25 Camera Angles in 25 Minutes

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Steve Martin (Ripple Training) and I just completed a tutorial on multi-camera editing for the Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 update. In that tutorial, we used 5 camera angles from a 5-camera music video greenscreen shoot we produced, plus two other angles: one for clean audio, one for some motion graphics. But we actually had […]

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Expression Shorts – Numerical Readout

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With this Expression, I will show you how to feed numerical property information into a Text layer. Great for HUD numerical readouts that show coordinates or just various position info. This expression is super simple to do, but can really look cool when combined with motion graphics. As usual see below the video for the […]

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If You Make Your Living In Post, Don’t Miss The HPA Tech Retreat

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The Hollywood Post Alliance is a trade association that promotes the exchange of information between post production professionals. They host several events throughout the year that help us stay on top of our game. The biggie is the annual “Tech Retreat” February 14 – 17, 2012 in Indian Wells, California (near Palm Springs). Unlike NAB […]

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Keyword editing made easier

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Effective keywording is one of the three most important ways to get your site or post found on the internet – along with title and description. But I’ve always found keywording a disorganized chore. Here’s a way to make the job simpler, quicker and more logical. Remember how in composition 101 class you had to […]

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