The GoPro Fusion is the long-awaited 360 VR camera that shoots a full spherical 5.2k video with seamless stitching and Overcapture for complete scene coverage. The Fusion desktop software does a remarkable job of stitching and much more; while the Premiere Pro plugin provides the ability to “reframe” your spherical shots into high quality 1080p […]
Editors Will Merrick and Nick Johnson co-edited the film Search, which premiered last weekend at Sundance 2018. Search is the first feature for director Aneesh Chaganty, and it was written by Chaganty & Sev Ohanian, and produced by Ohanian and Natalie Qasabian. It stars Debra Messing and John Cho, and features a story told entirely […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RxMkr3lG34 This week on MacBreak Studio, I talk with Steve Martin from Ripple Training about how to work with Camera LUTs and Creative LUTs in Final Cut Pro X. In version 10.4 released last December, Final Cut Pro changed how it works with LUTs. It now distinguishes between two kinds of LUTs that are each […]
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I’ve been busy enhancing FieldMonitor, my iOS app for wireless camera monitoring and control, and I haven’t come up for air much (aside from reviewing the EVA1). With version 4.5 fresh out the door I thought I’d give a brief overview of what’s been added recently. Better Sony Compatibility Basic Sony control was added in […]
Panasonic’s VariCam LT 4K camera has a new firmware update that sets the cinema camera up for live and “near live” multi-cam use. The firmware will be released next February. Panasonic’s new firmware upgrade to the VariCam LT 4K camera expands the number of situations where the camera can be used, transforming what is already […]
RED cameras, iMacs and MacBook Pros for editing, three female filmmakers, industry pros as mentors, and Final Cut Pro (10.4) to “glue” the filmed material into short films, served Apple’s goal: to show the latest version of its NLE. In Los Angeles on a Saturday morning in November, a crew of 10 students from Hollywood […]
Created to meet the needs of independent content creators, Camera Cage, available in three sizes, offers the possibility to combine a wide range of accessories on their mirrorless or DSLR cameras. A camera cage offers the possibility to attach a wide range of accessories that a “naked” mirrorless or a DSLR cannot give. Manfrotto’s Camera […]
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Quasar Science Q-LED tubes have a very popular new lighting option, but oddly enough Quasar doesn’t offer any photometric output data on their website. So after hearing this question far too many times, I finally put a meter on my standard 4′ Quasar Q-LED crossfade tubes. I’ll update this post in a few weeks with […]
The new 502 Bright monitor from SmallHD is really small. It comes with a new edition of its big brother, the 7-inch, now dressed in black: the 702 Black. It’s bright, it’s nimble and perfect for your gimbal. It’s the 502 Bright, offering 1920 x 1080 resolution, 1000 nits bright and 441 pixels per inch. […]
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There comes a time in every working filmmakers life where at the end of the day, they have to dump all the footage they shot onto a couple hard drives for delivery and backup. Quite often, this happens on-location or in the field, which is one of the reasons so many people have tried to […]
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