Jeff Foster, an award-winning author and filmmaker/photographer, recalls seeing a segment shot where a helicopter flew through the Honopu Arch on Kauai’s Napali Coast. “Breathtaking,” he says, “but we can do a lot better today with a drone and a 4K camera. And we can do it for a lot less money and a lot […]
This is a review of the Sennheiser PC–8 digital mic/headset with 48 kHz sampling. Ahead you will hear my test recordings, both flat and with Hindenburg’s one-click Voice Profiler equalization, against another microphone recorded simultaneously. You’ll also learn about how to set the Sennheiser PC–8’s built-in A-D (Analog-to-Digital converter) via software for 48 kHz, which […]
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In this first of a two part lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe tackles probably the most confusing concept when it comes to editing in Media Composer. What is Consolidating vs What is Transcoding. In this lesson, we take a look at What Is Consolidating? […]
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If you want to have the versatility and control of a DSLR in a smaller body and do not need to change lenses, then a bridge camera may be your best friend, also for video, where they can offer some surprising results. That’s what we try to show here, through one guide that looks at […]
HitFilm and leading YouTube channel Film Riot have joined forces to launch a game-changing filmmaking product for FREE. HitFilm 3 Express is the ONLY free software to include all-in-one editing and professional visual effects backed up with a vast range of tutorials and unparalleled support. Film Riot have produced the short film Portal Combat to demonstrate the Hollywood-quality special effects made possible […]
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Flanders Scientific had two major announcements that will impact various corners of the industry. One will greatly affect customers throughout Europe while the other offers details around the replacement for the outgoing 23″ BM230. Full info around each is available below. ______ Flanders Scientific is pleased to announce the launch of ShopFSI.eu, an online store […]
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This week on MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin from Ripple Training how to do a 3D text tracking & fly-through in Final Cut Pro X. Tracking an object to a video clip within Final Cut Pro X can be tricky without using a third-party plugin but creating the illusion of 3D text floating in […]
Last week, we posted a short tutorial on using expressions to measure the distance between two points. This was triggered by playing around with the new Face Tracker in After Effects CC 2015, which in Detailed Features mode generated a number of point controls that track different facial features including the eyes, corners of the […]
You could be forgiven for thinking that to illuminate 3D layers in After Effects, you just add one or more 3D lights and edit their parameters to taste. But that just controls how a light is cast – if you want to also control how a layer receives that light, it’s worth a dive into […]
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Affinity Photo for Mac may well be the reason why Apple dropped their own Aperture photo editor and indexing system and will never launch the Aperture 4 Mac users were expecting. While many had to look elsewhere for options, some Mac users have waited for the surprise from Serif, a company that has mainly been […]
