May 2015 - Page 2 of 9 - ProVideo Coalition

AJA Cion Gets A Huge Price Cut

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Brian Hallett

AJA cuts $4000 from the price of the AJA Cion. […]

Free Virtual Set Editor and LiveText to Schools Who Purchase a Professional NewTek TriCaster Academic Version

Posted on May 26, 2015 (June 22, 2023) by videoguys.com

With TriCaster, you’re free to share school news, sports events and other activities—quickly and easily. It’s easy to learn and operate. One person or a small team. Broadcast or webcast the action. Stream live to the Web. Deliver to projector. Record for future viewing. Do it all. All at once. TriCaster gives you the freedom […]

Disney’s Tomorrowland: Realistic Environments On Stage

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Jose Antunes

The recent film Tomorrowland, from Director Brad Bird, uses DPS Cinema technology to create the environments described in the story. DPS Cinema is a principal supplier of the latest in state-of-the-art photo-realistic environments as well as advanced LED lighting solutions for green screen and blue screen. Disney’s Tomorrowland is the story of a former boy-genius […]

3D Title Plugins for Final Cut Pro X

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Mark Spencer

On this week’s MacBreak Studio, we do a little self-promotion as we take a tour of Ripple Training’s four new 3D Title plugins. These plugins are built on the new 3D text features in Final Cut Pro 10.2 and Motion 5.2, so they of course require these versions to run (and these versions of FCP […]

After Effects Hidden Gems: Cropping in the Output Module

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Chris and Trish Meyer

One of the most fun and challenging jobs you can work on is a multi-screen projection. The common way to tackle this in After Effects is to create one large composition that represents all of the screens put together, create your animation in that, and then break it into its individual projections when it comes […]

Review: The Green Screen Handbook, 2nd Edition

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Adam Wilt

Jeff Foster’s “The Green Screen Handbook, 2nd Edition” is subtitled, “Real-World Production Techniques”, and it’s described as “a comprehensive how-to manual that walks you through the many integral techniques required in preproduction, production, and postproduction to use green screen effectively.” […]

Moovit: Control Your Camera Movement With a Smartphone

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Jose Antunes

Back in 2013, Network TV cameraman Danny Dodge launched in Kickstarter a first project, the SnapTrack Cinerails, a lightweight track dolly weighing under 10 lbs. The system, which is now used around the world in film, network television, corporate productions and independent films, adapts to most tripods and can be used as a straight track […]

AirLinc, the iOS app that truly competes with wireless mic systems

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Allan Tépper

For some time, there have been lavalier microphones that terminate with a TRRS to plug into smartphones, as well as compatible handheld digital mics that I have reviewed. There have also been audio apps to record at 48 kHz for video compliancy. But for walking on-camera talent, some producers have been too afraid of the […]

Start at the beginning in After Effects [updated]

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Rich Young

The beauty of Adobe After Effects is that it’s approachable for simple tasks and at the same time has a feature set capable of producing complex film quality effects. […]

Media Composer 101 – Advanced – Editing Music Videos Part 3

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Kevin P. McAuliffe

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about the basics of Multicamera editing in Media Composer, how to set it up and how to make critical changes, when the producer/director is sitting right next to you! […]

Month: May 2015