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NAB 2017 Pre-News: Frame.io 2.0 is Here (Industry Press Release)
Frame.io, developers of the video review and collaboration platform for content creators, today unveiled Frame.io 2.0, a massive upgrade boasting more than 100 new features and improvements. A quantum leap forward in media sharing and client collaboration, Frame.io 2.0 brings speed and simplicity with brand new client Review Pages, a groundbreaking new capability that expands content review and sharing. In addition, the new release boasts deeper workflow integration with Final Cut Pro® X and Avid Media Composer®, plus a completely re-engineered player.
Making over An NLE: EditShare’s Lightworks Gets a New Face (Industry Press Release)
A storied brand reinvented for modern productions; Lightworks 14.0 gives the next generation of social content creators and digital marketers a purpose-built video editing package with integrated premium audio and video content from Audio Network and Pond5
Tiny Illumination: Lighting Micro-sets (Article/Tutorial)
From time to time I help out my friend Kate Madison shooting show reels for actors. The fun and the challenge is in creating and lighting little micro-sets to capture angles that look like they might be lifted out of a scene from a much larger production, all with limited equipment.
Feature Film, “Nowhere, Michigan” Reveals Trailer: Launches Kickstarter to Complete Post (User Press Release)
Fleeing the scene of a murder, David (Tequan Richmond) drives north, attempting to get as far as away possible. He ends up in a small, frozen town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and reluctantly becomes absorbed into the town, forms unlikely relationships, and starts to build a new life for himself.
Candlelight: Lighting The Old World (Article/Tutorial)
The First Musketeer – the period web series I DPed in France in 2013 – gave me one of the biggest challenges in simulating candlelight. Almost every scene had candles in it (albeit fake, yet very convincing, LED ones) and it was always a struggle to make them appear to be shedding authentic light.