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This morning, Sony announced the ZV-1, a new, compact camera that’s specifically geared to content creators vloggers. While the exterior looks similar to Sony’s RX100 series of cameras, the ZV-1
Welcome to Mind Your Own Business, the podcast that helps photographers improve their business and their lives! Today, we chat with pro photographer, trainer, and podcaster Larry Becker about how
Videos with number animations look slick. Why just display a static number or percentage on screen when you can have an animation scrolling the numbers up to your target number?
I’ve never used a GoPro. So when I was approached to review the GoPro MAX 360 camera, I was intrigued. I had a few photoshoots coming up where I could
Like other conferences, Post|Production World (P|PW) is being held online this year. What a great opportunity to improve your skill set by learning from the best of the best in
One of the best three days of learning in a live setting, NAB Show’s Post|Production World Online by Future Media Conferences is happening May 17-19, 2020. Online, interactive, live three-day
Brightcove is a leading video platform that makes video work for you. Founded in 2004, the company provides technical and innovative ways to deliver a great video experience to your
A lot of photographers know about Sigma lenses. But did you know the company also makes cameras? I got to check out the new Sigma fp camera during WPPI and
As part of The Artists’ Notebook that we announced this morning, we’re hosting free daily breakout sessions starting at 4 p.m. ET. Today’s hosts will be Rich Harrington and Abba
Paravent is a useful script for Adobe After Effects that lets you take a still image and bring it to life. What’s a script? In After Effects, it’s a bunch
Fractal Noise is a loaded effect within After Effects that creates grayscale noise, and can be used for numerous things, such as creating patterns and textures, transitions and effects, and
If you aren’t doing the little things to optimize your YouTube channel, what are you waiting for? Google (YouTube’s parent company) is the largest search engine in the world and
A green screen kit is handy for many video projects, but you may not own one because it seems costly to purchase or a pain to setup. I thought the
After Effects allows you to write expressions. Expressions are kind of like code, but don’t be scared! I’ll show you one of the simplest yet most useful expressions there is
If you want to get more into video production in 2020, look no further than Vlog University. The two-day conference in Los Angeles takes place January 31-February 1, 2020, and
(Editor’s Note: We welcome this guest post from Andrew Ford, an award-winning video producer with 20 years of experience. Based out of the Tampa Bay, FL area, he specializes in
Recently, you may have noticed that YouTube changed its uploader. While some creatives are still seeing the old version, the new version offers a bit of simplicity, walking you through
Now let’s switch back to the personal side. You need to build meaningful connections. It’s the quality of your network, not the quantity of people in it. This is all
I also suggest capturing personal knowledge. There’s a lot of great ideas you have, and you need to save them for those days when you’re feeling a little bit stifled,
In this article, I’m going to show you how to use false color and histogram in FiLMiC Pro V6.x to set exposure. Setting exposure correctly is important. If you under
In this ThinkTAPLearn video, instructor Rich Harrington shows us best practices to organize your media for a video project. He talks about using external drives, as well as some best
