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Ted Talks – How Benjamin Button got his face
In this video from TED, Digital Domain effects guru Ed Ulbrich presents on the Oscar-winning technology they built for...
CELTX 2.0 Announced!
Celtx 2.0 was announced recently and is currently available for download. For those of you who don’t know, Celtx...
After Effects Apprentice Video Tutorial #3
We’ve recently released After Effects Apprentice (2nd Edition). The DVD-ROM that comes with the book includes an hour and...
Greenscreen Primer Part 1
I pulled my first Greenscreen in 1996 working on “Star Wars: Episode 1” pre-viz. The footage was rough (pre-vis...
Animating Text in Apple’s Motion
If you’re familiar with animating text in After Effects, you might glance at Apple’s Motion and think that it...
FxFactory Pro and MOTYPE Review
Most people I know in this industry love new gear. And in the world of desktop video applications and...
See the Beat: Video-driven composing
First things first. I’m not a musician. I don’t play one on TV. I’d like to be – I...
Past Issue: February 2009
The articles below were included in the February 2009 edition of the PVC Pipeline | Production newsletter. If you...
The GT35pro meets the RED camera
The GT35pro meets the RED camera from Scott Simmons on Vimeo. A few weeks ago I was lucky enough...
Editing in Motion Part 1
Introduction: Why Edit in Motion? Many motion graphics projects are built around a video edit which is then enhanced...
Panasonic’s AG-HPX300: full-res camcorder with AVC-I under $11K
Panasonic announced the AG-HPX300, a 1/3″, 3-MOS shoulder-mount P2 camcorder with a 17x Fujinon interchangeable lens (the Euro version...
Composite Modes in Final Cut Pro
The job of an editor is usually to spin straw into gold: Take hours of raw footage, edit it...
RED+FCP: ProRes Clips from Log and Transfer
In my previous RED+FCP article I looked at importing RED clips using Log and Transfer, and focused on using...
Zacuto Zwing-away Review
In our coverage of CineGear 2008, FreshDV got a peek at an early mockup of Zacuto’s Zwing-away adapter, a...