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The Hollywood Post Alliance Opens 2013 HPA Awards Call For Entries

Honors Celebrate Excellence in Post and Feature Expanded VFX Categories

By PVC News Staff | May 16, 2013

The Hollywood Post Alliance announces the opening of the Call for Entries for the 8th Annual HPA(r) Awards, which will take place on the evening of November 7th, 2013 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA. Considered the standard bearer for excellence and innovation, the HPA(r)... Read More

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Review: CamRanger Wireless DSLR Remote Tether for iPad

By Tony Donaldson (Via PPC - Pro Photo Coalition) | May 15, 2013

The CamRanger is a small, white, wireless controller for your camera. It attaches to your Canon or Nikon DSLR (Full list available at http://www.camranger.com/supported-cameras/) via USB cable. From there, download the CamRanger app to your iPhone, Tablet or Mac.

It allows you to... Read More

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Sachtler Offers Dependable Camera Support for Sony PMW-F5 and PMW-F55 Cameras

By PVC News Staff | May 15, 2013

Sachtler, part of Vitec Videcom, a Vitec Group company offers the ideal support solutions for the new Sony PMW-F5 and PMW-F55 CineAlta 4K image sensor cameras. The cameras’ modular design makes countless set-ups in an array of weight classes possible and Sachtler offers fluid head tripod... Read More

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F65-shot Film “Sticks & Stones” Is Finalist at Cannes Film Festival

By PVC News Staff | May 15, 2013

Making “Sticks & Stones” was personally rewarding for Kate Rees Davies and Steve Romano. Having the film about childhood bullying make it to the 2013 Cannes Film Festival added a nice touch of critical recognition.

“The subject matter is... Read More

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NAB 2013: Atomos Ninja-2 Price Drop & DSLR Support

HDMI Field Recorder Now Compatible with 5D Mark III

By Clint Milby | May 14, 2013

After discovering Atomos back in January of 2013 at the San Francisco Supermeet, I was intrigued by the Ninja-2 especially when I realized a pending firmware update for the 5D Mark III would make it compatible with the Ninja-2.  

This portable field recorder and... Read More

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Archiving Final Cut Pro X Projects and Media

This Week on MacBreak Studio

By Mark Spencer | May 14, 2013

This week on MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin from Ripple Training talks about archiving your projects in Final Cut Pro X.

Once you've delivered your edit to your client, they've approved it and you've been paid, how do you go about saving that project and storing it... Read More

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Shutterstock Surpasses 1 Million High-Quality Video Clips

Adding thousands of new clips each week, Shutterstock empowers creative filmmakers with high-quality video content

By PVC News Staff | May 13, 2013

Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE: SSTK), a leading global provider of commercial digital imagery, announced today it has surpassed 1 million licensable video clips in its collection of royalty-free stock footage. The collection features a variety of content from vintage 8mm film to the latest Celebrity... Read More

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NAB 2013: Canon XA20 & XA25 Camcorder

New Entry Level Pro Camcorders Boast AVCHD, XLR Audio Inputs, a SDI Option, and iphone Integration

By Clint Milby | May 13, 2013

Canon released to new entry level pro camcorders at NAB 2013, the XA20 and XA25. 

The XA20/XA25 both posses a "...new high-sensitivity 2.91-megapixel 1/2.84-inch HD CMOS image sensor and the new Canon DIGIC DV 4 image processor",... Read More

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Panasonic and Dejero Offer Portable Bonded Cellular Newsgathering Solution

Combines Toughbook LapTop Computers and Dejero Live + Newsbook Software

By PVC News Staff | May 13, 2013

As part of its initiative to deliver full workflow solutions to its customers leveraging the breadth of the Panasonic product line, Panasonic System Communications Company has partnered with Dejero (Kitchener, Ontario) to offer a bonded cellular video uplink solution utilizing Panasonic’s... Read More

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Tiffen Photo fx Ultra Wins a Highly Coveted TIPA Award

The Technical Image Press Association names the Tiffen Company’s photo editing app for the iPad the Best Mobile Photo App of 201

By PVC News Staff | May 13, 2013

The Tiffen Company, a leading manufacturer and distributor of award-winning accessories for the still imaging, video, motion picture and broadcast markets, announced its iPad app, Tiffen Photo fx Ultra v5, has been named “Best Mobile Photo App of 2013” by the prestigious Technical... Read More

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Videoguys’ Guide to Adobe Creative Cloud for teams

NEW LOW PRICE! Adobe Creative Cloud for Teams just $479/ year for the world's best suite of content creation tools!!

By videoguys.com | May 13, 2013

The Videoguys realize that subscribing annually to your software is a new concept for many of our customers. Our sales team is here to help you fully understand the advantages of the Creative Cloud and what extra features and benefits Creative Cloud for Teams gives you and your organization. We... Read More

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Shotgun Releases Complete UI Overhaul with Artist-Friendly Shotgun 5.0

Simplified Access to Essential Tasks and Updates on Top of Powerful Project Management, Review and Asset Tracking Toolset

By PVC News Staff | May 13, 2013

Shotgun Software, developer of Shotgun, the leading production management system designed for the visual effects, animation and game industries, today released a complete product overhaul with Shotgun Version 5.0. Shotgun encompasses production tracking, scheduling, review and approval, helping... Read More

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UPDATE: Improve the Efficiency of Your Workflow When Switching to Adobe Premiere Pro

Join us on May 29th at 11:00am PDT for this free webcast

By PVC News Staff | May 13, 2013

UPDATE: 5/13/13 - Sebastian Distefano from Adobe, Scott Hamilton from Dell will be speaking on the webcast.

If you are considering or have already switched to Adobe Premiere Pro for your video editing, then you may want to take advantage of new hardware technologies to improve the... Read More

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Pro Video Coalition welcomes Alexis Van Hurkman with his new question and answer column

Answers Occasionally Given is open and fielding questions

By Scott Simmons | May 12, 2013

Pro Video Coalition is proud to welcome renowned colorist and author Alexis Van Hurkman to the community with the launch of his brand new column Answers Occasionally Given. This channel will be a departure from many of the other channels on PVC as Alexis will take questions from... Read More

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After Effects ExtendScript Training: Ep. 6

ExtendScript Script Writing Training

By David Torno | May 12, 2013

Welcome to episode 6 of the After Effects ExtendScript Training series. This week we will be learning to collect data from multiple assets into an Array() via a loop. We are also going to learn how to set various values of comps, layers and properties via ExtendScript.

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OS X: Fixing AVCHD media to avoid the dreaded “CANNOT OPEN”

OS X is too picky for its own good with AVCHD media names. Here's how to fix things.

By Adam Wilt | May 10, 2013

If you’re using OS X and you copy AVCHD media folders to a NAS (network-attached storage) or a case-sensitive disk, you may run into problems: opening the media in 10.8’s Finder gives you “CANNOT OPEN” instead of a clip browser, FCP X can’t see the clips, and so... Read More

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Two Questions About Video Scopes

Ruminating on the Differences Between Visual and Graphical Analysis

By Alexis Van Hurkman | May 09, 2013

In this inaugural post of my new question-and-answer column, I tackle two kickoff queries about video scopes from colleague Scott Simmons, who thoughtfully saved me from having to come up with something on my own. If you have a question about color grading, postproduction workflow, or any interesting intersection of production and post, send it my way at ahurkman@procoalitions.com. I'll answer via this column as time permits.

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Premiere Pro (and all the Adobe apps) are going cloud only

No more software boxes or 4 figure purchase either for that matter

By Scott Simmons | May 09, 2013

It’s been an eventful few days in and around the general world of film and video post-production. If you haven’t heard (but of course you have) Adobe made the decision to move all of their software licensing to the cloud, their Creative Cloud, and charge $50 a month to access to everything they make. No more paying some $1,500 up front for the Production Premium and having a box shipped to your door. While it would be nice to have a less expensive monthly access to only those video-centric apps (I’m never going to use Dreamweaver, InDesign or Muse among others) you really do get a lot for that $50 (check out the pricing page for other price options that could lower your monthly bill to Adobe). 

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A Stunning Professional Virtual Space For Your Green Screen Talent

Digital Juice releases Animated Shoulder Sets Collection 2 for After Effects, Premiere, Motion and Vegas

By PVC News Staff | May 09, 2013

Digital Juice®, the highly acclaimed developer of digital content and professional camera gear and accessories, today announced the release of Animated Shoulder Sets™ Collection 2, a follow-up volume to its all-new line of easy-to-use downloadable projects and templates for Adobe... Read More

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Adobe Moves Creative Suite To The Cloud - What You Need To Know

No more updates to Creative Suite as Adobe switches focus to new subscription service

By Dan Carr | May 09, 2013

Adobe announced this week at the MAX conference that Creative Suite will no longer be upgraded with new features, the future of all their creative software now lies firmly with the subscription service Creative Cloud.  Alongside this announcement they unveiled new versions of all their... Read More

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