From Filmmaker to Stock Footage Evangelist

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Not too long ago a particular image on Twitter caught my eye, and you can probably see why… From period pieces to shot-on-film aerials, see some epic new footage in Recreated. http://t.co/gigZfLgfmW pic.twitter.com/yfwnTT4puN — Dissolve (@dissolve) August 19, 2014   This was a still from a showreel that’s featured on the Dissolve website, and all […]

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AJA CION 4K/UltraHD/2K/HD Production Camera Now Shipping

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AJA Video Systems’ CION 4K/UltraHD/2K/HD production camera is now shipping globally. Ergonomic and lightweight in design with unparalleled connectivity, CION™ is capable of shooting at 4K/UltraHD and 2K/HD resolutions. In-camera recording directly to the Apple ProRes family of codecs, including 12-bit ProRes 444, enables incredible image quality capture to cost-effective AJA Pak SSD media at […]

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Fast Title Changes in Final Cut Pro X

On this week's Final Cut Pro X Under 5, Steve Martin from Ripple Training shows us how powerful the Timeline Index can be when it comes to modifying titles. If you've been navigating to titles by scrolling along the timeline, you won't want to miss this tip. By selecting Titles in the Timeline Index, you […]

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Wrapping Text Around an Object

Motion's text formatting, styling, and animating capabilties are deep – and when combined with Motion's realtime playback engine, creating text-based animations is downright addictive. This week on Motion Magic, I show you how you can wrap text around an object in 3D space. The object can be anything on a transparent background: graphics, video with […]

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Product Review: The Padcaster Mini

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In addition to the original Padcaster for the full-sized iPad, they’ve developed a solid, smaller variation for the iPad Mini, plus a host of other accessories to make this ingenious design even more attractive in production – more than just a frame to hold while shooting video and time-lapse shots. Since the first announcement of […]

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