Canon Drops Firmware Updates for R-Series
This morning Canon Canada announced firmware updates for the EOS R3, R5, R6, R7 and R10, adding many exciting new features. Enhancements include a new Custom High-Speed Continues drive mode (R3), time-lapse movie recording (R3), the ability to convert multiple HEIF images into multiple JPEG images (R3/R5/R6), support for Cloud RAW image processing (R3/R7/R10), a new "Auto Power Off Temp" (R3/R5) setting and much more.
Follow the links below for full details on the firmware updates:
Samsung quietly launches their new image editing app, Galaxy Enhance-X.
Galaxy smartphone users rejoice! This week, Samsung quietly updated their Galaxy Store with a new image manipulation app, touted Galaxy Enhance-X. The app aims to be somewhat of a competitor to Adobe's Lightroom for mobile & Photoshop Express, promising the usual exposure and colour adjustments along with some exciting features like AI upscaling and blur reduction. In addition, users will be happy to know that editing in the app is non-destructive, and their photos will be saved as originals and as a JPG file with their changes applied.
"AI based techniques can be invoked by a user to both repair and enhance the images stored in the gallery. One can remove unwanted Blur, Reflections and at the same time also Sharpen and Upscale Resolution, Improve Dynamic Range and brighten photos captured in low lighting conditions," the company explains.
Quentin Tarantino announces the launch of his new filmmaking podcast:
Hollywood powerhouse and filmmaking all-star Quentin Tarantino has partnered with longtime collaborator Roger Avary to produce a podcast all about the ins and outs of filmmaking. Their new venture is called "The Video Archives", where the two men will watch original VHS tapes from the Video Archive, where they met and worked together. The show will feature deep-cut movies like Darkstar, Demonoid, Messenger of Death and Piranha.
In a joint statement, Tarantino and Avary said:
"We never imagined that 30 years after we worked together behind the counter at Video Archives, we would be together again doing the exact same thing we did back then: talking passionately about movies on VHS. Watching movies was what originally brought us together and made us friends, and it's our love of movies that still brings us together today. So we surrounded ourselves with the original Video Archives collection, where we both worked before we became celebrated filmmakers, and time-traveled ourselves back to the golden age of VHS. We love to discuss movies, and we want to welcome you into the Video Archives Podcast to hang with us and Archives' new employee Gala, and discover the hidden VHS gems on our shelves."
The first episode features a breakdown of Dark Star and Cocaine Cowboy and is now available on Apple Podcasts and Stitcher.
https://the-video-archives-podcast-with-quentin-tarantino-and-roger.simplecast.com/episodes
DaVinci Resolve has been updated to Version 18. Here's what's new:
Black Magic Design has updated their flagship video-editing software, DaVinci Resolve, including support for cloud-based workflows, major upgrades to its colour tools, vastly improved performance on Apple Silicon devices (M1, M2) and a variety of powerful tracking & effects tools.
The first noteworthy change comes in the shape of Black Magic Cloud, or BMC, the company's first foray into cloud-based workflows. BMC will allow creators to share their entire project over the web, manage their files in a team folder and create on-the-fly proxy renders for viewing on lower-end machines. This opens the door to easier client notes on edits, faster sharing between departments (VFX, Foley, Colour, Compositing), and improved remote directing & editing. It is noteworthy, however, that video file sharing is very resource intensive; files are normally very large and take high internet speeds and high data limits to be done efficiently.
Along with the addition of cloud workflows, Black Magic continued to refine both the Colour and Edit tabs in DaVinci Resolve. With Update 18, users can now expect a whole new slew of powerful features, including automatic object masking & depth maps, robust surface tracking and an interesting new feature called Resolve FX Beauty. This new feature uses AI to smooth skin and remove blemishes and was developed by professional colorists. Other new features include enhanced subtitles, more granular control over transitions, various multicam features and a myriad of AI-based tools and features.
For the full rundown on everything new and to download the update to try for yourself, please visit: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/whatsnew