Editing Temp Music in Final Cut Pro X

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Do you ever work with temp or watermarked music in Final Cut Pro X? Then you’ll definitely want to check out this week’s MacBreak Studio, where I show Steve Martin from Ripple Training my technique that can save you a great deal of time when it comes to replacing your watermarked music with the clean […]

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Interview with Emmy Nominated EP of Survivor & American Ninja Warrior

Interview with Emmy Nominated EP of Survivor & American Ninja Warrior 2

Holly Wofford is an Emmy nominated Executive Producer with doc/reality credits that include Survivor and American Ninja Warrior. She has travelled the globe working in difficult climates while navigating everything from Tsunami warnings to cast members on the verge of quitting the project. Having worked with Holly in the past I knew she would have […]

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ART OF THE CUT on doc editing with Maya Mumma

ART OF THE CUT on doc editing with Maya Mumma 6

Maya Mumma has worked on numerous documentary projects including as an associate editor on Restrepo, and as an editor on Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington, Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin’ to Tell You, Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown,A Journey of a Thousand Miles: […]

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Apple & Teradek to support H.265, but can we use it yet?

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We all want to be able to use H.265 instead of the “old fashioned” H.264 to get higher efficient encoding and compression: the same quality at a lower size or bandwidth, or higher quality/resolution at the same size or bandwidth as before. First, at NAB in April 2017, Teradek announced new support for H.265 in […]

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Seeing RED at the Media Production Show

Seeing RED at the Media Production Show

Sessions with filmmakers and demonstrations of the RED Digital Cinema cameras will mark the company’s presence at the European show, which is back for its second year. RED Digital Cinema will have demonstrations of the RED EPIC-W and WEAPON 8K S35 with HELIUM sensor in the RED VIP Experience Lounge, during the Media Production Show, […]

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Events: Canon, Newtek, ICG Lighting, Blackmagic

Events June 2017

Some upcoming events: chances to see new gear, ask annoying questions, learn from industry pros, and maybe even get a free meal. In chronological order: some are real soon now, others have a bit more lead time. Canon C200, Portland OR Canon and Professional Video will be showing off the C200 camcorder at Koerner Camera […]

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Filmmaker Friday featuring filmmaker Cam McHarg

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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Sigma 24-35mm Cine lens now available

Sigma 24-35mm Cine lens now available

Sigma’s full-frame sensor compatible Cine zoom lens, 24-35mm T2.2 FF Zoom Cine, offering the resolving power and optical quality required for capturing video up to 8K is available for E and EF camera mount systems. Sigma Cinema lenses were first mentioned here at ProVideo Coalition in July 2016, when the rumour that they would be […]

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Denver Riddle: LUTs – No Longer at “Black Box”

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Denver Riddle shows off how easy it is to use the new “LUT Gallery” for FCPX and Resolve to make your footage pop. I gotta say, this is very helpful for those who are not colorists, but still want to achieve a polished look in their edit. For years LUTs have been a black box, […]

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ON1 Photo 2017 editor gets a major update

ON1 Photo 2017 photo editor gets a major update

Launched today, the all-in-one photo organizer, editor, raw processor, and effects app, ON1 Photo 2017.5 has a trial version those interested may want to try… without using the program as an app of something else. Try it, if you dare. It always puzzles me how some people have Frankenstein combinations when it comes to the […]

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