On a scale from Jon Snow to Varys, how in the know are you? As a human being with internet access, you are certainly aware the penultimate season ofGame of Thronesis coming up in July. You probably have some feelings about this, either mixed excitement and dread because you are one of the many
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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – Power Editing Tips – Transitions
In this Let’s Edit with Media Composer lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about some power editing tips, when it comes to transitions in your timelines, and focuses on the Head/Tail Fade commands and the Transition Manipulation Smart Tool, a great and under utilized tool that gives you complete
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The Friday Roundup – Film Noir, Camera Hacks and Lens Sizes
Welcome to this weeks Friday Roundup chock full of meaty video goodness… sort of. Before I get into the usual round up of video tips and stuff I wanted to just quickly draw your attention to a sale that CyberLink are having. Now I know I am supposed ot mercilessly market to my readers at every
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MAGIX Video Pro X Review
Magix Video Pro X is the top of the line video editing software from the European based Magix company and in posting a review of the program it is important to understand where it sits in the overall editing software universe.. Video Pro X is a professional grade editing and post production
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Biggest Announcements in VR from NAB 2017
Award winning videographer,Jourdan Aldredge, wrote this piece forPremium Beat regarding the future of Virtual Reality Technology and the influence of . NAB 2017: The Future of VR Technology Is Looking Bright Virtual Reality Technology was big at NAB 2017. Let’s check out some of the latest news
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Term of the week: ISO
A holdover from the days of analog photography, ISO is a measurement still used for exposure in the digital era. How does your ISO setting affect the image you shoot? Find out in this week’s free glossary term frommoviola.com.Click through to watch. About moviola.com moviola.com is a resource
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The Friday Roundup – Trimming the Fat, Close Ups and Shot Lists
Bite Sized Video Chunks This is an excellent article from the Techsmith blog on trimming videos. When I first saw the title I thought, ‘Well that’s a bit basic isn’t it?’ After all probably the first thing anyone learns in editing software after loading something into the library and
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Tips for Working with Animals on Set
Bring life to your video production with these techniques for recording animals.
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The Friday Roundup – Split Screens, VR/360° Footage and Sound Design
Pinnacle Studio – Split Screen Video One of the reason Pinnacle Studio comes with a bit of a warning (on this site at least) is because to be honest it is not an easy software solution for the beginner. Even Corel openly admit there is a steep learning curve and the reason for that has to do
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Does Travis Kalanick actually have the second-highest Wii Tennis score?
Ina recentNew York Timesprofile of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, the writers point out that Kalanick ‘once held the world’s second-highest score for the Nintendo Wii Tennis video game.’ This factoid about Kalanick has actually appeared in the media many times before – I first learned about it on an
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