Recent content by PeterR

I was researching LED fresnel lights as a hard light source option when I came across an article about using LED flashlights for filming. They're quite cheap, give off lots of light, small, strong, and are wireless/battery powered. For For example, this one has 6500 lumens, it's only $200...

I'm a bit stuck in the editing phase for a commercial I filmed for a local non profit helping immigrants settle and assimilate their kids. I interviewed 10 different people including the kids/peer mentors, staff of the non profit, and the kids parents. Now I'm editing and I'm stuck because my...

I don't have a budget for the Mac Pro and was wondering whether the new iMac's are suitable for video editing 4k files? I"m considering the 5k version, but honestly the resolution is not that important for me and would be willing to get a normal resolution iMac assuming it would be equal or...

I've already swapped the original HD with an SSD 500gb in my macbook pro and replaced the optical drive with the original HD as a secondary drive. That has worked nicely for a couple years. But now that I'm doing intense 4k video editing, I want to replace the HD in the optical bay with a 1tb...

I'm producing a 5-6min information commercial/promo for a non-profit (shot like a documentary with interviews cut in between scenes of user participating in the programs) and I'd like some ideas for creative and thoughtful shot/scene transitions. The interviews are already filmed and in a couple...