Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
ON1 Photo RAW 2020 is now available with several new features that take us into the realm of a full-featured photo processing suite as ON1 continues to deliver its alternative to Lightroom. It’s come a long way in a short time since its introduction in 2016. [Read more…]
B&H has the new Loupedeck Photo Editing Console for Lightroom 6 & CC in stock and now shipping. Loupedeck gives you analog controls on a console that attaches to your computer running Lightroom. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
Phase One has updated Capture One to version 9.1. The update provides major improvements to the library tool on Mac and significant stability improvements for tethered capture with Canon cameras. [Read more…]
Affinity Photo is a new Photoshop competitor for Apple users. While there a many features that mirror the functionality inside Photoshop, a notable one is that you can open, edit and save Photoshop PSD files inside Affinity Photo. [Read more…]
Avid has revealed its plans to release a free version of its popular Media Composer video editing software. Dubbed “Media Composer | First,” it will be scaled down in features but will still offer much of the experience for which Media Composer is popular.
Avid has not divulged the complete details on Media Composer | First; however, it will launch later this year. The available info from Avid highlights an in-app Marketplace for purchasing effects and stock footage. Additionally, Avid also highlights cloud connectivity, stating that all projects are stored in the cloud with media stored locally.
As Avid’s FAQ reinforces several times, Media Composer | First is targeted specifically at beginners. Avid makes effort to encourage anyone looking to become a serious editor to look at the full version Media Composer instead.
Avid Media Composer | First will officially launch sometime later in 2015.
Anyone who has gone to the beach with the family understands the pressure on the photographer in the family to capture the perfect portrait on the beach.
It’s not like there aren’t enough things to worry about between hitting the lighting at the right time, to timing your shot in between random beach walkers to keeping sand out of your camera bag. On top of normal photographer thoughts, there is the challenge of working with your own kids, grandkids, nieces or nephews who don’t see you as a photographer but as dad/mom/grandpa/grandma/uncle/aunt with a dorky habit of carrying a camera. [Read more…]
If you want to get more out of your DSLR or mirrorless camera’s video shooting capabilities, you need to learn how to edit that video. Making the transition from photo editing to video editing can be a jarring move.
Video is whole other can of worms but it can be very rewarding. Even if you are not pushing out videos to a client, being able to do behind-the-scenes videos of your work, or just having polished family videos from today’s digital media devices.
If you don’t know where to start, this tutorial from Terry White is a great place to start. He gives you enough info to get started editing in Premiere Pro CC and cut a sequence from start to finish.
There may be better and more efficient methods to use some of the things he shows, but it is a good starting point. If you talk to 10 different editors, you’ll get 10 different opinions on editing techniques and workflow.
Adobe and Aviary have announced the first significant release to Photo Editor by Aviary since joining Adobe a few months ago.
The update, available for both iOS and Android, allows users to: [Read more…]
The above video, courtesy of Andreas Brueckl, shows a 30 minute screen capture (condensed down to 3 minutes) of the grading process that went into a L’Oréal Garnier commercial. The commercial was shot on an Arri Alexa and graded with Baselight. [Read more…]
The NEXTO DI NVS2825 is a portable video backup drive with some powerful features. The NEXTO line of backup drives have previously been relegated to serving simple backup drives with some “kinda cool” features; however, the NVS2825 adds some file handling features that make it a most impressive tool for video professionals. [Read more…]