San Jose: CS6 Reviewer’s WorkshopTraining in the Adobe Headquarters in San JoseThis past week, I had a chance to check out some pretty incredible new features from Adobe’s new CS6 release along with Flash reviewer Mike Muwanguzi and Photoshop reviewer, … Read the rest of this story…
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Tagged Adobe Edge, Cloud Storage, CS6, nVidia, San Jose
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Website ReviewFilm School Secrets Host: Seth HymesTopic: Film School Crash CoursePublisher: Film School SecretsAvailable Formats: Video Based WebsiteMSRP: $67 (one-time subscription)Expected Release: Available NowOfficial Website: http://www.filmschoolsecrets.comCritique Issue: Issue #76 (May 2012)Critiqued By: Mark ColegroveFinal Score: 5.8Well it’s no secret that … Read the rest of this story…
Posted in MicroFilmmaking, Reviews (Training), Training
Tagged Education, Film school, film school secrets review, Filmmaking
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When you get a new camera, the first thing you want to know is: what are the best settings to make it look like a million dollars? The short answer: you’re already asking the wrong questions. This does not mean there aren’t ways to tweak your camera, but those are final touches to some much more preliminary understandings. The radio station you listen to while you drive your car is a much later choice than learning how to drive your car in the first place. Read the rest of this story…
Posted in Articles, General, Tips, Tutorials, Walk Throughs
Tagged camera, settings, tricks
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Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Creative Cloud™, a radical new way of providing tools and services* that will change the game for creatives worldwide. A subscription-based offering, Adobe Creative Cloud is a hub for making, sharing and delivering creative work and it is centered around a powerful release of Adobe Creative Suite® 6 software, packed with innovation across its industry-defining design, Web, video and digital imaging tools. Read the rest of this story…
Cambridge, MA—April 17, 2012 – iZotope, Inc., a leading innovator in digital audio signal processing, has released iZotope Iris™, a new concept in sound design and sample manipulation in the form of a “visual instrument.”Powered by iZotope’s award-winning visual feedback … Read the rest of this story…
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Tagged Audio, post-production, sound design
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When a television studio of ill repute decides they need to one-up their already questionable line of reality shows, they decide to create a reality show set in a tiny college that’s owned by Barbara Marconi, the barely legal wife of a millionaire. As the reality show gets ready to shoot, things come to a head between Mrs. Marconi, her current beau, her husband, and his enforcer. Read the rest of this story…
Posted in Critiques, Critiques (Feature Narrative), Feature Length
Tagged comedy, DramaClass, suspense, thriller
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I have finally overcome technical difficulties enough to bring you some exciting updates from NAB Las Vegas, 2012! The exhibit halls have been packed to the gills for the last three days with eager filmmakers looking to play with the … Read the rest of this story…
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Tagged 5D, Blackmagic, camera, canon, nab, production, red, Red Digital Cinema Camera Company, scarlet, video
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It is getting harder and harder to look the other way when it comes to adding CG (Computer Graphics) to the independent filmmakers tool set. For serious indies that are looking to “up their game” Cinema 4D, the full studio version, is worth a long, hard look. Even TV shows are doing so much with green-screens and environment manipulation, that viewers are expecting a level of sophistication greater than ever before.
Yes, we all know that the story is King. However, with offerings like Maxon’s Cinema 4D (C4D), even humble filmmakers can have professional grade tools in their studio, which only expands on the ability to tell a good story. Read the rest of this story…
Posted in Reviews, Reviews (Software), Software
Tagged 3D, Cinema 4D, film, Maxon, r13, realism
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Kekule Productions is currently raising a portion of its financing via the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform for the psychological thriller, “Teddy Boy.” Boulder-based producer, Meryem Ersoz (Black Wing Digital,“Mind’s Eye”) has partnered with Mr. Jourdan to co-produce the project which will be filmed in and around Denver, CO and Lake Granby near Rocky Mountain National Park. Sean J.S. Jourdan wrote the screenplay which will mark his feature debut. Read the rest of this story…
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Tagged kickstarter, Sean J.S. Jourdan, Teddy Boy
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Photoshop CS6 beta demonstrates Adobe’s focus on huge performance enhancements, imaging magic and creativity tools that offer customers a new experience in digital imaging. Key features include new additions to the Content-Aware tools: Content-Aware Patch allows greater control by letting users select and duplicate an area of an image to fill in or “patch” another. Content-Aware Move lets users select and magically move an object to a new place in the image. Read the rest of this story…
