Posted on February 1, 2012 in Editing | 3 Comments
Apple just released Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 – and with the addition of a small numeral change comes a handful of important updates, key among them multi-cam support, advanced chromakey tools, support for output cards for preview monitors, and (about time) an upgrade path to import old FCP 7 projects into X (although you have to pay for that feature)
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Posted on January 27, 2012 in Editing | No Comments
The filmmakers at our favorite underwater film production, The Underwater Realm, talk about what it takes to put together a 16 terabyte media server running on Infiniband to safely store and stream Red Epic Raw files for a fraction of the cost of an enterprise grade server.
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Posted on January 24, 2012 in Editing, Off Topic | No Comments
In the 90s, colorizing old cartoons seemed like a no-brainer, what could distract little tykes better than a swatchful of color? In 1992, Ted Turner, on his colorization bender took a batch of old black and whites, shipped them to South Korea where they were hand traced, colored in and reshot.
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Posted on January 13, 2012 in Editing | 1 Comment
Steve Martin shows Mark Spencer the fundamentals of 3-point editing and how to execute a back-timed edit in FCP X.
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Posted on January 9, 2012 in Editing | No Comments
This two minute tutorial by montagical gives you 10 tips for speeding up Sony Vegas.
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Posted on January 3, 2012 in Editing | 1 Comment
It has been said that the road to Total Robot Domination and the Enslavement of all Mankind is pathed with Free Apps.
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Posted on December 23, 2011 in Digital Effects, Editing | No Comments
Add a little extra pizzaz with this basic tutorial demonstrating how to create intricate and mesmerizing wipes in Adobe After Effects and applying them to footage in Adobe Premiere. CS5.5 used for both programs but this technique can be used on older versions of the software.
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Posted on December 14, 2011 in Editing | 1 Comment
In this panel sponsored by EditFest NY, editors Thelma Schoonmaker, Mark Livolsi, Sabrina Plisco, David Salter, and Allan Title discuss their many problem solving experiences.
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Posted on December 10, 2011 in Credits, Editing | No Comments
This tutorial by Marty from montagical teaches you how to create and work with subtitles in a video using Sony Vegas.
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Posted on December 7, 2011 in Digital Effects, Editing | 1 Comment
Using Colorista Free, NewWaveG demonstrates how the “film look” gamma curve we’ve all been trying to emulate may actually be backwards.
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Posted on November 29, 2011 in Digital Effects | 1 Comment
RenderMon (currently in beta) is an innovative new web-based application that enables digital media artists to remotely monitor and manage the video rendering process, as well as securely upload, view and share the rendered video from Vimeo.
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Posted on November 4, 2011 in Digital Effects, Editing | 1 Comment
In this fifteen part tutorial, Vimeo user Color Grading Central, takes us through the process of color grading in Apple’s Final Cut Pro X:
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Posted on November 3, 2011 in Editing | 2 Comments
“The Rule of Six,” lays out a set of criteria that Oscar-winning editor Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now, The English Patient) believes should be at the top of an editors list when working.
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Posted on November 2, 2011 in Editing | No Comments
Avid created a short film called Agent MX-Z3RO to use as demo material to market their products by giving behind-the-scenes insight into what it takes to make an independent movie. In this video producer, co-writer, and Avid marketing manager Tom Graham offers some editing advice.
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Posted on November 1, 2011 in Editing | 2 Comments
Walter Murch discusses Final Cut Pro X at the Boston SuperMeet, 2011. He talks about what it lacks, what he hopes for in the future and if Apple really loves us.
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