Switching from Final Cut Pro 7 to DaVinci Resolve Video

DaVinci Resolve

So… you have been one of those editors who held out hope for an update to Final Cut 7. Final Cut X was not your bag. It was not “professional” enough for you and your work so you held on, with your fingertips, for a real update to the “Real” Final Cut. Apple has let […]

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Cyberlink’s PowerDirector 16 bets on 360 video

PowerDirector 16 bets on 360 video

Cyberlink’s Director series of video editing software suite has new versions, with PowerDirector 16, ColorDirector 6, and AudioDirector 8 offering new and enhanced tools to users of the NLE. With the release of PowerDirector 16 and Director Suite 16, Cyberlink introduces several features and a industry leading collection of 360° Video editing tools, including color […]

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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Creating Night from Day with BCC and Sapphire 10

Let's Edit with Media Composer - Creating Night from Day with BCC and Sapphire 10 1

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how, using BCC 10, Sapphire 10 and a little help from Photoshop, you can create realistic Night from Day shots quickly and easily in Avid Media Composer. […]

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Devin Allen’s new book: A Beautiful Ghetto

Devin Allen’s new book: A Beautiful Ghetto

Devin Allen, a 26-year-old West Baltimore resident, only aspired to be a professional photographer. When protests took over his city, the photos published in Instagram propelled the amateur on the global stage. Photographing models and street photography were passions for the young amateur dreaming to become professional.  Inspired by artists like Andy Warhol or photographers […]

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Review: Teradek Serv Pro and VUER

Review: Teradek Serv Pro and VUER 2

Teradek’s Serv Pro is a $1799 camera-top wireless transmitter, sending H.264 video and audio to as many as ten iPhones, iPads, or iPod touches. VUER is the free app that receives the Serv Pro’s transmissions. The two combined form a wireless monitoring system for any production that needs to show a feed to multiple people […]

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Tamron: a 100-400mm for Canon and Nikon

Tamron: a 100-400mm for Canon and Nikon

The Tamron 100-400mm F/4.5-6.3 Di VC USD promises to be the lightest lens of its kind, when it arrives, by the end of 2017, for Nikon and Canon DSLRs. In development now, after a patent was revealed in the Summer of 2016, the new lens from Tamron is an ultra-telephoto zoom lens for full-frame DSLR cameras […]

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SpeedScriber: automated transcripts in minutes

SpeedScriber: automated transcripts in minutes 3

SpeedScriber is a new automated transcription app for content creators, able to deliver affordable and amazingly accurate transcripts in minutes. For macOS. Documentary filmmakers, journalists, audio and video producers all depend on reliable transcripts of their files, whether it be an interview for editing purposes or a text version of the finished product. While there […]

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An Exclusive Look at the​ ​New​ ​EVA-1​ ​from​ ​Panasonic

An Exclusive Look at the​ ​New​ ​EVA-1​ ​from​ ​Panasonic 4

On​ ​September​ ​14th,​ ​the​ ​new​ ​Super35​ ​EVA-1​ ​from​ ​Panasonic​ ​was​ ​presented​ ​for​ ​evaluation​ ​at the​ ​Academy​ ​of​ ​Motion​ ​Picture​ ​Arts​ ​and​ ​Sciences,​ ​along​ ​with​ ​three​ ​shorts​ ​in​ ​the​ ​lovely​ ​Linwood Dunn​ ​Theater​ ​to​ ​show​ ​off​ ​the​ ​images​ ​it​ ​can​ ​produce. I stopped by to see what they looked like. My​ ​main​ ​camera​ ​is​ ​a​ ​Canon​ […]

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ART OF THE CUT with “IT” editor, Jason Ballantine, ASE

ART OF THE CUT with "IT" editor, Jason Ballantine, ASE 14

Jason Ballantine, ASE (Australian Screen Editors) has been in the film industry since 1992 and is currently living in Los Angeles. He has won and been nominated for several Australian Awards for The Great Gatsby, Wish You Were Here and Wolf Creek.  He was also a part of the Oscar winning team for Mad Max: […]

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Blackmagic Design announces Ultimatte 12

Blackmagic Design announces Ultimatte 12

Ultimatte 12 will be demonstrated at IBC 2017, on the Blackmagic Design booth. Discover a new realtime hardware compositing processor that’s perfect for broadcast quality keying and much more. The all new Ultimatte 12 is more than the world’s best keyer, it’s an advanced real time compositing processor designed for the next generation of broadcast […]

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