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Top 10 Film Festivals in North America

A complete guide to the best festivals in North America which will give your film the love it deserves.

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The Costs of Working with 4K and 8K RAW and Uncompressed Footage

It’s easy to get swayed by the allure of 4K and 8K video, but don’t leave out storage in your calculations!

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How much Resolution do you Lose with Compression, and does 4K help make 1080p Look Better?

A couple of tests to determine the exact percentage loss of resolution while compressing video, and how 4K can help.

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The Workflows and Advantages of Working with Image Sequences in Post Production

A simple primer into the workflows and advantages of using image sequences in post production.

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How Much Can You Uprez, or, What is the Limit of Image Interpolation?

How much can you blow up an image or video before it becomes unacceptable? This article tests to find the magic uprez or image interpolation number.

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The Best Video Editing Software 2013 (Part Three): The End

This article compares the ‘big seven’ professional NLEs to find the best video editing software. Who wins?

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Which is the Best Archive File Format for Video?

If you want to store your video for posterity, which file format will you choose, and why? Here’s my pick.

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What is a Digital Cinema System and How do you get there (Part Two)?

An overview of the different stages of the DCI process, and how to prepare your project for theatrical release.

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Intra-frame vs Inter-frame Compression

What is interframe and intraframe compression, what’s the easiest way to remember the difference, and which one needs more processing power?

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MEM Making The Impossible Murder

VIII: The Impossible Post

Post production on The Impossible Murder took one year. First it went to a post-house (I won’t name them) who promised to do the editing, VFX, grading and sound mixing for a reasonable fee. After paying them a hefty advance, I learnt their editor was doing multiple jobs at the same time. The editing took […]