I travel a lot each year on assignments and teaching workshops; a major priority for me is traveling light. A lot of trips I might be traveling alone, so I don't have a fleet of assitants to help carry my gear. With this in mind, I have narrowed down my minimalist lighting gear to a […]
One of the major additions to After Effects CS6 was the introduction of a new ray-traced 3D rendering engine. This allowed 3D text to have actual thickness (extrusions and beveling), and added transparency and reflectivity parameters to the Material Options list for all 3D layers with the ray-traced rendering engine is selected for a comp. However, […]
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Simian, the global leader in creative workflow and media management solutions, takes video sharing to the next level with the latest update to its groundbreaking media sharing platform, which includes a state-of-the art HTML5 video player. Along with a sleeker, more user friendly design, the latest enhancements to Simian's Reel Presentation module make it possible […]
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NAB and Future Media Concepts (FMC) announced today that a Digital Publishing Workshop has been added to the Post|Production World (P|PW) training program at NAB Show, April 6-10 in Las Vegas, NV. Produced in coordination with FMC’s newly launched TAP! (Technologically Advanced Publishing), this 3-day, multi-track workshop will focus on digital publishing, marketing and monetizing […]
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At CES 2013, Livestream has shown its new Broadcaster LTE for Verizon, to facilitate sending the live audio/video output of a camera’s or video mixer. Unlike the prior model, which requires external Internet access, the new model has it built in. Ahead I’ll go into more detail about that difference, and make some observations about […]
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This week on MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin from Ripple Training shows us how to make sure we've got everything together when moving events in Final Cut Pro X to another drive. […]
Seamus McGarvey, ASC, BSC (Anna Karenina), Danny Cohen, BSC (Les Miserables), Claudio Miranda, ASC (Life of Pi), Janusz Kaminski (Lincoln) and Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC (Skyfall) have been nominated in the feature film category of the 27th Annual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Awards for Outstanding Achievement. The winner will be announced at the ASC Awards celebration on […]
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The year known as 2012 is history and 2013 looms large on the horizon. It was an interesting past year in post-production with many of our tools seeing moderate to significant upgrades while others **cough MacPro cough** got virtually none. There's no sense reliving the past year since there's quite a few good places to […]
Audio specialist Sennheiser has been honoured with three awards at the prestigious International Forum Design competition. The winning products included the MOMENTUM headphones, the high-end IE 800 in-ear phones and the HDVD 800 headphone amplifier, all of which impressed the international jury with their sophisticated, cutting-edge design, to scoop a coveted iF award. These new top-of-the-range Sennheiser […]
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1. Today's TSL lesson is a look at how to light a large space at night. Some may think it takes a tremendous amount of equipment to shoot a large space at night but this is not the case. 2 or 3 well placed strobe heads will create a very effective look. There is […]
