What exactly are “hard links” anyway? A better question might be “why are they useful?” – which is exactly what Sam Mestman shows Steve Martin from Ripple Training on this week's episode of MacBreak Studio. Hard links allow the Finder to represent files on a single volume in multiple locations – not as symbolic links […]
Month: January 2015
Breaking: The TAYZU 720 Quadcopter at CES 2015
There’s something truly groundbreaking (skybreaking?) getting a sneak preview at CES this week in Las Vegas. It’s a quadcopter that has two hemispherical cameras that take a full 720-degree 1080p/30fps video of the area you fly it in. This…. is going to be huge! There is a new “bird” in town and it sees EVERYTHING! […]
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Canon EOS C100 & C500: Price Drop Prepares 2015
The price drop for Canon EOS Cinema cameras may indicate there is a new line coming up in 2015, but also that Canon has defined their lines of video and photography equipment. With so many people stating that DSLRs are dead when it comes to video, Canon may well be following their wishes and preparing […]
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Motion Graphics for Business – Part 1: Inspirational Films
The New Year is traditionally a time for lists, and as many of the articles I published during 2014 reflected on the last 20 years of desktop video, I thought I’d wrap up the year with a list of films that have made a significant impact on motion graphics during that time. Motion graphics is […]
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Grading with Resolve
My friend Gary Yost has been enjoying learning Resolve. He recently graded a short project I directed, shot, and edited for the Delfina Restaurant Group in San Francisco. Then, he made this great comparision video that shows the original shots next to the graded shots. I thought you might enjoy seeing the difference a good […]
Media Composer 101 – Advanced – Creating SD DVD’s from HD, 2K & 4K Projects part 1
In this week's Media Composer 101 tutorial, Kevin P McAuliffe will show you how to create SD screening DVD's from HD, 2K, 4K and UHD projects. If you don't think through what you're doing, you could run into trouble quicker than you think. As much as some companies would like us to believe, DVD's and […]
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Filming smooth driving footage on a tight budget
Last August I had the opportunity to DP a documentary feature film directed by my good friend Kendal Miller. The story followed two friends as they traveled across the US to the Oregon coast on a motorcycle and sidecar. Much of the film was to be shot handheld, and we planned to intersperse short cut-scenes […]
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The Cinematography of Prisoners
Prisoners was a tense, dramatic movie. I remember being almost exhausted after watching the film for the first time. But as I mulled it over in the following days, I was struck by how subtly powerful the cinematography was. Never did it call attention to itself, but almost every frame was polished and cleanly executed. […]
