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Getting a video production into post-production and avoiding common pitfalls is a dreaded territory for many filmmakers. As acquisition equipment and formats evolved, over the past 10 years, the world for post-production has changed dramatically. What was once reserved for the highest echelon of film and TV
It’s almost surreal that this option is finally here after years of countless requests and rigorous debates on the topic. Adobe just announced that Premiere Pro CC, After Effects CC and Media Encoder CC now support the creation of Apple ProRes files on the Windows platform, making the export
Esteemed pro audio mixer and recorders maker Sound Devices have released details of their highly anticipated firmware update v3.00 for the MixPre series of audio recorders, mixers, and USB audio interfaces. As a reminder, firmware v2.21 was released earlier in the year alongside the more musicians-oriented MixPre-3M and
With the recent Osmo Pocket announcement, DJI and GoPro have instantly become direct competitors in the action camera segment as now both companies have an enticing offering for aspiring filmmakers and sports enthusiasts to get their hands on. GoPro HERO7 Black is still one of the best
I was browsing for some accessories for my SmallHD Focus monitor the other day, and as I was looking for a sun hood, I stumbled upon a new accessory for the SmallHD Focus monitor family that I didn’t know existed – the Pan Module. Made by SmallHD,
Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Pros are undoubtedly at the top of the list for many creative professionals looking for a viable option when it comes to reliable and efficient video editing on-the-go. With increasingly impressive specs updated with every new iteration, these laptops come packed with the latest components
Not long after releasing a major update for their URSA MINI Pro cameras with Camera Update 6.0, raising the max ISO to 3200 among other new features, Blackmagic Design have also released a new update 15.2.1 for their DaVinci Resolve colour grading/NLE/VFX suite. The latest DaVinci Resolve 15.2.1
Esteemed audio maker Rode Microphones recently announced their all-in-one podcasting production studio – the RODECaster Pro, and now they have also released some really useful demo videos and tutorials to get you started and help you get the best out of the unit. Some of these videos
Blackmagic’s latest offering, the Pocket Cinema Camera 4K, has been garnering massive attention throughout 2018 that started right after its official announcement back at NAB in April. Now that the camera is already in the hands of early adopters, many users are still discovering new tricks, techniques, and
Over the years, DaVinci Resolve has progressively evolved from being an advanced color grading platform to a full-featured piece of post-production software packed with a multitude of video editing, audio editing, and compositing tools and assets. With the new 15.2 update, Blackmagic aims to bring some new
Being a one-man band can be frustrating and difficult when the pressures of operating a 2nd camera, or sound on your own get to you on a busy shoot. We’ve all been there, the budget is too tight, the client has “all of a sudden” decided to
Like most video editing platforms, Premiere Pro CC includes a plethora of editing features and plugins one of which being the crop effect. Unlike Photoshop where cropping affects the canvas and/or the dimensions of your particular project, in Premiere, this effect works as a uniform mask-like tool
SmallHD released a major OS3 firmware update for their latest models monitors last November, packing new features and improvements including a new autonomous calibration feature that lets you calibrate your SmallHD monitor without the use of a computer as well as improved and customizable False Colour giving
Completely out of the blue, Nvidia just unveiled TITAN RTX – the world’s most powerful desktop GPU, providing massive performance for most demanding creative applications. Powered by the brand new NVIDIA Turing architecture, TITAN RTX delivers 130 teraflops of deep learning performance and 11 GigaRays of ray-tracing performance. In other
The RED Hydrogen One has been a rather polarizing device, to say the least, amid tons of hype and some expected delays. A very ambitious device, as with all RED products, the Hydrogen One seems to be evading my sight at least here in the UK, as
Earlier this year in a somewhat discreet, yet stylish manner, Apple introduced their latest 15-inch MacBook Pro while touting it as the most advanced Mac notebook ever. This time the upgrade was focused on the graphics processor, giving customers the option to upgrade all the way to a
Not long after announcing the MoVI Wheels (which we covered here), Freefly Systems, the makers of the popular MoVI Pro stabilizer gimbal optimized for pro cinema cameras like the ARRI Alexa MINI and RED cameras, recently released details of their upcoming firmware update for the MoVI Pro. Firmware
Of the many video editing applications available on the market these days and besides the quickly advancing DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro CC and Final Cut Pro X are still dominating as a preferred go-to option in the world of creative professionals in 2018. With drastically different design
Austria-based Angelbird Technologies, that many of you are familiar with thanks to their fast and tiny SSDs, have been creating exciting recording media solutions for indie filmmakers for some time now. Recently, AngelBird announced a dedicated Match Pack for the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K designed to
RED Digital Cinema has just added the Dragon-X 5K S35 sensor option into the unified DSMC2 system. The Dragon 5K S35 sensor addition to the DSMC2 lineup marks the 4th option cinematographers now have when choosing a sensor for the simplified, and unified DSMC2 family, which also
