Ep. 12 aeVer Free Function Friday […]
Free Function Friday aeVer
Year: 2015
Sci-Fi universe callout to videomakers
Star Wars: The Force Awakens reached the public at about the same time a science-fiction computer game, Elite Dangerous, “landed” its new expansion, Horizons, giving users the option to land on planets. Time to ask if there is much difference between the fiction in movies and games? A stream of new cinematic in-game sequences from […]
Kids Build VFX Company, I Send Tachyon Beam Back in Time
This is interesting, two boys, Ben and Alex, 11 and 13 respectively, are making, and selling, their own Star Wars inspired plug-ins, with the help of their dad who’s a developer. They’ve got light sabers and blasters, as well as some “space wipes”. The plug-ins run in FCP, Motion, AE and Premiere. […]
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Rigging Behaviors in Motion for Final Cut Pro X
This week on MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin from Ripple Training how you can “rig” behaviors in Motion so that the Final Cut Pro X editor can adjust the timing of an animation. This episode is a primer on how to set up a Motion project for publication to Final Cut Pro X. I […]
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Sony to alleviate PXW-X70’s constrained 4K via firmware upgrade
Current and prospective users of the Sony PXW-X70 who are interested in shooting 4K UHD will rejoice sometime in 2016, since in Sony’s first fiscal quarter of 2016, the company will reportedly release a firmware update to allow recording up to 100 megabits per second. This represents a huge improvement of the current 60 megabit […]
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Tikee: the invisible becomes visible at CES 2016
A 2015 nominee for the prestigious CES Innovation Award for Digital Imaging, Enlaps will introduce Tikee at the International CES in Las Vegas, next January. The year of 2016 starts brightly when it comes to time-lapses. Regardless of whether you are watching a stadium fill with people in a matter of seconds, a construction project […]
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The Nashville Filmmakers Guild NLE Debate Live Stream Archive
Monday, December 14, 2015 was the first ever Nashville Filmmakers Guild NLE Debate. As we talked about on a previous post here this was a fun evening with 3 local filmmakers taking the stage and each representing their NLE of choice: Adobe Premiere Pro CC, Apple Final Cut Pro X and Avid Media Composer. Our […]
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ART OF THE CUT WITH KIRK BAXTER, A.C.E. on cutting “Gone Girl” in Premiere
Kirk Baxteredited one of the first major feature films cut in Adobe Premiere Pro. He has worked primarily with director David Fincher, winning Academy Awards for “The Social Network” and “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” […]
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The Great NLE Debate and DaVinci Resolve
Which NLE is the right one for you? The Nashville Film Guild took the matter to a Presidential style debate. See which one fits in the of a so-called “Green Party” candidate. […]
AE Project Diary: 1) Lego, Ninjago
The “After Effects Project Diaries” provide inside details and behind-the-scenes accounts of real projects I have worked on. In the very first AE project diary, I look at the Ninjago project for Legoland, a theatrical stage show where all the sets are high-resolution digital projections. […]
