Surfing is the key to My Life: 2016

Thursday, May 5

Modern Technocracy Launch is LIVE!

We’re proud to announce the launch of Modern Technocracy™

MT the world’s first professional grade universal mounts and accessories for cameras, action cams and smartphones.

MT is about making the big picture BIGGER, offering patented mount technology for virtually any camera to capture images in ways that have yet to be seen. These unique products are meant to allow you to BE THE ACTION™ and share the most epic moments of your life.

MT came to life through the craftsmanship of original GoPro® Athletes Aaron Chase, Ben Brown, Bo Bridges, Bucky Lasek, Damien LeRoy, Harley Ingleby, Jamie Sterling, Jeb Corliss, Julian Carr, Mitch Bergsma, Shon Bollock, Sunny Garcia and spearheaded by Reno Makani, who's real life passions and pursuit of catching Inspiron content let him develop the most innovative mounting technology ever created in concert with the collective of incredible content creators.

Their innovation captured the imaginations of some of the world’s greatest athletes who were also looking for new and more reliable ways of capturing their lives…

Over the last two years their vision and dedication has paved the way for new 3rd person POV and Onboard perspectives, which will elevate the way you capture and share life’s best moments. This incredible group of athletes is now bringing MT’s amazing products to the world in a collective effort to give life to Modern Technocracy™ .

With MT, video can be so much easier and more rewarding than ever before… making the big picture even Bigger! Whether you’re an aspiring action sports athlete, professional content creator, enthusiast or a weekend warrior, MT has something to help you BE THE ACTION™.

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Aloha Reno Makani

Monday, April 25

Tip From A PRO: GoPro Action Sequence

Tip From A PRO

by Reno Makani

How To Make A GoPro Action Sequence (Photo Sequencing)

30 Photos in 3 Seconds with my GoPro HERO3 Black +

Stitching multiple GoPro images together is a form of time-lapse photography. You are displaying a change in an object’s position over time and adding a look that will surely be appealing.

Photo sequencing only works when the object moves across a static background. For example the GoPro is set down on the ground and I’m sliding across the screen on my Fiik Electric Skateboard works well (Pictured) A surfer coming directly at the camera does not.

Subjects can be anything from a kitesurfer in flight to a snowboarder or skateboarder jumping, all you need to do is set your GoPro camera to Burst Mode (30 Photos in 1, 2 or 3 Seconds) and Photoshop CC by Adobe.

Step 1: Sort through the photos, select photos your going to want to stitch together, create a folder on your Desktop and drag photos into that folder.

Step 2: Import Photos into Photoshop CC (Click Files - Scripts -Load Files Into Stack) Note- If you did not use a tripod to capture photos and someone was just holding the camera then your gonna want to check the box (Attempt To Align Automatically Source Images)

Step 3: Creating a Layer Mask for each photo. Click on the first photo and then click on the Add Layer Mask icon. Then your going to want to Invert layer from White to Black. Set the Density to about 70%.

Step 4: Reveal Image. Pick a Paintbrush, make sure it’s the right size to match the image your revealing and Hardness is set to 100%. Opacity & Flow must be set to 100%.

Step 5: Paint Over Subject. Use the right size brush to paint over the subject. You can also zoom in and use a smaller brush for more detail etc. If you have subjects that overlap you can change the layer color from White to Black (Color Code) 000000 this will enable you to correct if you erased some of the other image. Use the paintbrush and zoom in to fix where you overlapped. Note - If you missed a spot you can change the color back to White (Color Code) ffffff

Step 6: Set the Density of the first image layer back to 100%

Step 7: Layer Mask for Second Image. Click on the second photo and then click on the Add Layer Mask icon. Then your going to want to Invert layer from White to Black. Set the Density to about 70%. Repeat Steps 4, 5 and 6 on remaining layers.

Step 8: For some reason a layer (Image) overlaps too much you can delete it by clicking on the layer and deleting it.

Step 9: Flatten Image. Click Layer - Flatten Image.

Step 10: Color Correction. Click Image - Mode - Lab Color. Then Click Image - Apply Image. Make sure you change the Blending to Soft Light and decrease the Opacity to desired depth. From there you have to change it back to RGB Color, Click Image - Mode - RGB Color. Now your ready to add more color adjustments and export as a JPG file.

Thanks for tuning into another Tip from a Pro!

Reno Makani

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Introducing Modern Technocracy (MT)

Welcome to the Modern Technocracy

We’re proud to announce that over the last two years a group of professional athletes & POV pioneers Jeb Corliss Ben Brown Sunny Garcia Jamie Sterling Damien LeRoy Mic Bergsma Julian Carr Aaron Chase Harley Ingleby Bucky Lasek Shon Bollock and Bo Bridges have been working behind the scenes at Modern Technocracy to develop the world’s first professional grade universal mounts & accessories for cameras, action cams & smartphones.

To hear more about MT’s launch, tag your friends, follow Modern Technocracy on all social media and be sure to join the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/BeTheAction

By joining our Facebook group you will be entered into weekly giveaways called #‎MTMondays and winners will be announced on Facebook and Instagram.

The first giveaway is a signed Bucky Lasek skateboard. You could even be selected as an MT ambassador at the end of our Crowdfunding campaign on Dark Horse Pros which launches May 4th! #‎BETHEACTION

Aloha Reno Makani

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Friday, April 1

Tip from a PRO: How to record a Snapchat video handsfree

I am gonna show show how to capture a Snapchat video in 5 simple steps without keeping your finger on the record button so you can make a video with your hands freely moving around so you can BE THE ACTION

Be sure to Add me on Snapchat

Step 1: Turn AssistiveTouch (iPhone) under Settings > General > Accessibility > AssistedTouch or tap your home button three times (1-2-3)

Step 2: Create New Gesture

Step 3: Press and hold on the screen until the blue bar is finished, hit Save then give the gesture a name such as Snapchat

Step 4: Now open your Snapchat app and get ready to record a video, after you created a new gesture, you will see this little transparent icon hovering, tap on it, and then tap on the star ⭐️ icon called Custom icon and then select Snapchat