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Handheld Camera Gimbals: Does a Filmmaker Need One? With the introduction of easily accessible high definition recording devices for video a few things really changed in the world of shooting videos. The first has been the intense development of auto-focus features on cameras and devices due to the unforgiving nature of high definition footage. The other thing that changed … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Handling Criticism, Gimbals or Handheld and More

Adobe Premiere Elements 2019 UpdateWell the bad news for me this week is that Adobe have released the new version of Premiere Pro 2019.I say "bad news" because that means I have to do another updated review of the whole thing.Given my inherent laziness I am sure you understand my position!I have have however had a chance to take a quick look at it and I must say … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Premiere Elements Updates and a Mixed Bag of Goodies

MAKING VIDEOS - Could this be the Basic of all Basics? Get ready folks but it's only fair to warn you that I am about to embark on a longish ranty kind of blurb here in support of the video below. Running this website as I do I get a lot of questions from people from all over the place on many aspects of shooting and editing videos. There is one point that seems to constantly … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Video Basics, Motion Tracking and Sound Design

CyberLink Release PowerDirector 17 and Other UpdatesThis week CyberLink announced the release of updated versions of their various video, audio, color and image editing software offerings.Although my main interest is obviously their mainstay video editing program PowerDirector 17, a few things have changed over at CyberLink that are worth noting.In the past … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – CyberLink Annual Updates, Audio Transitions and Some Rembrandt

Pro, Prosumer, Consumer? Over the past 15 years or so in the field of digital video the separation between professional cameras and editing software and their consumer level equivalents has become somewhat blurred.These days even with the added category of "prosumer" those differences are becoming less and less.There remains however one key factor that separates all of … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Transitions, Trippy Effects and Syncing