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Featured Article: CasparCG Q&A and World Cup case study

We mentioned CasparCG earlier this year, it's a free broadcast play-out server that offers a mature and stable featureset rivaling commercial packages costing many thousands of dollars. Recently they also posted a short case study on how CasparCG was used to play live World Cup graphics, and they even made those templates freely available for testing on your own CasparCG server. Very cool, and ...

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Featured Article: Conversations with Filmmakers - Bandito Brothers and Shane Hurlbut

FreshDV recently had the chance to meet with a group of Los Angeles-based filmmakers that are at the forefront of the DSLR filmmaking revolution. In collaboration with Bandito Brothers (the creative group behind the amazing doc "Dust to Glory"), seasoned cinematographer Shane Hurlbut has been breaking new ground in DSLR filmmaking for some time now. Bandito is currently in post-production on the Navy ...

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Disney Sells Miramax to Filmyard Holdings

July 30th, 2010 by: Matthew Jeppsen

Disney is selling the Miramax arm and titles to Filmyard Holdings, LLC. It's a $660 million dollar sale, and it appears that Disney plans to invest ...

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Canon 7D firmware 1.2.2 update fixes aperture bug

July 28th, 2010 by: Matthew Jeppsen

There's a new firmware out for the Canon EOS 7D that fixes an aperture-change bug. No new features, just a few bug fixes. I've shot extensively ...

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Actor, Crew, and Location Releases on your iPhone or Android device

July 28th, 2010 by: Matthew Jeppsen

Here's a really handy app that simplifies production release forms. mRelease is a $2.99 app for the iPhone that includes built-in release templates for crew, appearance ...

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Apple Mac Pro, iMac, and Cinema Display updates

July 27th, 2010 by: Matthew Jeppsen

Apple just updated a few products. Engadget has all the deets:* Apple Mac Pro line overhauled with ...

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Capture HD video via LiveView from non-video Canon DSLR

July 27th, 2010 by: Matthew Jeppsen

Subject says it all. If you've got a Canon DSLR that is not equipped with a video function, you might still be able to capture HD ...

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UK Film Council gets the axe

July 27th, 2010 by: Matthew Jeppsen

The BBC is reporting that the UK Film Council will be abolished. The Film Council's John Woodward responds.

Panasonic HDC-SDT750 consumer 3D camcorder info leaked

July 26th, 2010 by: Matthew Jeppsen

Watching our Panasonic coverage from NAB 2009 and 2010, it's clear that Panasonic is embracing affordable, ...

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Scott Simmons on Colorista II

July 26th, 2010 by: Matthew Jeppsen

Scott posted a nice review of the recently updated color correction and grading plugin for Final Cut Pro. The new color selection tools for secondaries ...

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All aboard the anti-3D bandwagon

July 26th, 2010 by: Matthew Jeppsen

Speaking personally, I'm not a huge fan of current 3D technology. The only film I've personally seen that really used it subtly and effectively was Avatar. For ...

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