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Featured Article: Volumetrix 2.0 and HUD from Noise Industries

Noise Industries is a major manufacturer of FX plugins for both compositing and non-linear editing software. They are perhaps best know for their FX Factory software, a plugin management software that gives the user a central application for adding and controling FX plugins. FX Factory is available as a free download, and additional plugin packages for FX Factory may be purchased separately. These ...

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Featured Article: Basic Art Direction Primer: A Case Study

The following case study article was written by Pablo Korona, a Rockford, IL based video producer and FreshDV contributor. You can learn more about Pablo's work at www.pablokorona.com. Basic Art Direction Primer / Production Design for a Tabletop Product Shoot Among the many crew departments working a production set, audio and art are often overlooked or ignored. Both are usually an afterthought. But hey, at least all the audio guy has to do is point a ...

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Philip Bloom compares the Hoodloupe and Z-Finder

June 25th, 2009 by: Matthew Jeppsen

Shooter Philip Bloom has posted his comparison of the Zacuto Z-Finder V2 and the ...

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See Walter Murch at the London SuperMeet tomorrow

June 24th, 2009 by: Matthew Jeppsen

At the 2009 London SuperMeet, scheduled for Thursday at the Kensington Conference and Event Centre, distinguished film editor Walter Murch will be one of the featured speakers. ...

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Red Giant TV - How to create a Summer Blockbuster Film Look

June 24th, 2009 by: Matthew Jeppsen

VFX and color guru Stu Maschwitz has created an amazing tutorial on how to use the plugins Magic Bullet Looks and Colorista to effectively ...

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Detailed Review of Redrock’s DSLR Cinema kit for the 5D

June 24th, 2009 by: Matthew Jeppsen

Over at Creative Cow, Jim Harvey has written a LONG and very detailed report on the Redrock DSLR Cinema kit, a full-featured rig for the ...

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Unofficial Canon 5D MK2 “Magic Lantern” firmware enables pro features

June 23rd, 2009 by: Matthew Jeppsen

So it's no secret that we like the Canon 5D MK2 around here. This little $2700 ...

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Stu Maschwitz is now Creative Director for Magic Bullet

June 23rd, 2009 by: Matthew Jeppsen

Looks like Red Giant just tapped Stu Maschwitz as a consultant to help direct the Magic Bullet product line. It's pretty clear to me that Stu ...

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Cine Gear 2009 - Lentequip Production Power Solutions for Red

June 22nd, 2009 by: Matthew Jeppsen

Lentequip was exhibiting at Cine Gear 2009, and I was very excited to see their power and battery solutions for the Red camera. I've complained ...

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Cine Gear 2009 - Cmotion Lens and Camera Controls

June 22nd, 2009 by: Matthew Jeppsen

At Cine Gear 2009, Cmotion gave us a very detailed demonstration of their full-featured camera and lens control systems. Far more than just a remote wireless ...

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