The easiest way to simulate shattered or broken glass in After Effects is with Shatter, an older 8-bit per channel plug-in that ships with After Effects. Originally developed by Brian Maffitt under the Atomic Power banner, Shatter is mostly used for shattering glass, brick walls, puzzles, and so forth, but also used to generate 3D […]
Month: September 2014
Intel’s New Processor Speeds Up Video Rendering
Intel's new consumer processor is not on the same league as their Xeon chips, those used in workstations, but the Haswell-E is the fastest processor many working videographers may need, at a much lower price than the Xeon costs. Recent tests show results that may surprise everybody. The entry level processor costs close to $400. […]
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Multi-screen Multicam in Final Cut Pro X
Putting the Angle Viewer into the Timeline? That is essentially what Steve Martin from Ripple Training shows us how to do in this week's episode of MacBreak Studio. So why would you want to? When editing a multi-camera shoot in Final Cut Pro X, you first create a multicam clip, which contains each camera […]
Creating a Retro Mummy Image
Today on the Slanted Lens, we are shooting out at the old LA Zoo in Griffith Park. It used to be a creepy place, nestled in the overgrown brush about the current LA Zoo. While it has been cleaned up and is open to the public to visit, the creepy factor is still there. We […]
OFFICIAL: GoPro HERO4 Lineup Announcement!
Beyond the leaks, rumors and speculation over the past month, we’ve got the official press release directly from GoPro this morning, complete with images and a great new launch video. This lineup of cameras is truly impressive and we’ll be sharing a hands-on review with you shortly as well. GoPro Introduces HERO4 – The Most […]
Product Review: 3D Robotics RTF Y6 Multicopter
Beyond traditional smaller quadcopter designs on the market, the usual choice for an upgrade is a hex or octocopter… but the form factor of 6 motors and props on the three-armed “Y” formation of the 3D Robotics RTF Y6 airframe provides not only good stability in windy conditions, but a hotrod of a UAV capable […]
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Review: iZotope RX 4
A few years back, audio plug in developer iZotope, changed the landscape of digital audio restoration with their groundbreaking software, RX. Several years and several iterations later they’ve released their latest and greatest restoration bundles yet – RX4 and RX4 Advanced. Software this useful and comprehensive really only comes along once in a very great […]
Anura: The Dream of a Pocketable Drone
AeriCam Anura–Pocket size Drone24/7 is a new project on Kickstarter, with pre-order available from mid-October 2014. The new project from AeriCam will be pocketable and controllable through a smartphone. AeriCam expects the price to be under $200. The team at AeriCam has been developing the concept for the last three years, and finally arrived at […]
Lightworks Version 12 is Now Available
Lightworks 12 is finally available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X – making Lightworks the first professional tri-platform NLE in history. Also, as a result of Lightworks' intelligent software architecture, new features and fixes for all three versions will be available virtually at the same time, barring operating system-specific issues. The launch for the […]
Adobe at IBC 2014 – the show in review
It felt like summer in Amsterdam, host city for the International Broadcasting Convention, Europe’s largest industry tradeshow. Inside the spacious RAI convention center thousands of visitors came to see the latest in film and broadcast technology – including previews of the next version of the Adobe Creative Cloud video applications. Bicycles and Amsterdam: they go […]