Sponsored movies of the 70?s and 80?s were the precursor to Branded Entertainment, and it’s a major way of getting funded today. But is it the future? Philip and I discuss examples and why it might be more successful in the new paradigm of commoditized content creation.Click on the link below and join the conversation […]
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The After Effects: Effects A-Z tip series from Motionworks continues with guest host Quba Michalski demoing the CC Bender & CC Bend It effects and their differences in After Effects. By the way, there’s a list of all of the effects covered in the Motionworks series at the AE Portal archive. […]
Ever since the release of Final Cut Pro X I’ve gotten quite a few emails and messages asking about resources for Final Cut Pro editors migrating to Avid Media Composer. While I don’t know of a specific switching book I thought it might be helpful to point out a couple of articles that I published […]
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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. This is the second of three chapters in CMG5 focus on the […]
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Two big software updates have recently dropped. Red Giant Software released version 11 of Magic Bullet Suite including a new product in the suite called Cosmo. Meanwhile Blackmagic has begun shipping the big version 8 update to DaVinci Resolve. Magic Bullet Suite 11 The Magic Bullet Suite 11 is highlighted by a new version of […]
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The most recent edition of After Effects Studio Techniques included a new sidebar category: scripts. Over the past several years since it was introduced in After Effects 6.0 , scripting in After Effects has gone from a hidden feature set that a few nerds played around with to reduce tedious tasks, to scripts that provide […]
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You may have noticed that even many late model AVCHD cameras shoot medium framerate progressive video (i.e. 1080/25p and 1080/29.97p) as PsF (Progressive Segmented Frame), meaning that they (unfortunately) record 25p-over-50i and/or 29.97p-over-59.94i. This regrettably occurs with both consumer and even some of the latest professional AVCHD cameras with the mentioned progressive framerates. Fortunately, this […]
Our colleague Israel (“Izzy”) Hyman of Izzy Video has produced and published a free 2:39 Final Cut Pro X video tutorial. Yes, I said free. Yes, I mean 2 hours and 39 minutes, and yes, it is extremely well organized and well presented, and demonstrates that FCP X (despite several initial limitations) is extremely powerful. […]
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I just recieved the GoPro Hero LCD BacPac. This nifty little device completes the GoPro System by allowing you to see exactly what your shooting. No more guessing and hoping […]
