Waving a flag in After Effects

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This video tutorial takes an old project, originally created in After Effects CS3, and explains all of the stages involved to create the final result.  It doesn’t just explain HOW to do it, but it explains WHY everything has been done the way it is. Although there are dedicated 3rd party plugins that can make […]

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Technicolor kills their Color Assist color grading application

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Word came out over the weekend that Technicolor has discontinued Color Assist and Color Assist Looks, their low cost video grading applications. This comes as a bit of a surprise as they were very recently still actively marketing the product. They had introduced a looks package called Color Assist Looks and there had been a […]

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Product Review: Flashpoint DSLR/DV Cinema Bundle & Accessories

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Adorama's affordable Flashpoint brand has offerings for entry-level DSLR/DV students and budget-conscious indie filmmakers. So I've taken the gear to task in some various shooting situations to see how well it works under normal conditions and if I found them a helpful tool or not. Note that I've never used any cinema gear with a […]

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After Effects ExtendScript Training: Ep. 13

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Welcome to episode 13 of the After Effects ExtendScript Training series. Today is a special day. Today, I am releasing my ExtendScript Developer Utility (E.D.U.) script. It can be purchased over at aescripts + aeplugins. What is this script? This is a script I created a few years ago to help myself make scripts (yo […]

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Blackmagic Design Goes 4K

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ProVideo Coalition is working with Studio Systems to bring our worldwide audience exclusive content. Studio Systems, the only dedicated publication serving the booming markets for broadcast, post production and animation technology in India, is today considered the information facilitator and knowledge catalyst by its readers. The article below is featured here with their permission. Blackmagic […]

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MC7 Top Ten List plus detail on new Audio Features

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According to the What’s New Document the list of new stuff in MC7 is 25. I think we can whittle that down a bit by eliminating all of the ISIS-related ones (most people are not on ISIS, though those who ARE on it certainly will find them all critically useful), combining a few similar ones […]

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Avid Media Composer 7 ships. Here’s 25 new features

Avid has officially released Media Composer 7 and it’s ready for download. Sadly I’m right in the middle of a job using once of Avid’s competitors so I haven’t been able to try this new version yet. But never fear, the power of the internet brings us a great list of the top 25 features […]

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Bui’s Multi-Platform Endeavor Relies on OConnor, Litepanels, Petrol Bags & Anton Bauer

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It’s taken several years for cinematographer Lan Bui to bring Redemption: The Darkness Descending to completion. But it’s been worth the effort. The multi-platform project began as a 24 episode web series that allows the audience to enter an underground world and become part of the story through a groundbreaking interactive app, and has since […]

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Missing Link between Canon 5D and Avid

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If you have a Canon 5D and edit on Avid, I have the missing link. (And if you edit on something else, I still have the missing link… see the bottom of the article.) So, I’ve had my Canon 5D Mark II for a few years. I’ve used it on a few jobs that I’ve […]

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Blackmagic Design Announces Support for Avid Media Composer 7

Blackmagic Design today announced that DeckLink, UltraStudio and Intensity desktop video products will support the release of Avid® Media Composer® 7.   Avid Media Composer 7 features accelerated and simplified file based workflows including new background processing and automation tools which enable editors to ingest 2K and 4K media and deliver content directly to HD […]

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