Tutorial: Connecting Content-Creation Workgroups with the ProMAX Platform Portable Y

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This video production tutorial originally appeared on Streaming Media Producer Whether you need to connect multiple workstations together with shared storage or multiple storage devices to a single workstation, the ProMAX Platform Portable series…

Gearing Up for 4K Production, Part 3: Storage, Throughput, Switching, and Delivery

This article originally appeared on Streaming Media Producer and was delivered as a talk at Streaming Media Producer Live Two big issues that concern almost everyone making the jump to 4K and UltraHD are throughput and storage. How are you going…

Gearing Up for 4K Production, Part 2: Cameras and Lenses

This article originally appeared on Streaming Media Producer and was delivered as a talk at Streaming Media Producer Live In part 2 of our 3-part series on gearing up for 4K live production, we'll explore the cameras and lenses available today…

Gearing Up for 4K Production, Part 1: Connectivity, Codecs, and Capture

This article originally appeared on Streaming Media Producer and was delivered as a talk at Streaming Media Producer Live We'll begin this 3-part series with a look at the two 4K formats and a discussion of why you'd want to shoot in 4K today…

How to Integrate Real-Time Social Media with Streaming Video

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This article originally appeared on Streaming Media Producer Viewers interacting with a second screen while consuming content is not something that we, as producers, have much control over, but by integrating real-time social media with streaming…

Tutorial: Grass Valley ADVC-G1 Converter

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This article was originally published on Streaming Media Producer Some video switchers have built-in scan converters for converting VGA signals to an internal standard that you can use in your live production workflow. If you don't have that,…

Sony a7S Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera, Part 2: Adapting Lenses to the E-Mount

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This article was originally published on Streaming Media Producer Now that we have covered some of the important characteristics of lenses from a videographer's perspective, we'll discuss several of the lens-and-adapter combinations for E-Mount…

Review: Canon XF205 Professional Camcorder

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This review was originally published on Streaming Media Producer The Canon XF205 pro camcorder resembles the acclaimed XA25 consumer model introduced last year in several respects, but adds welcome features such as individual rings for iris,…

Tutorial: Mixing, Switching, and Streaming Live with the Roland VR-3EX All-in-One A/V Mixer

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This tutorial was originally published on Streaming Media Producer In this tutorial we'll explore the robust audio and video mixing, switching, and live-delivery feature set of Roland's versatile next-generation 4-input VR-3EX, HDMI-capable…

Sony a7S Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera, Part 1: Lens Options

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This article was originally published on Streaming Media Producer. People are buzzing about the Sony a7S, so Streaming Media Producer is launching a comprehensive three-part review. In this first part, we'll examine lens options for the Sony…