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JVC has announced a groovy-sounding new version of its “Adixxion” action camera – a tiny video camera designed for uses such as outdoor sports or in-car recording. The GC-XA2 features a built-in 1.5 inch LCD screen plus WiFi for remote viewing, live Internet streaming via...
Less than a month after its software was despatched to the “Creative Cloud” – aka an Internet-based subscription-only payment model – Adobe has released its first updates for video editing software Premiere Pro. Version 7.0.1 includes 25 bug fixes and feature enhancements, most of which...
Recording accessories company Editors Keys has launched a low cost, ultra-portable version of their vocal booth. The semicircular metal-and-foam shield is designed to cut down on sound wave reflections – echoes and reverberation – when recording audio, thereby giving a cleaner more neutral sound for...
If you’re not a video editing nerd then you might not have heard of Edius. In the PR stakes against Adobe Premiere, Apple’s Final Cut and Avid’s Media Composer, Edius has lost. Yet for many editors, it is a beloved tool, oft claimed to be...
For video editors with money to burn, the latest version of industry stalwart “Avid Media Composer” is now available to buy, having been announced earlier this year. A favourite of TV and film editors for – well, it seems like eternity, Media Composer is still...
Ultra-mobile videographers with an Apple fetish will be no doubt pleased to hear of new lens add-ons for the iPhone 5 from Schneider Optics. The “iPro Lens” system offers interchangeable macro, wide angle, super wide, fisheye, and telephoto lenses. The company says the add-ons are...
Adobe has launched its much-heralded – possibly much feared – “Creative Cloud” software suite including the latest version of video editing suite, Premiere Pro. The upgrade is part of the company’s drive to get users to pay for their software on a monthly rental basis...
JVC has added a shedload of functionality to its recently-launched videojournalist cameras, the GY-HM600 and 650. For the lesser model, the 600, the tweaks include two new AVCHD modes and enhancements to standard-def recording; expanded focus to make setting up shots easier – slightly incredulous...