Thrilling theater-goers with “The Last Showing”

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Since the age of 13, director Phil Hawkins has cultivated his passion for filmmaking by writing and directing for both stage and screen. His work as a commercial director has earned him more than ten advertising awards, including a Roses Advertising Award, while his short and feature films have won awards at festivals around the […]

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After Effects World keynote by Andrew Kramer

Andrew Kramer presented the keynote at the 2014 After Effects World conference and made it available on Video Copilot. It was edited using the multi-camera workflow in Premiere Pro CC. The full version is available and posted down the page. But first, here's an excerpt on about demo reels. It's a topic well-addressed by Adobe […]

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ALEXA’S 10th Software Update Released: SUP 10.0

ARRI customers are rushing to download the 10th free software update for ALEXA, which was released this week following an open beta that began in August. It is available now at http://www.arri.com/camera/alexa/downloads/. The many features in Software Update Packet (SUP) 10.0 have been chosen based on feedback from numerous set visits and a continual dialog […]

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Small UAV Coalition Launched to Advance the Commercial Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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Iconic photo and commercial small drone manufacturers, 3DR, Aerialtronics, Airware, Amazon Prime Air, DJI Innovations, Google[x]’s Project Wing, GoPro, and Parrot all join forces to form a coalition to fight for the rights to commercial small UAV/UAS useage and work with existing orgnaizations to devlop safety and proper regulatory oversight in this exploding industry. WASHINGTON, Oct. […]

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Film Convert Opens Cinematography Competition

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There is a simple rule to participate in this cinematography competition: you need to grade your film with Film Convert, a software said to convert your digital footage in the timeless and romantic look of analog film. If you do not own the program, it does not matter: you can download a trial version and […]

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Preparing for Cinema 4D Lite v2.0

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Adobe pre-announced many of the new features for the next version of After Effects CC 2014 at the just-passed IBC show. One of the big additions will be upgrading Cineware and Cinema 4D Lite – the 3D modeling and animation program that comes bundled with After Effects CC – to version 2.0, based on Maxon’s […]

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Boris FX Adds Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve Support to Boris Continuum Complete and RED Product Lines

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Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated VFX and workflow technology for video and film, announces added host support for Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve to its flagship product line, Boris Continuum Complete (BCC), and to Boris RED. “From the advanced vector titling of Boris RED 5.5 to the many and varied VFX filters in BCC 9, […]

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Premiere Pro News Notes #10

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Here's another collection of news on tutorials, tips, and related tools assorted with Adobe Premiere Pro. Things have been a little slower, perhaps in anticipation of a Creative Cloud update, though paywall training courses saw several new releases. See the October 2014 update in New Creative Cloud and mobile apps at MAX 2014. The big […]

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Email Marketing For Freelancers – Why You Need A Mailing List

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I started off this series of posts last month with a look at simplified accounting for freelancers, using FreshBooks.  This month I want to talk about an incredibly powerful, yet highly underused marketing tool, the email newsletter. Not setting up an email list when I first started my business is the absolute number 1 mistake […]

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