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What is the biggest secret professionals use when planning a film, commercial or other video project?

Mar 30, 2006 at 12:42 pm in planning by · Leave a Comment »

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  [read more →]

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Gloodle

Mar 29, 2006 at 5:16 pm in post visuals by · Leave a Comment »

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 happen. Not much thinking required. There are plenty of controls to experiment with, and (like particleIllusion) a lot of power hidden under simple controls.

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Audio Technica AT892 headset

Mar 22, 2006 at 8:11 pm in location sound gear by Josh Mellicker · Comments are closed.

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 with or without glasses.

  • The new quality/wearability standard for micro headset technology
  • Capsule diameter of just 2.5 mm for the ultimate in low-profile, high-performance audio
  • Inconspicuous, lightweight headset is  [read more →]

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How can I make my DVDs work the way I want in both DVD players and computers?

Mar 10, 2006 at 10:17 am in DVD by · 9 Comments »

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 Player
  • TVs show cropped action safe area, computers show the whole picture
  • MPEG2 encoding that looks fine on a TV often looks bad on a computer… or vice versa  [read more →]

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Ardour

Mar 7, 2006 at 3:31 pm in post audio by · Comments are closed.

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

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CinePaint

at 3:24 pm in digital video news by · Comments are closed.

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.

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Maya

at 3:19 pm in digital video news, post visuals by · Comments are closed.

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 non-commercial capacity.

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What is the best app to convert videos to iPod compatible format?

Mar 6, 2006 at 12:31 pm in Uncategorized by · Leave a Comment »

Our vote is:

http://www.dvcreators.net/dv-kitchen/

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How much should I charge?

Mar 4, 2006 at 9:39 am in planning by · 5 Comments »

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 standard. Being a creative pursuit, videomaking is done for free to millions of dollars. TV commercials are shot for free (by local cable companies), average  [read more →]

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How do I capture and hold viewer attention?

Mar 3, 2006 at 1:22 am in broadcast, planning by · Leave a Comment »

When planning a project, keep these helpful tips in mind.

G-RAID hard drives

Mar 1, 2006 at 9:38 pm in editing products by Josh Mellicker · Comments are closed.


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. What if you just want more streams of RealTime video? You know Picture-in-picture times five with a cool  [read more →]

RODE 10ft. Aluminum Boompole and Accessories

at 1:01 pm in location sound gear by Josh Mellicker · Comments are closed.

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.

  • Foam grip
  • 3/8″ thread
  • 33″ collapsed
  • Weighs just 29 oz!

Free protective carrying tube and genuine RODE cable ties  [read more →]

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HD-DVD players

at 12:42 pm in digital video news by · 1 Comment »

Cnet’s HD-DVD player roundup.

more Info here