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Canon Releases Major Firmware Update for 5D MK3 by Dan Carr
Canon has released firmware update 1.2.1 today for the 5DMK3 which is one of the most comprehensive firmware feature additions ever seen for a Canon camera. You can download it HERE. The headline feature is of course the uncompressed HDMI output, something which Canon shooters have been clamouring for since the launch of the old 5D Mk2. It is now read on
Blackmagic Design: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera
You always hope that there’s some amazing news from NAB, that some company announces a real gamechanger. Kudos, BMD, for keeping this hope alive. Now, if this thing would only make phone calls and run Angry Birds… Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera A true Super 16 digital film camera that’s small enough to take anywhere! Introducing read on
Panasonic HX-A100 action camera pictures and hands-on – Pocket-lint
Panasonic wants in on the wearable cam market, so it’s devised one of these action cameras. But rather than just copying what’s already out there, the company has come up with something a bit different. The result is a camera that bolts to a mount designed to be worn on your head. Unlike the GoPro, read on
Apple – Final Cut Pro X – What’s New
The latest version includes new features that improve every step of video post-production — from import through editing to delivery. Download the update free from the Mac App Store Multichannel Audio Editing Edit multichannel audio faster than ever. A simple keystroke reveals separate audio channels when you need them and collapses them when you don’t — read on
FilmStyles
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What is FilmStyles?
FilmStyles is a set of three plug-ins for Final Cut Pro 7 or 6 (and Final Cut Express) that are simple and easy to master, yet give you the power to make your video look spectacular!
Get any look you want in minutes without wading through pages of menus or presets. The core goal of FilmStyles is to give video footage the look of film… but they can be used to achieve a huge variety of looks and styles.
Original video
- Not a bad shot, but the overall effect of the shot is still blaahhh… the tone is dead, the look is not romantic at all and doesn’t support the story, just okay
Filmstyled – Elegant
- G DVC 35mm DOF blurs out foreground and background
- Gradient Tint darkens sky, makes it much more dramatic, totally “makes the shot”
- A video look is transformed into a magical, filmic look
- Shot is dramatically better at supporting the story of this scene
Original video
- Sky washed out, face underexposed, cute subject but shot is nothing special
Filmstyled – Movie Poster Quality!
- G DVC Filmstyles White Diffusion adds glow, lightens face
- G DVC 35mm DOF Blue gradient Tint adds blue color to sky, and the beautiful vignetting highlights, frames, pops out subject
- A lackluster, amateurish-looking shot is now magically transformed to movie poster quality. Imagine a title (the girl’s name) in the upper right and you’ve nailed it.
Original video
- Looks like video, lackluster, does not “pop” at all. Despite scenic location, little emotion
Filmstyled – Dramatic
- Wow! G DVC Filmstyles Gamma makes ocean and sand tones richer, more tactile and filmlike, more scenic, you can feel the sand between your toes!
- Gradient Tint darkens sky, makes it much more dramatic, totally “makes the shot”
- G DVC 35mm DOF blurs out sand in foreground, slight vignetting on sky and sand frames composition, draws your eye to subject
- Much more cinematic, picturesque, dramatic, evocative, shot tells a story all by itself
Original video
- This is a greenscreen shot. Obviously, the background is meant to be stylized, not realistic, but the subjects look “pasted on top”- the shot doesn’t work because you don’t “buy” the story that these people are actually in this futuristic scene- the background looks flat.
- In addition to the shot not working, despite the cool outfits and background the shot is pretty devoid of personality or style.
Filmstyled – Dramatic
- GG DVC Filmstyles White Diffusion adds a nouveau, blown-out look that, along with the teal look added by the Tint, creates a trendy style and mood popularized by many films starting with “Minority Report”. Best of all, applying the diffusion and teal to the whole frame blends the subjects into the background, and now, the shot totally “works” in a “World of Tomorrow” or “Tron” way.
- G DVC 35mm DOF was not really needed here because the background is a separate element that can be blurred easily- but look how much more “3D” it looks!
Original video
- The intention here is a a flashback, a woman is remembering a secret her little sister told her 30 years ago
- Video footage is okay, but blasé, sharp background makes for a confusing composition, certainly does not look like a flashback at all
Filmstyled – Flashback Sequence
- G DVC Filmstyles White Diffusion is cranked to effect level, adds dreamy, reminiscent glow, Tint adds a sepia tone so shot looks like it is “from the past”
- G DVC 35mm DOF blurs periphery of frame, focusing attention on subjects and contributing to dreamy flashback effect
Original video
- Intention is a dream sequence at night, obviously an epic fail at that
- Plain video shot, does not support story at all
Filmstyled – Dream Sequence
- G DVC Filmstyles White Diffusion creates glow, Tint creates blue mood
- G DVC 35mm DOF is tweaked to special effect level, keyframing mask is necessary due to subject movement
Original video
- Nice video shot, good sunlight angle
Filmstyled – 35mm DOF plug-in only
- Notice how the slight darkening and blur of the background brings out the subject. Subtle- but makes the difference between nice video and a cinematic quality shot/li>
Original video
- If you need a shot to appear as if it was shot at sunrise or sunset, a reddish tint brings a warm glowing tone
Intense Bleach
- This very trendy, very familiar look is created by using film gamma and an Overlay mode to overlay a teal tint on the footage, creating a high contrast look with green shadows. “Fight Club”, “Domino”, and many more recent films. Nailed the look with a few simple controls.
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