Compressor now offers Terminator/SkyNet-level computing in the form of a render farm: the ability to harness the power of multiple networked computers – not just drives – to parallelize CPU-intensive tasks. Yeah, OK: maybe not exactly SkyNet. Yet.[adrotate group="6"] Hawaii filmmaker and planet5D reader Jeff…
You may be familiar with kaizen, the Japanese practice of continuous improvement. You may be less familiar with its origins as an American concept brought to Japan after WW II by, among others, W. Edwards Demming. [adrotate group="6"] No matter its origin or current chief…
We've shown quite a few samples of video shot with the new Magic Lantern RAW video features and this one sent in by Andre Meyer just blew me away so I had to share it with you. Have a look at this beautifully shot Magic…
For FCPX (and many other apps) under the new Apple OS X Mavericks, apps will by default, attempt to save processing for foreground apps by doing something new called "App Nap" - and that will cause background rendering to STOP unless you turn it off.…
A year ago many film makers raved about the powerful film looks achievable with FilmConvert. Now the goodness is, for Premiere and After Effects users, faster and even more awesome with powerful new features as announced on the FilmConvert web site. [adrotate group="6"] [adrotate group="9"]…
The good folks at color grading central have more good news - if you're looking for some great presets for FCPX and Premiere Pro, they can hook you up. [adrotate group="6"] [adrotate group="9"] Luster Grade Presets Professional Looks for FCP 7*/X | Adobe After Effects…
Anneliese Possberg wrote us the other day and we have to agree... we did enjoy it so we thought we'd share the love... thought you'd enjoy this aurora time lapse from Scandinavia. It happens to be made with Three Canons 5D but actually it doesn't…
What is a Cinemagraph and why do you care? As you can see by the samples below, a Cinemagraph is a photo (actually a collection of photos) turned into a very short movie by making them into an animated gif (or in a real movie…
We'd heard rumors about it yesterday and 9to5mac just published the story (tho it hasn't yet been picked up by other sites like macrumors yet surprisingly... was there an embargo that is being ignored? -update 8:54 am CT - macrumors does have a story now)…
We've been following CrumplePop guys for a few months and they've got some pretty fun filters for Final Cut Pro X (and the older FCP 6 & 7) and they've recently announced several new tools that you should know about! [adrotate group="6"] [adrotate group="9"] Finisher…
