RocketJump practices and teaches next-generation filmmaking

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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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KEEP CALM: The FAA and sUAVs/Drone Rules Examined

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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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Holiday gift lists for digital video creators

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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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Audio-only Cross-fades in Final Cut Pro X

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 […]

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Entry Level Action Cams for Christmas

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The passion for video making starts, many times, at an early age.  Although Smartphones offer video capture, a small camera may be the best option for many situations. The cameras suggested here may be good Christmas gifts for young people avid to try their hand at creating their first stories. Adults will love them too! […]

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