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Recording a MP4 video with Your TriCaster

Instead of creating a large MOV file from your TriCaster production, you can generate a MP4 file which is much lighter in terms of size and extremely easier to add to a non-linear editor like Davinci Resolve or Adobe Premiere Pro.

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Project Of The Month – August 2024: Albertville Innovation Institute

The standard for high school broadcast programs has been set… Albertville Innovation Academy at Albertville High School is ready for the new year with a top of the line studio and control room. The VizRt TriCaster TC1 is the center piece of the workflow. Featuring 3 Blackmagic Design (BMD) Studio 6K cameras with Canon lenses and a pair of Newtek PTZ2 cameras, the workflow allows the teacher, Billy Dunn, and his students to create a variety of amazing shots. The team will use a TriCaster Flex control surface to switch their shows. The flex offers a lot of things for…

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You Have To Have A Plan

There were three things that I can attribute to my success in the classroom:

Take care of the people who take care of you – custodians, IT department, and secretaries

Never do anything that you think will cause a meeting

You can’t call an audible if you haven’t called a play.

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Mission: Possible – 83 Schools Get New Studios

We recently celebrated the completion of what is most likely our largest project as a company. As of June, we completed a three-year project that saw our crew install live production workflows in over 80 elementary schools in the Gwinnett County Public Schools system.

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What Comes First, The Sports or The School Year?

It seems like two things grow larger every year… the amount of time you are in the classroom and your school’s sports schedule. What used to be very defined seasons have now overlapped so much it’s hard to know when the spring sports end and the fall sports begin – not to mention that there is supposed to be a summer break in there. As you prepare for the school year, we wanted to share some simple reminders as well as some ways to upgrade your production.

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What is POE?

POE, power over ethernet, is not new but it is seeing a growth like few other areas in production. The expansion of IP protocols in video production has caused the expansion of POE products and capabilities.  POE describes the ability to power, and often control, a device via an ethernet cable. Why is that important? Like mentioned earlier, IP workflows are becoming the norm in professional realms so network switches are commonplace in control rooms which allows for a variety of tools that were not possible before. Let’s use a PTZ (Pan, Tilt, Zoom) camera for example. A PTZ cameras doesn’t…

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LPOTM: Continual Continuity With Drew Kwederas

Drew Kwederas shares his lesson plan on film continuity as this month’s lesson plan of the month.

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The Amitrace Family Scores Big at SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conferences

Amitrace has supported video production programs around the southeast for decades and it is always rewarding to see the programs we support do well. We were able to support the State Leadership And Skills Conference (SLSC) for Georgia, Tennesee, and Alabama this year with a variety of things including judging contests, advising the tech chairs, and providing the equipment for the Video News Production contest in Georgia. (More Below Photo) Amitrace is proud to have supported the SkillsUSA A/V contests in Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. We served a variety of roles during these events including providing the production equipment, judging…

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How To Set Up ProPresenter To Be Used With Your TriCaster Via NDI

ProPresenter has taken over as a go-to for graphics in live broadcasts because of it’s robust tool set. More schools and churches are discovering the power of NDI and using ProPresenter as the graphics and playback option for your broadcast is a natural progression as the broadcast expectations continue to grow. Setting up ProPresenter for NDI is a simple process that requires a couple of clicks. Go To “Screens” in the main menu at the top of the application. Click “Configure Screens” In the box that opens, you will see “audience” and “stage,” make sure you are working in the…

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Blackmagic Design Releases DaVinci Resolve and Video Assist Updates

DaVinci Resolve 18.6.4 Released This week Blackmagic Design released 18.6.4 adds transcription control to the media bins. The update allows you to add transcriptions to the content in the bin and search for key works from the audio. This means, you no longer have to watch every clip to get to a clip that has an impactful quote – you just search for the text to get the clip that has that content. (Read as: No more watching tons of footage to find one single clip…) The update is available now here: http://bmd.link/MktKVF Video Assist 3.14 Released This update is…

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