Guy Tal’s More Than a Rock: Essays on Art, Creativity, Photography, Nature, and Life is a 256 page book available this September 2015 from Rockynook. Ostensibly about landscape photography, the book is a passionate and personal work about creativity and expression. If you’re a technical minded photographer, this book may not be for you. As […]
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After Effects offers two ways to adjust the volume of an audio layer: the Levels parameter in the Timeline, and the Stereo Mixer effect, which can be added to a layer. Levels works on a logarithmic scale to match the way sound loudness actually works in the real world; Stereo Mixer uses a linear 0-100% […]
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We’ve previously covered what Mercalli V4 can do to and for footage, and it’s no small feat. As Bruce Johnson said, when it comes to footage that’s taken from a camera that isn’t stabilized, much of that footage is unwatchable and even unusable. proDAD’s Mercalli V4 SAL+ addresses the vibration, skew and other motion defects […]
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The Phottix Laso TTL Flash Trigger system is the first offer from Phottix that is compatible with Canon’s radio-enabled flashes, like the Speedlite 600EX-RT or 430EX III-RT, but it is in fact more than that, as it allows to mix non-radio flashes, both Canon and Canon compatible, through the use of Laso Receivers. That’s the […]
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At IBC 2015, Adobe revealed some exciting new changes to our video products upcoming updates to the CC 2015 professional video and audio applications, including what’s coming in After Effects, due for release later this year. […]
iPhone exposure meter apps Cine Meter and Cine Meter II have been updated for proper operation with iOS9. Please update! […]
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe goes further in-depth into archiving your Media Composer projects by looking at another paid for Third Party utility from a company that has come back from a bit of a hiatus. Automatic Duck’s Media Copy. As great as free is, sometimes you need a little extra power to archive […]
As the title says, Codecs are probably the single most confusing thing in editing, especially in Media Composer. Most editors don’t know that Media Composer supports a ton of native codecs, you just need to know how to get your footage in, without having to recompress every shot! […]
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Adobe’s consumer division just announced Premiere Elements 14 and Photoshop Elements 14, including many new features. One of the new features in Premiere Elements 14 is its initial support for 4K Ultra HD, among many other features. Those video producers who like Adobe’s products but don’t need the full feature set of the Creative Cloud […]
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On this week’s Under 5 minutes, I provide some tips on how to key highly compressed footage shot against a white background, using the Keyer in Final Cut Pro X. […]
