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This is a feature by feature comparison between the black magic Cinema Camera and Dslr’s

Comparing the Cinema Camera & 5D Mk III from OneRiver Media on Vimeo.

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It’s been 4 months that Black magic first announced the final model to be ready for shipping. Like everybody else, I saw the footage and I was amazed by the capabilities of this $3000 body. Read More…

I had some DV footage from an old DV tape camera. After swapping it from one hard drive to another over the last couple of years, it got corrupted. The image had random “pixelization” all over the frame. The sound had a faint tickling background noise. The artifacts were not as annoying as not being able to export the edited footage. I tried to export chunks of 2 min each. However, for 1h 25 min project, it was not really that practical. Not only that, the export kept failing on some of the chunks. Desperate, Read More…

This is a 5 part series for the most essential hardwares for video editors.

II SSD boot drive

Unfortunately SSD are terribly expensive compared to mechanic drive but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t buy one. I think every video editor should replace his boot drive to an SSD for these reasons:

No moving parts: Mechanic drives consist of spinning plates with a head to read and write data. The seek time can increase the wait time depending on your hard drive rotation speed or RPM. In SSD the seek time is “0”. Data is instantly accessed which dramatically increase speed. Read More…

This is a 5 part series for the most essential hardwares for video editors.

I Graphic Cards

The quality of the graphics card can be a deal breaker in your non-linear editing system. The GC is responsible for everything that is displayed on your screen.  The misconception is that Graphics cards are only applicable to video thus sometime referred to as the video card. In fact, the user interface of the software you have active and the operating system effects (like Aero in windows) can sometimes be draining to the processing power and memory available on your system. Read More…

Adobe after Effects CS6 was released on May 7 2012.It introduced for the first time the new Ray traced 3D engine. John Dickinson did a whole review about the new features. What follows is a resume of the pro’s and con’s and more….

Adobe Just Released the new Premiere Pro CS 6 New Feature April 12th . Adobe have answered the users prayers…What a list!!! It is important to note that Pr Pro CS 6 has built in effects like warp stabilizer and rolling shutter repair from after effects and the powerful audio mixer from adobe audition. New applications like adobe speedgrade (color correction) and adobe Prelude (bridge for video) are included. Pr Pro CS 6 Ships with Encore CS6 For DVD and Web Authoring.
This is a summary of the main improvements. (I tried to sort them the best I can)

1 Sleek, highly intuitive, customizable user interface. Read More…

The wait is over Folks!!!! Adobe just released a Full list of the Top new features in After Effects. I have to say some have totally exceeded my expectations. From what it looks, this might be the best upgrade ever. Here is a summary of the major Changes:
Global Performance Cache
Global Performance Cache comprises a set of technologies: a global RAM cache, a persistent disk Cache, and a new graphics pipeline. Read More…

I downloaded Photoshop CS 6 and I was amazed by the new capabilities it offers. What you see in the picture is indeed a timeline out of Photoshop CS 6. I have to say even though Adobe took a big leap into video production with the CS 6 release I still think it is very limited to the average consumer. Programs like after effects and Premiere pro can perform much better and offer more control. Having said that it is important to note that if you are skilled in Photoshop user and you want to make videos that looks very professional without switching programs it is very possible thanks to these new features listed below. Read More…

Shuttle Pro V2 is a must have for video editors, digital music composers. I bought the Shuttle pro V2 two months ago and I’m very pleased with it.
• The unit is huge. It covers my whole hand and I’m 6, 2 feet.
• Easy to install

• Works very well on PC and Mac
• Slick design and ergonomic feel
• The shuttle jog is very smooth and precise. Read More…