A question I often get is: Which is better for mediographers or mobile journalists: an Android or iOS device? In fact, it’s something that I find myself continuing to reevaluate almost every month, especially since the traditional smartphone applications and carrier provider issues still weigh into the overall decision when we discuss smartphones, as opposed […]
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Meters, loudness, levels and the CALM Act can be a technical and somewhat confusing topic. I will try to make this useful with a minimum amount of geekery. As a point of reference for this article, we’ll use the current US standards for loudness. iZotope’s Insight meter First, a brief refresher on audio levels in general. Digital […]
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I received an edelkrone Wing 7 to test a few days ago. Unboxing it, I was in for a surprise. It’s bigger and heavier than I thought. It is also a fantastic piece of engineering. The promise of “perfect slides, no rails” from the edelkrone Wing presented by ProVideo Coalition last August extended to three […]
Quentin Tarantino to Oliver Stone, Ridley Scott or Paul Verhoeven have worked with him. Harry Cohen’s passion for exploring new ways to use sound to tell stories has, invisibly, touched all of us. Now comes the recognition. An 18-time MPSE Golden Reel Award nominee, Cohen has contributed to more than 150 movies and television shows. […]
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The launch of Affinity Photo for Windows marks, no doubt, the beginning of a new era. The program that once was “Mac only” is now a serious alternative for those Windows users looking for a photo editor. The best selling professional picture editing app Affinity Photo run through a quick but intense public beta phase […]
Whether you prefer the Android or the iOS platform (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch), mobile journalism and mediography keeps getting stronger. This applies to both audio-only and audio-with-video production, as well as still photography. For the past several years, I have been covering and reviewing many mobile accessories, both hardware and software. Here is an update and buyer’s […]
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Santa arrives earlier for Anton/Bauer products. For just 48 hours, customers in North America will hae the chance to receive 20% to 25% discount on selected batteries from the world’s premiere provider of mobile power solutions for the film and broadcast industries. Anton/Bauer, a Vitec Group brand, announced an unprecedented pre-holiday sale on the Digital […]
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” Cinematographer Greig Fraser ASC, ACS kicked off his career with an Instant Noodles commercial. Back then, he was so worried about where his next paycheck may come from he implored production to allow him to keep all the leftover instant noodles from the shoot. A month later he developed […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7tcrNlnsQU&feature=youtu.be This week on MacBreak Studio, Ripple Training’s Steve Martin shows us how you can now automatically assign roles when importing audio that is tagged with iXML data. In Final Cut Pro 10.3, roles are assigned automatically by default to video, titles, dialogue, music, or effects, with Final Cut making it’s best guess based on […]
Mark Day and Harry Potter are probably on a first name basis. He’s edited four of the Harry Potter films, starting with Order of the Phoenix. Other films include The Legend of Tarzan, Ex Machina, and The Theory of Flight. Before his feature film career, he worked on many of the BBC’s premiere movies, TV […]
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