Wowza ClearCaster is a $6,000 encoder from Wowza, that at first glance may cause you to repeat the company’s name loudly, as in, “Wowza, that’s a high price for a single channel streaming appliance.” Perhaps so, but it’s the only encoder that can stream 1080p to Facebook Live, and as I learned when I reviewed the product, it has great …

The creativity behind immersive VR filmmaking is only matched by the software engineering creativity that makes this type of video possible. I just started a consulting project relating to 360° VR video, and have some introductory conclusions. I am only an egg, as Robert Heinlein might say, but I thought I would share them. First, done right, VR can be …

I’ve resisted upgrading to the latest version of Adobe Creative Cloud because the beloved titler has been replaced (but is still available). After producing a video tutorial on the new title function for Streaming Media Producer, I see that Adobe made a great decision; the new tool is both more capable and more accessible. The video is presented here; you …