Today
Review: XSplit Express Video Editor
XSplit is the video editing software company you may never have heard of. I know I hadn’t until an article about a new editing program on one of the blogs I read regularly caught my […]
Month: July 2019
Today
Tutorial: HUD Motion Graphics
Adobe certified master trainer, Ian Robinson, breaks down how to integrate futuristic graphics into your Adobe After Effects project using Mocha Pro’s tracking and masking. Plus, stylize the final composite with Continuum and Sapphire.
Audio
New RØDE LAVALIER GO Mic
RØDE Microphones today announces the launch and immediate shipping of the new Lavalier GO™: a professional-grade lavalier microphone designed to pair perfectly with the Wireless GO™ and most recording devices with a 3.5mm TRS microphone input. […]
Accessories
First Looks: Loupedeck+
Over the years I have played with many an add-on device to assist in video editing. Despite the number – and they have varied from control boxes to faux channel mixing desks seen in TV […]
Drones
First Look: DJI MAVIC 2 Zoom
Ever since they first became affordable, I’ve loved drones. From the very first Parrot Bebop and its various iterations to a few wannabe donkeys, my current Karma and a smattering of various brand review units, […]
Competitions
Win a FREE copy of Teleprompter Pro
We have 4 copies of Teleprompter Pro to give away. Simply tell us your email address and go into the draw to win a code from the Microsoft Store to get a fully working version.* […]
News
A Guide to Working With LUTs
Rather than reinvent the wheel, we found a great article by Stevenn Wetrich on working with LUTs. You can read it here. Not sure what an LUT is or ehen to use it? Watch the […]
Accessories
Tips for Action Cam Shooting
Action cams have become basic equipment for many filmmakers. But filming with them differs significantly from working with classic camcorders. Our eight tips show you how to get the most out of your action cam. […]
News
Rescue Your Videotapes – AND miniDV Ones Too, All Without a Firewire Card.
Firewire, otherwise known as IEEE1394 (or if you are Sony, iLink) is dead. We all know that, and a number even lament it. SD cards are the new media king and MiniDV tapes are to […]
News
Creating Sport Graphics
Learn how to create a professionally-designed and animated 3D sports interstitial graphic from scratch using Continuum Title Studio together with an Adobe Creative Cloud workflow. This 8-part series breaks down each step into easily digestible […]
News
Mix LUTs without any loss in quality and protect skin tones
LUT Mixer is a plugin and can be used as an effect in all supported host programs. Working with LUTs (Look Up Tables) is popular and nowadays many programs support LUTs. In most programs LUTs […]
News
Four Australian Projects Selected For Venice Film Festival
Four Australian projects have been selected to screen at the 76th Venice International Film Festival in August and September. Babyteeth, the debut feature from director Shannon Murphy, will have its World Premiere in competition. The selection of Babyteeth means Australia […]
News
New Sony RX 100 VII
Sony today announced a new addition to its award-winning series of RX cameras with the launch of the RX100 VII (model DSC-RX100M7). Utilising technologies developed for Sony’s full-frame mirrorless camera Alpha 9, the RX100 VII […]
News
Adding Special Characters Such as © or ™ to Video Titles etc.
A question I see a lot in various video editing Facebook groups and the like is how to get special characters into titles. You know the ones – common examples are £ © Ø ™ […]
Accessories
Review: GoPro Hero 7 Black. Was it worth the wait?
It has taken us a while to get one (it’s nearly 10 months since its launch) but we finally have our hands on a GoPro Hero 7 Black. So, was it worth the wait? Every […]
News
New “Snippets” Section for Australian Videocamera
Snippets We will place any information we find in our travels of a “quick nature” that might be useful to people but does not warrant a full blog post in a new “Snippets” section accessible […]
Accessories
News of the Day – July 22nd 2019
DJI Osmo Pocket (Revisited) Back in June I wrote a review on the DJI Osmo Pocket Camera and – let’s not mince words here – I slagged it off. So, let’s look at it again […]
Accessories
DJI Osmo Pocket Camera (Revisited)
Back in June I wrote a review on the DJI Osmo Pocket Camera and – let’s not mince words here – I slagged it off. Not because of its quality, capability or anything like that, […]
Camcorders
Shooting Celestial Objects
With today being the anniversary of the first Moon landing, I thought it timely to revisit a story. Back in 2016, Australian amateur astronomer-extraordinaire, Steve Massey, gave readers of Australian Videocamera some tips on shooting celestial […]
News
First Look: Panasonic HC-X1 4K
What comes with a Leica Dicomar 24mm wide lens, 20x optical zoom, a 1” high sensitivity MOS sensor, not one, not two but three manual rings, built in ND filters, shoots in glorious 4K to […]