AI Filmmaking
Ash Koosha's AI-generated "Odysseus: The Fall" drops today — the same day as Nolan's $250 million "The Odyssey." Fountain 0 is transparent about why. Here's what to make of it.
qtake
QTAKE Pro 2.5 adds native Stream Deck integration, a combined video assist and DIT dailies workflow, and frame-accurate TechnoDolly sync — all in one free update. Here's what changed and what it means for lean productions.
drones
The Sky Rover X1 is being positioned as a DJI alternative amid US regulatory pressure. There's a catch: it's manufactured by DJI. Here's what that means for buyers.
opencut
OpenCut is a free, open-source video editor with no watermarks, no paywalls, and no subscription — built specifically as an answer to CapCut. Here's what's working, what's still in progress, and why 50K GitHub stars suggests this one is worth watching.
sony
Sony just raised the FX3A's price to $4,299 with no new features added. With the FX5 reportedly weeks away, here's how to think about whether to buy now or hold off.
Camera to Cloud
Camera to Cloud moves footage from set to a cloud platform automatically as it's recorded — no card pulls, no drive transfers, no waiting. Here's how it works and when it's worth using.
Meta's new Muse Image AI lets anyone use public Instagram photos to generate AI images of you — without asking or notifying you. Here's exactly where the opt-out is, and what it doesn't undo.
Gear
A gimbal stabilizes your camera in motion — but it's not the right tool for every shot or every shooter. Here's what it does, when you need one, and when you don't.
voicebox
Voicebox is a free, open-source voice cloning studio that runs entirely on your own machine — no subscription, no cloud, no audio data leaving your computer. Here's what it does and the caveats worth knowing.
led volume
Gaffer Christopher Oh and lighting programmer Bicher Barmada break down how they lit the indie film Obsession on an LED volume using manual console busking instead of a media server pipeline.
ByteDance
ByteDance's new Seedream 5.0 Pro can generate full 16-panel cinematic storyboards from a single prompt — among other capabilities worth knowing about for filmmakers and content creators.
meta
Meta just launched Muse Image and previewed Muse Video — its first AI media generation models from Meta Superintelligence Labs. Here's what's new, what the Instagram training data means, and where it sits on the benchmarks.