Author: Shawn Steiner
There is a lot to know about video editing and finishing. Editing and color grading tend to get the most attention as they are the flashiest bits of the …
Everyone knows that the best filmmaking investments are lenses. Glass lasts. Cameras get replaced. Unfortunately, until recently, the only way to get good lenses was to throw down a …
Canon impressed all when they released the EOS C200 Cinema Camera. It did internal 4K Raw – and it was (relatively) affordable! Sure, it cut down on some features …
Speed ramping has become more and more common, especially since it is so easy to do in modern editing software like Adobe Premiere Pro. The quick techniques allowed by …
New and experienced editors have likely asked themselves, “What NLE should I be using?” In the past decade, I went from Final Cut Pro 7 to Avid Media Composer …
The past few months have been a near-constant stream of exciting camera news. It has completely changed the camera landscape and now we all had to check out all …
Editors spend a lot of time, well, editing. If you are a beginner or amateur you may end up spending a lot more time editing than professionals since you …
It’s no secret at this point that recording times on the just-released Canon R5 are going to be somewhat limited by heat. Canon themselves even released a document showcasing …
When rumors started popping up about Sony potentially using a smaller CFexpress format in the a7S III I got worried. I am fortunate enough to be deep enough in …
Something that almost never gets old is watching professionals duke it out against beginners and amateurs. Sometimes it’s fun to see how much better they do or how surprisingly …
I think we are all hopeful that some sense of normalcy will return sooner rather than later. And there is some evidence to support some parts of the world …
If you haven’t heard, Apple has recently refreshed the standard 27” iMac with 5K Retina Display. It still has the same look as it has had for years – …
If it hasn’t been said enough already, the Sony a7S III is actually for real here! It’s been a long five-year wait and now the question is whether or …
Ever since laptops became powerful enough to handle serious work like video and photo editing, many people switched to just using a laptop as their main machine. It makes …
Everything you can do to speed up your video editing is valuable. The extra time you spend editing is time that could be spent doing even more to improve …
Anti-gravity cam sounds like a great tool for stable footage. Well, if you didn’t know, there is actually an “AntiGravityCam” tool available right now for filmmakers, and it’s made …
If you want to make sure your next film or video project gets finished, you’ll need a solid editing station. Now, assuming most people are editing and shooting smaller …
There’s no way to escape the full-frame versus APS-C debate. Some people claim the format differences mean everything, while others say that in real-world use it can all look …
There were tons of cameras released this year with one of the most important ones being the Sony FX9. As with practically every cinema camera released ever, the camera …
As far as compact, powerful cinema cameras go, the Blackmagic Design Pocket 6K is still the one to beat. Unfortunately, for getting that much camera at such a low …