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Reallusion Character Creator – Tutorial
It’s been a while since we had a look at Reallusion’s products. To refresh your memory, here is a quick tutorial on using their Character Creator… Remember, the main app is free!
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Update to Snagit – now version 2019
We have been using Snagit (and Camtasia) from Techsmith for about 20 years now, and it is, in our mind, the number one tool for getting screen grabs and more to create our web sites […]
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Ninja V takes your filming higher
Levi Allen shoots extreme sport with the latest Atomos recorder Like RODE and Blackmagic, ATOMOS is an Aussie company that in the world of video has, as they, “made good”. Here is a video of […]
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Maxon Cinema 4D Features in Ver 20
As you may have noticed, we will be shortly starting a new section dedicated to the 3D authoring package, Cinema 4D from Maxon. This will take beginners from the very start in 3D authoring to […]
Camcorders
Sony says it has world’s “smallest” travel high zoom cameras with 4K movie capability
Sony today boosted its Cyber-shot® line-up of travel high zoom cameras with the launch of the DSC-HX99 and DSC-WX800. Designed for users who want an unobtrusive camera that can be carried at all times, the […]
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Adobe Ups the Ante With Upgrade to CC and New Applicatons
Adobe has announced major updates to Creative Cloud applications including Photoshop CC, Lightroom CC, Illustrator CC, InDesign CC, Premiere Pro CC and Adobe XD. Adobe also introduced Adobe Premiere Rush CC, a new video editing […]
3D
Meet Huw Parkinson (@rabbitandcoffee)
So how does he do it? What tools are used? How long does it take? How many people on the research and creation team? If the name Huw Parkinson means nothing to you, and nor […]
Broadcast
Just what is an LUT anyway? DO I need one?
One of the latest buzz words floating around the video world of late is LUT. So what is a LUT, why do they exist, why would you use one and how? LUT stands for Look […]
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Astrophotography – the Canon way… (with Dr Chris Brown)
Not video I admite, but the basic principles remain. For more in depth info on what, how and with what with in terms of telescope etc, have a gander a https://filmvideoandvirtualreality.com/shooting-the-supermoon/ With Dr Chris Brown (aka […]
Broadcast
Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 shot & broadcast in 4K with FUJINON lenses in Australian TV first
Last weekend saw Supercars and Foxtel air an Australian broadcast first with their Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 going out in 4K, making it the first sport in Australia to be televised at the ultra-high resolution. In a production involving 28 native […]
Business
Actors and Crew All for Free – And They WANT To Do It!
It seems every second post in any of the Facebook groups for filmmaking is a request, nay a plea, for actors or crew to assist in making the latest and greatest (usually it seems so […]
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Editing 360 Video. You MAY need this to make it work…
In my playing with 360° cameras from 360Fly, Samsung and GoPro, I have come across lots of anomalies and head scratching situations to make them “work” in terms of editing the footage outside of their […]
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Important information on using ProRender in Cinema 4D R19 on macOS Mojave
If you are using Cinema 4D AND a Mac user and also upgraded to the latest Mojave version of the OS, MAXON has asked us to pass on this bit o’ info to you: “Important […]
Broadcast
NEP Australia orders cutting-edge Canon lenses to capture UHD-4K first for cricket broadcasts
NEP Australia has augmented its inventory of cutting-edge Canon lenses to support NEP’s ultra-high definition (UHD-4K) cricket coverage for FOX SPORTS. NEP’s order of more than 60 Canon lenses comprises 35 box lenses – featuring […]
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Tony Clark this year’s SA Pearcey Entrepreneur Award winner.
The Pearcey Foundation today announced Tony Clark as this year’s SA Pearcey Entrepreneur Award winner. The award was presented by Professor Mike Miller (2017 Pearcey Medallist) who said, “This award celebrates and honours a South Australian entrepreneur who has […]
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Shooting in a public place. Do you REALLY need a permit or permission. Here are the answers.
Yesterday was our local market day here in not so sunny downtown Quinninup, a hamlet of around 300 people in the deep south west forests of Western Australia. It happens on an annual basis, and […]
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Immersive VR Documentary Into the Now filmed with Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K
Blackmagic Design today announced that Director Michael Muller used 18 Micro Studio Camera 4Ks as part of two custom built virtual reality (VR) rigs to film “Into the Now,” an underwater VR documentary, which is […]
Case Studies
Stalking Drones? Not Unless “Dune” Technology has appeared a few hundred thousand years early.
There are a number of myths about drones and how they can impose on privacy, be dangerous if they fall out of the sky, are a potential hazard for “proper” aircraft and so on. At […]
Accessories
The L-Mount Alliance: a strategic cooperation between Leica Camera, Panasonic and Sigma
Cologne, 25 September 2018. At the company’s press conference prior to the opening of photokina 2018, Leica Camera AG, Panasonic and Sigma announced a strategic partnership. The ‘L-Mount Alliance’ is a previously unparalleled form of […]
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India’s Renge Dragon Studio Colours 63 Commercials in One Month Using Collaboration in DaVinci Resolve 15
Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve 15 was used to color grade 63 commercials in one month with the help of DaVinci Resolve 15’s collaboration workflow by RengeDragon Studio, an Indian boutique studio. As part of the […]