Editors, take note – we just had World Meteorological Day, and Accusonus is celebrating by releasing a free weather SFX pack for everyone stuck at home. Accusonus is more commonly known for their user-friendly audio plugins, making audio restoration and cleanup simple. You can read our review of their software here. Broadly speaking, Accusonus targets filmmakers without the budget to hire a sound guy. Their ERA bundle is for those who need their audio software to work, and work well, on a tight deadline. So while app development may be their day job, you can be assured they are no strangers to quality audio recording. What’s in the Pack The Weather Sound Effects pack, then, contains a multitude of weather conditions, at varying levels of intensity. The run time of the total package comes out to around an hour, and includes the following: ● Rain : Calming, Light, Medium, Heavy ● Thunder : Deep, Distant, Rolling, Crackles ● Wind : Winter, Howling, Strong ● Ocean : Ambience, Distant, Slow I know that I, personally, am always looking for high-quality free recordings that I can add to my personal library with little effort or cost. This is a no-brainer, and you can bet I’ve already downloaded my copy. This offer is available for one month, expiring on April 23rd, 2020. To download the free weather SFX, just visit Accusonus’ website. What other audio packs do you use frequently? If you could ask for one free audio pack of anything in the world, what would it be? Let us know in the comments!  

The most important mantra these days? Be open minded, try something new every day. In short: never stop learning! That’s why Blackmagic Design kicks off a so-called mobile classroom for their NLE/Audio/VFX/Color tool DaVinci Resolve. Five months worth of free training in over 35 cities, registration is now open. image credit: Blackmagic Design Free software, paid training? Nope, this time we’re facing a free/free situation here. DaVinci Resolve in its base (yet already powerful) version comes free of charge and the upcoming roadshow comes with the same price tag: zero. DaVinci Resolve Mobile Classroom All you have to do is check the schedule below, make room in your calendar and register for a date. Each course takes place in a custom-built classroom, equipped with laptops fo the attendees. DaVinci Resolve along with media and training files is preinstalled on each machine. image credit: Blackmagic Design The courses are being held by certified trainers and will cover the following topics: How to organize media automatically using Smart Bins, using metadata, or with the innovative DaVinci Neural Engine; How the unique dual timeline view in DaVinci Resolve’s Cut Page can speed up your workflow; How to work with resolution-independent timelines that you can compare, stack and drag from one to another; How to move seamlessly between edit, color correction, visual effects and audio post-production without any round-tripping; How easy it is to move from other nonlinear editing applications Especially the last bullet point might reveal the true purpose of these events. Naturally, Blackmagic Design wants to strengthen its user base and spread the word by granting access to their tools, accompanied by the guidance of some skilled trainers to help you along the way. New users equal new sales for the paid Studio version of Resolve and maybe a grading panel with it. That’s the equation. How to Register The registration to individual dates updates as the tour progresses. Right now, you can register for dates in France, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Turkey. If you happen to be in London on Jan 31st and/or Feb 1st, you can attend the kick-off event at BSC Expo, registration is open at the mobile classroom located outside the main entrance from 10 am each day. image credit: Blackmagic Design If you’re interested you should keep a keen eye on the roadshow website for updates regarding more cities along the tour. If you are located in one of the above cities I think it should be a no-brainer to attend. Free training? Why not? The whole thing will be heavily biased, obviously, but if DaVinci Resolve suits you, great! And even if it doesn’t, you’ve learned something new. see? image credit: Blackmagic Design link: Blackmagic What do you think? Will you sign up for one of these events? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

Blackmagic Design just released the final version of DaVinci Resolve 16.1. You now have access to enhanced tools on the cut page like a smart indicator, the new Boring Detector, Sync-Bins and other improvements – without having to worry using a beta version. The jump from DaVinci 16 to 16.1 doesn’t seem to be a very significant one but Blackmagic Design keeps impressing me with the vast number of new and improved features for each end every release. This time: New Boring Detector, new Smart Indicator, new Sync-Bins, new close-up feature,  auto-grouping multiple clips.. and that’s just the Cut page (full change log here) DaVinci Resolve 16.1 Blackmagic did something new this year. Not only did the company release its annual major release update on DaVinci Resolve on August 9th but also did they release version 16.1 as a beta version simultaneously. That way users could update to the stable version 16 on their production systems and still be able to play with some of the new features of 16.1 on another machine. That beta period is now over and the final version 16.1 is out in the wild. As always, you can download it for free. The Studio labeled version is $299 but this 16.1 update is free of charge if you already own a serial or usb dongle, of course. Watch the video below for a summery of DaVinci Resolve 16 (not 16.1, there’s no video for it, yet). For a full rundown of all the new features of version 16.1, head over to our article by Jakub Han where he’s covering the changes for 16.1 beta 2. The full change log for 16.1 can be found on blackmagicdesign.com, the list is a bit too extensive to be posted here, I think. Hopefully this final version of DaVinci Resolve, well, resolves all the wiggles users had with one of the beta versions. Make sure to post any bugs and/or weird behavior in the comments below! Blackmagic RAW 1.5.1 Also new is Blackmagic RAW in version 1.5.1 which seems to improve the overall stability of the developer SDK for various platforms such as the plugins for Premiere Pro or Avid Media Composer. With the publicly available SDK developers can compile their own plugins for decoding Blackmagic RAW files. Overall, Blackmagic Design keeps on pushing their software side of things. A few years ago nobody would have considered Resolve for something like editing or audio mixing. Now this piece of (free!) software is becoming a one-stop shop for all things video. Pretty neat! Link: Blackmagicdesign.com Do you use DaVinci Resolve for your editing/color/finishing jobs? What do you think about this update? Share your experiences in the comments below!

The time has come! For the last month since NAB started, we have run a give-away to win $5000 worth of gear from our sponsors Syrp and Joby. On March 30, the competition ended, and the winners were drawn – read below if you are one of the lucky ones!!   First of all, let us thank you – also on behalf of Syrp and Joby who are providing these great prizes for the competition: We had 6375 people from really all over the world enter this competition! This is amazing and we can’t thank you enough to be part of our loyal filmmaking audience. cinema5D wouldn’t be anything without all of you, and your contiuous feedback helps us to become better! And now, without further ado, here are the three winners, who were chosen in the gleam.io backend randomly: 1st Prize Winner: Max Morais Dos Santos from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Congratulations Max!! You won a Syrp Genie 3-Axis PRO Slider – Epic Kit, valued at $3,597. You have already been contacted by Syrp about your prize. 2nd Prize Winner: Josse Ford from La Palma, CA, USA Congratulations Josse! You won a Syrp Magic Carpet Carbon Fibre (medium 2-3.9ft), valued at $648. You, too, have been contacted by Syrp about your prize. 3rd Prize Winner: Philippe Emessoukou from Douala, LT, Cameroon Congratulations also to you, Philippe! Your prize is one of the new Joby Gorillapods 3K, combined with a Syrp Genie Mini, a really cool combo for timelapse. Syrp/Joby has already emailed you too about your prize. Thanks everyone for taking part! Don’t be too sad about not winning if you weren’t lucky this time, we plan on doing many more such give-aways in various forms in the near future. Simply stay tuned to our website and subscribe to our YouTube channel to be updated about new competitions!

There are lots of interesting deals for filmmakers available. We selected the best 10 offers of filmmaking gear from our partners’ online shops for this week, including the Sony a7R III, 13” MacBook Pro, Canon EOS M6 and a few different lens options! I went through the current deals on our partners’ websites and selected the top 10 offers currently available, which I think could be interesting for you. First, there are B&H offers listed for our readers based in North and South America and then a couple of deals from our European partner CVP. By shopping at our affiliate partners’ stores you are supporting cinema5D through our buy links, as we get a small affiliate commission when a purchase is completed. Now, let’s take a look at this week’s top 10 deals for filmmakers: B&H: Sony a7R III with Tripod, Backpack, and Neckstrap – $300 Discount Sony’s high-resolution, full frame a7R III was a wild success when it was released last year, and it can now be yours at a discount. This combo pack comes with a sturdy ball-head tripod, a camera bag, and a much more comfortable neckstrap than the stock Sony strap. Buy link: Sony a7R III Pro Combo Was: $3,298 Now: $2,998 (Savings: $300.00) B&H: Interfit F5 Three-Head Fluorescent Lighting Kit with Boom Arm – $100 Discount For any filmmakers lacking a lighting kit, this could be a fantastic opportunity to remedy that situation. The Interfit F5 kit accepts standard-issue light bulbs, allowing for huge flexibility in lamp selection. Cheap CLFs, color-balanced LEDs, and high-power photofloods are all viable – and affordable – options that can be found at most stores. With softboxes, stands, and a boom arm, this kit is a steal for anyone in the market for a first light kit. Buy link: Interfit F5 Three-Head Fluorescent Lighting Kit with Boom Arm Was: $299.99 Now: $199.99 (Savings: $100) B&H: Lexar 64GB Professional 1000x UHS-II SDXC Memory Card – $15 Discount Lexar’s unexpected death certainly left a hole in the market for flash media, but that doesn’t mean that all of their cards disappeared overnight. In fact, B&H seem to be sitting on a stockpile of 64gb UHS-II SD cards. For brand loyalists, this may be one of the last times to grab one. For the rest of us, its’s just a steal of a deal. Buy Link: Lexar 64GB Professional 1000x UHS-II SDXC Memory Card Was: $48.99 Now: $33.99 (Savings: $15) B&H: Apple 13.3″ MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (Mid 2017, Space Gray) – $400 Discount Apple’s 13” MacBook Pro is a classic editing platform for the editor on the go. With 2018 models hitting the shelves, B&H is offering discounts on last years’ MacBook Pro. With a blazing-fast 256gb SSD and 8gb of RAM, it won’t be the most powerful machine in the world. But for those working with 1080p footage, this base model will be more than enough to keep you editing smoothly on the road. Buy Link: Apple 13.3″ MacBook Pro Was: $1,799 Now: $1,399 (Savings: $400) B&H: Sunpak 423PX2 Tripod Kit with 620-CPG Pistol Grip Ball Head – $100 Discount Sunpak is a consistent, reliable name in the lower-end tripod market. This tripod is no exception – on B&H it has 70 reviews and 4.5 stars. As long as you don’t expect it to support huge lenses or be the sturdiest tripod in the world, you won’t be disappointed. And at more than half off, you really can’t go wrong. Buy Link: Sunpak 423PX2 Tripod Kit Was: $169.95 Now: $69.95 (Savings: $100 !!) CVP: Sony a9 with Free Battery Grip and Light – £360.44 Discount The Sony a9 is a technical masterpiece that delivers blazingly fast burst photos, high resolution, and fast, accurate autofocus that put the pressure on Canon and Nikon’s dominance in the field. If its high price was a turn-off for you, then this might be your chance to grab one. Not only does CVP have it on discount right now, but they will throw in a battery grip and a high-quality LED as well. Buy Link: Sony a9 package Was: £4059 Now: £3699 (Savings: £360.44) CVP: Sony 35mm F/1.8 – £41.67 Discount The deals continue to come in for the Sony shooters this week. Multiple Sony prime lenses are on sale this week, but we chose to highlight the 35mm f/1.8. Everybody and their grandmother knows to buy a “nifty 50” first, but then what? I would argue that 35mm should be the next focal length added to your collection. It’s a versatile lens that can open up your shots without being so wide as to be unwieldy. Buy Link: Sony 35mm F/1.8 Was: £289 +VAT Now: £247.33 +VAT (Savings: £41.67) CVP: Canon 70-200mm f2.8L IS II EF – £250 Discount Don’t feel left out, Canon shooters. The ultra-classic 70-200 f2.8L IS II is on sale as well. This is the standard telephoto lens that every self-respecting wedding, headshot, and portrait photographer is packing. If that sounds like you, jump on over to CVP while this deal lasts. Buy Link: Canon 70-200mm f2.8L IS II EF Was: £1649.00 + VAT Now: £1399.17 +VAT (Savings: £250) CVP: Anton Bauer Cine91 GM – £117.66 Discount The Anton Bauer CINE battery series delivers 12 amps of continuous power and incorporates Fuse Link technology, which provides protection to surrounding battery cells, preventing catastrophic failure. The battery also features multiple sensors to detect temperature and over-current, ensuring optimal battery performance during regular use. Please note: this deal is only for filmmakers in the UK and select EU countries. Click the link to find out more. Buy Link: Anton Bauer Cine91 GM Was: £341.66 + VAT Now:  £224+VAT (Savings: £117.66) CVP: Canon EOS M6 with 15-45mm Lens – £67 Discount And for our final deal of the week, we have something for those more interested in Canon’s mirrorless offerings. Its 24mp APS-C sensor fits inside a compact body with a flip-up screen that, combined with 5-axis IS, makes it just about perfect for vloggers and travelers looking to stay small. It of course comes with a 14-55mm lens as well. Buy Link: Canon EOS M6 with 15-45mm Was: £574.17 + VAT Now: £507.50 +VAT (Savings: £67) What do you think of this week’s selection? Share with us if you know and like any of these products.

We’ve written about the music-licensing start-up Music Vine before. They are another player in the steadily growing music licensing industry and one that you should keep an eye on. Now the UK based licensing platform has teamed up with cinema5D and give you 5 free songs and licenses for any commercial web project. The music licensing world is ripe with platforms, offering a variety of business models. We probably are all familiar with the big players like PremiumBeat.com or The Music Bed, with vast, established music libraries and streamlined search engines. Music Vine is among the newer sites and they share the space with fresh start-ups like Filmstro, Art-List or soundstripe. Whichever platform serves your project best, the variety of offerings and competing pricing models are definitely a win for us, the filmmakers, as long as the artists on the other end of the deal are rewarded adequately. After all, let’s not forget, that this is really what music licensing platforms are about: To help us find and make a fair deal with music artists that support our projects with those creations they put their heart and sweat into. To hear more about this topic, check out our On the Go episode on the matter. Music Vine Giveaway In an effort to get Music Vine’s name out, they have agreed to give something of value to our readers. We hope you enjoy the music and licenses they offer and we’d love to see what you create with it, so feel free to share your work in the comments. If you haven’t grabbed the free song license yet, make sure to do it soon, because the giveaway will only be available for a limited time as Music Vine is ramping up to release the new version of their website soon. You can download the tracks and song license via the form below. Make sure you enter a valid e-mail address in order to receive the links. Note that we will not forward your e-mails to third parties and you can unsubscribe from our newsletters at any time. Also make sure to click the download links immediately as they will expire within 24 hours. Last time we did a promo like that, hundreds of people ended up with expired links which had to be made available manually, so please do not wait with the process. [UPDATE:] The giveaway has ended.   For more information on Music Vine, read our news coverage or go to their website.

Do you work with a DJI Mavic Pro? Then you probably know that the footage from the DJI Mavic Pro camera is not particularly nice out of the box. In our DJI Mavic Pro review we took a closer look at the camera quality and created a DJI Mavic Pro LUT that we are giving away for free. DJI Mavic Pro LUT – cinema5D instaLUT FREE Note that this LUT is not made to be used on videos shot with the D-LOG setting. Instead this basic LUT should be applied on standard picture setting. It is ideal for people who don’t want to tamper around with the drone too much and who want to see the full colors and clarity during shooting, but still get a nice and filmic look in post. 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We will send the download to your inbox. SUBMIT We hate spam! Your e-mail will be stored with cinema5D.com exclusively and you can unsubscribe from our newsletters at any time. PLEASE CHECK YOUR INBOX AND CONFIRM YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS To get our DJI Mavic Pro LUT we ask only that you subscribe to our newsletter and in turn you will get the download link sent to your e-mail. This is a double opt-in and will not work with fake e-mails. Your e-mail address stays with us. No spam or third parties and you can of course unsubscribe if you don’t like the weekly newsletter whenever you receive one. We hope you will enjoy our future content and stay on board. Here are a few shots where you can see the LUT applied to DJI Mavic Pro footage. These shots have the look applied with a 100% intensity and no other modifications. DJI Mavic Pro LUT (right) applied to original DJI Mavic Pro footage (left). instaLUT W3010 DJI Mavic Pro LUT (right) applied to original DJI Mavic Pro footage (left). instaLUT W3035 DJI Mavic Pro LUT (right) applied to original DJI Mavic Pro footage (left). instaLUT N3010 DJI Mavic Pro LUT (right) applied to original DJI Mavic Pro footage (left). instaLUT N3035 Note that this Mavic Pro LUT is optimized for landscape and aerial photography and is not ideal for skin tones. If you like this LUT, also check out our free Inspire 1 LUT. I recommend grading in Adobe Premiere Pro CC if you are familiar with it, but these .cube LUT files can also be used in any other software that supports LUTs on Windows or Mac. In my Mavic Review I applied both LUT with an intensity of 100% and did not change any other settings. You can always play with the look intensity and other basic setting to get nice look variants as desired. Note: If you don’t receive an e-mail after submitting, please contact us.

You know the scene: it’s a Friday night, and you’re sitting slumped in the couch, beer in one hand, box of tissues in the other, the raindrops that drip down the windowpane but a reflection of your own tears. You turn to your desk where your documentary, your baby – your first, perhaps – lies abandoned as a timeline in a screen, an incomplete caterpillar of clips and transitions going nowhere. OK, so perhaps the scene is not so bleak. But you will for sure agree that it is not uncommon to see creative projects grind to a halt well into their production process. If your thing is documentaries, and you’re struggling with the final touches, then you might be in for some good news. The Tribeca Film Institute has opened its application process for the annual Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund, an initiative to provide financial aid for the production and finishing stages of documentary film projects with a strong focus on social issues. Since its creation, the fund has supported 54 films, providing almost a million dollars in funding. The fund provides grants in the region of $10,000 to $25,000 to between 4 and 10 films each year, with an additional award providing further funding for projects focusing on youth and women around the world and their contribution to their communities. The best part? Applications to the fund are open internationally, as long as the content has English subtitles and is suitable for an American audience. So, what do you need to apply? Apart from an online application, you need to provide a 3-page treatment introducing the major characters and plot points, and include an artistic statement and total estimated budget. Also, at least 7 minutes of A-roll to illustrate the subject, tone and approach of the documentary project. There is no entry fee to the application and even projects in the earlier stages of production are eligible, provided they fulfill these criteria. Submissions are accepted until 5th February 2016. Below you can find the trailer for the 2014 fund grantee “A Flickering Truth” (read a review here), a film whose subject matter will no doubt strike a nerve with filmmakers and cinephiles. For more information, visit tribecafilminstitute.org