Frank Zappa documentary funded on Kickstarter

Frank Zappa documentary

Alex Winter, a director and writer of movies and TV, launched a Kickstarter campaign to create the definitive documentary about Frank Zappa, and save the musician’s never-before-explored private vault. The Kickstarter campain, which ends April 9, achieved its primary goal but there is still more to do to save the Vault, a treasure of thousands […]

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NDI – the Reason to Upgrade to NewTek TriCaster Advanced Edition 2.0

upgrade advantages for NewTek TriCaster Advanced Edition 2.0 with NDI

If you are not yet running NewTek Advanced Edition on your TriCaster, use this guide to learn about NDI and get yourself on Advanced Edition 2.0 as quickly as possible. Our guide outlines the advantages of upgrading to NewTek TriCaster Advanced Edition 2.0 software for TriCaster. Yes, there are great additional features and tools, but this update includes the much anticipated NewTek […]

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Video LED light with wireless control

Phottix Video LED Light 720A

Lighting for video and photography became easier with the use of LED panels, and it is even easier with the introduction of wireless control for these lights. Being able to control the light emitted by LED lights  wirelessly makes complete sense and is something I asked for since trying the first LED panels, years ago. […]

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Flowers at high ISO with the EOS 80D

Canon EOS 80D

I had the opportunity to try a Canon EOS 80D for three days, but rain and bad weather made it difficult to use it for what I wanted: video of surfers riding waves and flowers in the fields. Still, I got to photograph the first lupine flowers of this Spring, at the end of a […]

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Camera drones to dominate NAB Show 2016

Camera drones to dominate NAB Show 2016 1

With all the buzz in the skies over the personal drone industry the past couple of years, there is a heightened awareness of just what these small UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems), which are little more than automated/assisted remote flying cameras. The technology is evolving so quickly that what was shown at last year’s NAB is […]

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4K Timelapse workflow in Compressor

4K Timelapse workflow in Compressor 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9NUcbuBUg4 This week on MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin from Ripple Training shows us how to use Compressor to turn an image sequence into a movie. You might already know that you can perform this task in Final Cut Pro X, in Motion, or even in Quicktime. But it might surprise you to know that you […]

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Three Step Workflow with G-Technology Evolution Series

Workflow tips for g-technology evolution series

Video and film editors who work with HD and 4K file based workflows need  reliable, rugged and high performance video storage for working on site, in the field, and in the studio. G-Technology has put together a complete workflow for you utilizing their Evolution Series’ HGST 7200RPM enterprise class drives  – the most reliable drives in the world. […]

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A digest of last week’s photo and video news – Week 13

ebooks

A digest of last week’s news is a selection of some of the news from week 12 from 2016 related to the worlds of photography and video, covering multiple topics, always rounded up with a reading suggestion. A transportable NAS Although a NAS is not exactly the kind of equipment you carry around, the new […]

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In Praise of Lens Flares

In Praise of Lens Flares 4

I never thought I’d type those words without something knife-like poking me in the back, but my new Apple TV helped change my mind. Years ago, when the last ice age receded and I was working as a young second camera assistant, I saw a camera operator and first camera assistant get into a lot of […]

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Retiming animations in Motion

Retiming animations in Motion 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHvvnDBdOXU&feature=youtu.be&a This week on MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin from Ripple Training some tips for retiming animations in Motion. Now, retiming of video clips in Motion quick, easy, and quite a bit of fun: you can apply a constant speed change, for example 75% or 200%; you can apply a variable speed change by […]

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