My current role as media coordinator at the State Bar of Wisconsin involves live production of Continuing Legal Education seminars for lawyers. Our job—as a two-person media department—is to make our speakers and presenters look good. Between us, we operate a NewTek TriCaster, audio mixing, projection, and multiple cameras. This article will discuss how and why we transitioned from Panasonic CX350s and SDI to an all-PTZ camera NDI workflow.
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Posted 20 Sep 2023
The AKiTiO Thunder3 Quad Mini is a solidly built 4-drive enclosure capable of delivering lightning-fast read and write speeds for video editors via its state-of-the-art Thunderbolt 3 connection.
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Posted 01 Aug 2017
The TVS-682T is an impressive Thunderbolt 2 DAS/NAS/iSCSI storage system fast enough for 4K video ingest/editing/playout with the file sharing/storage and remote access convenience of a traditional NAS.
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Posted 17 Apr 2017
I found the Thunder2 Duo Pro unit solid and fast. It looks like it will take a beating if you work in a tough environment. If you add in a few Solid State Drives (SSDs), it will be very rugged and lightning-fast. Set it up in a RAID 0 and you'll enjoy fast data throughput for your more demanding edits.
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Posted 22 Aug 2015
Here we look at the QNAP TVS-471, a 4-drive NAS storage device that runs on Linux, can play back 4K video, operate as a home media server, and even has options to back up all your devices including mobile devices
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Posted 18 May 2015
Arts Law Conversations tackles complicated intellectual property issues in a format non-lawyers can understand. It's a great asset for all creative entrepreneurs attempting to wade through the complexity of intellectual property.
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Posted 17 Mar 2015
The new version of proDAD's popular video stabilization solution, Mercalli V4 SAL + works really well, and has grown into more than just a stabilizer, adding CMOS correction to remove the jello, wobble, and skew distortions caused by modern CMOS sensor cameras. Essentially it is two products in one.
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Posted 09 Dec 2014
Switronix' TorchLED 220R, like the TorchLED 220W, is a compact, dimmable, temperature-adjustable on- or off-camera LED light. The 220R model adds a handy remote control that allows you to operate the light at a distance of more than 175 feet.
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Posted 26 Aug 2014
proDad's latest release is a standalone application called ReSpeedr, which the company touts as "the Ultimate Super Slow-Motion & Time-Lapse Video Producer"; here we check out ReSpeedr's usability and test its image quality compared to that available natively in an NLE on moderately and extremely slowed-down clips.
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Posted 14 Jan 2014
proDAD ProDRENALIN is a standalone application specifically designed to address issues that producers face when they shoot POV and aerial footage with cameras like the GoPro HERO--specifically, stabilization issues and the fisheye look. Here's a look at how the new app fared with some challenging aerial footage shot with a typically shaky tricopter.
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Posted 22 May 2013
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