Tips and Tricks on Finding the Best Camera Angles
It goes without saying, framing and composition has the power to completely change your narrative. As a filmmaker, it’s essential to understand how film language can manipulate the manner …
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Is the $300 Razer Core X the Best eGPU for Mac?
More and more video editors using the latest Apple laptops for video editing, seem to be tempted by the extra processing power provided by external graphics processing units. While …
How to Speed Up Your FCP X Video Editing Workflow
For video editors, having an efficient and speedy workflow is essential to ensure tuneful delivery of the final video output without sacrificing quality. While many novices tend to overlook …
ProRes RAW vs. REDCODE RAW – Which One is Better?
Less than three months ago, Apple had stunned the filmmaking community with the introduction of their latest proprietary codec ProRes RAW, promising to deliver the flexibility of Raw while …
The Essentials of Building a 4K Video Editing Workstation in 2018
This year, 2018, has brought a slew of new technologies from computer manufactures aimed at increasing performance for a wide variety of system-intensive tasks including video editing. With all …
DaVinci Resolve 15 Crash Course is Out – Enroll for FREE!
Seasoned colorist and fellow filmmaker Alex Jordan of Learn Color Grading and FilmSimplified has produced dozens of insightful color grading tutorials over the years, alongside a myriad of successful courses and numerous free resources regarding …
Five of the Best Monitors for Creative Professionals in 2018
When it comes to editing and color grading your footage, having a professional-grade monitor is absolutely a must, especially if you want to view and deliver your content in …
Closer Look at the Advanced Creative Functions of DJI Ronin-S
DJI literally shook up the independent filmmaking community with the introduction of the Ronin-S, the company’s first single-handed 3-axis gimbal designed to compete with other stabilization front-runners such as …
Five Cinematic Gimbal Shots You Can Pull Off with the Zhiyun Crane 2 or DJI Ronin-S
Gimbal stabilizers have opened the floodgates for filmmakers to achieve cinematic camera moves with a single piece of equipment, rather than using complicated setups involving a bulky crane or …
SWIT S-1053F – a Professional 5.5-inch On-Camera Monitor Packed with Features
With the many brands and product lines available for external monitors, such as those made by Atomos and SmallHD, finding the best bang for your buck on-camera monitor usually …
Sony A6500 vs Sony A7III Side-by-Side Comparison
With its ubiquitous Alpha mirrorless camera lineup, Sony has completely revolutionized filmmaking technologies, dominating the consumer and prosumer markets with hard-hitting products like the A7S II, A7R III, A6300, …
Adobe Unveils Project Rush – the World’s First All-In-One, Cross-Device Video Editing App
Adobe has just announced Project Rush – the first all-in-one, cross-device video editing app that makes creating and sharing online content easier than ever. This integrated desktop and mobile …
Portable and Powerful Pro Workstation with Triple Monitors?
Whether it be in the comforts of your editing suite or somewhere in the field, powerful workstations are always required to perform multiple intensive production tasks ranging from real-time …
Take Your B-Roll Footage to the Next Level with These Three Incredibly Effective Tips
The premise of shooting B-Roll may seem basic, however it can add a tremendous amount of production value to your project. Whether it be clips to cut in between …
The Easiest Way to Pull Off the Vertigo Effect with the Zhiyun Crane 2 Gimbal
Like it or not, gimbal stabilizers have irreversibly revolutionized the way in which camera movements can be accomplished. Because of these devices, many cinematography techniques that used to take pounds …
Download These Dope Sam Kolder Style Free Premiere Pro Transitions
There’s no denying that a lot of effort is required to take a travel/montage video from good to great. Besides having well-composed shots and a killer soundtrack, transitions between cuts …
Turn Your iPhone into the Ultimate On-Camera Monitor for the Panasonic GH5/GH5S
The use of smartphones as an external monitoring solution is not a recent innovation. Despite the fact that many camera manufacturers have developed proprietary camera monitoring systems for smartphones …
How to Expose S-Log2 and S-Log3 for Natural Looking Skin Tones
Of all the color profiles included with Sony mirrorless cameras, S-Log 2 and S-Log 3 are arguably two of the most frequently used gamma curves by aspiring filmmakers and …
Five of the Most Powerful 4K Video Editing Laptops You Can Get in 2018
Now that it’s 2018, we’ve already reached a tipping point where the advancements in hardware technologies made possible the existence of extremely powerful laptops that can handle even the …
Use This Simple, Yet Effective Trick to Instantly Improve Your Gimbal Shots
Gimbal stabilizers are typically regarded as one of the most intuitive pieces of film equipment these days. Through the seamless integration of different hardware and software technologies, there’s no …