As we mentioned earlier, we’re sharing the free movies from our latest video course that demonstrates creating an opening title from scratch. We were pleased with our initial results, but felt it was looking a touch flat. This movie demonstrates how we used a single 3D light to enhance the scene and focus the viewer’s […]
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The 2013 HPA Tech Retreat has concluded. In my final report, I offer some observations, look at a few items in the Demo Room, and show Mark Schubin’s post-retreat treat. Observations and Comments 4K and the cloud were in, 3D was out. Sony has apparently had F55 4K cameras in the field for several month, […]
The importance and nuances of human interaction are often deemphasized when focusing on automatic generation of semantic markup, which results in dissatisfied users and unrealized return on investment. The Social Semantic Web (s2w), reaches beyond the search box to transport us from a collection of hyperlinks to meaningful, real time knowledge sharing. The s2w facilitates […]
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Here's more of the last few weeks or so of assorted After Effects tutorials, tips, and scripts & plug-ins new and old. The activities of Ae & Me: 20 years of Inspiration and Innovation continue. Recent rewarding recent activities include numerous stories and Ask a Video Pro: Two Decades of After Effects: Chris & Trish […]
The Tech Retreat is an annual four-day conference (plus Monday bonus session) for HD / Video / cinema geeks, sponsored by the Hollywood Post Alliance. Day 4 offered a SMPTE update, lens metadata, lightfield cameras, new encoding paradigms, Ethernet AVB and video, upconverting to 4K, and the REDRAY player. Herewith, my transcribed-as-it-happened notes and screengrabs […]
The Tech Retreat is an annual four-day conference for HD / Video / cinema geeks, sponsored by the Hollywood Post Alliance. Day 3 covered a legislative update, post on demand, ACES, the VFX business, file-based architecture, IMF, working in raw, digital intermediates exchange network, the cloud, and what comes after file-based workflows. Herewith, my transcribed-as-it-happened […]
Here's some of the last few weeks or so of assorted After Effects tutorials, tips, and scripts & plug-ins new and old. The 3rd edition of the book After Effects Apprentice, by Chris and Trish Meyer, was released in the Fall, and the video training version of the last chapter has recently been released on […]
The Tech Retreat is an annual four-day conference (plus Monday bonus session) for HD / Video / cinema geeks, sponsored by the Hollywood Post Alliance. Day 2 covered design considerations for HDR displays, ATSC 3.0 and the future of TV, broadcasters' concerns, mobile DTV, 8K UHDTV, and more. Herewith, my transcribed-as-it-happened notes from today's session; […]
Videoguys DIY X Ivy Bridge Budget Build – First Look We've been getting a ton of calls and emails form folks asking when we would post a DIY Ivy Bridge Guide. This blog post is not that, but it is what Videoguys would recommend as of today. Before we get into the build, let's talk […]
I often fill my truck to the ceiling with lighting equipment on an assignment. I hate to limit my lighting options on a photo shoot. I might want my strip bank for this effect, and my big square softbox for this look. I better bring my speedlights for quick and easy shooting, and I know […]
