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PVC at NAB 2013: New Products from Schneider Optics

By Kurt Gardner | April 29, 2013

Schneider unveils new products and upgrades, including the Xenon FF-Prime line and the iPro system of lenses for the iPhone.

PVC at NAB 2013: New Products from Schneider Optics from Createasphere on Vimeo.

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Shutterstock Showcases New Way to Find the Clip You Want at NAB 2013

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | April 29, 2013

Ben Pfeifer, Shutterstock VP of New Business, and Vivek Garg, Shutterstock Product Owner, talk to us about what Shutterstock can offer creatives of every size and type. They also talk through a new technique that allows users to find clips that they're looking for in a much quicker... Read More

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VFX pro produces short film with a Macbook Pro and Adobe Creative Cloud

Adobe Creative Cloud offers virtual production hub for collaborative workflow

By Meagan Keane | April 29, 2013

Hasraf (HaZ) Dullul is a well-known visual effects supervisor in the motion picture industry. He began his career in video games and computer-generated sequences before moving into visual effects and compositing for feature films. As a visual effects supervisor and lead compositor, he’s... Read More

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Using Cartoon in After Effects

Go beyond the defaults to get more interesting looks.

By Chris and Trish Meyer | April 29, 2013

As we’ve mentioned before, we updated our After Effects Apprentice video courses last year. As part of adding and reorganizing material, some movies got cut. But we hate to see anything go to waste, so we’re reposting them here for free - including a three-movie set on using the Cartoon effect.

Cartoon may be one of the most unfairly maligned tools in After Effects. Some of that is due to burn-out based on the popularity of the this look a few years ago; a lot of that is due to the less-than-attractive default settings for Cartoon. But if you’re reading this, you know to go beyond the default settings - and learning those settings is the basis of this first movie.

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HUD and UI graphics in ‘Oblivion’ + titles

By Rich Young | April 28, 2013

'Oblivion,' a new movie directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Tom Cruise, features a unique mix of practical and digital effects. The HUD and UI graphics seem to have been mostly shot in-camera after being created by a team lead by Bradley G Munkowitz, aka GMUNK.

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After Effects ExtendScript Training: Ep. 4

ExtendScript Script Writing Training

By David Torno | April 27, 2013

Welcome to episode 4 of the After Effects ExtendScript Training series. This week we will be diving into the After effects Object Model structure learning the order in how we can access After Effects via ExtendScript. I'll also go over some helpful tips on preparing your script... Read More

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Steven Soderbergh’s State of Cinema 2013

At the 56th San Francisco International Film Festival

By Eric Escobar | April 27, 2013

I don’t have any pictures from the talk at the Kabuki Theater in San Francisco today.

EDIT: I lied, here is one.

Steven Soderbergh requested that people don’t photograph or record video or audio of the talk, and I am honoring his request.... Read More

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G-Tech Showcases Four New Products at NAB 2013

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | April 26, 2013

Greg Crosby, G-Technology Product Line Manager, talks through four new products the comapny rolled out for NAB 2013.

G-Tech - NAB 2013 from ProVideo Coalition on Vimeo.

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Canon’s new XA20 and XA25 cameras fulfill wishes from my Open Letter to pro AVCHD cam manufacturers

In addition to adding many other general improvements, Canon is first to fulfill wishes from my Open Letter.

By Allan Tépper | April 26, 2013

Back in November 2011 (17 months ago) I published an Open Letter to pro AVCHD camera manufacturers. With their introduction of their new XA20 and XA25 cameras at NAB 2013, Canon has fulfilled some of the key wishes I had expressed in that Open Letter, in addition to making other improvements... Read More

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Sony Lets You Choose Your 4K Experience at NAB 2013

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | April 25, 2013

Tatsuro Kurachi, Sony Electronics Director of Marketing & Product Management, talks to us about the 4K solutions Sony had to show at NAB 2013. He provides specific details around the F65, F55, F5 and FS700 which are all 4K enabled cameras. 

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Check Out an Exciting Suite of Products from Matrox at NAB 2013

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | April 25, 2013

Dan Maloney, Matrox Technical Marketing Manager, talks to us about the suite of products Matrox had to showcase during NAB 2013.  He gives us some details about the Matrox Monarch HD as well as the new Matrox Mojito 4K.

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Benro Showcases Some Brand New Products at NAB 2013

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | April 25, 2013

Brian Hynes, Product Marketing Manager for Benro, shows us the new Benro S8 Video Head as well as the new three-legged monopods.  He tells us how these products can be used in the field as well as where space is an issue.

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PVC at NAB 2013: Litepanels

By Kurt Gardner | April 23, 2013

Senior product manager Ali Ahmadi shows Litepanels' newest and largest fresnels, the Sola 12 and the Inca 12.

PVC at NAB 2013: Litepanels from Createasphere on Vimeo.

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Using Behaviors in Motion

On this week's MacBreak Studio

By Mark Spencer | April 23, 2013

This week on MacBreak Studio, I talk with Steve Martin from Ripple Training about using behaviors instead of keyframes for creating animation in Motion.

Almost everything in Motion can be animated either with traditional keyframing methods or by using procedural objects... Read More

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Rubén Abruña tests his Blackmagic Cinema Camera with waterwheel short

See Rubén’s grading workflow from uncompressed CinemaDNG RAW 12-bit to DaVinci Resolve & FCP X.

By Allan Tépper | April 22, 2013

Rubén Abruña (who now lives in Zurich, Switzerland) recently received his new Blackmagic Cinema Camera which he had ordered in July of 2012. Rubén decided to take a one-day break from the grading of his La Casa Ausente documentary to test his new camera and its... Read More

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After Effects ExtendScript Training: Ep. 1, 2 & 3

ExtendScript Script Writing Training

By David Torno | April 19, 2013

Welcome to the After Effects ExtendScript Script Writing Training series. My name is David Torno and I will be taking you through the process of creating scripts using Adobe's scripting language called ExtendScript. This is a weekly series focused on teaching you, the After... Read More

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NewTek commits to adding internal waveform monitor to TriCaster 40

Sometime in 2013, even the entry model TriCaster 40 will have an inboard waveform monitor to facilitate camera matching.

By Allan Tépper | April 19, 2013

After expressing my profound constructive criticism about the lack of an internal waveform monitor in the TriCaster 40 (both publicly (in ProVideo Coalition magazine and privately) in 2012, I am now delighted to report that I have just received written confirmation of NewTek’s... Read More

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Check out the New Cameras from Hitachi at NAB 2013

By Jeremiah Karpowicz | April 19, 2013

Hitachi Kokusai USA's Emilio Aleman describes Hitachi's new cameras, including the world's first hand-held 8K camera.

PVC at NAB 2013: New Cameras from Hitachi from Createasphere on Vimeo.

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New 28-80mm Lens from Carl Zeiss featured at NAB 2013

By Kurt Gardner | April 19, 2013

Zeiss National Sales Manager Richard Schleuning shows the company's new 28-80mm compact zoom lens at NAB 2013.

PVC at NAB 2013: New 28-80mm Lens from Carl Zeiss from Createasphere on Vimeo.

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Fountain & Slugline: How to Write Screenplays in 2013

How I abandoned Final Draft and learned to love writing in Fountain and Slugline

By Eric Escobar | April 19, 2013

Screenwriting software is not a sexy area of technology development. There are no "game changer" releases like in camera-land. I have yet to see a "one more thing" moment of shininess, like with a new computer hardware introduction. At best, a screenwriting application is a practical workhorse... Read More

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