ART OF THE CUT on editing JUMANJI: Welcome to the Jungle

ART OF THE CUT on editing JUMANJI: Welcome to the Jungle 1

When you’re discussing editing of a tentpole movie with a lot of VFX, tons of footage and a tight deadline, you can be sure that you’ll be discussing it with a team of editors. In this case, those editors are Mark Helfrich, ACE and Steve Edwards. Helfrich’s filmography extends back to the early 80s as an […]

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Classic Course: Unsharp Mask

Unsharp Mask explanation

We assume only the true geeks (like us) are watching video training over the holidays, so here’s a particularly geeky subject for our Classic Course series: Unsharp Mask. This is one of the most popular tools in Photoshop to sharpen images, and some used it in After Effects as well despite its slow render speeds. […]

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Some thoughts on color, brightness, and contrast

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I’m not happy with just knowing that colors work together in artistic ways. I want to know why. Here are some thoughts. I’m a strict amateur in the world of color (I’m not a color scientist or an art expert) but I have some thoughts on the matter that I’d like to share, just in […]

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Hasselblad brings XPan format to digital

Hasselblad brings XPan format to digital

The XPan concept now available, through an adapter, for the X System series, offers a panoramic format to the digital models, reviving a joint project from Hasselblad and Fujifilm. The adapter now available allows owners of the Hasselblad X1D mirrorless camera to use the Hasselblad XPan lens series released in 1998. The new accessory bridges […]

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Shooting Christmas Lights, a message of hope

How they shot Christmas Lights, a message of hope

Nathan Ingalls and Sidney Diongzon, staff members at Azusa Pacific University, gathered a group of students and two actors to create a short to spread hope this festive season. The pair conceived and executed the whole film, used as Azusa Pacific University’s Christmas Video for 2017.  Azusa Pacific University is an evangelical, Christian university, established […]

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Eero appears to have solved most of my home’s wifi problems

Eero base station

It’s a universal struggle throughout much of the modern society. A first-world problem that many can relate to: how to get a reliable wifi signal into all of those places in your how where you need it. My home was no different in that there are wall and levels and it made reliable and strong […]

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AJA Releases Io 4K Plus with Thunderbolt 3

AJA Releases Io 4K Plus with Thunderbolt 3

AJA’s Io 4K Plus, now available, simplifies 4K/UltraHD and HDR workflows and boosts audio capabilities for post production professionals. The Io 4K Plus brings post production professionals flexible 12G-SDI and HDMI 2.0 I/O connectivity and advanced audio. Harnessing the bandwidth of Thunderbolt 3, Io 4K Plus supports 4K/UltraHD and HD large raster, high frame rate, […]

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ART OF THE CUT on editing Mindhunter with Kirk Baxter, ACE and Tyler Nelson

ART OF THE CUT on editing Mindhunter with Kirk Baxter, ACE and Tyler Nelson 10

Mindhunter is one of those binge-able shows that has people talking. I spent a few days last summer at the Fincher production facility in LA where the show is cut and met one of the show’s editors, Tyler Nelson. One of the other editors on the series is Oscar-winner, Kirk Baxter, ACE, whom I interviewed […]

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In Depth – Ignite Pro from HitFilm

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I wanted to follow up my review of HitFilm Pro 2017 with a look at the two products that come as part of the Studio bundle.  In this article we’re going to look at Ignite Pro, which can be purchased as part of the Studio bundle or on its own for $199.  Alright, here we […]

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First Virtual Reality guidelines at CES 2018

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The VR industry guidelines from VRIF aim to help the video industry to create and support a thriving VR ecosystem and to ensure a high quality user experience. Launched at CES 2017 to further the widespread availability of high quality audiovisual VR experiences for the benefit of consumers, VRIF today includes more than 40 member […]

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