Traveling While Black, a documentary in VR: trading pixels for emotions
Premiered at Sundance, Traveling While Black, directed by Roger Ross Williams, is a documentary that does more than tell...
Classic Course: Bilateral Blur
Our next movie exploring blur effects dives into the mysterious, under-used Adobe After Effects plug-in Bilateral Blur. It is...
Voices from Sundance podcast with Phyllis Housen, editor, “Clemency”
Here’s episode 2 of Voices from Sundance. This episode features Phyllis Housen, who edited the narrative feature film “Clemency.”...
Solutions to Resolve 5: Taming Color Management – Part 1
Color management in Resolve can be frustrating. In theory it should be a great alternative to using LUTs, but...
ART OF THE CUT’s Voices from Sundance Podcast Episode 1
So, you’ve been asking for a podcast for a while. This is my first attempt. I’ll be working to...
Sundance Film Festival: storytelling using VR, AR, AI and mixed reality
The 2019 Sundance Film Festival is the place to go to see first-hand the dynamic crossroads of film, art...
Photo Tour: Canon Burbank
In late December I visited Canon Burbank, an 11,000 square foot, purpose-built facility where you can see Canon’s stills,...
5 Color Illusions that Colorists & filmmakers should be familiar with
Optical illusions and irregular visual phenomena mean many things to us. Simple enough to be enjoyed by anyone, yet perplexing...
AE Project Diary: 8) 3D City
This city flythrough was created entirely using After Effects, with the final composition involving over 18,000 layers. I made...
ART OF THE CUT with Hank Corwin, ACE on editing VICE
Hank Corwin, ACE, was nominated for an ACE Eddie for The Horse Whisperer; and for an Oscar and won...
