Dell XPS 15 vs MacBook Pro: Adventures in User Experience

Dell XPS 15 vs MacBook Pro: Adventures in User Experience 1

The Dell XPS 15 is usually the PC compared to MacBook Pro 15” and for good reason — it’s attractive, compact and light, full-featured, and powerful. Yeah, it’s cheaper and faster, which is good, but a few downsides might leave some users wanting. On the other hand, Apple’s missteps adding the superfluous Touch Bar and […]

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Pix: Venice in Portland

Full Frame, baby!

Sony’s Venice full-frame CineAlta camera had its Portland debut at Koerner Camera today, courtesy of BandPro‘s Jeff Cree. At first glance, it’s a reworked F5/F55: the body is much the same size and shape, but with many refinements. The camera body has dual SxS slots at the rear, with a dockable raw recorder form-fitted to […]

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Review: the Agua Stormproof Versa backpack

Review: the Agua Stormproof Versa backpack

Announced last August, through an Indiegogo campaign, the Agua Stormproof Versa Backpack is an intelligent choice if you spend a lot of time on coastal areas or around water and want to keep your gear safe. One of three bags introduced during the Indiegogo campaign launched by Miggo, the others being the Agua Drone Lander […]

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Creating the Pleasantville Look in Final Cut Pro X

Creating the Pleasantville Look in Final Cut Pro X 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq9p3rCJXhQ&t=3s This week on MacBreak Studio, I show Ripple Training’s Steve Martin how to create the “Pleasantville” or “Sin City” look using the new color tools in Final Cut Pro X. The essence of the look involves isolating a single color on a single object in a shot, leaving everything else completely desaturated. In our […]

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Day 28 #28daysofQuickTips 2018 – Show Channel Volume in the Adobe Premiere Pro Clip Mixer

Adobe Premiere Pro channel volume

Today’s QuickTip is one of those I can’t believe I’ve never discovered that QuickTips. Whenever I learn something from these QuickTips I consider my time well spent. This little feature was sent over by Andy Mees after a colleague of his pointed this tip out after seeing the reader QuickTip earlier this month on modifying […]

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