Hand Held Hollywood officially ceased operations on September 17th, 2024. The site will remain online for archival and research purposes. The App Directory continues to receive updates as needed. If you’d like to contact Taz, the contact form is still functional. We also invite you to join Taz’s mailing list here.

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Introducing a survival guide for the mobile filmmaking revolution from HHH's.
Announcements

HHH’s New iOS Filmmaking Book is available NOW!

I’ve been waiting all year to type these words… Hand Held Hollywood’s Filmmaking with the iPad & iPhone is now available in bookstores everywhere (almost in time for the holidays)! This is the ultimate survival guide for the mobile filmmaking revolution. It exposes how Apple’s remarkable mobile devices can aid in nearly every aspect of film and video production. Covering

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A phone with a camera attached to it, resembling a smiley face.
Gear

New olloclip & Glif means your awesome iPhone 5 just got More Awesome!

Sure, the new iPhone looks simply fabulous since it lost all that weight. But the iPhone 5 is so thin, you might assume it’s sneaking off to the bathroom to purge after every meal (it’s not often you find eating disorder humor on a tech blog). This svelte form factor has rendered a lot of our existing 4/4S accessories utterly useless.

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Gradient spectrum from red to violet using Vimeo iPhone app.
Apps

Vimeo’s iPhone app loses its editing tools. Hooray!

Vimeo, YouTube’s significantly better dressed cousin, has just updated its iOS app. Aside from adding background video uploading, easier sharing on social networks, and some welcome interface refinements, the big news here is that Vimeo ditched one of the app’s marquee features: video editing. HOORAY! Why is this a good thing? Because it’s a clear indication that iOS based video editing

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During the summer, a child spent their time painting with colored paints on a table.
Announcements

How I Spent my Summer Workation

With this post, I’m happy to announce the end of Hand Held Hollywood’s summer hiatus. I call it a ‘hiatus‘ to make it seem as if my absence was planned, which in fact, it wasn’t. The truth is, I am just now catching my breath after the events of a very turbulent summer. Here are a few highlights:

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Final draft for iPad is ideal for any writer.
Apps

Final Draft WRITER Now Available for iPad! In a related story, hell freezes over!

They said it would never happen. They said it couldn’t be done. And yet… Final Draft has just released Final Draft Writer for iPad, a feature rich screenwriting app that has the potential to take over the market. I’ve been posting about this app for over two years. Not too long ago, Final Draft teased screenwriters with the release of Final Draft

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A man holding up a cell phone, improved with the Stabil-i iPhone Stabilizer.
Gear

Only days left to support the Stabil-i iPhone Stabilizer!

I’m not sure which is crazier: The fact that it’s been over a month since my last post, or that three of my last four posts (including this one) have been about Kickstarter.com campaigns!  Without further ado, let’s get to it! The Stabil-i needs your help if it’s going to make it to the marketplace. The product’s kickstarter campaign is

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