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Rapture - Beautiful Images of American Southwest

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This is production footage Tom Lowe shot over the summer for his debut film, "TimeScapes," a modern portrait of the American Southwest, using Canon and Red MX cameras. Follow the film's production here.

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Canon, Twixtor and a whole lot of splashback

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If I was 18 years old, Swedish and my name was Rickard, I'd like to think that I'd be pushing the envelope, and experimenting with my 550D and Twixtor to get some amazing results. I'd just make sure my mom didn't hang out the washing before I went out to get grungy! More cool Twixtor stuff after the break.

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Exposing the value of the 5D with the High Dynamic Range process

This video, from San Francisco based Soviet Montage, highlights several clips made using their new High Dynamic Range (HDR) process.

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BBC use cool 5D stop motion for Electric Proms trail

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Check out this cool stop motion sequence using the 5D to trail BBC "Electric Proms" from Brand New School.

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NSFW Wacom Pen Mouse Men make money

Some people put in a serious amount of time into their pet projects. Awesome!

Money Money Money - "Gettin' Money With a Mouse and a Wacom Pen)" from Daily Planet ltd. on Vimeo.

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Stream the HDMI output of your DSLR over Wifi using Teradek's shoe mounted Cube

 

In the past it's always been a bit of a problem getting a monitoring signal out of a DSLR so other people can watch. Indiespot.tv caught up with Teradek's Rod Clark at the DV Expo.

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Tutorial: Balancing your DSLR on a Glidecam

How to balance your DSLR on a Glidecam 4000  Good info on picking the right model & operation. Don't forget to check your drop time!

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Shane Hurlbut and the Redrock Micro ManCam

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Shane Hurlbut ASC talks about HDSLR filmmaking and his use of the Redrock Mancam rigs.

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So we missed Halloween, but here is how to make a camera out of a pumpkin.

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A LOT of of work to make a camera out of a pumpkin, but a nicely made how to. BTW it was an Orange pumpkin that shoots 4K :)

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Cinematographer Shane Hurlbut, ASC, talks about HDSLRs

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An Interview with respected cinematographer Shane Hurlbut, ASC, on the HDSLR revolution thanks to ThatsHot TV for this one. Well worth a watch.

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Sony's PMW-F3: The promo's ''Convergence'' with short film

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Not surprisingly the Sony PMW-F3 is starting to make some waves. And not just a promo, there's even the first short made with the PMW-F3 to watch. This could be a real game changer for the HDSLR market.

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Cinevate Rigs and a brave cameraman

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This short piece would surely upset the health and safety people so we better keep it hush hush. Still it just shows you what a bit of invention and a lot of balls can do! 

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First Public Footage of Red Scarlet Fixed Lens Camera

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Tonaci Tran certainly moves and shakes with those RED people. He went to RED Studios to work on the Santa Fe 3D Workshop and got to handle the Red Scarlet Fixed Lens camera.

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STORM: RED digital camera workflow on FCP.

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Visual Effects innovator The Foundry have developed STORM which assists RED Digital Camera workflows. There's a Public Beta available for download until 1 March 2011. Take a look here.

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Who needs Twixtor to do 1000fps when you have Apple's Motion already?

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You've seen the awesome BMX videos posted here that slow down footage to 1000 fps using the optical flow plugin Twixtor. So why not use Motion instead? Watch the tutorial then see the result after the break.

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RED Scarlet camera caught on the way to CES show

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You have to admire that Tonaci Tran, he gets to see the right people at the right time with the right kit. On a recent visit to Red Studios, he managed to doorstep Ted Schilowitz on the way to CES with a Scarlet in his hand. Makes me smile that the video was hot on an iPhone though. Ironic?

 UPDATED 8th Jan  Ted & Scarlet camera get featured on Guardian TV after the break.

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Cut Notes for the iPad

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Digital Rebellion have come out with a super cool iPad app. Can't wait to try this one out with FCP!

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Canon 7D transmits pictures wirelessly with a Cube

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So you want to stream your 7D live from that helicopter rig because you've got a live Moto Cross event to web broadcast? Before the helicopter's control system would have interfered with the WiFi. Not now. Find out more after the break.

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Free 3D media to edit in FCP? Download it now...

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Boston based camera man Tom Guilmette shares his experience of shooting 3D, and the positives and negatives of the Panasonic AG 3DA1 3D Video Camera. This is an informed perspective so well worth a listen. Find out more about editing 3D footage after the break.

UPDATE: Walter Murch's 3D verdict in (also after the break)

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Multi-cam DSLRs even at a wedding!

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 Eric Kmetz of Epic Motion posted this multi-cam tutorial.This is very helpful for anyone who does multi-cam shoots not just weddings. Made with his iMac, his iSight, his iChair and most importantly his iBalls! See one of Eric's beautiful wedding films after the break.

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