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by Steven Esposito · Posted
If you’re starting a video podcast or looking to get into live streaming, you’ve come to the right place. I have experience with both, so I speak from personal experience when I say you’ll need a capable computer to do either. What kind of computer exactly? Thankfully, the answer is simple.
For the time being, I can’t suggest building your own PC just for this. The prices of memory (or RAM) have skyrocketed due to the demands of AI infrastructure. In many cases, the price of memory has even surpassed some pre-built systems I’ve seen. The good
by William Min · Posted
Ever since Apple made the move to making its own in-house silicon, the entire Mac lineup has evolved to become supremely capable when it comes to handling content creation, including the labor-intensive task of editing video. And while it’s true that performance will vary depending on the model, you’re no longer limited to just a few capable devices. Apple’s powerful in-house processors mean that regardless of whether you
by Steven Esposito · Posted
Filming and recording the perfect scene and capturing every moment is fun, but when you're taking hours of raw footage, you'll find that your storage quickly fills up. Whether you are filming scenes large or small, offloading your scenes to an external storage solution can assist with not just holding data, but keeping it organized; this way you don't have piles of CFexpress cards laying around. Choosing your exact storage solution is imperative to revisiting your work, capturing plenty of B-roll, and managing your editing process. That is why
by John-Paul Pale… · Posted
Powerfully immersive and perfectly sized, the HP ZBook Studio G11 Mobile Workstation houses high-end CPU and GPU configurations with AI-enhanced performance in a super-thin and light form factor. It combines performance and mobility for a wide variety of creative professionals, including videographers, imagers, and designers. With a top configuration that includes an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H CPU, 64GB DDR5
by Mos Khan · Posted
For PC users out there, the HP 16" ZBook Studio G11 Mobile Workstation packs a ton of power into a very portable body, with an Intel Core Ultra 9 chip, 64GB of RAM, a 2TB M.2 SSD, and a beautiful 3840 x 2400 OLED touchscreen display. The G11 should be able to chew through even the most difficult video renders and effects work with its NVIDIA RTX 3000 graphics card, as well as keep projects color accurate
by Stepan Andranikian · Posted
As we approach the holiday season, it's time to start knocking those gift lists out of the way. If there's an aspiring filmmaker on your list, but you don't know what to give them to help kickstart their film production careers, then look no further―we've got you covered! In this gift guide we'll suggest a variety of products that we feel would benefit every beginner filmmaker.
Stabilizers
Shoulder Rig
The shoulder rig is a slept-on piece of equipment that deserves more recognition. It stabilizes camera footage while allowing the operator to
by Steven Esposito · Posted
If you work with libraries of large image files, or in audio or video production, you need to be selective about your external hard drive. Reading and writing files directly to or from an external drive can incur some hefty performance demands, so it's best to determine your needs before you buy a drive. With the ever-increasing data-transfer demands brought on by more megapixels, complex audio layering, and higher-resolution video, keeping up with all of that data can be a burden.
The first thing to determine must be how much overall storage
by John-Paul Pale… · Posted
The HP 16" ZBook Fury 16 G11 Mobile Workstation is so powerful, you'll forget it's a laptop. If you're looking to replace your desktop computer, this is the system you want. It is focused solely on delivering the performance needed for creative and technical professionals―and that includes media creators, developers, and data scientists. With a top configuration that includes a 14th Gen Intel® Core™ i9 CPU, 128GB of DDR5
by Mos Khan · Posted
If you haven't heard of Nextorage, that's because the brand is relatively new. Established as a Sony subsidiary that got its start making PS5 SSDs in 2019, Nextorage is a newcomer to storage space. Let's consider some of the brand's storage-based products below.
Nextorage's bread and butter are memory solutions, which means you can expect staples like SD cards or CFexpress Type B cards to make up a nice chunk of its catalog. The brand offers two different models of CFexpress Type B cards that come with slightly different specs. The
by Steven Wong · Posted
If you want to make more content and spend less time complaining about your equipment, having a laptop that meets the needs of your creative workflow is critical. Fortunately, there is an incredible variety of laptop systems powered by Intel® 12th-Generation Intel® Core™ processors that fit almost any professional style, ranging from in-studio photo shoots to editing videos on location to capturing your masterful moves during a livestream. These CPUs stand out with a hybrid core design, which lets low-voltage Efficient cores handle background
by Jason T · Posted
Although the season might look a bit different this year, due to the pandemic, students are returning to classrooms, nonetheless. The beginning of the school year is a time when many students are in the market for a new laptop, and if you’re interested in using your new computer to compose, produce, record, or mix music, there are some things you should keep in mind while shopping. Ten years ago, only the highest-end laptops were powerful enough to take on the task of real-time audio processing, and even still, they paled in comparison to the
by John-Paul Pale… · Posted
When it comes to shooting and editing, it’s commonplace to see people working with, at minimum, a Full HD setup. However, as technologies such as 4K, HDR (high dynamic range), HFR (high frame rate), and log gammas become more available and consumer-friendly, users will need a system that can effectively handle these increased bitrates, broader color spaces, and greater number of frames per second. With many workflows also becoming more mobile, editors are now working on-location as footage rolls in, and Apple’s