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Modern NLEs are incredibly complexes pieces of software. Some things are easy to find and essential to just performing basic video editing tasks. Others are buried or tucked away …
Cinema lenses are an entirely different world with various mounts and customizations. You can truly refine a lens to be absolutely perfect for your system – if you are …
Using just the basic transitions – cuts, dissolves, wipes, etc – can get stale after a while. If you want to inject some more excitement or energy into your …
Among the simplest and most effective editing techniques is to match up your cuts with the beat of the background music or action. For videos that lack any sort …
Split screens are a good way to get a lot of information on the screen. They can also complicate your timeline since you are going to need to layer …
The 4K/2K Raw option on the Sony FS5 makes it kind of a big deal and can transform the little camera into a 12bit cinematic beast. Sony ICE Alister …
Ever since its introduction at last year’s IBC Show in Amsterdam, the PXW-FS7 has been taking the professional video world by storm. Easily the most sold camera in Europe …
Assimilate’s SCRATCH software is not only a premier DI solution delivering real-time data management of dailies, conforming, editing, advanced colour grading, 3D compositing, finishing and mastering for your projects, but it can also be …
One of the less known features of Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve is the ability to stabilize shaky footage. Some people are seriously questioning whether the Stabilizer in Resolve performs as good …
No matter what kind of project you’ve been involved with over the years it’s more than likely that you have used ProRes, or any other type of intermediate codec at …
Remember these super cool freestyle extreme sports videos where the guy on the skateboard is jumping off the vert ramp high in the air, and suddenly the action slows down, …
It’s quite impressive how much the technology has grown as of right now, and it has no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Talking about the NLEs in particular, …
With the implementation of the S-Log2 profile in the A7s, Sony has finally fulfilled one of the highest demands of professional shooters and enthusiasts alike for enhanced control over the …
Shooting day for night makes a lot of sense in many shooting scenarios, especially for small independent productions. Probably you don’t have the resource to hire a team for night …
Shooting green screen has become an expected part of the current film production environment. Whilst films such as Avatar combine live-action with computer generated characters thus resembling to a …
Three months ago Avid upgraded their existing intermediate codec DNxHD by adding DNxHR codec flavours that now support resolutions higher than HD. The new capabilities of the codec are based on an architecture …
The round tripping process between different editing applications is not always a straightforward one, yet it’s a necessity for many editors and an integral part of their everyday routine. Each …
One of the most common advises many professional editors would give young filmmakers is to try and find the best editor you know and the one you can afford to do …
Before answering this question we should take a more in-depth look at the definition and structure of video codecs. There is a lot of confusion and misunderstanding about how codecs work, what are …
Many of us still underestimate the power of the video editing features of Adobe Photoshop CC. Sure, who does actually need Photoshop when we have great NLEs like Premiere …