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In editing room, Hollywood feels China’s Clout
ArticleApril 28, 2013, 9:17 am
Now playing … China’s Communist Party? From demanding changes in plot lines that denigrate the country’s leadership to dampening depictions of sex and violence, Beijing is having increasing success in pressuring Hollywood into deleting movie content it finds objectionable.
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An affordable editing workstation
ArticleApril 27, 2013, 2:50 pm
Wanted to share my custom built editing workstation specs. I like probably most people are after affordable hardware, be it cameras, lens, rigs, and a powerful yet affordable editing computer.
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Deconstructing RAW – Part I
ArticleApril 27, 2013, 8:46 am
What is RAW, how is it used and why should you use it? These are questions I will try to address in this article, beginning with the question: What is a raw file?
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NAB 2013: AJA Video Systems
ArticleApril 26, 2013, 2:12 pm
AJA Video Systems debuted its Ki Pro Quad solid-state portable video recorder for 4K camera-to-editorial workflows with Apple ProRes and RAW data. The new Ki Pro Quad supports 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 recording at HD and 2K resolution and real-time scaling from 4K/Quad HD to 2K/HD among its many other features.
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FCPX Round Up - Tips for Easier Editing
ArticleApril 26, 2013, 11:41 am
Check out this round of tips for FCPX to learn how to set your preferences, sweeten voice over, use favourites, batch rename clips, master keyboard shortcuts or remap them and much more...
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Interviews with Editors Using Avid
ArticleApril 26, 2013, 10:12 am
Here's a quick round up of some of the best interviews from NAB 2013 and else where, featuring top editors who are using Avid to cut their Hollywood feature films and top TV shows.
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Report on S3D Films Quality Analysis
ArticleApril 26, 2013, 6:11 am
The report presents detailed (246 pages) evaluation results of 5 S3D films, which were captured with stereoscopic camera systems.
Examined problems:
excessive horizontal disparity
vertical disparity
color mismatch
sharpness mismatch
Analysed films:
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
Step Up 3D (2010)
Galapagos: The Enchanted Voyage (1999)
Into the Deep (1994)
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NAB 2013: Wrap Up and Top Picks
ArticleApril 26, 2013, 4:55 am
I decided to do things a little different this year. The last two NAB's I've done a video blog, focusing on just a few noteworthy NAB releases. But this year, I decided to go back to a written blog, and just do one longer NAB wrap-up, focusing on a longer list of products.
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Move to Shared Hub makes perfect ending
ArticleApril 26, 2013, 4:47 am
AS JOBS go, it sounds a pretty good one.As editor-at-large of the UK's biggest selling film magazine, Empire, Nev Pierce is frequently dispatched to film sets around the world to interview big film...
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StorageDNA Shows You How to Build More Intelligent
ArticleApril 25, 2013, 2:59 pm
TC Chakravarty, StorageDNA CEO and President, talks to us about how StorangeDNA can help people build more intelligent workflows. He also details how this technology can change and impact the industry....
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