Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Adobe’s marketing machine is taking advantage of the Final Cut Pro X dilemma by enticing Final Cut Pro users with a 50% off discount of competing Adobe products and packages, including Premiere Pro CS5.5 and Production Premium CS5.5. Adobe’s promo (shown above) takes a dig at Apple’s recent bad press with its switch slogan: “You’re a pro. Make sure your toolset is too.” [Read more…]
Red Giant Software has released Magic Bullet Suite 11, which includes a total of 9 Magic Bullet products, such as Looks, Colorista II and Grinder.
To show off the effects offered by the new Magic Bullet Suite, the Red Giant Software team put together the following short film, Plot Device, using programs within the suite for effects and grading. [Read more…]
Eric Kessler let Philip Bloom take his new RED EPIC for a spin and also volunteered to be a test subject while members of the Kessler Crane crew threw glasses of water at him. The result a rather entertaining slow motion mashup of Kessler’s abuse.
Check out the full rundown of the operation over at Philip Bloom’s site.
Check out this cool little stop motion for Moleskine Mini Planners.
After you watch it, pause and think about how it was made – and then watch the behind-the-scenes video below. [Read more…]
While HDR photography has its fans and foes, HDR video is likely to fuel the fire even further if the tech in the AMP video camera becomes widespread and affordable.
The AMP camera claims to offer up to 17 stops of dynamic range as the result of capturing simultaneous video on 3 separate senors – with each set to different exposure values. The Gen II AMP camera stores raw data to SSD hard drives and, based on the company’s FAQ, it looks like they are working on increasing the memory buffer for longer recording times.
Check out the demo video below that shows off some of the footage and explains some of how the camera works. [Read more…]
Vincent Laforet’s recent video that showed off some RED EPIC HDRx eye-candy now has a companion behind-the-scenes video that shows off some the gear he used to get the shots.
Laforet promises that he has more on the way. For now, check out this first BTS video below. [Read more…]
Vincent Laforet posted a new video, EPIC #308, today (embedded above) – a reference to the serial number of his new camera. The footage came together as a result of a California road trip with Eric Kessler of Kessler Crane.
Many shots were done with the EPIC’s HDRx capture capabilities, along with some 5D Mark II time lapses thrown in the mix.
Laforet has a pretty big write up about the adventure over on his blog, where he goes into some of the technical details and explains his plan for more behind the scenes material from his EPIC road trip.
The fabled RED Scarlet just keeps getting sexier – particularly now that they’ve uploaded some 120fps footage shot with a Scarlet prototype in a hairy lighting setup. [Read more…]
Above is a cityscape timelapse video from Dominic Boudreault. He shot it with a Canon 5D Mark II from late 2010 to early 2011 with locations including Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, New York and Chicago. Fullscreen the HD version and turn up the volume.