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Achieve a Film Look in Video with Boris Continuum Complete FxPlug Filters

Boris Continuum Complete gives you four filters- BCC Deinterlace, BCC Match Grain, BCC Film Process, and BCC Film Damage-that can create the illusion that your clips originated on film as opposed to tape. The BCC Deinterlace filter can simulate telecine and reverse telecine, which is where video clips at their native rate are slowed down to 24 fps, the native frame rate for film. more »

ROI: Kata OMB-77, One Man Band Bag

When testing the One Man Band from Kata, we were able to keep the camera fully assembled with the battery, monitor and matte box installed and ready for action. more »

ROI: Matrox MX02

The MXO2 is a portable and completely codec-agnostic input/output (I/O), device that’s designed for a number of workflows. It’s processor dependent, which means that the faster your system is, the better performance you’ll get out of the box (especially when working with HD source material). more »

Create a Broadcast Spot and Webisode with RED and Final Cut Pro

OMNI Advertising and the beverage company Celsius tapped Walker/Fitzgibbon to produce a series of commercials. The latest evolution of the piece — a Webisode released on YouTube, Veoh and Vimeo — took the brand to an online audience. more »

First Look: Canon 5D Mark II

Watch this video from NAB on the Canon 5D Mark II, a still camera also capable of shooting 1080, 30p video. See the possibilities and limitations of this camera as well as insight on where Canon may be heading in terms of offering a true digital RAW video camera in the future. more »

ROI Reviews: HP Z800 Workstation

There's a new flagship workstation from HP on the prowl, adorned with race-car good looks and specs to match. With the help of the world-class designers at BMW more »

ROI Reviews: Redrock Micro M2 Encore

When Redrock announced major revisions to its already amazing M2 35mm adapter I was a bit skeptical. I had just upgraded to the new version of the CineScreen more »

Edit to the Beat in Final Cut Pro

In this tutorial I'll show you how to use filler, or slug, as placeholder clips to establish a visual rhythm for a highlight reel or basic music video. If you are newer to video editing, you may notice that your projects often start strong and end weak. Try using slug and the "Replace Edit" function to lay down a rough cut and establish a visual rhythm. more »

Tracking and Compositing with mocha for Final Cut

In this video tutorial Imagineer's Ross Shain shows how to use mocha for Final Cut to quickly track a graphic into a scene. more »

Review: PSC Solice Eight-Channel Mixer

As the proud owner of multiple PSC products (two PS1 power supplies and two shock mounts), I was anxious to check out their new Solice eight-channel mixer. Of course, every mixing console comes with its own pluses and minuses. None are perfect. The Mackie is only AC powered, but cheap; the Cooper is discontinued; the AD255 is heavy; and the Sonosax is expensive. Now to this list of options, we can add the Solice, with its innate list of pros and cons. more »