Holden or Ford? Vegemite or Marmite? Dockers or West Coast Eagles? Sydney or Melbourne. Rivalry between two entities has been around since, well, Cain and Abel I suppose. Sometimes friendly, often not, occasionally it is clear cut in terms of the preference offered to one over the other. However, sometimes,...
Tutorial: Creating GoPro Shooting Presets
Lots of people ask members of Facebook forums and other places what the best settings for a certain scenario for a GoPro are. These might include screen resolution, bit rate, shooting style (eg wide or max video), zoom factor, ISO levels and so on. This is one of the benefits...
GoPro Slashes Prices
GoPro has announced that it is restoring its camera lineup to lower, pre-pandemic prices. Effective worldwide today at GoPro retailers and on GoPro.com, the flagship HERO11 Black is now priced at $649.95, HERO11 Black Mini is $499.95, HERO10 Black is $549.95 and HERO9 Black is $429.95. The vlogger and pro-content, creator-focused HERO11 Black Creator Edition is now $949.95. Only MAX, GoPro’s...
CreativeSpeak Podcast #3 Now Available
My latest podcast CreativeSpeak, is now online. In this edition: Should you pay your cast and crew regardless? What makes a professional video or film? A GoPro battery discussion A FREE subsitute for expensive 3D modelling, animation and motion graphics applications Win a Zhiyun Molus G20 Lighting Kit worth over...
A tale of (possible) GoPro woe …
I’ve had a GoPro 10 Black on a tripod in a MediaMod for some months now. It is hooked up via USB for power to the battery and HDMI to my Blackmagic Design ATEM Media Pro. Occasionally I also have an external mic plugged in. Today for the first time,...
Just a Kid At Heart. Timelapse for Crystal Growing.
I’m just a big kid at heart. That probably why I still have a Meccano set, like making complex Lego models (of race cars particularly), love Dr Who (most of it anyway) and gadgets. So, I think I can be forgiven for when seeing a $12.99 “Grow Your Own Crystals”...
Basics of Video Editing: A Primer
I saw an interesting response to a post in a Facebook group today. A GoPro group to be exact. The author had posted a video of a trip from a country town into his state’s capital city, with the GoPro acting as a dashcam. In all, there was a smidgeon...
Tutorial: Rule of Thirds
Many, many years ago, in a video forum far, far away, I had a ‘robust’ discussion with a person I’ll call ‘Gary’, because that was his name. Gary argued the ‘Rule of 3rds was a hard and fast rule that had to be followed to get the best images, no matter...
Add a Gimbal to a GoPro? Yes, yes indeed!
Could a GoPro benefit from a gimbal? Most would say, “why use a gimbal.. the latest GoPros have brilliant built in stabilisation”. And my answer would be, “Yes I agree, but a gimbal gives you access to shots you can’t otherwise get. And a lot more besides”. Not to mention...
Proxies. Why and When.
Do a search of any of the newsgroups around dedicated to video editing – whether in general or for specific packages such as Adobe Premiere or Vegas or Resolve – and use the word “choppy” as the search criteria. I guarantee you’ll find hundreds of posts about the subject. And...