After Effects Roundup August 2023
Venice Immersive: the Virtual Reality side of a film festival
With a total of forty-three projects, Venice Immersive is the Extended Reality section of the 80th Venice International Film...
After Effects and Syntheyes for advanced screen replacements
Last week saw an exciting announcement from BorisFX – a merger with Syntheyes, the 3D tracker created by Russ...
AI Tools Part 4: The Latest for Video, Film Production, 3D, Audio and more…
Here we are at the end of August 2023. So much is happening so fast in Generative AI development,...
The Alan Smithee Round Table (“Summer Break’s over: We Have Lots to Discuss”)
In the latest episode of the Alan Smithy podcast, guests Katie Henson and Michael Kammes discuss the ongoing strikes...
Unreal Engine + Blender – A 1-2 Knockout punch
A few months ago I started to get into Unreal Engine as, to be honest, it has been my...
Cinema 4D and Zbrush used in animated comedy for VR
Written and directed by award-winning VR filmmaker Ethan Shaftel, Ajax All Powerful is an animated comedy produced exclusively for...
Speeding Up Avid Media Composer
Speeding up Avid Media Composer … yes, that is a thing. I am always looking for ways to speed up...
AI-Eye Contact killed the teleprompter? Almost!
Will Descript’s new AI-Eye Contact kill the teleprompter? It’s currently in ßeta so I thought I’d test it. For...
REVIEW: Pixel Tools hueShift
There are two “film looks”. There’s what I believe to be the original intent of the phrase, and then...
Capture from VHS to 59.94p or 50p: best practices & goals
This article is to cover best practices and goals, as a precursor to a series of articles which will...
Q&A: The Hollywood Strikes
If you work in Hollywood or on larger productions anywhere in the US, then of course, you’ll know all...
After Effects and chicken parmigiana are the same
I can’t say for sure, but I think I’m the first person to compare After Effects to Chicken Parmigiana. ...
SanDisk SSD firmware updates
If you have a SanDisk Extreme or Extreme Pro SSD, it’s time to get out a magnifying device, because...
Is AI video about to creep out of the uncanny valley?
AI video leader Runway has added Image to Video as the latest feature in its Gen-2 suite of tools....