You used to hear a whir, the sound of sprockets pulling film from a 15 pound reel at a relentless 90 feet per minute. Then the thpt of a splice going through the gate, then the plunk of the mechanical damper revealing the projector’s diegetic light. Now, you hear only exhaust fans and air conditioning. […]
In August of 2014, I published my first review about Switch called Telestream’s Switch aims to overtake & surpass QuickTime Pro. Since then, there have been several updates and now with version 1.6, new features including audio Loudness measurement, subtitles, and even a new US$49 middle tier. Ahead are the details. […]
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Although many dismiss DSLRs as serious filmmaking tools, producers of movies like Mad Max: Fury Road use DSLRs as part of the production, because they “can really serve a story at any production level”. Redrock Micro provided the special rigs for the DSLRs used in some of the action sequences, and now they offer a […]
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In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe goes over the new features in 8.4 of Avid Media Composer including true Resolution Independence, Timeline Search and AAX Audio Presets. […]
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You may have read my recent article called Meet the Hindenburg family of audio production/editing tools, which is a three-page introduction. So far, I have used many diverse tools to produce audio interviews and co-hosts with Skype. In this article, you’ll learn of three killer Skype audio production features which —to my knowledge— are not available […]
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On this week’s Under 5, Steve Martin from Ripple Training shows us how to create some great backgrounds using our free pack of legacy generators and a few other very nice tips. Get the generators here. […]
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When I recently browsed the web to show some images to a friend, I found a Google entry under “royalty-free stock photos from Jose Antunes | 500px Prime”. I never gave 500px permission to market my photos for me, so I had to investigate… Let’s put things right from the start. I do not sell […]
This week on MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin from Ripple Training shows us how we can save our carefully crafted keyframe animations in Final Cut Pro X for later reuse. Many Final Cut Pro X editors used earlier versions of Final Cut Pro and can get frustrated when they try to make FCP X work the […]
There are still plenty of seats for the SuperMeetUp at the FCPX Creative Summit this Friday in San Jose, CA. Presos by Randy “FCP” Ubillos, Alex “Alex4D” Gollner, and more; $27,000 worth of raffle prizes; food and drink; etc. It’s billed as “the largest gathering of Digital Filmmakers and Visual Storytellers in the San Francisco […]
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Cinematographers, indie videographers or anyone capturing images in Europe must be aware of the new rules that soon may be applied to any use of image capturing devices. If legislation passes, it will be something like this: The commercial use of photographs, video footage or other images of works which are permanently located in physical […]
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