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 →

Oops! Better wait a bit for the T4i to be retooled a bit. Canon recalls 68,200 EOS Rebel T4i DSLRs, says rubber grips can lead to skin rash — Engadget. read on →

Blackmagic announced their Cinema Camera today: It features an amazing 2.5K image sensor with 13 stops of dynamic range, with a built-in SSD recorder, records to Pro Res and DNxHD, uses EF and ZF mount lenses. Info still coming in, but it looks cool, and the price is amazing! via Blackmagic Design: Blackmagic Cinema Camera. read on →

Producers will continue to be able to deduct the costs of producing qualified film and television productions from a production company’s U.S. taxes because the federal government has made those deductions permanent. On Sept. 30, 2011 the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) posted a notice on the Federal Register—Deduction for Qualified Film and Television Production Costs—that read on →

“We noticed that a lot of people were uploading videos to YouTube that we can say are somewhat unpolished,” says Jason Toff, product manager at YouTube, adding that rougher amateur footage tends to be a lot more common than professionally edited work on the site. But isn’t that the whole fun of it? via YouTube read on →

The feature film, “Captain America: The First Avenger”, used Canon EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR cameras to capture many of the movie’s action shots. Throughout the super hero action picture, the 5D Mark II was used to shoot motion sequences that were seamlessly integrated with the production’s 35mm film footage. More compact and lightweight read on →

Apple held a private Final Cut Pro X (FCP X) briefing for enterprise contracts in London on July 6th. One first hand report has been posted to the internet detailing what Apple discussed during the event. Alex4d summarizes tweets by @aPostEngineer which reveals the following points: 1. FCP XML in/out is coming via 3rd party read on →

Yes it did! In case anyone is interested in my take on the release of Final Cut Pro X, here it is. First, let me say this first article is just about the release, and not about the software itself. I promise that henceforth I will focus on the actual FCPX software and forget all read on →

Want to get Final Cut Pro X for $255? Buy three of these (reportedly redeemable in the Mac App Store) Apple® – iTunes $100 Gift Card – APPLE. The Mac App Store certainly looks like you can redeem Gift Cards, though I have never tried it: (Obviously, you’ll have to wait until it is available!) read on →

by Glenn Fleishman You can read a thousand articles about the new Thunderbolt input/output technology in Apple’s latest revision to MacBook Pro laptops, and the new revelations from Apple about Mac OS X Lion. But via Twitter, I discovered that many people are unaware of or concerned about certain features close to their hearts. From read on →

Bouncing back from a slip in February, online video usage in the US is on the rise according to new research from The Nielsen group. The survey for March 2011 showed that total video streams also increased 7% to 14.5 billion streams. There were in all 144.2 million unique online video users, a 3.6% rise read on →

Sweeping Productivity Enhancements and New Creative Innovations Boost End-to-End Workflows for Audio and Video Professionals SAN JOSE, Calif. — April 11, 2011 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Production Premium, the complete software solution for video and post-production that helps deliver content to virtually any screen. Breakthrough performance, workflow improvements, read on →

At this point, there are several choices for HDSLRs, but my philosophy is this: If your budget is limited at all, spend the minimum on the camera and spend the money where it will really count– on the other goodies that really make an impact, like lenses, (especially lenses!), a decent tripod, mics, lights, stabilizers, read on →

The IPad 1 & 2 For Digital Visualmakers by Paul Antico - via The iPad 1 & 2 for Digital Visualmakers – Blog – NeedCreative. I’ll admit it up front: I love Apple products. I find the elegance in their use and design, the software and hardware integration, their near ubiquitousness in the Creative community, and the just plain read on →

CoreMeltFREE! Offers 33 plugins from all our products including: Click on the plugin names for more info. ImageFlow FX: Multipop Forward, Filmstrip, Carousel, Continuous Random Pan, Image Grid Pigment: Advanced Vignette, RGB Levels and Curves Gadget: Dewrinkler, Old TV Luminous: Blowout, Godrays Shatter: 3D Shatter, Analog Glitch TRX: Soft Edge Wipe, Blend Mode Dissolve, Curl Apart, Exposure Flash Delta V: Projector Malfunction, Random Crop, Video screens 2way VeeYou: read on →

How do I export a high quality movie from Final Cut Pro 7 or Express? Once you’re finished with your edit, how should you export? Well, it depends. Here are three methods: METHOD #1. Reference movie If you want to export a temporary movie as quickly as possible, export a reference movie. 1. File > read on →

FCP Tutorial: The Down and Dirty Slideshow or “how to create a slideshow in a minute and a half” Sometimes being “the video editor” is like being the “friend with the truck”…people start asking favors of you. “Oh, you’re a video editor…that’s great because I really need a video made for my church…my cousin’s bar read on →

So you’ve had all these ideas for shoots, webisodes, shorts, films or whatever, right?  But you figured, what’s the point, why produce them, it’s too much work!  Well, lets negate the negativity and take a look at this positive success story for inspiration.  These guys, had a vision, shot and executed it, put it up read on →

Here’s a quick guide to getting that DVD from Compressor onto a menuless (?menu-less?) DVD video. With the default DVD presets in Compressor, you will get these files- a .ac3 (dolby digital) file for the audio and a .m2v file which is short for Mpeg-2 video: DVDs require elementary streams, which are separate video and read on →

Newspaper sites have overtaken broadcaster sites in the number of videos uploaded, according to a report by Brightcove and TubeMogul. Its quarterly report, which analysed a sample of US-based and global Brightcove customers for Q3 2010, found that newspaper sites streamed 313m minutes of video in the quarter, compared with 290m minutes uploaded by broadcasters. read on →

Being a digital video creator used to be for the artistic or creative film making individuals that wanted to bring a little Hollywood into their personal world, but nowadays, thanks to the internet that has changed. In today’s era, small businesses and corporations can utilize webcasts to reach and interact with their current customers, as read on →

The JustFilms initiative will invest $10 million a year in film, video and digital works “that show courageous people confronting difficult issues and actively pursuing a more just, secure and sustainable world.” via Ford Foundation Commits $50 Million to Films With Social Purpose | Digital Media Wire. You know what that means don’t you?  Get read on →

(Heath McKnight is Senior Writer at TopTenREVIEWS.com and a filmmaker. He co-wrote VASST’s two best-selling books on HD production.) With the rise of 3D films, television programming and video games, many hope to get in the stereoscopic game. The technology is new, but good techniques aren’t. No matter the movie at the multiplex, chances are read on →

Browsing the web reading various reports and reviews about Premiere Pro I keep coming across the statement that because Premiere Pro works without the need to transcode H.264 DSLR files the footage inherently retains more quality. After using Premiere Pro for a week or so I decided to spend some time investigating this theory and read on →

The Apple TV is admittedly a better bargain at $99, but it still isn’t really whetting my appetite. There are a couple of rumored new additions that could help that change, however. According to some, Live TV and PVR capabilities are next in line for Apple’s favorite living room hobby. A new licensing partnership between Apple and read on →

The 60D, Canon’s new midrange DSLR, is a whole lot like the Rebel T2i inside—still fantastic. It’s what’s outside that’s better, a flip-out swivel screen and more rugged body that tug the camera closer toward video DSLR nirvana. The 60D replaces the horribly aged 50D, sitting between the pricier 7D ($1900) and T2i ($900) in read on →

Ok, so digital isn’t quite at the level of real film just yet.  But, it’s getting pretty darned close.  Zacuto has put together a series to demonstrate some of the new HD-DSLRs and how they stack up against some beloved 35mm film.  Their line up includes the 5D MKII, 7D, 1D, T2i, Nikon D3s, and read on →

A team of USC Law students from the USC Intellectual Property and Technology Clinic has helped secure an exemption that will allow documentary filmmakers to use material contained on DVDs and other sources that were previously off limits. The exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was announced today by the United States Copyright read on →

Mobile Video On Steep Growth Curve Revenue from video telephony, video messaging, and similar services is projected to grow from $121 million in 2010 to $2 billion in 2013, says ABI Research. By Esther Shein, InformationWeek Mobile video services revenue from video telephony, video messaging, video sharing, video on demand, VoD downloads, and other video services read on →

Adobe is leading the pack when it comes to system performance, and offers a much-improved NLE. By Oliver Peters Adobe is shipping its much-anticipated Creative Suite 5. The video applications are available either as single products or bundled in the Master Collection or Production Premium suite. Most video editors will be interested in the latter, read on →

MOSCOW: The Graphics and Media Lab at Moscow State University recently released the results of its comparison of Google’s WebM VP8 codec with MPEG-4/H.264. VP8 is a royalty-free, open-source codec recently released by Google for compressing online video. H.264 encoders are fee-based. The release of VP8 sparked an ongoing debate about its quality compared to read on →

A few quotes: “DV Kitchen, from DV Creators, costs little more than a budget video encoder, yet offers a host of professional features.” “SampleLab allows bitrate data size/quality trade-offs to be gauged quickly and accurately. It’s simple to use but incredibly useful, and therein lies its genius.” “The Bitrate Calculator is a useful, foolproof way read on →

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