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DVcreators.net website traffic

February 11, 2010 in digital video news by Josh

I just found a couple websites that estimate visitors to a website. Curious about how we rank alongside some other digital video-related sites that feature advertising, I typed in some URLs, and guess what? Apparently more cool people hang out at our site than some other popular sites, and since you’re reading this, you are [...]

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Adding a remote folder to DV Kitchen

January 12, 2010 in digital video news by Josh

This movie shows how to add a folder on your remote server to DV Kitchen, as well as showing some tips and shortcuts along the way. For more info on DV Kitchen, click here.

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PromptDog and PromptPuppy teleprompting software

October 3, 2009 in digital video news by Josh

Whether you’re a spokesperson, teacher, CEO, video blogger or presidential candidate, you’ll find either PromptDog or PromptPuppy your best friend on the set. They’re both well-trained, well-mannered and great with children. There are free downloadable trials of both PromptDog and PromptPuppy for Mac OS X, Windows XP & Vista, so, we’d like to prompt you to download one or [...]

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LiveType PowerStart

October 2, 2009 in post visuals, self-paced training by Josh


LiveType PowerStart is for anyone wanting to unlock the real potential of LiveType, to truly comprehend how the software works, discover secret shortcuts and timesavers, and absorb a stream of awesome looking techniques, tips and tricks for creating mind-blowing eye candy


ONLY $39.95!

reg. $59.95

EXCELLENT TUTORIAL FOR BOTH FINAL CUT PRO AND FINAL CUT EXPRESS USERS!


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Cityscape Motion tutorial

June 12, 2009 in post visuals by Josh

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

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

June 4, 2009 in digital video news, web video by Josh

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 [...]

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Why are my titles and graphics pixelated in Final Cut?

June 1, 2009 in editing, post visuals by Josh

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 [...]

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U.S. video viewing habits report

June 1, 2009 in digital video news, web video by Josh

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 [...]

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Shooting Awesome Video

May 22, 2009 in cinematography, lighting, location sound, planning, self-paced training, web video by Josh


Shooting Awesome Video is a complete introductory course in camera operation, shooting aesthetics, lighting, location audio and a bonus behind-the-scenes shoot section.

$19.95


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Happy 10th birthday, Final Cut Pro and DVcreators.net!

April 19, 2009 in digital video news by Josh

In 1998, I remember hearing about a new editing program called “Key Grip”, written by Randy Ubillos, the creator of Adobe Premiere. It looked like a nice blend of Avid/Premiere-style non-linear editing and After Effects-style keyframing, two programs I had picked up in their 1.0 versions and used for tons of projects. At NAB 1998, [...]

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Where can I find free fonts?

April 1, 2009 in digital video news by Josh

http://www.webpagepublicity.com/free-fonts.html http://www.grsites.com/fonts/ 1001freefonts http://www.alvit.de/blog/article/20-best-license-free-official-fonts fontfreak downloadfreefonts katsfunfonts absolute fonts archive reflectdesign nicksfonts fonthead macfonts fuelfonts bvfonts aenigmafonts chank a-t-i This article lists others WARNING: Do not go crazy and download every free font, then spend days organizing them and printing sample sheets. You will become obsessed with your font collection rather than getting work done. [...]

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DV Kitchen gets another awesome review! This one from Allan Tepper.

March 15, 2009 in web video by Josh

“DVKitchen is unique in helping you to determine your ideal settings… very quickly…” “No other program on the planet has all of these time-saving features ” “As you play with any of the five sliders, the recommended bitrate budget number updates dynamically! I don’t know any other software tool, at any price, that offers this. [...]

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Canon announces an exciting first with its new WP-V1 underwater housing for the VIXIA HF20 & HF200 flash memory camcorders

February 18, 2009 in cinematography, digital video news by Josh

This case is good up to an amazing 130 feet! You can shoot video, or stills with the camcorder flash. This compact and light-weight housing hugs the camcorder like a wet suit, enabling easy on-camera operation and control. LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., February 18, 2009 – Canon announces an exciting first with its new WP-V1 Waterproof [...]

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How can I previsualize my project for my team, clients or backers without shooting a single second?

February 5, 2009 in planning by Josh

If you really want to previsualize your project before shooting, either for your own benefit or to pitch a project to financiers, your boss, or your mom, consider doing a “living storyboard”- that means: draw storyboard frames use the “Photo” button on your camcorder to capture each storyboard frame to DV tape capture the “footage” [...]

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Apple may add storyboarding to Final Cut Pro?

February 3, 2009 in editing, planning by Josh

I remember heading to dinner 6 or 7 years ago with Randy Ubillos, creator of Final Cut Pro, telling him my vision for a future FCP update- incorporating some pre-production elements like storyboarding, in which the user would link captured clips to a storyboard frame, then FCP would rough cut the project together automatically, with [...]

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Canon VIXIA HV40 HDV Camcorder

January 8, 2009 in cinematography, digital video news by Josh

The Canon VIXIA HV40 HDV Camcorder, a replacement to the highly acclaimed VIXIA HV30 camcorder, shares the core components found within the VIXIA line, but also offers a Genuine Canon 10x HD Video Lens and 2.96 Megapixel Full HD CMOS Image Sensor. What’s more, the camcorder allows consumers to record in native 24p Mode, a [...]