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48 fps: A Bridge Too Near?

48 fps: A Bridge Too Near?

Is HFR too realistic to tell a story?

By Chris and Trish Meyer | December 20, 2012

Filmmaker Peter Jackson has recently performed a very public experiment in releasing The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey at 48 frames per second (also known as "HFR" for High Frame Rate). Some movie lovers, members of the press, and even other filmmakers have unfortunately deemed it a... Read More

Destinations and Bundles

Destinations and Bundles

New Sharing Features in Final Cut Pro X

By Mark Spencer | December 18, 2012

On this week's edition of MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin from Ripple Training shows me the new sharing features of Final Cut Pro X.

Vimeo to offer pay-per-view service in 2013

Vimeo to offer pay-per-view service in 2013

I welcome this pay-per-view service from Vimeo Pro, as an alternative to CreateSpace and MOD Machine.

By Allan Tépper | December 10, 2012

In early 2013, Vimeo will open its new pay-per-view service to all Vimeo Pro members. The company recently launched a public preview of the pay-per-view service, including six movies. This add-on service to Vimeo Pro will offer content creators like us a channel to sell our “movies” directly to audiences worldwide, giving us control over pricing, viewing periods, release geography, and bonus content features. According to Vimeo, viewers who buy access to our pay-to-view movies will find them automatically downloaded to their “Watch Later” list so they can access the films immediately on any Vimeo-compatible device — including smart phones, tablets, popular HDTV sets with an inboard Vimeo’s app, setup boxes like AppleTV, Boxee, GoogleTV, Roku, WDTV, and certain Blu-ray players.

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A Light Meter Party Trick

There's one case where an incident light meter can tell you just as much about a lit surface as a reflected meter can...

By Art Adams | November 26, 2012

Incident meters can only tell you how much light is striking them, and nothing about how bright things are in the real world... except in this one situation. This handy trick for measuring the brightness of diffuse backlit surfaces may be the one way you can surprise your gaffer. Read More

11 things I love about Vimeo Pro

I am surprised how many video professionals I meet who aren’t aware of Vimeo Pro, the US$199/year service.

By Allan Tépper | November 26, 2012

#In case it wasn’t completely clear in the title, I really love the US$199/year Vimeo Pro to distribute video for the web, mobile devices, and even for Internet connected HDTV sets. I am quite surprised to find so many video professionals in multiple countries who are completely unaware of the Pro version of the Vimeo service, which exists since August 2011 and includes many unique features not available with the free or Plus versions of Vimeo. Ahead in this article, you’ll find 11 things I love about Vimeo Pro, as a prelude to the upcoming article called Vimeo Pro’s few but glaring deficiencies as of November 2012. But first you’ll hear the good stuff that make me love it so much.

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Webinars in December: Allan T©pper will present 3 different topics live

Register and tune in for any or all of 3 sessions: Cameras, Internet Studios, and Responsive Websites.

By Allan Tépper | November 26, 2012

The first week of December 2012, Allan T©pper will be presenting 3 different topics live on your computer, tablet, or smartphone. The presentations will be on December 3rd, 5th, and 7th, and will be available at 11 am in English and at 1 pm in Castilian (aka “Spanish”) (both USA Eastern Time). On December 3rd, the topic will be How to pick the best cost effective camera for digital cinema, TV spots, documentaries, news, or modern TV studios. On December 5th, it will be Internet Studios. On December 7th, it will be Responsive Websites.

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Adobe has lots of blogs but Kevin’s is the best one

If you're a Premiere Pro CS6 (After Effects too) user then bookmark this useful blog

By Scott Simmons | November 18, 2012

While recently clicking around and updating my RSS feeds in the good ‘ole Google Reader I happened upon this long, long list of Adobe blogs. Adobe is a big company so it's no surprise they have a lot of people blogging about their various corners of the company but the size of that list is ridickerous. That said there are some that have either closed, haven't updated in years or have never updated at all. For Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 the blog to follow is Kevin Monahan's After Effects and Premiere Pro blog.

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LIGHT METERS: What are Incident Meters Good For, Anyway?

Incident meters don't tell you how bright things in your shot are, but it's surprising how handy they can be if you know a few simple facts about light and reflectivity.

By Art Adams | November 13, 2012

Way back when I shot film I was a serious devotee of The Zone System. I lived and died by my spot meter. I have a much harder time doing this in HD, however, so I'm rediscovering the joys of using an incident light meter. I've picked up a few new tips and tricks, and now I'm going to share them with you. Read More

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Small tablets (Kindle Fire HD, iPad mini, Nexus 7) for content producers and consumers

Learn all the ins and outs about the new smaller tablets, both for digital content consumers and producers.

By Allan Tépper | November 05, 2012

Back in June 2012, I published Google's new Nexus 7: a general first look for content creators and consumers. At that time, I thought I’d write a sequel with more details for audio/video and ebook distribution. However, I decided to hold off until I could properly compare it with what seemed to be coming soon thereafter: the Kindle Fire HD from Amazon and the iPad mini from Apple. Both took longer than expected (but finally arrived), so here is the roundup comparing all three for audio/video and ebook distribution, for content producers & content consumers. All of that, plus a comparison chart!

Multi-Camera Import in Final Cut Pro X

Multi-Camera Import in Final Cut Pro X

On this week's MacBreak Studio

By Mark Spencer | October 30, 2012

The Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6 update includes many workflow improvements across the entire editing process. In this episode of MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin from Ripple Training talks with me about the new import features including the unified import window, the ability to import from a variety of cameras sources, and the ability to quickly import selection ranges. Read More

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Kicking the tires on Final Cut Pro X 10.0.6

An update is made, many new features are added, the Internet rejoices

By Scott Simmons | October 28, 2012

Apple has dropped a new release of Final Cut Pro X. 10.0.6 came down from the cloud on Tuesday, October 23 and delivered on the new features that Apple discussed back in April at NAB 2012. Dual viewers, RED camera support, better audio tools and MXF support are all now a reality in some form or another. This update also saw a lot of feature improvements as well including the often requested return of paste attributes. There's been a lot of what's new and first looks all over the web since release. I wanted to take a more honest look at some of the features as opposed to just listing out bullet points.

CAMERAS: More Thoughts on Canon’s Color Science, This Time with Pictures

CAMERAS: More Thoughts on Canon’s Color Science, This Time with Pictures

It's hard to see the differences between color matrices until you look at them side by side. That's when the real education begins...

By Art Adams | October 28, 2012

Accurate color and pretty color are not always the same. Let's compare two Canon C300 color matrices and see for ourselves... Read More

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CAMERAS: Focusing and Setting Parallax on a 90-year-old Camera

Working with 90-year-old technology is eye opening: you start to wonder how anyone managed to get quality images on film at all, let alone create dozens of silent film classics. Dealing with dozens of internal camera menus starts to look really simple.

By Art Adams | October 27, 2012

When working with 90-year-old motion picture technology it's not unusual to wonder how anything got made at all. Here's what it took to make sure the shot was in focus and to ensure the operator could actually see what was in the frame. Read More

CAMERAS: Thoughts on the Canon C300’s Color Science

CAMERAS: Thoughts on the Canon C300’s Color Science

There's pretty color and there's accurate color, and they are not the same thing. Read why...

By Art Adams | October 25, 2012

In theory I like the Canon C300. It's small, it's well designed, and it can make pretty pictures. The Canon "look," though, is very different from what I'm used to, and it's taken me a while to figure out how to bend the camera's look into something that I really like. After spending an hour tweaking profiles the other day I think I found something I like. I don't have pictures to show you (I did my tweaking on set for a project that is a little bit secret, at least until next week when it'll be released) but I can describe what I saw reasonably well and you can reproduce my results yourself on any C300. Read More

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First Look & Semi Review: Sony NEX-EA50H NXCam Camcorder

The big chips are coming in better packages.

By Bruce A Johnson | October 19, 2012

I'm a TV guy. I've been shooting and editing in broadcast television for over thirty years now, and along with you have seen astounding changes in image acquisition and editing. One thing that caught me way off guard, though, was the sudden ascendance of digital single lens reflex cameras (DSLRs) as a preferred way to capture video. The DSLR's combination of progressive scan and shallow depth of field, made possible by much larger sensors than found in traditional video cameras, really came out of nowhere to capture a large slice of certain types of production. One place you will rarely find a DSLR, though, is in the day-to-day work that television stations do. That's not to say that us TV guys might not want large sensors and dramatic depth of field, but few of us would - or could - put up with the limitations inherent in DSLR operation, not the least of which is the dismal audio sections that most of the cameras have. Dual-system sound may be okay when shooting a scripted production, but in the world of run-n-gun, there are rarely any dedicated audio people anymore. So why can't there be a large-sensor camera with a good built-in audio section? Well, finally...there is. And surprise: it's really affordable. Read More

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GoPro brings 24p to your Hero2 with the Protune update

And there's also the free GoPro Cineform Studio to quickly work with your GoPro footage

By Scott Simmons | October 14, 2012

Everyone's favorite little action camera finally got the long awaited 24p update last week. GoPro shipped Protune which means your GoPro Hero2 is only a firmware update away from a higher bit rate and 24 frames per second. The Protune news is buried down in the press release about news of the GoPro app. I'm not sure why the Protune update didn't get its own press release as it's an important update for many GoPro owners and will probably get more use overall as the iOS and Android app is really most useful as a companion to the Wi-Fi BacPac. The Protune update is easy to install and requires the GoPro Cineform Studio. I hadn't installed that before but it's actually a handy little application.

CAMERAS: Reloading a 90-Year-Old Film Camera

CAMERAS: Reloading a 90-Year-Old Film Camera

I forgot how much fun it is to touch film and thread it through a camera movement and I'm glad I had a chance to do it one last time, before film is gone for good...

By Art Adams | October 03, 2012

There's something special about threading film through a camera and watching it run through perfectly. There's also a lot that can go wrong on the way. Read on to see what's involved in loading a 90-year-old film camera... Read More

Why I’m Going to Miss Film

Why I’m Going to Miss Film

It's so much easier to shoot than HD, and it's so much more artistically freeing... but if it's still around in five years I'll be surprised.

By Art Adams | September 30, 2012

For the first time in probably four years, I actually worked with--and handled--film today. It hit me that this project may be my last chance ever to work with this medium, and that makes me a bit sad. Read More

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CineFlow Expo Event in Nashville TN Tuesday October 2nd

Join us for the free event: exhibits and panel discussions.

By Scott Simmons | September 25, 2012

If you are in our around the Nashville Tennessee area this coming Tuesday, October 2nd and have some time between 2:00 pm and 9:00 pm then you might be interested in the CineFlow Digital Media Expo. It's being presented by our friends at CineSys and Quantum. It looks like a mini NAB with an afternoon and evening of exhibits and panels. I'll be a part of the 5:30 PM Post Production Workflow panel. Best of all it's free … and there will be a raffle.

PHILOSOPHY: What Can a 49-Year-Old Ghost Story Tell Us About Craftsmanship?

PHILOSOPHY: What Can a 49-Year-Old Ghost Story Tell Us About Craftsmanship?

Craftsmanship never goes out of style, and the "democratization" of filmmaking is no reason to get sloppy. Here's a quick look at one of my favorite movies, in which NOTHING happens by accident.

By Art Adams | September 21, 2012

"The Haunting" (the original 1963 version, not the appalling 1999 version) is one of my favorite movies of all time. Every time I see it I notice something new. I watched it most recently on the plane returning from IBC and decided it's time to draw a little attention to it--particularly to a couple of scenes that, in a nutshell, show the kind of planning that went into this film. Read More

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