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MEDIAPRO leads across the audiovisual value chain with help from Signiant Media Shuttle

Marc Andreu Valls, Director Media Management, MEDIAPRO US November 13, 2019

MEDIAPRO is a leading independent production company in Europe’s audiovisual market. Offering a full slate of technical and creative services, our portfolio includes everything from content production, to post…

Adobe Photoshop Camera: smartphone photography the Adobe way

Jose Antunes November 12, 2019

Amid all the news from Adobe MAX 2019, one is special for smartphone photographers: Adobe wants to re-imagine what’s possible with smartphone photography, with its own camera app…

Highlights from Filmtools’ Fifth Annual G-Oktoberfest

Derek Stettler November 11, 2019

Filmtools in Burbank hosted their biggest end-of-year party—the fifth annual G-Oktoberfest—on Thursday, October 24th. The event kicked off at 1pm with a launch celebration for…

SMPTE Hollywood explores Deepfakes: creative promise and potential perils

Jose Antunes November 07, 2019

The next SMPTE Hollywood Section meeting explores “deepfakes”, and how the emerging field of synthetic humans can be used for both entertainment and nefarious purposes. Under the title “Digital Humans…

NewTek TriCaster Mini (2019) video mixer goes NDI-only

Allan Tépper November 07, 2019

Imagine a video mixer (“switcher”) without any traditional camera inputs: no inboard HDMI or SDI inputs at all. That’s what the new TriCaster Mini (2019) has done, which instead…

The popular Microsoft PowerToys utilities are back, now for Windows 10

Jose Antunes October 31, 2019

PowerToys are a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity. The original Microsoft PowerToys appeared for Windows 95. If you’re…

RØDECaster honors iconic RE20 mic with a preset

Allan Tépper October 30, 2019

Some may ask: “Has hell frozen over?” when they hear that the worldwide known mic manufacturer from Australia (RØDE) has just announced that it has added a dedicated equalization…

Anker adapter could let RØDE SC6-L audio interface work with USB-C devices like Android, Mac and more

Allan Tépper October 29, 2019

As I have covered in prior articles, the RØDE SC6-L is a powerful yet misunderstood and unappreciated dual-channel audio interface, with bi-directional 48 kHz 24-bit…

Red’s Jim Jannard shuts down failing Hydrogen Phone Project

Gary Adcock October 25, 2019

So, nearly 3 years ago, I was one of those skeptical, yet still jazzed about Red’s announcements that they were going into the cell phone/camera business. Less naive…

Review: Screen, a new pro video player for macOS

Adam Wilt October 24, 2019

Screen is a macOS-native “video player for video people”. It’s a fast, flexible, and elegant player with copious keyboard shortcuts, NLE-style transport controls, LUT support, transcoded and…

EOS -1D X Mark III: better video and an impressive step change in autofocus

Jose Antunes October 24, 2019

A step change in autofocus, that’s how Canon describes the new EOS-1D X Mark III DSLR camera, which introduces dramatically improved image quality, video and communications. Now that…

RØDE unveils NTG5 short shotgun microphone

Allan Tépper October 22, 2019

NOW UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Under strict embargo until now, RØDE has just unveiled its new NTG5 short shotgun microphone. The Australian manufacturer states that the NTG5 sets a new…

The Virtual Production Field Guide: your FREE pocket guide to VP techniques

Jose Antunes October 22, 2019

Written by Noah Kadner, The Virtual Production Field Guide is your FREE digital pocket guide, if you’re interested in or already producing projects using virtual production (VP) techniques. Get…

My first time at NAB Show New York

Scott Simmons October 22, 2019

Last week was my first ever trip to New York City for NAB Show New York. I wasn’t sure what to expect and the claims of “it’s just…

Review: Samson DE50x head microphone with micro-miniature capsule

Allan Tépper October 21, 2019

Here is my review of the ≈US$170 Samson DE50x head microphone with micro-miniature capsule. The DE50x includes 4 windscreens, a collar clip, and a very practical carrying case…

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