Author: Shawn Steiner

The recently launched full-frame Cinema Line series from Sony seems to finally have a clear picture from top to bottom with the release of the FX3. By adding this …

It’s always great if you can learn from the best, and one of the best things about filmmaking is a lot of the tricks that filmmakers use can be …

If you haven’t heard yet, the S-Cinetone profile has made its way into a firmware update for the Sony a7S III. Promising a film-like look with improved skin tones …

Green screen work used to be completely outside the realm of what indie filmmakers or creators could do. Now with our powerful computers and free software you can actually …

Ideal shooting environments are 100% under our control. Some electronic making noise in the background? Just unplug it. A light shining in from the window? Pull the curtains or …

Another day. Another camera. And another test of whether the M1 Macs can handle some insane new codec or resolution. Today that test involves the new 8K video coming …

Blackmagic dropped its first “Pocket” model back in 2013. It’s been nearly eight years and the improvements have been substantial. This line has done a lot to push the …

Fix it in post is one of the worst plans you could make. Unfortunately, sometimes its the only plan you have left. Sometimes it’s you own errors during shooting …

Add some spice to your next videos by using some stylized transitions. Doesn’t seem like much and only takes up a fraction of the video, but it has a …

Snuck into the announcement of the M1 Macs was that the Thunderbolt 3 ports were also USB 4 compatible. It sounds minor – and is minor until more USB …

Plugins can be huge time-savers for video editors. There are so many parts to video editing – especially for independent workers. We are talking about the basic edit, audio, …

Blackmagic managed to keep their Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro under wraps right up until they launched it a few weeks ago. The cool part is it appears to …

I’m not going to sugarcoat it – the Sony FX3 and a7S III are practically the same camera. The sensor, processing, screen, frame rates, and features are all the …

One thing that makes a video look professionally made is adding in some tracked effects. Moving subjects and VFX that line up with elements on screen is difficult, but …

Different software is better for different things. It’s a fact of life. With NLEs that sometimes means round-tripping between color grading programs, visual effects, and your basic timeline, plus …

Gimbals changed the game for independent film productions. These days they simply continue to get better. One of the latest for creators is the DJI RS 2, a relatively …

Part of getting the cinematic look involves actually real-world tools that impact the image and change how the camera sees what’s in front of it. It’s isn’t as simple …

Before Canon released the C70, the best budget cinema camera in their stable was the C200. It’s still a spectacular camera and has things (like raw) that the C70 …

Starting with a guide to build a budget PC for 4K editing and then a guide for a mid-range 6K machine, we now want to look into getting setup …

If you ever needed to change frame rates in DaVinci Resolve – because it was set wrong or you have a need for multiple options in a single project …