Match Frame Media

UPDATE: 2K title import resolved

March 26, 2015

OK, so if you read my previous post you'll recall I had issues in 2K projects with the alpha channel on imported .psd files being inverted when importing into Media Composer via AMA.

The solution turned out to be a simple AMA setting:

As is the case with direct import settings, simply set the Alpha Channel to Invert. Now try again and see your Photoshop graphic displayed in the 2K timeline as it was originally created to look!

Many thanks to Avid tech Jonathan Smith at Jasco Broadcast Systems for the help. Much appreciated.

www.jasco.co.za

Posted by Corne Scheepers.

First try at editing 2K in Avid Media Composer

March 22, 2015

Never stop learning.

I’ve always held this belief and in the video production business I doubt you’ll survive long if this isn’t your approach to the tools that you use every day. I also believe that experimenting and testing is something you don’t do on a paying customer’s bill, so my holiday movies have become R&D opportunities.

Cameras recording at 2K and 4K resolutions are becoming more common and so too have the ability of post tools to handle higher-than-HD resolution media. ...

Posted by Corne Scheepers.

New Optentia promo completed

February 14, 2015

This was produced in a record five days, just in time for a Cape Town conference that Optentia will be attending next week. Featured is some of the first footage I shot with my new camera slider, as well as a quick adventure in After Effects' motion tracking. Enjoy.

Learn more about Optentia at www.optentia.co.za

Posted by Corne Scheepers.

Let it slide

January 25, 2015

Above: Konova K3 camera slider with my Sony FS100 camera mounted.

I've been looking for a camera slider for what seems like ages now. Especially one that won't require me to sell the house, the bike and one of my kidneys, because they tend to be seriously expensive and hard to source locally. Until now. I pulled the trigger late last year on a Konova slider and the kit arrived via courier just a few days before I left for my December holiday.

It is lightweight, compact and, having now used i...

Posted by Corne Scheepers.

New for your GoPro

January 25, 2015

GoPro cameras form an integral part of most of my projects so I'll be following this new 2' monitoring solution closely. Everybody uses their smartphones to line up and control GoPros, but to be honest it's a pain in rear at times, especially when you're pressed for time and you can't get your phone to connect to the camera. REMOVU connects via wifi and will give you an effective operating range of between 20 to 70 meters between you and the camera. At around R1500 it is perhaps a bit pr...

Posted by Corne Scheepers.

Welcome back. It's 2015

January 25, 2015

Above: in production, already. Things are off to an early start this year with a number of new projects already in production.

Welcome back! Another new year and plenty of new things to come in 2015. This year got off to a quick start and I'm halfway into a number of new projects already. If you've been following this blog you might have noticed that things went...ahem...quiet around October last year. Well that was due to me being lazy. Last year was a record year for Match Frame Media in ter...

Posted by Corne Scheepers.

New promos online on YouTube

September 12, 2014

I was involved in the production of a number of short promos for the NWU's Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Natural Sciences recently. The clips highlight some of the key research areas and cross-collaborative efforts at both faculties.

See the NWU Faculty of Engineering's YouTube channel for more.

Posted by Corne Scheepers.

Weird and wonderful add-ons for GoPro

September 12, 2014

I should probably just call this The GoPro Blog and get it over with...

The world's most popular action camera brand has spawned a huge industry of aftermarket accessories an a few interesting ones have caught my eye the past few weeks. Some make sense and some are just plain weird. Blessthisstuff.com has posted a couple of good ones recently.

Above: Brunton All-day Battery. This is cool and I want one. One of the main complaints from GoPro owners is usually that the battery life sucks, even ...

Posted by Corne Scheepers.

GoPro Hero 2 & 3+ Protune shootout

September 1, 2014

Other than built-in wifi and size, how much difference is there between the older GoPro Hero 2 and the latest Hero 3+ model? It would seem not much, surprisingly. At first glance anyway.

To sort out GoPro post workflows for the coming Solar Challenge I did an unscientific test over the weekend: I set both GoPros to 1080p at 25fps, bumped up both cameras to Protune recording mode, and then recorded the footage you see above from different positions. Other than increased clarity on the Hero 3+ ...

Posted by Corne Scheepers.

New School of Music promo now online

August 11, 2014

This clip forms part of the NWU School of Music's interactive development and is now available online. Check out their YouTube channel for more videos. They also blog regularly.

Posted by Corne Scheepers.

Microsoft unveils Hyperlapse for your action camera footage

August 11, 2014

One of the first things I did after I got my first GoPro was to fit it to my motorcycle helmet and ride to the next town and back. When I dropped the footage into my editing application and tried to cut a 2 minute time lapse version, I discovered what the video world already knew - shaky footage shot with an action camera on a body mount does not make good time lapse footage.

It seems that the folks at Microsoft Research has now sorted this out for us with Hyperlapse. If you follow the process...

Posted by Corne Scheepers.

Behold my awesomeness

August 9, 2014

Yes, it is indeed a GoPro-compatible bird feeder, built by yours truly. Because you can never have enough footage of garden birds in glorious 1080p.
Continue reading...

Posted by Corne Scheepers.

« Newer posts

Older posts »

Translate This Page

Subscribe to this blog