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What You Need To Know About Focal Length Given the fact that more and more people are shooting footage with either DSLRs or MILCs these days it would be a real pity not to take advantage of what those better cameras have to offer to the amateur video maker. The key feature is the fact that by nature they allow for different lenses as well as the ability to control shooting … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Focal Length, Stabilization and VR

Audio TipsI can very clearly remember a number of years ago when I purchased my very first digital video camcorder.Foolishly I had taken the advice of someone who as it turned out, had absolutely no idea about camcorders.So there I was, the proud owner of a brand new state of the art mini-dvd Sony camcorder.Now despite the fact that it recorded directly to … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Audio, Templates and Color Matching

OK, so it seems we are back to normal this week after what seemed like an endless procession of updates.Running a site like this is generally not too much of a problem but maintaining the weekly roundups during update season does get a little overwhelming at times!Thankfully I think most of the annual updates are finished now so I can relax back into my usual slacker … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Glitch Distortions and Basic Editing Tips

First of all I have to apologize for the lack of content in this week's Friday Roundup.I have spent the past week or more getting the latest update to CyberLink PowerDirector sorted out which included getting a copy and then taking it for a spin.On the surface I thought this would be a quick one to handle because from the PR blurb it looked like they had added a few … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Color Matching and Pixar in a Box

PowerDirector Updates to Version 16Well the big news this week is that CyberLink have released their annual version update of their video editing software suite, PowerDirector.This now takes us to PowerDirector 16 which is pretty logical because the last one was 15!Given the fact that PowerDirector 16 comes in a number of configurations depending on how many bells … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup- PowerDirector Gets an Update and a Bunch of Other Stuff