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Best iPhone Video Camera Filmmaking App In 2021?

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Best iOS Video Camera App In 2021? If you want to make the most of your iPhone’s video camera you’ll quickly realise that the native app isn’t going to cut it. In this article we review the 5 best mobile filmmaking camera apps for iOS in 2021 to help you decide where to spend your…

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Is Filmic Pro CineKit Worth Buying?

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Is The Filmic Pro CineKit Worth Buying? Let me say at the outset that we are big fans of Filmic Pro. For a one-time payment of $14.99, it represents fantastic value for the tremendous functionality that it offers. Indeed, having tested all of the competitor apps that have come on the scene since Filmic Pro…

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How To Make FCPX Run Faster!

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Final Cut Pro X is easily the smoothest and fastest video editing software we have ever used. However, high resolution video files, multicam edits, lots of effects etc., can grind the speed of your Mac down to a halt so let’s look at eight ways to speed up FCPX.In this article we show you 8…

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Learn FCPX In 20 Minutes – Tutorial For Beginners

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In this video we show you in 20 minutes how to use Final Cut Pro X like a professional to edit your videos. We are huge fans of FCPX because in our opinion it beautifully combines simplicity and ease-of-use for newer editors, with deceptive complexity and depth for professionals. It is without a doubt the…

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DJI Mavic 2 Pro Best Settings For Video

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There’s no doubt that figuring our the best video settings for your Mavic 2 Pro is an important task. However, as regular followers of Drone Film Guide will know, once you have the correct settings dialled in we can focus on the far more important, filmmaking elements of great aerial footage. Not once have I…

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DJI Mavic 2 Pro Long Term Review

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August 2018 saw the release of DJI’s flagship prosumer drone, the Mavic 2 Pro. For over a year, this has been our go-to drone for all our commercial, wedding and YouTube work. Hundreds of flights in around 5 countries – we know this drone inside out and will share everything we’ve learnt with you now…

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Drone Vertigo Effect Dolly Zoom

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The video that kicked off Drone Film Guide back in January 2017, here we show you how to create the dizzying dolly-zoom, vertigo effect shot in post-production with some simple drone footage. This tutorial has been ’emulated’ a hundred times on YouTube since we published ours so I guess that’s flattering right? We stumbled upon this effect…

Cinematic Drone Shots Tutorial

5 Simple But Amazingly Cinematic Drone Shots Tutorial

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One of our earlier and most popular tutorial videos over on Drone Film Guide, here we show you how simple it can be to create amazingly cinematic drone footage with virtually no pilot skill whatsoever. We want you to learn to think like a filmmaker rather than get bogged down in the latest and greatest…

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Drone ND Filters – When and Why?

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Wow, what a lot of confusion surrounds the subject of neutral density filters in the drone community! In this tutorial from Drone Film Guide we explain exactly what drone ND filters are and when you should look to use them. I think some of you might be surprised at how boring they are! The only function of…

How to film cars with a drone

How To Film Cars With A Drone

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In this tutorial from Drone Film Guide we share with you our experiences of filming cars with a drone. It’s a tricky and technical thing to do and certainly a step up from filming inanimate subjects like landscapes and buildings but if you get the chance, see if you can put together a car shoot in a…

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