Proxies make 4K editing smooth on any computer, even an old one on a slow external drive. Here are the exact settings, how to batch generate them in the background, and the one quirk that breaks them.
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Focus breathing compensation, DCI 4K, true 24.00p and timecode over USB. Here is everything in the a7S III firmware update, plus the one feature Sony decided to charge $149 for.
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Shot at 24, 30 and 60 and now you have to slow every clip down one at a time? You don’t. Here is how to reinterpret all of your footage to one frame rate in a few clicks, and the proxy warning that comes with it.
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Three mistakes I keep seeing in the wedding films I review every month: burying people under detail shots, letting the ceremony kill your pacing, and cutting in shots that only serve you. Plus my own 20 minute ring shot disaster.
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Zoom’s H4essential records 32-bit float audio for $200, which is a hundred dollars less than I paid for my H4n back in 2009. Here is how it actually holds up at a wedding.
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Nikon sued RED over internal RAW, settled, and has now bought the company outright. Here is my read on why RED sold and what changes for filmmakers.
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