In this article, we'll document a viable 4k encoding workflow assembled for in-house testing, and look at some of the inherent challenges, as well as current products and enabling technologies used to make it work.
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Posted 14 Jan 2014
Is this HP's chance to polish off the Apple all-in-one competitor?
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Posted 09 Jan 2014
In Part 2 of our in-depth look at the Canon XA20/25, I'll touch on a feature new to Canon's pro line of camcorders, and to see how the AVCHD image stacks up.
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Posted 07 Jan 2014
This tutorial demonstrates how to apply an effect to a portion of a video image while leaving the rest of the clip untouched, and how to track that portion of the image throughout the duration of the clip, using the Track Matte effect in Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
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Posted 26 Dec 2013
How the Canon XA25 and Livestream Broadcaster proved a straightforward and effective no muss, no fuss solution for live streaming of a series of trade conference with little ramp-up time or gear-up budget.
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Posted 18 Dec 2013
An in-depth discussion on the features and usability, image quality, and capabilities of the Canon XA20/25, along with comparisons to the predecessor XA10 and next-higher models XF100 and XF300 featuring the author and Andrew Jones of Dallas's The Movie Institute.
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Posted 18 Dec 2013
With Wirecast 5, Telestream has significantly improved usability with a redesigned interface, beneficially expanded the product's input capabilities, and upgraded the product's plumbing with features like x.264 encoding and HD-SDI output via Blackmagic Design Intensity or DeckLink cards. Learn more in this video tutorial that guides you through the new release.
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Posted 17 Dec 2013
In this ongoing Streaming Media Producer series on webcast video production, Shawn Lam covers the video format converters he uses in his own HD webcast workflows, and one new converter that just might be the video converter, scaler, and distribution amplifier to rule them all.
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Posted 11 Dec 2013
Recent upgrades to Adobe CC make it easy to apply graded looks in Adobe Premiere Pro CC and match shots with different color temperatures via seamless roundtripping between Premiere Pro CC and SpeedGrade CC.
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Posted 11 Dec 2013
How KABCOM captured and streamed the entire 2013 competitive fencing season--including the International Challenge in Paris and the world championshops in Budapest--leveraging the Matrox VS4 quad capture and ISO recording card and Telestream Wirecast streaming software.
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Posted 04 Dec 2013
All of the items Adorama's Flashpoint product line are priced in the $200-$400 range, but quality-wise they're very good. They're not the most refined and precision instruments available, but they get the job done, and this 7-inch, 1280x800-resolution LCD monitor, which lists for $400, is no exception.
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Posted 01 Dec 2013
In this review we're going to look at the Adorama Flashpoint line of Cinema DSLR Gear. We're going to start off with a broadly compatible and modular system including the Mattebox, the Shoulder Rig, and the Follow Focus, and finish off (in a separate review) with Adorama's 7-inch LCD monitor.
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Posted 25 Nov 2013
The dual-stream use case--one for streaming, one for archive or other production--is very common in live production, and Matrox Monarch HD, a $995 compact standalone streaming/recording unit, appears to be the lowest-cost solution--and a highly competent one at that.
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Posted 16 Nov 2013
How does the all-in-one that's won over the workstation crowd stack up against laptop form-factor workstations for speed, power, and upgradability for streaming media producers?
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Posted 13 Nov 2013
Blackmagic Design's rackmount format converter and Thunderbolt recording/playback interface is a tightly packed workflow genie of (almost) unlimited options.
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Posted 13 Nov 2013
Adobe has end-of-lifed Adobe Encore, which is bad news if you need to burn DVDs or Blu-ray Discs or build Flash DVDs. This article will discuss how to install Encore if you're a CC subscriber and don't have Encore CS6 already installed on your computer; the terms and implications of Encore's end-of-life status; and how to work around the lack of Dynamic Link transfers from Premiere Pro CC to Encore CS6.
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Posted 06 Nov 2013
This tutorial on Apple Final Cut Pro X takes a closer look at color correction in the Inspector, exploring the Balance Color, Match Color, and Color Mask and Shape Mask features.
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Posted 31 Oct 2013
Repetitive tasks are part of video editing, but they don't have to be tedious in Adobe Premiere Pro CC if you use one of the multiple techniques described in this tutorial.
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Posted 23 Oct 2013
In this final round between audio editing champs iZotope RX 3 and Adobe Audition CC, we compare the two audio editors in noise reduction and reverb/echo reduction.
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Posted 14 Oct 2013
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