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This is the easiest way to stop screwing up your lines on-camera

Jan 2, 2020 by John Aldred 8 Comments

Speaking to a camera is rarely an easy thing. Even for seasoned professionals, it can take several takes to get all the words out without screwing something up. Most YouTubers understand this problem intimately. But there is an easy tool to help you stop flubbing your lines, shoot in fewer takes and ultimately take less time to shoot your videos.

In this behind the scenes look at how he shoots his videos, YouTuber Manny Ortiz walks us through the gear he uses to create his videos, including his favourite tool to stop him messing up his lines, the Parrot Teleprompter 2.

Parrot dumps the toy drones to focus on the enterprise market

Jul 23, 2019 by John Aldred Leave a Comment

French drone manufacturer, Parrot, creator of the fairly popular (considering it’s not a DJI) Bebop drone is leaving the lower end of the drone market, drones primarily considered “toys”, in order to focus on higher-end models for the commercial and military markets.

Wirecutter says that they received official conformation that Parrot is pulling out of the toy market. Online retailers have been running out of stock, and those stocks will not be replenished. They say that the Parrot Mambo and Swing product lines will be retired.

Turn your phone into a teleprompter with the new Parrot Teleprompter 2

Jul 27, 2016 by John Aldred Leave a Comment

As somebody who speaks to camera now and again, having a script is great. But, I still mess up lines and may end up shooting the same few sentences half a dozen times each. That’s a lot of wasted time, and more footage than I want to have to sift through in post.

So, teleprompters are amazing, but they can also be expensive ranging from a few hundred dollars to over $10K. The Parrot Teleprompter 2 is an exceptional and very inexpensive solution to the teleprompter cost problem. Built for the smaller cameras many of us use for video today, the Parrot 2 utilises your mobile phone to display the content.

Parrot Want In On The Photo Market, Has A New Drone: Bebop

May 12, 2014 by Maaz Khan 4 Comments

In 2010, Parrot introduced the A.R.Drone, and in 2012, a new iteration of the model was released. For a while now, the company’s been a leader in wireless technology through its innovation and quality; when the A.R.Drone first released, drone photography was almost unheard of. Parrot’s had a tendency to be at the right place at the right time, and with their most recent announcement, it seems like that’s not stopping.