The new SF3 Series – CFast 2.0 Pro Card Reader from Sonnet is an industry’s first: it has a Thunderbolt 3 interface, for fast transfer of data. With the increasing popularity of profession digital cinema cameras from Canon, ARRI and Blackmagic Design, the use of CFast 2.0 memory cards has soared, and the need for […]
Month: May 2017
Filmmaker Friday featuring Filmmaker Evan Scott Russell
With hundreds of careers and opportunities, the filmmaking industry can be a unique experience for a filmmaker. Options include pitching an idea, or a commission through screenwriting, casting, shooting, editing, and screening your project. Filmtools decided to take a deeper look into the world of a Filmmaker. This week, we had the opportunity to speak […]
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ART OF THE CUT, editing “A Series of Unfortunate Events”
Stuart Bass, ACE is a Primetime Emmy winning editor (for Pushing Daisies) and has been nominated for numerous Emmys for his editing on shows including The Wonder Years, Arrested Development and The Office). He also won an EDDIE for his work on Arrested Development. He’s currently working on Barry Sonnenfeld’s series for Netflix’s, “An Series […]
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HitFilm Express 2017
FXHOME released its free all-in-one video editing and visual effects software HitFilm Express 2017, a subset of HitFilm Pro 2017, the inexpensive yet capable and comprehensive video app. Aimed mainly at YouTube creators, this free Mac/Win software seems capable and feature rich, and a useful resource for almost anyone. Hitfilm advocates include YouTube superstars and indie filmmaking experts like Freddie […]
Vertical video: tips, tools and creative solutions
From a free plugin for Final Cut Pro to a tutorial on Premiere Pro, this article aims to help users to explore vertical video, with tips, tools and even some projects and ideas that can take your vertical video syndrome to new heights. Previously, I published here at ProVideo Coalition two articles about vertical video, […]
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Hasselblad A6D: how to sync 8 100 Megapixel aerial cameras
The Hasselblad A6D-100c represents the latest evolution of Hasselblad aerial cameras, and introduces new option in terms of using multiple cameras, up to a total of eight. NAB 2017 was chosen by DJI to show the new drone from the company using a 100 megapixel camera from Hasselblad, the H6D-100c. Now Hasselblad takes their line […]
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Useful tools for editors: Go Predators edition
It’s been awhile since we’ve visited the Useful Tools for Editors series so in honor of our Nashville Predators making it to the NHL Western Conference Stanley Cup Finals here’s a new batch of software, hardware, books, tweets and tips for editors everywhere. Go Preds! Art of the Cut book Most people reading this column have […]
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CinemaStock, a new stock footage agency
Hundreds of green-screen actors playing different characters, all model-released and ready to use, B-roll, time lapses and much more are included in the footage library created by CinemaStock. Although the price of stock footage has dropped during recent years, it still is not affordable for some of the people who want to use it. That’s […]
Gallery: PNW Lens Summit 2017
On Saturday, May 13, Koerner Camera hosted the PNW Lens Summit 2017, gathering glass from all over in one place for our viewing pleasure. Lens-test charts were pulled from their overhead rails in all the prep bays, making room for models, handy fresnels for causing flares, and a string of Christmas lights for background bokeh […]
Adobe’s new video series on making movies
Adobe has been stretching out with new content for Creative Cloud video editing and motion design in the last several months, and is now offering a new 6-part “essentials” series, How to Make Great Videos (Live Stream Series), and “Make it. A Talk Show from Adobe Creative Cloud.” Make It features stories from all sorts of creatives, so far including Chris […]