been much in use these days, as a “do everything” solution. The replies to his plea were, in […]
In addition to offering the wonderful RØDE REC application for iOS which I recently reviewed (link ahead), RØDE is primarily known as a renowned microphone manufacturer from Australia. One of its unique designs is the PinMic, the least obtrusive body mic I’ve ever seen, short of hiding a conventional lav inside clothing. With the PinMic, […]
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How can you reconnect media in a managed library? This week on MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin from Ripple Training the answer to that question by using a common scenario: replacing temp music. As editors, we often spend countless hours combing through stock video, image, and music libraries, searching for just […]
The camera to substitute the EOS 7D will have a new type of sensor, radically different from those in use, some say, something also expected for the Canon top of the line DSLR. Could these be Foveon sensors? The rumor is not really new, and the idea of someone besides Foveon having this type of […]
