Tweet When I first laid eyes on Edelkrone’s Slider Plus+, I was like…this is genius! It’s exactly what I had been looking for in a slider. Compact, affordable, and an engineering marvel. Producing a show where you have all of your gear on your back, I’d always forgone a slider. There’s no point in even [...]

Tweet I had the opportunity recently, to check out the Rokinon 14mm Cinema Lens and give it a run-through out in the field.  I shoot a travel television show, so I have certain criteria an EFP style shooter might not have. It is very rare that I shoot anything other than video with my DSLR (aside from [...]

Tweet One thing that has seriously been lacking from Final Cut Pro 7 is the ability to have control over curves for simple grading. Even though the writing is on the wall for FCP7, I still have PLENTY of projects that will require me working in 7 for the next year or so…at least. So [...]

Tweet This past week I had the opportunity to review an app for the iPad called istopmotion. Now I’m not much of an animator and most of my work doesn’t require animation…however, I had an opportunity to play with this little app for a few hours and I must say that I had a blast. [...]

Tweet PluralEyes for FCP X is out and ready to help with all of your syncing needs. You may be wondering why you might need PluralEyes for FCP X considering that FCP X has it’s own ability to synchronize clips within the application. I shared your same skepticism, however, if you dig in and do [...]

Tweet When I first heard the news about Media Composer 6, I was genuinely excited. It has been a long time since an NLE has given me a reason to look forward to its release. After the release of FCP X, I realized (along with everyone else in the professional film and video world) that [...]

Tweet Today, I’m going to take a look at Singular Software’s Presto. Presto is an application that works alongside Final Cut Pro and Sony Vegas to create powerful looking videos from Keynote and Powerpoint presentations. We’ve all been there before…called upon to shoot a presentation of someone speaking at a convention and then put together [...]

Tweet I have been using PluralEyes for my Final Cut System ever since I purchased my Canon 7D last year. I have also had the pleasure of working with PluralEyes on my Media Composer System. In both cases, I really like the software. It helps me fix the one problem that I have with DSLR [...]

Tweet I have been using PluralEyes for Final Cut Pro for quite some time now. Since the DSLR revolution, we have all had to face the looming audio issues involved with this new style of production. But how do you successfully manage hundreds of clips that now need the video and audio synced together? You [...]

Tweet I’m working on a 13 episode series right now and I need to make sure that each show fits a definite format. By format, I’m referring to the show’s outline or structure. Most shows follow a specific format so that the broadcasters (television stations and cable networks) know when to insert commercials. This is [...]