October 13, 2016
By: Joseph Johnson
Since joining OIT as a video producer last year, my responsibilities have broadened to include animation and its integration into our production workflow. Our process normally incorporates 2D animation however we see a need for 3D animation/modeling rising on the horizon. Utilizing...
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September 20, 2016
By: Mich Donovan
SoundSoap is a desktop app / third-party plugin that does an incredible job of reducing noise and other unwanted artifacts in your audio. While the desktop app works great, the plugin for FCPX fits seamlessly into our workflow as a...
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September 2, 2016
By: Todd Stabley
Props if you are an actual surfer who can put these tips to use, but I'm guessing as we say goodbye to summer many of you regardless of surfing ability will appreciate this cool multimedia essay on Steller illustrating the latest ways to film surfing...
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August 17, 2016
By: Todd Stabley
Camera technology for mobile devices has made big strides in recent times, and it's possible to shoot great quality photos and videos from your phone or tablet. (And we're poised for another even bigger leap as 4k makes its way to the mobile world.)...
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July 1, 2016
By: Joseph Johnson
For one of our course production projects, the instructor asked us to have an image of an overpopulated slum turned into this animated drawing to illustrate (no pun intended) his lecture about the correlation between water sanitation and disease outbreaks....
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May 31, 2016
By: Mich Donovan
Often in our course production, instructors wish to include video interviews with guests as part of their materials. While doing this in the studio is straightforward, often these guests are not able to join us on campus. In these cases,...
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May 24, 2016
By: Todd Stabley
EPIPHAN is a name many of you will recognize, as they've been creating hardware devices for bringing external signals into applications for capture or real time communication for about 13 years. The VGA2USB and DVI2USB are framegrabbers that have enjoyed great popularity over the years....
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May 18, 2016
By: Todd Stabley
For those of you who use tools like Wirecast as the centerpiece of a low cost live video production studio, there is a new player on the block. Boinx Software hosted a live stream today that showcased mimoLive, the successor...
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May 16, 2016
By: Stephen Toback
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6EjOAUgiko http://www.zeitdice.com is showing a simple and inexpensive time-lapse camera with solar power will record "forever". No information on release date but you can join the wait list. $199.
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February 26, 2016
By: Mich Donovan
FXFactory recently released the third iteration of their Callouts graphics as professionally demoed here: [youtube]https://youtu.be/kkYc7Ln7Vj8[/youtube] And as personally demoed here (cheesy bgs are built-in to FCP): [duke_media src="https://warpwire.duke.edu/w/_hEBAA/"] Of the various features, it’s probably about 50/50 stuff we in...
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