EditReady 1.2 now overshadows ClipWrap

EditReady 1.2 now overshadows ClipWrap 1

Since 2011, I have appreciated how ClipWrap added proper support for malignant PsF within just days of my initial request, alleviating the woes of many Canon AVCHD camera owners who appreciated pure progressive without any unnecessary de-interlacing. More recently, I was surprised to see how ClipWrap’s creator —Divergent Media— added support for professional XAVC Long […]

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‘The Walking Dead’ Invades 2015 NAB Show

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Key members of “The Walking Dead” team will appear at NAB Show, which takes place in Las Vegas in April. Cast member Steven Yeun, “The Walking Dead” comic book creator and series executive producer Robert Kirkman and AMC President Charlie Collier are confirmed to participate in the general session “More of What You Crave: The […]

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The Terence and Philip Show Episode #65: Look back on 2014

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To listen to the Terence and Philip Show episode #65 where Terence Curren and Philip Hodgetts discuss what resonated with them in 2014 and how many of those developments are impacting them in 2015, click the player below. A transcript of the episode itself is below the player. Podcast: Play in new window | Download […]

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SXSW 2015: More than twice as many films cut with Adobe Premiere Pro this year

SXSW 2015: More than twice as many films cut with Adobe Premiere Pro this year 7

What a difference a year makes. Last year at the 2014 SXSW Film Conference & Festival a respectable 23 films had been cut with Premiere Pro, including gems like Evaporating Borders by Iva Radivojevic and The Immortalists by Jason Sussberg and David Alvarado. That total has more than doubled with 60 films showing this year […]

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Final Cut Pro X Workflow: The Book … Read about FCPX’s first Hollywood Feature Film Edit

Final Cut Pro X Workflow: The Book ... Read about FCPX's first Hollywood Feature Film Edit 11

It was late February 2015 when some might say Final Cut Pro X had its big confirmation, a coming out party if you will when Apple published its biggest In Action article for FCPX as of yet:editorial of the new Will Smith movie Focus. It’s a good read about how FCPX cut its first major […]

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A Wireless Microphone for Nikon DSLRs

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The new D7200 DSLR from Nikon, a DX-format camera, offers FullHD video, time-lapse advanced functions and a wireless microphone as some of the features videographers will appreciate. But there is more… Nikon’s newest DSLR features a powerful 24.2-megapixel DX-format CMOS sensor with no OLPF (optical low-pass filter),  capable of producing stunning images and maximum sharpness […]

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Is Time-Lapse the New Video?

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Advertising companies have understood the power of time-lapse to tell stories, so we’re seeing more and more of these time-compressed movies appear everywhere. There is a unique magic to time-lapses, whether they are the result of complex productions from a team working together or simple sequences of photos taken over a certain amount of time […]

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The Vitec Group Acquires Paralinx

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The Vitec Group has acquired the business of Paralinx, a California company known for its high-quality wireless video systems. Paralinx will be incorporated into the Vitec Group’s Videocom Division, complementing its existing brands. Paralinx was founded by Dan Kanes and Greg Smokler, two members of the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG) who sought to develop a […]

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20 Hours of Full HD Video on a Memory Card

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SanDisk Corporation introduced the 200GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I card, Premium Edition, the world’s highest capacity microSD card for use in mobile devices. In just one year after introducing its record-breaking 128GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC card, SanDisk has increased storage capacity by 56% within the same fingernail-sized form factor.  Keeping up with the demands of […]

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“My RØDE Reel” – The World’s Largest Short Film Competition Returns Bigger and Better for 2015

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Pro-audio brand RØDE Microphones is excited to announce that the ‘My RØDE Reel’ international short film competition – first launched in 2014 to huge international acclaim – will return in 2015, with an increased total prize pool of more than $200,000 in prizes. My RØDE Reel’s inaugural competition saw RØDE receive a staggering 1,120 entries […]

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