Free Video: Creating Your Own Background Loops

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A couple of months ago, we released a video training course titled Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects: Enhancing Production Value. Some of the tricks in that course relied on using blending modes to add lighting effects from second footage layers that had color, abstract patterns and movements. There is a lot of stock footage […]

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The VFX Business in 2014: an interview with Scott Ross, Part One

A little over a year ago we ran an interview with Scott Ross regarding the state of the visual effects business on ProVideoCoalition. I was fortunate enough to catch up with Scott recently for a conversation about what, if anything has changed in the VFX business since then. What follows is the unedited transcript of […]

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Getting Started with BCC Lite for Media Composer Part 1

Getting Started with BCC Lite for Media Composer Part 1 2

As most Media Composer editors are now aware, BCC is no longer included in your Media Composer Symphony upgrade.  That's because with your monthly subscription, you are now getting Symphony included.  But, that doesn't mean that you're without some awesome BCC effects to get you moving in the right direction. If you had version 8 […]

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Get those nice bright MacOS Finder label colors back

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Any readers out there who are using the Mac OS and editing video have probably made good use of Mac OS Finder labels over the years to assign a designated color to a folder, file or group of files for whatever reason one might color anything. They were big, bright colors that were easy to […]

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