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Local Hero Post’s Leandro Marini on the Promise of Creative DI

I first sat down with colorist and Local Hero Post owner Leandro Marini back in September during IBC. In front of a full Assimilate Scratch system in a curtained corner of Assimilate's booth, he showed me some of the things … more »

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MōVI in Action

In case you missed it, this little stabilized rig from Seattle's Freefly Systems has generated a lot of chatter in advance of NAB 2013. You can read all about it and see footage at Vincent Laforet's blog, but this short … more »

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Hacked DSLR Shutter vs. Parkour at Tempest Academy

We're not sure how John Irwin hacked his DSLR or built this custom intervalometer or why his video of traceurs at Tempest Freerunning Academy would glitch out the way it does, but it sure is freaky. Heck, by the time we're … more »

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M.I.T. Computer Program Reveals Invisible Motion in Video

A team of scientists at M.I.T. are developing a new process for analyzing video for minute, pixel-by-pixel variations in color, then using the information to amplify and exaggerate motion that's captured in the video but not visible to the eye. … more »

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L.A. Noire Gag Reel

It took seven years to develop the 2011 videogame L.A. Noire, which employed the face-performance capture system MotionScan. Despite all that work, the in-game performances are still a little stiff and unnatural — but the resulting bloopers are remarkably convincing. … more »

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Felix Baumgartner’s Supersonic Freefall

Watch the highlights of Baumgartner's death-defying freefall from "the edge of space" to the moment he touched down yesterday on terra firma in this video cut and posted by Red Bull Media House. His project mentor, Col. Joe Kittinger, still … more »

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GoPro Goes Through a Krispy Kreme Glazer

We've all heard about extreme footage and putting your camera out there, but this one literally takes the cake—er, frosting.

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Video Review of the Blackmagic Design Cinema Camera

DP, director, early adopter and prolific technology pundit Philip Bloom takes his turn reviewing the camera that has everyone plotzing with joy, even his cat.

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Revenge of the Great Camera Shootout

Zacuto's "Great Camera Shootout," well known for igniting a few healthy debates but also for winning an Emmy for best Web series, returned this year to compare the following cameras: RED Epic; ARRI Alexa; Sony F3 with S-Log, FS100 and … more »

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Shooting at 1,000,000,000,000fps

In this TED talk, MIT Media Lab Associate Professor Ramesh Raskar discusses a bleeding-edge camera that was developed for the express purpose of capturing slow-motion images of light itself traveling through space — and, eventually, shooting around corners.

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