Google Cardboard announced a partnership with The New York Times to present a new virtual reality documentary film. On Nov 7th, 1.3 million Sunday New York Times papers included the Google Cardboard Virtual Reality headsets at no extra cost. The VR headset requires...
If you are running Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1, Microsoft will begin automatically sending a free upgrade to Windows 10 via Windows Update starting January 2016. The default will be to automatically upgrade so unless you are vigilant, you will end up with...
Barbie dolls have often been criticized as a poor role model for young girls. There were comments about Barbie's unrealistic body standards and a Computer Engineer Barbie who required the help of her male counterparts to get rid of a virus. And there were many other...
Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) is an online file storage web service which is very large and fast. Clients include NASDAQ, the stock market exchange, and Netflix among others. Amazon Web Services enables Netflix to quickly deploy thousands of servers and terabytes...
For many video projects it may be smarter to commission an animator and manage the job rather than doing it yourself. You can find animators online through sites such as https://www.upwork.com/ . But there are some real advantages to working with a local animator in...
Murphy’s Law is still waiting to ambush you when you work outdoors so, no matter how sunny the forecast, always bring a couple of garbage bags to cover the camera in case it rains. When shooting for a long time in hot sunlight, a dark camera can absorb lots of heat...
When there’s a separate director, cameraman, and actors, the director calls “roll camera.” The cameraman then calls “speed” which started because it took mechanical cameras a couple seconds to reach proper recording speed. That's no longer the case, but it is still...
Atomos Ninja 2 Captures Pro Res/DNxHR for under $300 First Pro-Res/DNxHR monitor-recorder under $300 The new Ninja 2 from Atomos captures Apple ProRes and AVID DNxHD recording from HDMI cameras for less than $300. The monitor-recorder allows any HD camera to record to...
After the video itself, the video thumbnail may be the most important element of a video. Combine this with a video title that is what the viewer is looking for, and you have helped your video win a lot more viewers. The thumbnail-title combination is a powerful click...
Check the latest airline carry on rules as of August, 2015. The airlines are reducing the weight and size limits for carry-on bags. So the camera gear you could take last month as carry-on may not qualify this month. There's nothing worse than having to check camera...
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