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# High Fidelity Digital
![](https://i.imgur.com/jEmzm16.png)

## AV Resources
Some of these are open. They all exist with varying degrees of openness. 

### Visual Storytelling

Most of what I learned about how to do this stuff comes from two fields of interest. Visual storytelling. This is what film school is about. You can skip it, I dropped out. Watch this and start experimenting with your phone. That's how I learned. (More or less, I had to use actual film. 🤷‍♂️)

https://thecrashcourse.com/courses/film

And tools and technique.

### Hardware

Here the rabbitholes are the deepest and darkest. First here are a few of my favorite resources for tracking the state of pro and consumer Audio and Visual gear.

Video Gear
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/

Sound Gear
https://www.sweetwater.com/

Reviews & News
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/
https://kk.org/cooltools/
https://www.tested.com/ - 
https://www.youtube.com/c/LinusTechTips
https://www.youtube.com/user/marquesbrownlee

Philosophy
I do a podcast (periodically, at this point) many of which cover how this tech works and how magical it all is:
https://anchor.fm/zengineering-podcast


## Otherwise, here's some current "stacks":

### Software
#### Video & Streaming
Live Streaming & Recording - OBS
Restream - can be handy for multi-streaming (big lag unf)
Video Editing - Adobe Premiere
Motion Graphics - Adobe After Effects

#### Photo and Graphics
Photo Developing - Adobe Lightroom
Photo Editing - Adobe Photoshop
Vector - Adobe Illustrator
UI & Increasingly other things - Figma

#### Community
Gatherings & Comms - Discord
Public Annoucements - Blog + Twitter
Group Chat - Telegram (avoid if I can)
Video Content - YouTube

### Hardware
#### Audio
Mic - Shure SM7B
Interface - Focusrite Scarlett
Line Amp - Cloudlifter
Desktop Wireless Headset - Corsair
Mobile Wireless - Airpods
Wired - Bowers and Wilkins P7s (Through Scarlettgith)

#### Video
Cannon 7D
Buncha lenses
Buncha Go Pros (This is also what I use for streaming)
A couple of LED light panels
Buncha other weird lighting gear


#### Photo
Nikon D300
Buncha Lenses
Buncha Flashes

## And finally, some techique sort of stuff I've written 


