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Using the Sony Alpha A7s For News Topicals And Grading The Footage
During the month of July I’ve been shooting and editing news breaks that play in the Ellen show These are usually done with studio cameras and crew but they are in training with a new control room setup so I’m doing them for now. I could use a typical ENG camera but come on! Thats no […]
Using Prelude CC 2014 To Rename Those Pesky AVCHD Clips
How many times have you got screwed by the AVCHD naming convention. It’s one of the biggest complaints I have with the C100 and any other camera that uses AVCHD. The format isn’t for pros, but that didn’t stop camera manufacturers from putting it in high end cameras. Renaming all the the clips Using Adobe […]
Pond5 Premiere Pro Plugin Makes Finding Stock Footage Fast & Easy
I like Pond5. Great stock media at a great price. Now it’s even easier than ever to browse and download low resolution samples directly into you Premiere Pro project seamlessly with this new and improved plugin. The plug in is FREE and you can download it HERE. As you see in the image above by […]
Recording Internal Audio With The RODE Lavalier & Panasonic GH4. Hands On Review
After using the GH4 for a broadcast news promo and recording the audio internally with the Sennheiser EK 2000 wireless I wanted to see how good these new preamps are in the Panasonic GH4. I was happy with the sound I had from the wireless setup but how would it compare to say the Canon Cinema […]
Panasonic GH4 News Promo in 4K and 96fps. Is It The First?
I dont know if it’s the first but is sure was for me! It’s May sweeps time! Today I had a quick turn news sweeps promo to shoot and edit by COB for air first thing in the morning. I had shoulder surgery three months ago and it’s been a very slow recovery. I’m not […]
Panasonic GH4 96fps Test. How Good Is It?
I decided to get out of my edit bay this afternoon and shoot a little test footage from the GH4 in 96fps. I like high speed shooting and I don’t get a lot of chances to since my C100 only does 60fps at 720p Yuck!!! Also check out these two new posts. My Panasonic GH4 […]
CalDigit T3 Thunderbolt. Versatile And Fast In A Sleek Package
The need for speed is always growing. Files are getting bigger and the way to move them with the likes of Thunderbolt has made it easier. I’m a cinematographer by trade and an avid photographer with a growing library. The next format I will be shooting with is 4K or UltraHD. These are big […]
Create New Media Card With Selected Clips Using Adobe Prelude
If you ever shot several projects on a single media card or just want to split up the clips into diffrent cards this is a fast and easy thing to do with Adobe Prelude. The picture above pretty much shows you the steps and it’s super easy. I do this all the time to better […]
Blackmagic UltraStudio Mini Monitor Packs A Punch In A Small Box
I recently bought a new Apple MacBook Pro Retina 15″ with Thunderbolt 2. I needed a better laptop for editing with Premiere Pro. Since my mid 2010 did not have a CUDA enabled GPU I wasn’t getting the performance I wanted. Another reason to upgrade is for the new and really fast USB 3 and […]
LaCie eSATA Hub. The Thunderbolt Bridge For eSATA Drives
I recently bought a mighty sweet 15″ 2013 Retina MacBook Pro. It came preloaded with Mavericks and for the most part I like it a lot! Mavericks is a little different and gave me some issues installing CUDA drivers. Apple hasn’t certified a lot of drivers yet so Mavericks didn’t want to install updates I […]
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