Digital beauty treatments: Cosmetic fixes, blemish removal, and skin retouching in post-production

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Digital beauty treatments and cosmetic fixes in post-production often involve isolating skin with tracking and mattes for color correction and matching, skin smoothing, and blemish removal. Even skin matching across shots isn’t always easy, but there’s some help along the way in basic and advanced tutorials on the wide variety of tools available. Update: fxguidetv episode #202 […]

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Premiere Pro News Notes #09

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Here's another collection of news on tutorials, tips, and related tools assorted with Adobe Premiere Pro. Imagineer Systems mocha 4 products have been updated to now support roto mask export to Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014. Premiere Pro editors can now import multi-layered mocha masks into any effect, even with a simple copy and paste, to […]

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Hyper-local daily programming from London Live

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Citing a lack of genuinely localized programming, the independent regulator of communications in the United Kingdom, Ofcom, asked media businesses what they would do with a Local Digital Television Programme Service (L-DTPS) license. The London Evening Standard and The Independent newspapers proposed London Live, a 24/7 television station dedicated solely to producing programs for London […]

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Sony F5 Internal 4K “Hack” Video Tutorial

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In a few easy steps, Sony F5 camera owners can implement a “Hack,” that Sony has not sanctioned, to enable internal 4K recording; a feature originally reserved for the much costlier Sony F55. In this article, Nathan Thompson, of Contrast Visuals & Consulting, and I have produced a video tutorial showing you the steps needed […]

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Review: RØDE NT-USB studio-grade digital microphone

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The new NT-USB from RØDE is a studio-grade digital microphone that officially works with Mac, Windows, and iPad. Unofficially, it also works with iPhone and iPod Touch. Ahead is my review, including exclusive comparative audio recordings with Chilean singer Bárbara Intriago. In this article… About the NT-USB microphone Sidebar: What do we mean by a […]

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A Bunch of Random Hard Drive Speed Tests

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As a freelance editor I get a lot of hard drives sent to me with footage to edit. Usually all of that media is transferred off of those hard drives and onto a RAID for editing. Occasionally I might have a quick turnaround or just fixes on a project and I’ll cut right off the […]

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SmartSound Plug-ins For Soundtrack Creation With Adobe Video Apps

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SmartSound has made some great advancements in their software plug-ins for Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects since I did my last how-to tutorial two years ago and posted here on ProVideo Coalition. I just recreated two new short video tutorials and wanted to share them with you here, to show you just how easy […]

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Professional Platforms for Sales and Marketing Videos

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Clients ask you to wear many hats. In addition to producing & editing video, you may be seen as the expert in online video distribution. Using YouTube or Vimeo Pro to host and embed videos is a pretty safe choice. Both platforms provide great video playback and instant access to large communities that can expose […]

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Nearly 50% of Video Professionals in UK Never Saw 4K

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Surveys never give us the complete truth, no matter how unbiased they are, but they somehow help us to understand things better. So, when a recent survey in the United Kingdom that targeted the opinions of 100 senior production staff in the area of video, revealed that nearly 50% of them have never seen 4K […]

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Set Scouter Aims To Help You Find The Perfect Location

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Currently in beta, Set Scouter is a new service that aims to make the location hunting process much easier by connecting filmmakers directly with property owners who are actively looking to rent places for production use. The process of finding the right location and negotiating the price and usage can be tedious and costly, especially […]

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