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DVcreators Line to Mic Cable

Jun 17, 2009 at 11:14 pm in camera products, location sound gear by duncan · 4 Comments »

DVcreators 1/8″ – 1/8″ Line to Mic Cable

Unbalanced 1/8″ to 1/8″ (mini)  Stereo Cable w/ built-in -50dB Mic Pad. Perfect for taking the Line level output from a portable recorder to the Mic Input of the Canon 5D and Canon 7D. Also called 3.5mm or miniplug male to male cable. Works great with the Tascam DR-100 portable recorder.

Convert line-level signals to mic-level.

Availability: Usually ships same / next business day
Our Price: $45.00

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Final Cut Studio 3

Jun 14, 2009 at 4:27 pm in digital video news, editing, editing products, visual fx products by duncan · 1 Comment »

As the next major release of the leading video post-production suite, the new Final Cut Studio offers powerful new features, dramatically improved performance, and tighter integration. Its six applications give video editors all the tools they need to edit, animate, mix, grade, and deliver — at a price that’s more affordable than ever!


Applications included in Final Cut Studio

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Cityscape Motion tutorial

Jun 12, 2009 at 10:57 pm in post visuals by · Leave a Comment »

Here’s an awesome tutorial on building a 3D cityscape in Motion from Andy Neil.

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Convergent Design nanoFlash

Jun 5, 2009 at 9:35 pm in broadcast products, editing products, film products by duncan · 2 Comments »

nanoFlash from Convergent Design records video, audio and timecode from an HD-SDI stream onto CompactFlash (CF) cards, employing the high quality Sony 4:2:2 MPEG2 codec for compression. Boasting an incredible small size and super low power consumption, nanoFlash stands poised to revolutionize the broadcast video industry.

The camera-mountable nanoFlash, a miniaturized version of the award winning Flash XDR, has two CF card slots and embedded audio support only. nanoFlash can be powered from a camcorder battery (6.5-20VDC)  [read more →]

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RODE Videomic

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Americans Viewed a Record 16.8 Billion Videos Online in April Driven Largely by Surge in Viewership at YouTube

Jun 4, 2009 at 7:28 pm in digital video news, web video by · Leave a Comment »

Average U.S. Viewer Watched 6.4 Hours of Online Video During the Month, According to comScore Video Metrix

RESTON, VA, June 4, 2009 – comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released April 2009 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, showing that U.S. Internet users viewed 16.8 billion online videos during the month, representing an increase of 16 percent versus March. A significant increase in video viewing at YouTube during April contributed to the month’s sizeable gains.

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Video Made on a Mac

Jun 2, 2009 at 8:11 pm in editing, editing products, planning products, visual fx products by duncan · Leave a Comment »

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On a Mac, the sky’s the limit for creating professional video. With all the tools available though, it can be a daunting task to decide which ones offer the best solutions for combined efficiency and high-level results. How can you effectively communicate your vision to clients and crew? How should you calibrate your camera for multi-camera and green screen shoots? Is it better to do your keying in After Effects, Motion, or Final Cut? How should  [read more →]

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RODE NTG-3 Shotgun Mic

Jun 1, 2009 at 5:47 pm in camera products, location sound gear by Josh Mellicker · 12 Comments »

The NTG-3 competes head to head with the Sennheiser MKH-416 shotgun. While the 416 has been an industry standard for years, the $1199 price has kept many aspiring filmmakers at bay. With it’s aggressively focused pickup pattern and buttery smooth sound, the NTG-3 is poised to become the go to microphone for high definition shooters. You’ve got the hi-def picture, well here’s the hi-def sound. We tested the microphone both indoor and outdoor and were shocked at the results. Never  [read more →]

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Why are my titles and graphics pixelated in Final Cut?

at 10:51 am in editing, post visuals by · 9 Comments »

This is a common question and there are several answers:

First, the Final Cut Pro Canvas usually shows titles and graphics more pixelated and lower quality than the actual quality. Render a title and play it on a real monitor – or render and export a 10 frame test to disk and view to see the true picture.

Read these articles on monitoring: http://www.dvcreators.net/tag/monitoring/ for more info.

If you are rendering to the DV codec, you will see an instant drop in  [read more →]

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U.S. video viewing habits report

at 5:40 am in digital video news, web video by · 3 Comments »

Neilsen recently released a report on U.S. household video viewing habits. The survey reported viewers spent slightly more (2%) time watching TV in the first quarter of 2009 compared to the first quarter of 2008, while time spent watching video on the internet increased 53%.

Still, viewers spend an average of only 3 hours watching video on the internet, up from about 2 hours last year, vs. 153 hours watching TV, vs. 151 last year.

The number of people who watch video  [read more →]