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Christmas gifts for publishers
Dec
One more year Christmas is approaching and with it the respective gifts. Therefore, today I leave you a small list of ideas that will help you if you have friends dedicated to the world of publishing.
Rampant Design Extreme Drive
With this USB 3.0 hard drive, motion graphics editors and creators will have access to a 1TB effects library that includes backgrounds, textures, titles, mattes, overlays, light and color effects, music and many more.
Among its advantages we can find compatibility with Mac and PC and the fact that it is a portable disk containing more than 8,800 clips.
The Extreme Drive is priced at $999 for being the highest in the collection, although there are also other Rampant options that are more affordable and could make it much easier to work on certain projects.
Tangent Element
Ideal if you want to give a good surprise to a colorist who does not have his own controller. It consists of four independent modules that use a USB connection.
Admittedly, this is not a gift you can give every day, as the complete set costs around $3,900. But if you don’t have enough money, don’t worry, you can always start with the Tk Panel that provides the trackballs for a price of $1,195. Thus, colorists will have the option to adjust different parameters saving a lot of time.
This controller is compatible with many color correction systems, such as DaVinci Resolve, Assimilate Scratch, Adobe SpeedGrade, Apple Color and others that you will find in this list.
Color Correction Handbook, 2nd Edition
In this 2013 Alexis Van Hurkman’s book has gotten a major update that actually separates it into two parts. In addition to the manual on color correction, there is now the “Look Book”, with a more creative approach.
“Bamboo chair mat”
Although carpets are a bit outdated in Spain, if your editing room has one, you might want to buy one of these bamboo mats so that the chair can roll in its sleep.
Stand-up desk
And why not get a desk that adapts to the user’s position? If you like to work sitting and standing, these motorized desks will be useful.
Here are some options:
Another option is to make one yourself for as little as $28.
Razer Naga Mouse
While it may seem odd to use a gaming mouse for editing, this $129 product could appeal to some publishers.
If we think about the work of a game controller, it makes sense that it would be a good tool for post-production systems, being able to assign controls to its 12 available buttons.
Different objects with labels on video editing
- Love Video Editing Throw Pillows: there are many models that cost about 20€.
- Poster “Yin Yan Video“.
- Precompose” T-shirt for those in the effects department
- Another t-shirt, this one from “Trash your Pref’s“.
- Bars that escape from the TV for the editing girls with “Color Bars Outbreak Tank Top“.
- Or a laptop bag with an “Abstract Rainbow” instead of the typical bars (there is also the same model for coffee cups).
Apple Store Gift Cards
Finally, if you’ve been craving one of the new Mac Pros, you can direct your whole family to this page to buy some Apple Store gift cards. They range from $25 to $2,000.
*Original source: http://provideocoalition.com/ssimmons/story/christmas-gift-ideas-for-the-editor-2013-edition
