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Avid Announces Media Composer and Symphony 6.5

Today Avid has announced updates to its Media Composer and Symphony line of professional video editing and finishing software. Editors familiar with Avid will...

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Color Grading and Color Matching for the Film Look

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Everyone can instantly picture the look and feel of films like Saving Private Ryan, with it's raw, gritty footage, or the Matrix, with is...

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Lighting for the Film Look

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Whether you're capturing images on a camcorder, a DSLR, or even film, what you're really doing is capturing light. Enormous time and expense is...

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Frame Rates and Interlacing

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There's no experience quite like sitting in a movie theater and watching a film. Since it's inception, film has had a special look and...

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Choosing a Camera

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Achieving the film look is no easy task. And choosing the right camera is the first step to get you on the right track....

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Defining the Film Look

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All video professionals and indie filmmakers put a great deal of effort into their final product. Many of them wish to go a step...

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How to Make Your Own DSLR Camera Rig

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Ever since DSLR cameras started recording video, cinematographers everywhere have used them to give their videos a sleek and "professional" feel. However, quality video...

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How to Make a Car Mount

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It's pretty commonplace for someone to ask how a special effect shot in a summer blockbuster was done, but you don't often hear someone...

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How to Make Your Own Boom Pole, Blimp, and Windscreen

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Believe it or not, audience members are more likely to forgive poorly captured video than poorly captured sound which means that capturing clear audio...

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How to Make Your Own Table Top Dolly

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If you've ever had need to make a product look sleek and dynamic or just wanted to lend a bit of movement to a...