The newest entry into video camera stabilization from DJI, the Ronin RS5 advances handheld cinema. Great new features including AI tracking and geared knob balancing lead the list of this great new tool. DJI provided the RS5 Combo I reviewed. Canon revolutionized video capture by adding 1080 HD video to
The NEEWER F700 Field Monitor is a high-quality monitor that would excel at video, macro, fashion, studio, and commercial photography, as well as landscape. How useful would it be for night photography? NEEWER contacted me about reviewing this monitor. I mostly do night photography and do not do the other
Who might benefit from the T1 Plus Basic Set and T-Track options for the Pantour carbon fiber tripod? The way it is smartly designed, quite a few of us. We reviewed both options to see if it might be a fit for you. Note: Fotopro sent us the Fotopro T1
An inexpensive but sturdy four-color flashlight with continuous brightness control, mounts, shaped gobos, and the ability to zoom the light? We couldn’t wait to use the NEEWER Basics FL10 flashlight for, well, all sorts of applications! Note: NEEWER sent us the NEEWER BASICS FL10 Portable Photography Flashlight to review and
Interested in an inexpensive teleprompter with a monitor for content creation, professional video presentations, live streaming, and more? Neewer recently sent us an X11 2-In-1 Teleprompter with Monitor to try, and here’s what we found. Note: Neewer sent us the NEEWER X11 2-In-1 Teleprompter with Monitor. However, this is a
If you want to change the font of multiple text layers in Adobe Premiere Pro, there is a simple bulk method that will replace them all in seconds. This saves you from going to each individual text layer and making changes, so it can be a real time saver! Simply
To make a gradient with fractal noise, we start with a new solid and add the fractal noise effect. We want to make this look smooth for a gradient. To do that, we can increase contrast (300) and decrease complexity (2). In addition, we can scale it up (200). To
How do you add auto captions to your video easily? Here’s one way that worked for me in a matter of minutes. The story I had an upcoming museum exhibit at La Quinta Museum. The Museum Supervisor asked if I had an interview that she could play on a loop
As a photographer, there’s no doubt you understand good composition and what it takes to create a beautiful image. But when moving to videography, master these four things to ensure a smooth transition to high-quality video acquisition. Stability Now that you are shooting video, you’re capturing multiple frames per second
One way to animate text to appear in After Effects is to create a flicker-on effect. With your text layer selected, choose the Animate button by your text property and select Opacity. Set a keyframe for 0% where you want your animation to begin, and a keyframe for 100% where
The “Throw” expression is a time-saver in After Effects. It allows you to move something at a constant speed without keyframes. To create the expression, set a keyframe for the position property of a layer. Then, create a variable for velocity and enter a value. This value is the pixels
With new still cameras bringing professional-level video to photographers it is only a matter of time before people will ask us to make motion pictures. Cinema quality video is here New graffiti is on the subway car and it’s telling us to get our video skills up and running —
