Several of my colleagues and myself have been feverishly working on providing some tutorials and content to share with the public on what to expect with this latest release, to be physically unveiled to the public at the NAB Show in Las Vegas this next week (April 16-18). I will be giving hands-on mini-workshops for After Effects CS6 and Premiere Pro CS6 for the Manhattan Edit Workshops several times a day during the show. You can register for these FREE workshops HERE: http://www.mewshop.com/contact/rsvp/

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I provided screenshots for this announcement article for Macworld Editor, Jackie Dove:
Adobe to unveil Production Premium CS6 at broadcasters confab

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Adobe’s Todd Kopriva has created a series of FREE “New Features” videos providing an in-depth look at just how these features work in step-by-step tutorials After Effects CS6 and Premiere Pro CS6

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Here’s a few examples of the projects I’ll be showing at NAB this year:

Hope to see you at NAB!

Cheers,
Jeff

The Masters of Compositing Series – Part 2: Paul Vlahos
Co-founder of Ultimatte and developer of modern compositing technologies.

I was fortunate to sit and interview both Petro & Paul Vlahos (Father & Son) on the same day while they also shared some of the new technology they were developing for iMatte. I’ve been working with Ultimatte in their software development primarily, since the early 90’s and am always inspired when I get a chance to visit and see what’s new in development.

I hope you are as inspired watching this interview and learning about some of the history of the technology we now take for granted in our everyday production workflow!

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Once again, I had the pleasure of joining Digital Production BuZZ Radio hosts, Larry Jordan and Mike Horton, for an interview to discuss my latest video training “Master Class” and the latest tips and tricks on compositing. We also discussed my new Online Educational Video Series, “The Masters of Compositing” where I edit a 20-30 minute program each month featuring industry pioneers and pros in the VFX compositing world to share their stories in history.

CLICK HERE TO HEAR THE STREAMING INTERVIEW

If you’ve never listened to this live streaming weekly show, be sure to check out the schedule from their web site. Every Thursday night, Larry and Mike have a fantastic lineup of industry pros, leaders and educators to give you inspiration and knowledge. Highly recommended if you’re a student or even a seasoned pro!

I’ve taken the concepts and techniques from my book The Green Screen Handbook and developed them further with live video and current, real-world projects and advanced techniques to bring you a complete program to get you started in compositing VFX. With these 4 video workshops, you will learn how to setup, light and shoot green screen footage and how to best composite your foregrounds and background, with live video instruction and real-world example projects you can download and follow-along.

Green Screen Workshop: The Setup

Plan and Set Up for the Best Results

In the first course in my two-part series on green-screen (and blue-screen) tools and techniques, I cover the often-overlooked steps that lead up to shooting. The training covers every aspect of planning and setting up properly for best post-production results, from choosing the right keying process for your project to creating storyboards and pre-visualization comps prior to shooting. You’ll also learn when to use green screen or blue screen, how to light that screen, and how to measure light and set up your camera properly. Whether you’re planning to work with virtual sets or live backgrounds, this workshop will get you ready to shoot.

Green Screen Workshop: The Shoot

Light, Shoot, and Composite

In the second course in my two-part series on green-screen (and blue-screen) tools and techniques, I cover the nitty-gritty of production and post-production. On the production side, you’ll learn how to build your own portable lights, create professional lighting setups, and shoot with a green or blue screen outdoors. You’ll also get tips on choosing keying software and working with virtual sets. All this will help you get the best footage possible; however, there will always be things you need to “fix in post,” so this course will also help you fix problem shots.

Fundamentals of Compositing, Tracking,

and Roto Techniques with After Effects

Set Up a Streamlined Workflow

In this workshop, I teach you the basics of green screen compositing and setting up a streamlined roto workflow with After Effects and a Wacom tablet. You’ll get real-world tips on getting the best mattes and keys from your green screen shots, stabilizing and tracking footage in After Effects, and using the Roto Brush feature to create quick and accurate mattes of anything that moves in the frame. You’ll also learn how to create more believable composites by matching your foreground and background plates, using roto-spline masks, and applying match-moving techniques.

Advanced Compositing, Tracking,

and Roto Techniques with After Effects

Create Great Video Composites

In this workshop, I give you the advanced tips, tricks, and workflow techniques I’ve used over the years to get great video/film composites, even when given impossible footage to work with! You´ll learn advanced roto-painting techniques for the Wacom tablet and get up to speed on motion tracking, multipass mattes, multiple keying layers, simulated lighting effects, painting on video background plates, and more. Then you’ll apply what you’ve learned to a series of real-world projects in After Effects CS5.5.

There are plenty of free unlocked video tutorials in these 4 courses for you to evaluate.

Please comment below with any questions you may have – follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thePixelPainter and Twitter: https://twitter.com/PXLpainter

The Masters of Compositing Series – Part 1: Petro Vlahos
Inventor of the Sodium Vapor Compositor and the Blue Screen Color Difference Traveling Matte & Multiple Oscar recipient

I was fortunate enough to sit down and interview Petro in 2009, after spending a great deal of time researching his work at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Herrick Library. The original interview was over an hour long but I’ve edited it down to the key points in just under 30 minutes for this series.

I hope you enjoy this wonderful historic storyteller, as he recalls the glory days of film and visual effects.
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2D Footage with a Stereo 3D Rig in After Effects CS5.5

Adobe included a 1-step option to create a 3D Stereo Camera Rig in After Effects CS5.5, to everyone’s enthusiasm for a simpler workflow in 3D space. Great if you are working in 3D space in After Effects, but what about an easy option for 3D Stereo pairs captured by a 3D camera or twin cameras on a rig? In this tutorial I’ll show you how to quickly modify the Stereo 3D Rig in After Effects to quickly mux your L&R video files and adjust the convergence for anaglyph, interlaced or stereo pairs output.

Read the full tutorial on ProVideo Coalition…

Read the entire article and watch videos here…

NOTE: This is the 3rd in a series of articles/reviews on the GoPro Hero2 cameras for the ProVideo Coalition. There are links to the others at the end of each article.

Click Here to read the entire review:

CLICK HERE to read the entire review and see examples on the ProVideo Coalition problog:

Check out my article and the video results HERE on the ProVideo Coalition site.