In our quest to find the perfect – or as near to perfect as possible – clip manager to catalogue and tag the thousands of video files, stills and images we have created, shot or otherwise obtained over the years, our journey took us to Kyno, available for both the...
Shooting video takes a lot of storage space. An awful lot. This is how “Mighty Car Mods” cope.
We thought here at Creative Content we had a lot of storage with over 20 terabytes of footage going back 26 years or more, all stored on a multitude of drives, mostly of Seagate origin as it happens, along with a small number of LaCie drives. And then we came...
3D printing. Is it useful for video makers? You bet!
One of the best investments I have made in the last 12 months has been that of my Flash Forge Adventurer 3 3D printer. Admittedly, I initially purchased as a novelty item with my justifying excuse being I could utilise it to offset the horrific costs of buying Hornby models...
Review: Flashforge Adventurer 3 3D Printer
What the hell is a review of a 3D printer doing in a magazine / website about video and filmmaking? Well Dear Readers, I beg of you to persist and read on as I do think you will find this interesting… And useful. At the beginning of the year, I...
Could you use a 3D printer? Damn right. And here’s where and how.
For those of us who own a 3D printer, I’ll bet almost everyone has at some time printed a Dalek, Yoda, baby Yoda, dragon or similar. And we have shown these off to others to convince them that our purchase of said printer was somehow worthwhile. In my case, I...
NewBlue Uses Blackmagic Design APIs to Create New Capabilities for ATEM Switchers
Many video editors will be familiar with NewBlue products, especially their video titling plugin. Well Blackmagic Design today announced that NewBlue is using its line of ATEM production switchers and DeckLink capture and playback devices as part of its live production and post production line of products. Through the combination, customers are able to create...
Tutorial: NewBlue Titler Pro 6
Most video editing packages have a titling capability to some degree, but if you want to do anything really fancy, they struggle breath on the steeper hills. We have just received a copy of the latest NewBlue Titler Pro 6, and within minutes, had grasped its possibility and cleverness. Here...
Tutorial Review: Memento360
A website to display 360 degree image, or create embed code for inclusion in your and plus social media sharing. One of the issues for people who have taken up 360˚ photos and video is just how to display them for the world to see. Making it harder, is how...
Tips: Shooting 360 / VR Footage
Shooting 360° video requires approaching a project from a totally different mindset than “traditional” video. The main difference is obvious – there is no specific focal point as the lenses are capturing everything, and this is where the majority of problems stem from of course. Not in any necessary order,...
Add Hotspot Annotations to 360 degree imagery
When we play with 360 degree images and video, our go to website for embedding and getting subsequent links too add these images to our stories is momento360. A while back the company announced it had added Hotdpot Annotation functionality which is a major bonus for us 360 degree fans....