NAB 2016 – Editing Essentials for Premiere Pro from mamoworld

NAB 2016 - Editing Essentials for Premiere Pro from mamoworld 1

With the growing popularity of the Adobe Premiere Pro CC panel I wanted to check out the Editing Essentials bundle from mamoworld. This includes BeatEdit (to detect beats in music files), QuickImporter (for a better way to import files) and Still Exporter (to export stills from a timeline). The creator of these tools (Mr. Mamoworld?) […]

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NAB 360º Video Report #3 – The Fabulous Diamond Brothers shoot VR with BMD

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There are many different cameras rigs available to shoot compelling 360º video … and of course Blackmagic Design is at at the forefront of VR innovation with both their cameras and their incredible FUSION software. I had the privilege of interviewing two (and by two I mean a pair of monozygotic twins) brothers who have […]

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NAB 2016 – fayteq and their Matchmoving Plug-in for After Effects fayIN

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One new piece of software that I’ve been seeing make its way into my email in-box is a new tracking and matchmoving solution called fayIN. Coming from a German company called fayteq this plug-in for After Effects moves way beyond a point-tracker to produce some pretty impressive results in a short period of time. PVC has covered […]

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World’s first workstation graphics card with 32GB

AMD FirePro W9100 at NAB 2016

At the 2016 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show, AMD announced the new AMD FirePro W9100 32GB, also available, optionally, in the older 16GB configuration, launched in 2014. It’s a fierce fight and it’s the consumers that benefit from it. NVIDIA has a Quadro M6000 with 24GB, so AMD had to take the GB war […]

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NAB 2016 – All About (and In Depth) With the Tangent Ripple

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I was wanting to go in-depth with some of the cool stuff I’ve found on the NAB show floor so rather than just video a talking head and some b-roll for 10 minutes I decided to do some audio recording. First up for this is a stop by the Tangent booth. They were located in the […]

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These are a few of my favorite things… in Resolve 12.5

These are a few of my favorite things... in Resolve 12.5 5

Just a quick tour of some of the new stuff I like after playing with 12.5 a bit, including some of how to use them or find them in the interface… a bit of tutorial mixed with a review of features. HDR is all the rage at NAB this year – and for about the past […]

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NAB 2016 Discussion – The Role of a DP and Tips and Tricks for the job

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While visiting NAB 2016, I stopped in at the Teradek Live show to chat with fellow DPs and PVC contributors Art Adams and Brian Hallett. We began by discussing some of the camera technology on display at the show, and around the 30-minute mark our conversation diverted into a broader discussion about the role of […]

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NAB 360º Video Report #2 – Ted Schilowitz at the SuperMeet!

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360º video report from NAB 2016 SuperMeet featuring the super smart and always super entertaining, Ted Schilowitz. Ted introduced and hosted the VR session at the SuperMeet – he also staged an impromptu VR movie production which I filmed in glorious 360°: (Don’t forget to watch the 360° video using the Google Chrome browser at the highest […]

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Fujinon: industry’s longest, widest 4K UHD lens

Fujinon UA107x at NAB 2016

Revealed at NAB 2016, the new lens, with a focal length of 8.4 to 900mm, delivers crisp 4K images across the entire zoom range, offers better color capture, and High Dynamic Range. The UA107x 4K UHD lens can be seen along with the complete Fujinon Premier 4K product family during the NAB Show, at the […]

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Philips 5K monitor for better 4K video editing

Philips 5K monitor

Announced last year, but only available this April, the Philips 275P4VYKEB display doesn’t reveal its 5K ambitions until we see it working. This 27 inch monitor has a low-key design and is similar to normal Philips monitors. Until it’s on and you get 14.7 million pixels, from a 5120 x 2880 resolution. It may well […]

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