Filmmaking Webinars has a free 90-minute webinar hosted by Ben Brownlee for download, Killer Titles Inside After Effects Using Motype & Nodes, which are Macintosh plug-ins from Yanobox and FxFactory. There’s nothing like Yanobox Nodes, except some visual similarity with Plexus from AE Scripts. Nodes was reviewed on PVC last year. Here’s the preview: […]
Red Giant Software today unveiled Magic Bullet Looks 2 in dramatic fashion, boosted by a fun, humorous trailer called Plot Device that shows off what the software can do. Included in the new suite are nine individual point products also available individually, including the brand-new Cosmo for automated touch-up and an version 2 upgrade of […]
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Ever since getting the 7D in 2009, I’ve been on the look out for glass. Shooting only video cameras with a fixed lens and not being a fan of 35mm adapters, the whole idea of buying […]
I have no title for this from Jeffery Harrell on Vimeo. No matter what your Final Cut Pro X opinion you gotta admit that this is a nice little piece. UPDATE 6/27: And with that the video was gone. UPDATE #2 6/27: You can grab it and check it out here. UPDATE #3 6/27: But […]
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As if there’s isn’t enough Final Cut Pro X stuff out there on the web a week after its release, I want to pimp a couple of things that I’ve been involved in regarding Final Cut Pro X. First is the return of That Post Show (iTunes link) with a full edition devoted to FCPX […]
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We’re going through our book Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects 5th Edition (CMG5) and pulling out a few “hidden gems” from each chapter. These will include essential advice for new users, plus timesaving tips that experienced users may not be aware of. The next three chapters in CMG5 focus on the tools available in […]
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If you still have doubts that FCP X is really just iMovie on steroids – and the fact that the first thing it asks to import from IS iMovie and that’s not enough of a clue – then take a very close look at the launch screen for FCP X. This is supposed to be […]
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After the launch of FCP X 1.0, Mac users can finally analyze which video editing software to choose depending upon key features. Now there is finally a recent version to compare from Adobe (Premiere Pro CS 5.5), Apple (Final Cut Pro X 1.0), and Avid (Media Composer 5.5). Since Apple has ceased to support FCP […]
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In Tutorial 1, we struck a glancing blow at the step sequencer by showing where it is and how to change the length of a sequence’s loop, and then waving our arms vaguely and mumbling “and then you just turn some knobs and you’re done.” We also claimed that the difference between drum and synth […]
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There are a ton of resources on lower thirds. Here’s a sampling… […]
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