Cheap Lamp Dimmers and Squeezers for Quasars

Cheap Lamp Dimmers and Squeezers for Quasars 1

Lighting dimmers. Everyone needs a few in their kit. You can buy ’em pre-made and robust, or you can DIY them if you are handy. There are even mini in-line dimmers for use in practical fixtures (no cord!). But one of the most affordable dimmers I turn to for tungsten lamp dimming is the Harbor […]

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Conventional Wisdom vs. Delivery Reality

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We were fortunate to get in on the desktop editing and motion graphics revolutions at the very beginning. One of the ways we kept our ahead above water in those turbulent earlier years was by making sure we studied technical delivery issues, as both video and film’s requirements were so different than the way computers […]

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Intrepid 8×10: an affordable large format camera

Intrepid 8x10: an accessible large format camera

Digital may be king, but there is a nostalgia about film and a nostalgia about large format cameras. One British company, producer of 4×5 models, is now ready to deliver a 8×10 model. If you’ve a passion for large format photography, if the names of photographers as Ansel Adams, John Paul Edwards, Sonya Noskowiak or […]

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Avid’s slide about the future of Media Composer

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One of the most intriguing things I saw come out of NAB 2017 wasn’t on the show floor of NAB but rather an image that popped up on Twitter out of the Avid Connect event held in the days before NAB began. It was the result of an Avid Customer Association survey as to what editors […]

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Filmmaker Friday featuring Filmmaker Kenny McMillan

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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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Creating The LEGO BATMAN Movie look with BCC Title Studio

Let's Edit with Media Composer - Creating The LEGO BATMAN Movie look with BCC Title Studio 25

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe takes a look at how to create the Lego Batman logo look using BCC’s Title Studio.  Whether you’re using Title Studio’s standalone or plug-in version, you have a ton of flexibility with this effect, and can create powerful animations that you normally can only do in a compositing application! […]

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Win an Epiphan AV.io 4K Video Grabber from Videoguys.com

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Videoguys is giving away one Epiphan AV.io 4K Video Grabber to a lucky winner on June 1st 2017 Enter now and take advantage of our chances for bonus entries…All entries must be received by 5/31/17. Or, buy an Epiphan AV.io 4K today and save $50 off with our instant rebate when you enter coupon code […]

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DJI Spark: mini drone with Full HD video

DJI Spark: the drone for the whole family

DJI is absolutely covering all segments with their drones, from the industrial grade machines to the Spark, a 300 grams drone able to lift from the palm of your hand. Spark is a family drone meaning it is a small machine, an easy-to-use, fun-to-fly mini camera drone that lifts off from the palm of your […]

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Character Creator now connects to Sketchfab

Character Creator now connects to Sketchfab

Reallusion & Sketchfab partner for 3D character creation and publishing. Now there is a new “Upload to Sketchfab” function inside Character Creator. The new “Upload to Sketchfab” function lets Character Creator 2.0 and Character Creator 2.0 Lite users directly publish 3D characters straight to Sketchfab to share their content with the world. Users can export […]

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Photokina: appear more often or fade away

Photokina: appear more often or fade away

Photokina will be shorter in 2018, will move to May in 2019 and happen each year. Those are the news shared by the organizers, faced with a shrinking number of exhibitors and smaller stands. According to Koelnmesse GmbH, organizers of the Cologne event,  Photokina is repositioning itself for the future, with a new cycle, new […]

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