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YouTube Goes 360 Degree VR!Boy! YouTube or should I say Google really took a huge dump on a few people's parade this week!You may have heard of the newly emerging technology of 360 degree video shooting.There are lot's of places around the web where you can check it out but essentially it is video footage taken by a special array of cameras that simultaneously … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – LUTs Explained, Virtual Reality and Action Cam Videos

Teleprompter (Autocue) BasicsOne of the most difficult parts of creating a video project that involves some kind of on-camera presentation is that of trying to appear natural.For a very few people appearing on camera, remembering what to say, keeping track of where you are and all the while looking natural and relaxed is something they can just do with ease.For … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Teleprompters, YouTube Dreams, New Gadgets and Shutter Speeds

Some New Free Image Sources If you are anything like me you are probably on a constant hunt for free images that you can use in your video projects. There are a number of sites around but getting to them can be a little tricky because search results tend to be overwhelmed by sites that offer "royalty free" images which may or may not be actually free to download or even free … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Free Images, New iPhone Video for Bentley and Sensors

Birdman Secret Edits This is probably one of my favorite movies from the recent past for a number of reasons. I can remember watching it at the time and thinking there was something different about the way it looked or seemed to be visually tracking but couldn't put my finger on exactly what that was... until now. I have written a number of times recently about the problems … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Birdman Secrets, YouTube Red and 360 Cams

Manual and Remote FocusOne of the downsides to the fact that just about all video being recorded these days is occurring in high definition is the problem of focus.In the good 'ol days of standard def you could generally fudge it a little on the focus but with the glorious clarity of HD that just aint gonna cut it no more!Now most people are basically relying on the … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Focus Tips, Medium Shot Framing and a YouTube Update