Author Archives: VideoStock

The Magic Button At Shutterstock

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If you aren’t sure about the capping system Shutterstock is applying to the contributor, then this latest jaw-dropping fiasco will open your eyes. There was something very fishy going on in time of the American holiday somewhere between 22. and

The Future of Full Frame 4K 60fps Video Cameras

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The years of 2018/2019 will be very interesting for products with full frame 4K 60fps video/photo cameras. At this moment there isn’t a single camera that could handle 4K 60fps at no crop in full frame. You do have a

Test PC/MAC video rendering performance with defined Adobe Premiere Project

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While looking for a rendering performance test samples all over the internet, we only found different software for measuring raw computer performance for the graphics card, processor and drives. Not a single test gives a sense of video rendering capabilities

Three years of identical number of sales at Shutterstock

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There was a lot of speculation about a stock agency Shutterstock sales capping. Most of them were just an observation instinct because of strange sales patterns. But now we have a clear proof that sales capping is a thing. We’ve been

Stock footage agencies useless video codec selection

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The stock footage industry has the most thoughtless demands for video codecs they support. Most of them are very old, some are very editing unfriendly for buyers, some don’t support 4K and one codec is only available only on Apple computers.

Mirrorless camera rig or professional video camera?

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Why do most filmmakers and videographers love to buy a mirrorless camera and then rigged it up until it is completely unrecognized? Because of the price? Simplicity? Variety of fieldwork? Or do we just like to have a lot of bothersome

Dissolve stock agency is on the edge of doom

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We have over 10 thousand stock video files on Dissolve stock agency. There has been little rejection rate till now. We are now producing more interesting, high quality and 4K files with better sales rate than we were in the

Aputure’s C300d LED light with not very bright engineering

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We’ve bought the newest and brightest light from Aputure. The Light Storm C300d LED kit + Fresnel mount. Not very cheap light, but it will serve its purpose in our video production. Because it is very bright and has ability to

Video Shooting VLOG with Smartphone Like Professional

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There are dozens of reasons why not to use a smartphone for video recording anything except own family. Lack of good sensor, no optical zoom and hardly any stabilization are just a few of the reasons. Smartphones have improved drastically in