Light and strong: Nissin LS-65C Carbon Fiber Light Stand

Travel spreader stands are the lightest and the easiest to throw in the back of a car and quickly set up on location. Nissin’s 214.95 USD LS-65C is such a stand and it’s made of carbon fibre, which still is somewhat of an exotic in the realm of light stands.… Read More Light and strong: Nissin LS-65C Carbon Fiber Light Stand

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DXO PURERAW 3: DeepPRIME XD and TransX support, nicer interface

PureRAW lets you benefit from DxO’s PRIME denoising neural network, which indisputably is the best available, without having to buy a license for Photolab. With version 3, DxO has added the power of DeepPRIME XD that became available in Photolab 6 last year, which this magazine published a review of back then. As was already clear and in spite of this reviewer’s scepticism, DeepPRIME XD is capable of squeezing detail out of images that even you didn’t know was present in the image in the first place.… Read More DXO PURERAW 3: DeepPRIME XD and TransX support, nicer interface

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Yanobox’s latest gem for motion graphics: Motype 2

Yanobox, the creator of Nodes and Mosaic, has released Motype 2, a spectacular text-based animation system for Final Cut Pro X, Premiere Pro, Motion and After Effects. As always, Yanobox released Motype 2 on FxFactory where you can find a huge collection of effects and titles for these two NLEs and motion graphics apps. Motype 1 was quite powerful if you needed animation on a single line of text. Motype 2 blows version 1 out of the water with support for paragraphs and, well, more of everything.… Read More Yanobox’s latest gem for motion graphics: Motype 2

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Music and motion picture, regardless its format or distribution medium, go hand in glove – here are some tracks you might find appealing

Since the day the silent movie was replaced by “talkies”, and even before that, producers have alwaysused some kind of musical underscore. In our age, the “soundtrack” of some blockbuster movies is as important as the visual production itself. If I say “Blade Runner”, for example, I’m sure you’ll answer “Vangelis” and/or “Deckard’s Dream”.… Read More Music and motion picture, regardless its format or distribution medium, go hand in glove – here are some tracks you might find appealing

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FabFilter Pro-R, the massive reverb with natural sound

FabFilter Pro-R is an algorithmic plug-in, which means it is not based on Impulse Responses (IR) of existing spaces. Nevertheless, Pro-R is one of a handful of reverbs I’ve tested that are true to nature and still capable of a massive effect. What attracted me to the FabFilter Pro-R reverb are its one-of-a-kind 6-band Decay Rate and 6-band Post EQ.… Read More FabFilter Pro-R, the massive reverb with natural sound

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FabFilter Pro-Q 3 Equalizer plug-in: massive dynamic range and 5-30kHz frequency range (and contrary what you might think, that is useful)

The two most important plug-ins you must have access to in your DAW are EQ and reverb. Of both, you can find free ones as well as average ones all over the Internet. For YouTubers and hobby sound engineers, it’s fine to use those. For projects like movie, TV series and documentary post-production, though, only the best will make you win awards.… Read More FabFilter Pro-Q 3 Equalizer plug-in: massive dynamic range and 5-30kHz frequency range (and contrary what you might think, that is useful)

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