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Rgrain 35mm PRO 6K & Lower Prices Announced

May 8, 2013

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RGrain PRO 6K

In early 2012 Rgrain (www.rgrain.com) released their first package of seven film grain overlays to make digital footage look like real film stock. They now have four packages with 8mm, 16mm and 35mm film grain plates – from 1080p to 6K. Rgrain was one of the first affordable solution for those who wanted to add […]

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Tutorial: Professional workflow for finishing 8bit HDSLR footage & applying Film Grain

April 12, 2012

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Rgrain tutorial: Professional workflow

  Rgrain has recently uploaded a very nice tutorial that will help editors (and HDSLR shooters who like to edit) to get better results when grading and applying grain to their digital footage. Simple steps, yet essential to get the best possible quality. Very helpful information. If you still don’t know what Rgrain is, you […]

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Report: CMOS & CCD Cameras Damaged by Laser

July 10, 2011

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CMOS & CCD Sensors Damaged by Laser

Laser beams may be VERY dangerous, not only for your camera, but also (and much more important) for your eyes. Through many years we’ve seen and known several cases of cameras damaged by laser, and much more sad: people injured by them as well. Damage is NOT limited to DSLR with video capturing capabilities. Lasers […]

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Overview Demo: Color Correction with Gradiest for iPad

June 20, 2011

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Gradiest_for_iPad_Overview_2

Our friends at Robino Films (who already made very nice video tutorials related to video editing) have recently posted a nice overview demo of “Gradiest” for iPad: “Gradiest is an iPad control surface to use with Cineform FirstLight. (Hopefully other color correction software support will follow.) This is a very brief overview of Gradiest. There […]

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Technicolor CineStyle available – What it is & Why

May 1, 2011

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Canon 7D Technicolor CineStyle Quick Test -Image 4-

UPDATE: May 10, 2011 – Tim Kang from TSK Pictures has posted a preset file for Adobe Premiere CS5: As those of you that shoot DSLR video with Canon cameras may know, Technicolor (the big name movie post-production facility) released a new Canon picture style to aid in post production toning. You can download their […]

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Using Stills to create Matte Painting Effects in your footage

February 16, 2011

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How to use stills to create simple matte painting effects for your DSLR footage

How to use stills to create simple matte painting effects for your DSLR footage This is another great video tutorial for people using HDSLR cameras for filmmaking purposes. Credits: Robino Films Quoted text from the video description: Taking stills before rolling your DSLR can save you a lot of time during post production when working […]

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Tutorial 10-Bit Colorspace Up-conversion

February 14, 2011

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10-Bit Colorspace Up-conversion Tutorial

Canon DSLR Footage 10-Bit Colorspace Up-conversion Tutorial Credits: Robino Films Quoted text from the video description: Learn how to prepare your Canon DSLR footage for editing and color correction by up-converting 8-Bit compressed colorspace clips to true 10-bit 4:2:2 or 12-bit 4:4:4. NOTE: This tutorial demonstrates the cleaning of one clip from beginning to end. […]

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Color Correction – Adobe

October 25, 2010

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Color Correction

COLOR CORRECTION Color correction is one of the first things everyone needs to know how to do well. It is an essential step, for both stills and video, to achieve good final results. Below you will find a link to a list of some free available and helpful video tutorials that explain the basic use […]

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Picture Style Test

October 17, 2010

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5D Mark II

Contents: 5D Mark II Picture Style Test The Importance of Picture Styles . 5D Mark II PICTURE STYLES TEST We found this very interesting test and decided it is well worth sharing it with all HDSLR users, for better understanding of the importance of selecting a proper “Picture Style” when filming. Full credits of test […]

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