ProVideoCoalition on LumaFusion 3 for iPad added Stabilization and external hard drive support

Jose Antunes has an article at ProVideoCoalition on the recently released upgrade to LumaFusion for iPad, version 3.0. The update includes stabilization software from CoreMelt, and the ability to use external drives, especially for the new iPad Pro with USB 4.0. It also has a new graphic equalizer.

I have actually used LumaFusion as it is the most standard type editing program on iPad, if you can use Premiere or AVID you can easily use LumaFusion. It is well worth it’s $29.95 price.

Shotdeck a subscription based web site with high definition images from movies

So I have not subscribed to this (though I would love to), but this is a very cool idea. Shotdeck is a web site with a library of HD images from movies, that you can use for reference and share with other users. It is $99 a year of $12.95 a month. And you can get a 2 week free trial.

Honestly I am always looking for movie stills and they can be a huge pain in the ass to get, because of Copy Protection. I often find myself ripping a blu-ray just to make a screen shot to get reference images, so this is pretty incredible. I can really see a director subscribing to this to show a look that they want. Now this is mainly going to be for very cinematic shots because that is what they are going for here, but certainly I can see it’s uses.

ProVideo Coalition Evaluating Houshold Bulbs for Cinema Use

Kenny McMillan at the ProVideoCoalition has a great article on him evaluating household LED bulbs for Cinema Use, using a modern light meter.

I find this super interesting especially since I have had bad problem with this when trying to shoot with household lights.

Of course I wish I could afford a real Sekonic color meter but starting around $1699 that is not going to happen anytime soon! Ha!

Better Editor on Mixing Audio with the loudness Meter in Premiere Pro

The Better Editor YouTube Channel has this very interesting video on Mixing Audio with the Loudness Meter in Premiere Pro. I have to admit as an editor I certainly need to get better at my Audio Mixing, as so many places aren’t even doing a proper mix before going on the air, which is insane to me. A mixer can do it quickly and so well, but it is certainly a skill that as an editor you will have to use more and more, so this is certainly something you should learning about.

CineD on newly released Colourlab Ai color grading software using Artificial Intelligence

Jeff Loch at CineD has an article on Colourlab Ai which works with DaVinci Resolve to match color using Ai.

You can check out Colourlab Ai at their site and try a free trial, or you can get it as well as Look Desinger and Grain Lab for $49 a month or $490 a year.

What this sounds like is it takes a sequence from DaVinci Resolve and then can quickly match it to a look that you show it, and it does it with standard corrections that can be sent back to Resolve without using XML at all and it puts the grade on nodes.

It is supposed to be perceptual matching of shots to reference shots. Obviously I need to try it out before I can comment on how it works, because I have just watched a few videos on it for now. And most impressively is how it creates 8 versions of the match so you can pick your favorite.

The video above is pretty long winded, but very interesting. I certainly want to give it a try.