Panasonic AU-EVA1 revealed at Cine Gear Expo

Panasonic AU-EVA1 revealed at Cine Gear Expo

Cine Gear Expo 2017 is the stage for the presentation of new compact cameras for small crews: Canon had the C200, Panasonic, finally, unveiled the AU-EVA1. Previewed at Cine Gear Expo 2017 and available this Fall, the AU-EVA1 is a new 5.7K cinema camera positioned between the Panasonic Lumix GH5 4K mirrorless camera and the […]

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Sony announces plans for next-generation CineAlta camera at Cine Gear Expo

Sony announces next-gen CineAlta at Cine Gear Expo

The next-generation CineAlta, from Sony, will be a 36x24mm full frame camera, aspect ratio-agnostic, designed in collaboration with industry professionals. The CineAlta brand name from Sony was introduced in 1999, with the first 24p digital camera system (HDW-F900), used by George Lucas in Episode II of the Star Wars prequel trilogy, which Lucas had announced […]

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ART OF THE CUT – PIRATES edition

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Art of the Cut delivered several interviews – per our readers’ requests on docs, trailers and indies) but we’re back to discussing major studio tent-pole features with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. The feature was cut by two big-budget action editors: Roger Barton (Transformers: The Last Knight, World War Z, Star […]

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Videoguys Live Streams On All Three Sites: Facebook, YouTube, and Periscope

Videoguys Live Streams on Tuesdays

This week marked a very special milestone for the video production team over at Videoguys.com. On Tuesday, May 30th, with a little bit of hacking/work arounds, we were able to stream Tuesday’s 2pm live show on all three of the major streaming services, at the same time! Our producer Courtney ran the whole show by […]

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Kicking the tires on Sony’s New 10-Year SSD

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A Drive For All Reasons Writing about hard drives like writing about tires. You need tires, good ones. The kind that will handle the performance of whatever kind of driving you’re planning on doing. You want them to last thousands and thousands of miles with no problems. But once you buy and install them, you […]

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Filmmaker Friday featuring YouTube Superstar Devin Graham

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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ModMic 5 and RØDE HS2: comparing two head microphones

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For many years, I have been intrigued with microphones, and one particular type is the head mounted variety. Few head mounted mics I have tested before today sound great without post equalization. Today, I am going to compare two which share as many similarities as differences, from their respective prices, connections, polar patterns, and ways […]

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Exporting Clips Using Frame.io

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4qKEgE3b4I Have you ever needed to export all the clips in your Final Cut Pro X timeline as separate, individual files? This week on MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin from Ripple Training shows us how to do just that by using Frame.io. While it’s been possible for awhile to export individual timeline clips from FCP X […]

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Dave Basulto: Create Better Video With Your Mobile Device

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Media teacher, Dave Basulto, was tired of the limitations put on his classes due to the low number of cameras available to his students. He started allowing his students to use their iPhones and iPads to help shoot their projects. However, the footage was shaky, the audio was bad, and they were limited to the […]

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