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The Secret of That All Filmmakers Need to Know

If you were to list your favourite movies of all time, chances are, several of them have used special effects created by Industrial Light and Magic. Industrial Light and Magic was founded by George Lucas in 1975 to create ground-breaking visual effects for his film Star Wars. The company has been responsible for many film visual effects milestones, including the first time animated characters were integrated with live-action footage (Who Framed Roger Rabbit), the first morphing sequence (Willow), the first completely computer generated character (Dragonheart) and the first computer-generated, photo-realistic hair and fur on the animals in Jumanji. Industrial Light […]

Video Problems? Check your heads

What is a video head? A video head is a component in a video camera or VCR that scans the video tape when the tape is being played or when the device is recording. Video heads are small ferrite chips that touch the tape in order to play or record information. When and why should you clean a video head? Video heads can get dirty, resulting in a snowy picture or no picture at all. Cleaning video heads should not be performed as a type of maintenance or done frequently, as this can lead to wear. Cleaning video heads should […]

Studio RGB vs. Computer RGB

There are two types of RGB (Red, Green, Blue) for video production. There is Studio RGB which is used for television broadcast, while Computer RGB is for computer viewing. On a computer monitor, different signals are received for the colours red, green and blue. Pixels on the screen are typically a combination of all three colours from separate signals being fired into them at once, while televisions use composite video signals that mix the colours together. without being able to effectively change between Studio RGB and Computer RGB, any finished video product will look different on a computer monitor or […]

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2K vs 4K Resolution

If you’re a flat-panel HDTV owner, you know that you’re offered two choices: 720p and 1080p. These speak to the resolution of the televisions, and when these TVs first became available, 720p was the only choice. 720p means 720 vertical lines of resolution, at the progressive rate (which is where the “p” comes from) between 24 and 30 frames per second. 1080p is considered to be “True HD”, although it’s only recently that certain television channels have decided to start broadcasting in it. Even today, a lot of the true HD content comes from Blu-Rays and online streaming. Now that […]