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Cinedeck Extreme is the creme de la creme for recording footage

February 15, 2011 / Blogs, Dave's Blog, Product, Reviews

Tweet Ingenuity. Listening to the customer. Cutting-edge. These are all words that to me describe Cinedeck the makers of Cinedeck Extreme. This amazing “on the go” field recorder will make any filmmaker or videographer fall in love with it at first glance. Once they use it they are hooked forever! Yes I too have tried many external recorders. Some work for a while. Others had a complicated workflow. This recorder is the real deal. So what is this Cinedeck Extreme? [...]

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With Filmmaking Make the End your Beginning

January 24, 2011 / Blogs, Dave's Blog

Tweet Unfortunately an independent film is a lot like a house, if it isn’t pretty close to perfect and someone isn’t marketing it full time, it won’t sell. This is why it is so important to make the end your beginning in filmmaking. Post-production and marketing costs can eat you alive leaving you with nothing to show for all your countless hours and hard work. What does starting at the end look like? To begin with, will your movie sell? [...]

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Upcoming MAXON CINEMA 4D Software Demonstrations and Training

September 28, 2010 / Blogs, Dave's Blog

Tweet Newbury Park, CA – September 28 — MAXON Computer USA, a leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, is pleased to announce opportunities throughout the Fall to acquaint established and aspiring digital content creators with the latest version of its award-winning 3D software application – CINEMA 4D Release 12. MAXON announced the availability of CINEMA 4D Release 12 earlier this month. The comprehensive release boasts dozens of new features including improved rendering, enhanced dynamics, new [...]

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SIGGRAPH 2010 – At the Tweak Software Booth

July 31, 2010 / Blogs, News, SIGGRAPH

Tweet At SIGGRAPH 2010 I had a chance to meet with Seth Rosenthal of Tweak Software to discuss Tweak RV and their new alliances. Enjoy.

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Premiere Pro CS5 is Ultra amazing for keying!

June 29, 2010 / Premiere Pro, Tutorials

Tweet One of the amazing features in Premiere Pro CS 5 is the Ultra Keyer video effect. Have a hard to key greenscreen shot? Not a problem. I put together this tutorial to show you how! Enjoy!

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Davinci for under $1k! WOW!

April 19, 2010 / Blogs, NAB 2010

Tweet I have been in the film business for years and always when it came time to do color correction we wanted to afford doing it on the Davinci. Not only was it ultra expensive to hire an artist who was capable of using one, but the device itself was extremely expensive. When Blackmagic Design bought the company last year I knew CEO Grant Petty had something up his sleeve. Never in my wildest dreams did I think it would [...]

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CES 2010 – DYNAMIC KEYNOTES, GLOBAL RETAIL SESSION AND ONE-ON-ONE WITH FCC CHAIRMAN CONTINUE CES MOMENTUM

January 10, 2010 / Blogs, CES 2010, Dave's Blog, News

Tweet Leaders from Nokia, Qualcomm and Hisense Take CES Keynote Stage; Retail Executives Provide Outlook on Future Las Vegas, Nevada, January 9, 2010 – Keynote addresses from the leaders of Nokia, Qualcomm and Hisense, a candid discussion with Federal Communications Chairman (FCC) Julius Genachowski and thoughts on the future of retail from the leaders of Best Buy, Systemex, Wal-Mart and X-cite were recent highlights at the 2010 International CES®. Owned and produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®, the 2010 [...]

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CES 2010 – CONSUMER ELECTRONICS TO GROW IN 2010

January 7, 2010 / CES 2010, News

Tweet Smartphones, Netbooks Poised for Strong Growth Las Vegas, NV, January 7, 2010 – The consumer electronics (CE) industry will generate more than $165 billion in U.S. shipment revenues this year, a slight increase from 2009, according to the semi-annual industry forecast released today by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®. CEA President and CEO Gary Shapiro announced the forecast in his opening remarks at the 2010 International CES®, the world’s largest consumer technology trade show. “2009 is a year none [...]

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Power of Lighting DVDs – Holiday Special: only $100 for 4 Lighting for Video DVDs!

December 15, 2009 / Blogs, Dave's Blog

Tweet Award winning DP/Lighting Designer Bill Holshevnikoff, one of the industry’s leaders in Lighting Education, is having a Holiday Special on his top-rated Power of Lighting DVDs. This 4-DVD set is considered one of the top Lighting Education DVD series around. Normally $150 (w S&H), the full set is now only $100 (plus S&H) until Dec. 31, 2009. You save almost $40! A recent review stated, “Topics include “Lighting Faces”, “Lighting Interviews”, “Color Correction and Filtration”, and “Lighting Backgrounds”. Each [...]

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