LED Camera Lights: Finally Up to the Job?Studio MonthlyAugust 16, 2010 If you work with a camera that's still not particularly good in low-light situations or you want to ditch the cumbersome battery belts needed to keep more power-hungry lights in continuous use, LEDs are a lightweight, surprisingly bright...
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Review: Boris Continuum Complete 6 AEStudio MonthlyJanuary 27, 2010 When I reviewed Boris Continuum Complete (BCC) 5 two years ago, I was impressed with its wide range of effects that could be run directly from within Adobe Premiere Pro, without having to go into After Effects. BCC 6 AE adds some significant new...
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Key Poorly Shot Greenscreen Footage in Premiere ProStudio MonthlySeptember 9, 2009 Lately, I’m being asked to do more and more with greenscreen keys. Some of the keys I get are shot really well, and the rest aren’t. This is how to deal with the bad ones. Until Adobe recently discontinued it, the former Serious Magic’s Ultra...
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ROI: Abaltat Muse 2.0Studio MonthlyFebruary 1, 2009 Being in the video production business for about 20 years now, I’d say at least half of my colleagues are musicians of some sort. They are either in a band, sing in a choir, compose or do a combination of those things. I claim no such membership...
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Hollywood Post Alliance Announces Award NomineesStudio DailySeptember 23, 2008 Nominations have been announced by the Hollywood Post Alliance for the Third Annual HPA Awards. Winners of the prestigious HPA Award will be announced during a gala evening ceremony on November 6, 2008 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los...
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Zaxwerks 3D FlagStudio MonthlyJune 1, 2008 I produce a number of politically-themed programs throughout the year and was considering buying Digital Juice’s "International Flags" Jump Backs to use in my productions. While this may have filled my need for $99, I soon discovered that...
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Digital Anarchy ToonIt!Studio MonthlyMarch 1, 2008 You can’t miss it these days, whether on TV, in film or even in those airline safety videos we all watch before a flight— that popular effect that transforms a regular live-action shot into a line-drawn, highly detailed animation. Digital...
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REVIEW: Boris Continuum Complete 5Studio MonthlyDecember 1, 2007 Boris FX plug-ins have been around almost as long as NLEs have. Since the very beginning, the company has put out high-quality, customizable 3D transitions for the most popular NLEs, and the Boris family has grown. I’m more of an editor than an...
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REVIEW: Matrox DualHead2GoStudio MonthlySeptember 1, 2007 Matrox has been doing a lot of "out-of-the-box" thinking in the past few years. The company has three families of external graphics devices— the high-end Exito line, essentially an external remote graphics unit for PCs; the MXO, for getting HD...
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Adobe Soundbooth CS3Studio MonthlyJune 1, 2007 With Adobe set to release its new CS3 design package, it seemed logical to take a look at the company’s Soundbooth software, which replaces Audition as the lead audio application. Although still in beta, we went ahead anyway and put Soundbooth...
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Tapco Link.USBStudio MonthlyJanuary 1, 2007 One thing that I feel has been missing from NLEs is a simple and efficient way to record voiceovers and narration. In my old linear edit system, where the audio went through a Mackie 1402 VLZ mixer, all that was needed was to plug a microphone and...
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Making Old Plug-ins Work in Premiere Pro 2Studio DailySeptember 11, 2006 About three years ago Pinnacle Systems fatefully decided to end its lucrative relationship with Adobe, and its hardware and software support for Premiere. Part of that was not even updating their popular Hollywood FX transitions plug-ins to work in...
