BenQ: a new 27-inch monitor with Technicolor certification

BenQ: a new 27-inch monitor with Technicolor certification

Featuring the world’s first USB-C Docking Station on a monitor, the PD2710QC is a 27-inch QHD (2560×1440) IPS LED display that delivers 100% sRGB color accuracy and wide viewing angle performance. BenQ states this is a monitor designed for designers, but the specifications do suggest this new display may interest different professionals. In fact, the […]

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Communications Satellites

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The year 2017 marks the sixtieth anniversary of the first artificial earth object to orbit this planet. Sputnik 1 was launched on October 4th, 1957, from what is now known as the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, formerly a part of the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). The only function of the object was to repeatedly […]

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AVerMedia showcases 4K HEVC live streaming at ISE 2017

AVerMedia showcases 4K HEVC live streaming at ISE 2017 2

AVerMedia will be present at the ISE 2017, held at RAI Amsterdam from February 7 to 10, to present its latest products offering multi-display streaming technology with professional grade quality. The company will showcase its 4K HEVC encode and stream video solutions for multiscreen content delivery, focusing on the real time performance of live streaming […]

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The 2017 guide to video monopods

The 2017 guide to video monopods

Which video monopod is better? It depends, really. That’s why we prefer to present readers a selection of monopods that all have one thing in common: they have feet, to help stabilize the camera for video. They’re video monopods. Whether you shoot live events, weddings or documentary, a monopod  is a practical solution. A monopod […]

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2017 Oscar Nominees with links to ART OF THE CUT editors

2017 Oscar Nominees with links to ART OF THE CUT editors 5

The following are Oscar nominees with links to Art of the Cut interviews with the film editors involved. ART OF THE CUT would like to thank each editor for their participation and congratulate them for their contributions to this year’s nominated films and nominees. Best Picture Arrival (Joe Walker, Editor) Fences (Hughes Winborne, Editor) Hacksaw […]

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ART OF THE SHOT: Christian Sebaldt, ASC

Sebaldt

In 2010, Christian Sebaldt, ASC, won a Primetime EMMY and an ASC nomination for his work on “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.” Sebaldt was the Director of Photography for “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” from 2008 – 2015 amassing 74 episodes shot and oversaw the transition from shooting CSI on film to digital. More recently you could see […]

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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Creating Film Looks with BCC

Let's Edit with Media Composer - Creating Film Looks with BCC 9

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about how to create organic looking film looks inside of Avid Media Composer, using some effects from BCC 10. […]

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Light the background to light the foreground

Light the background to light the foreground 10

Years ago, when I first lit a shot of an actor, head to toe, standing on a green screen cyc, I learned a lesson that has stayed with me to this day. I’d never done anything like this before, and I knew I needed space lights but I didn’t know in what configuration they should be […]

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G’Audio Works, a spatial audio plug-in for Virtual Reality

G’Audio Works, a spatial audio plug-in for VR

Filmmakers and sound engineering professionals were able to offer life-like hearing experiences to the end user through the use of G’Audio Works, a plugin which can be seamlessly added to Pro Tools. We wrote here, before, that Virtual Reality is highly dependent on sound positioning for complete immersion, something that has been missing from some […]

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ProDOF: Depth of field tools for FCPX

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ProDOF is, said Christina Austin, CEO of Pixel Film Studios, “the perfect set of tools for video editors that want to create the illusion of rack focusing from one subject to another subject in a scene.” The software combines racking focus with slight zoom in and zoom out functions to amplify the effect of creating […]

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