Here's another part of the last few weeks or so of assorted After Effects tutorials, tips, and scripts & plug-ins new and old. ProDesign Tools outlines Adobe holiday specials for December through January 6 in Adobe December / Christmas Holiday Sale 2012 – All Promotion Codes. “Adobe has over a dozen major offers in multiple countries […]
Year: 2012
A Tale of Two iPads
In 2011 I bought an iPad 2, and in 2012 I traded it up for an iPad 3. For 2013 I've opted to experiment with the first generation iPad Mini, and while this generation won't replace my iPad 3 I suspect–and hope–that the next one will. I love toys, and I love them more when […]
The Hobbit in 48p 3D – Technological Hero or Flop?
There has been much anticipation for this holiday release of The Hobbit – not only in bringing this classic novel to life from the team that brought us a success of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but to experience the new technological advances of 3D on the big screen at 48p. But is HFR […]
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RayKo Photo Documentary Exhibition
Opening Jan. 17, through Feb. 24th, RayKo Gallery once again comes up with an interesting, memorable exhibit. Work of eight local documentarians is featured. Photographs shown are by Janet Delaney, Lou Dematteis, John Harding, Gabriela Hasbun, André Hermann, Michael Jang, Mimi Plumb, and Andrei Riskin. Ann Jastrab, gallery director, comments on each photographer. Looking from […]
Vignettes in Premiere & After Effects
Vignettes have become more popular, and perhaps heavy-handed, especially in After Effects since the release of theDV Rebel’s Guide by Stu Maschwitz. Of course there’s numerous ways to make vignettes, and it looks like the topic is quite well-covered now, thank you. Here are a few tools & tutorials on the various options. […]
Exporting Ranges, Chapter Markers, and Keywords
For this holiday week, Steve Martin from Ripple Training shows me the great new exporting options available in Final Cut Pro X. […]
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‘Good’ Photography Isn’t Enough Anymore
Sara Frances: “John Hartman has long had my respect as an innovative teacher, but better – John is a working photographer who has weathered a great many changes in our industry. Welcome to The RAW Report at ProPhotoCoalition, John!” John Hartman: “I love my profession. I don’t want to quit, because of poor revenue and […]
How to fix embedded Vimeo videos on your Kindle Fire HD
Whether or not you read my recent comparative article about the popular smaller tablets (iPad mini, Kindle Fire HD, and Nexus 7), if you or your clients own or have access to a Kindle Fire HD, you may have noticed that embedded Vimeo videos in the Silk browser unfortunately don’t access the HD version. Instead, […]
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Hitting the Exposure Sweet Spot
After years of looking at dynamic range charts I noticed that almost all camera gamma curves emphasize mid-tones within a consistent IRE range. What does this mean to you? Find out by clicking through… As a consultant to DSC Labs I get to play with a lot of toys, and one of the best […]
Happy Holidays from Pro Video Coalition
As the year winds down and a new one begins, all of us at Pro Video Coalition wanted to wish you and your friends and family a safe and happy holiday season. Over the next week we'll be posting some of our most popular articles from 2012 here on the front page of PVC. We […]