Choose a "model" for your project. That means choosing a commercial, TV show, or a scene from a movie, that has a style that would work well for your project. Then study it, and use the same elements and style in your project. Try to use the same camera angles, same shot composition, similar music, [...]

Windows-only free app: Gloodle is "doodle with globs" — drawing using 3D shapes to create 2D images with a lot of richness, complexity, and depth.Gloodle is a simple app that shows some hint of the immediate feedback that makes particleIllusion so fun and useable: in Gloodle you just draw on the window and cool things [...]

AT892 MicroSet™ Introducing a giant stride in the technology of inconspicuous sound. With a capsule diameter of just 2.5 mm, the new MicroSet provides the ultimate in low-profile, high-performance audio. This innovative omnidirectional condenser headworn mic offers an ergonomic under-ear design: its flexible, lightweight contoured loop hooks behind either ear for an ultra-secure, comfortable fit [...]

There have been a lot of questions from people who are unhappy with how their DVD video discs are working when played on computers and/or DVD players. Here is a short list of differences: Buttons rollovers do not work the same depending on what WinXP DVD player application is being used, or in Apple DVD [...]

Ardour is a professional hard disk recorder and digital audio editor application released under the GNU General Public License as Free Software.

CinePaint is a collection of free open source software tools for deep paint manipulation and image processing. The generosity and commitment of its developers, users and sponsors make CinePaint possible. CinePaint is a collaborative project that spans the film industry, universities, and the open source community.

Maya Personal Learning Edition is a special version of Maya® software, which provides free access to Maya for non-commercial use. It gives 3D graphics and animation students, industry professionals, and those interested in breaking into the world of computer graphics (CG) an opportunity to explore all aspects of the award-winning Maya Complete software in a [...]

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We have had many questions on how much to charge for various jobs. When I first got into the biz almost 20 years ago, the standard for industrial video production (training, marketing etc.) was $1000 per finished minute. So a 20 minute piece would be $20,000, including planning, shooting and editing. Nowadays there is no [...]

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Firewire 800 based External Drives are showing that they are a great solution for high-speed storage. Traditionally we’ve always said to go internal for your drives and that is still your safest bet. But what if you need to edit between two different workstations, say for instance at the studio and then on the road. [...]

RODE 10′ Aluminum Boompole (10′ Also see internally cabled KTEK KE-110) RODE 10′ Aluminum Boompole Precision machined from high grade aluminum. A tremendous value for indie filmmakers that need an affordable boompole at a bargain price. Lightweight with excellent reach, the RODE Boompole is perfect for news gathering, education, corporate, stage and on-location audio acquisition. [...]

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