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Film with a Phone?

It's almost 10 years since Austin Reza shot a film for Bentley's luxury cars: on an iPhone 5S. At the time, it was still in stylish black and white and with high contrasts - no doubt also to prevent artefacts from becoming too obvious. Back in 2011, Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-kyong from South Korea even shot the fantasy horror "Night Fishing" on an iPhone 4 in colour and won a Golden Bear for the best short film. Apple itself, on the other hand, has generally shot its advertising films on cameras such as the Arri Alexa.
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A screenshot of a video editing software interface displaying a timeline filled with clips and audio tracks. Various video thumbnails are visible on the left side, with blue indicators on the timeline representing different segments.

What about Roundtrips? Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve

Professionals experienced in teamwork will probably already be familiar with the following. But what about everyone else who, after initial successes, approaches projects that involve real money and real customers? Mistakes in the workflow and the need to fix them can push your real hourly wage well below the minimum promised by your government, not to mention the loss of your first important client.
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Daniel2 Dynamo? Next-gen Codecs!

„The fastest codec in the world“ is how the Munich-based broadcasting and production software developer Cinegy advertises its video codec Daniel2; it uses the computing power of the graphics processor to speed up image processing specifically and workflows in general. The codec promises: real-time film editing with Adobe Premiere CC, at a resolution of of 8K - without any drop in frame rate. A conversation with Cinegy boss Jan Weigner about Content Creation with Power Codecs.
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Scratch… Scratch Play Pro

The trend towards packaging continues: Scratch Play Pro brings together a universal format player, an immersive media player, look creator, transcoder (Prores on Windows) and QC tool in one package, offering both filmmakers and post-production artists greater efficiency and productivity.
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IMF – and what it’s all about

IMF - Interoperable Mastering Format - has been around for a few years now. After a somewhat slow start, however, IMF experienced a boom at the beginning of 2O16 at the latest, when Netflix made it its main delivery format. What IMF is and what it is supposed to be good for, however, is still largely unknown to the broad masses of the media industry. This article is intended to provide a brief introduction to the format, shedding some light on its peculiarities and advantages as well as the costs involved. As the cover image suggests, this article will not be a colourful creative experience - but have fun anyway.
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Fusion, the Ninth!

The next version of Fusion is coming: Freshly announced at SIGGRAPH, Fusion number 9 is already available to download. And the best part? The unlimited Studio version costs 300 dollars – making Fusion the most affordable ProRes transcoder with a VR toolbox and super tracker of them all.
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Atomus Is Shipping

The HDMI 4:2:2 recorder “Ninja” is shipping! At a price of approximately 950 euros, it records to standard drives, and most sets can certainly use the recorder.
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