May 10, 2017
By: Joseph Johnson
One of the most enjoyable aspects of my job is animation. Unfortunately, time constraints prohibit my forays into the arena from being too complex. This is extremely problematic for character animation specifically. Animating a ball moving across the screen or...
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March 20, 2017
By: Todd Stabley
A number of products are reaching into and helping redefine what we might think of as the lecture capture appliance space. One sub-category of these includes appliances that, while they could be part of fixed installations in classrooms and other venues, also have...
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February 16, 2017
By: Todd Stabley
OIT recently purchased the new Nano 360 360-degree still and video camera by Insta360. This camera seems like a game changer in bringing a new level of user-friendliness to the world of 360 cameras. By integrating with your iPhone (version 6 and...
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January 19, 2017
By: Todd Stabley
We'll be looking at a number of new capture and streaming appliances here in the coming months, as there has been a lot of interesting activity in this product space. To start with, we wanted to highlight a significant update to...
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November 21, 2016
By: Mich Donovan
With the recent Camtasia update adding a bevy of new features (and doubling its price for Mac users), some screen capture enthusiasts may be looking for an alternative. Though we moved away from Screenflow in our productions (largely due to...
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By: Devon Henry
I came across Mister Horse while looking for plugins and trials to test out, and it comes with a variety of transitions, backgrounds lower thirds, animated illustrations and titles. While the features aren’t really groundbreaking, they do offer a way...
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By: Mich Donovan
Last May, Todd raved about the Epiphan AV.io as an easy plug-and-play tool for screen capture. After personally working with it at multiple shoots over the past few months, I can second its ease of use with a few caveats....
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November 9, 2016
By: Todd Stabley
When I was riding bikes with the Duke Cycling Team several years ago, one of the things I enjoyed most was getting to know a few of the incredibly talented and smart students who represent the core of this great university. Watching...
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October 27, 2016
By: Richard Mitchell
Shooting 4K video on a Panasonic GH4 is simply awesome! But, attempting to pull focus on a 3" touchscreen... not so awesome. Enter the Aputure VS-2 FineHD 7" field monitor. We purchased the Aputure VS-2 FineHD 7" field monitor this past spring as...
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October 20, 2016
By: Mich Donovan
TechSmith recently rolled out the newest iteration of their screen recording and editing software Camtasia. Not only is this our preferred tool for screen capture in the courses we produce for Online Duke, it is what we recommend to instructors who...
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