With all the rage in standing desks, standing things (and standing in general) the importance of a good editing chair may have been forgotten. One of my biggest regrets when I started my career many years ago is that I didn’t spend the $1000 (give or take a few hundred) on a high end chair. […]
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Ep. 17 getAELanguage Free Function Friday […]
When, recently, Scott Simmons tested the Fastcut software I had written about before – read his article, Automatic video editing with MAGIX Fastcut – I felt I could add another aspect to the discussion, following his invitation for people to share information about other automated video editing applications. Although I know video editing software that […]
Producing a TV show strictly for a live TV or Internet audience has both advantages and disadvantages. The same applies to doing a pre-recorded show for one-time later broadcast or on-demand consumption. In this article, you’ll learn the pros, cons and guidelines for each, plus the recommendations for hybrid production, where you can have your […]
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Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey have a long and fruitful collaboration with the prolific J.J. Abrams. The team’s latest collaboration, “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens” has earned Brandon and Markey Oscar nominations for Best Editing. […]
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This week on MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin from Ripple Training how you can create camera zooms and pans on 4K footage in post. When you are working with 4K clips in a 1080HD timeline, you have a lot of extra resolution to work with. 4K (the 3840 x 2160 flavor) has 4 times […]
Panasonic has published an online simulator the VariCam’s menu system, so you can get up to speed on the camera’s interface and setup options before a VariCam gig. […]
I was intrigued by a recent post from PVC’s Jose Antunes about Fastcut, a PC video editor that claims automatic video editing. I’m often intrigued by these automated products that claim to the do the edit for you but had never tried one. As luck would have it I was cataloging some old GoPro footage […]
If you miss the warm colour of tungsten light on film sets, rejoice. Incandescent light may be coming back, on a mix of traditional light bulbs with 21st-century energy efficiency. Research in technological areas is, sometimes, a baffling experience and one that changes values we take for granted. The old incandescent bulb created by Thomas […]
Read how the Monarch HD effectively serves many streaming and live production needs in this case study. […]
