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Slate
A digital slate, readable from afar.
What it does
A digital slate: fill in the shot, go full screen, and film the screen at the head of each take. Readable from afar on a phone, a tablet or a computer.
How
- Fill in the project and the shot. The date is today’s. Your logo replaces the Bū one (a square or round logo works best).
- Full screen, then tap the slate to clap: the screen flashes and a beep sounds at the same instant, to line up sound and picture in the edit (the flash frame and the beep).
- The small − + next to scene, shot and take change them, even in full screen. On a computer: Space claps, ← → change the take, Esc closes.
- No sound (MOS): a shot filmed without sound. No clap, no beep: the slate is just a sign that names the shot.
Good to know
- Turn the screen brightness all the way up, and hold the phone close to the camera for a wide shot.
- The beep is timed with the speaker’s delay. With Bluetooth headphones or speakers, the delay changes: use the phone’s own speaker.
- The screen stays on while the slate is open.
Free, no account, nothing is sent: it runs in your browser, even offline.
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