The presentation from Alex Rodriguez, Urban Drones CEO, titled “What Film Makers and Videographers Really Want From a Drone and How These Changes can Benefit Other Sectors” brings to the international meeting organized by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), the aspirations of professional filmmakers: drones that are modular, like cameras. The conference […]
Splash Drone is a waterproof drone with live video feed, payload release mechanism, emergency flare system and camera stabilization gimbal. It is designed to carry a GoPro camera to capture action adventures on water or land. Created by Alex Rodriguez, the Splash Drone project was funded through Kickstarter. A total of 315 backers pledged $303,429 […]
On MacBreak Studio we’ve started discussing the new features and improvements in the Final Cut Pro 10.2 update that was announced and became available during NAB in mid-April. In today’s episode, Steve Martin from Ripple Training walks us through an example in order to demonstrate the new masking features added to the color correction effect […]
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Central hall is almost always where NAB attendees want to spend most of their time, and 3D Robotics’ presence there this year likely caused more than a few people to stay even longer than they had planned. Their Solo announcement was one of the highlights of the entire show, as the dual computing power, 3-axis gimbal […]
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G-Tech’s new Rugged hard drive lineup includes several different models to offer varying protection, and integration with their existing Evolution Series drives and dock. Dan tested out the G-Drive ev ATC to see how it stood up to the elements. […]
The internet has been abuzz the last few days as the good folks over at FxFactory have solved one rather important missing feature of Final Cut Pro X – A floating, resizable Timecode window. Timecode is a new, free download that adds just that. It’s nice and it’s free. This has been available in most […]
If you’re an After Effects user, you’re familiar with the Tools panel along top of the user interface. However, if you’ve been mousing up to that panel to change tools, you’re wasting time; you can change tools by pressing its corresponding shortcut key, revealed by hovering the cursor over it to reveal its Tool Tip […]
Not too long ago, Panasonic released info about the broadcast package they created for the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), which was designed to transform NJPAC into a world-class broadcast center. With this upgrade, NJPAC now stands alone as the most advanced and best-equipped to handle all aspects of video production within its own […]
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The new X3 ND 10 stop filter from Breakthrough Photography is the sharpest and most color neutral ND I’ve ever used, wrote photographer Art Wolfe when asked to try the filter. So, the claim made by the company behind this Kickstarter project seems to be right. Art Wolfe is not alone. Bryan Carnathan, from The […]
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A year has passed since I published my article called Have AJA/Blackmagic forgotten about ABC/Disney/ESPN/FOX?. I wrote that article because at that time, both AJA and Blackmagic had released new cameras, but neither included 720p, even though at least 39 US networks use it. While AJA responded that there were no plans to add 720p to […]
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