Thursday, May 17th, 2012

Adobe CS6 Production Premium @NAB

Adobe announced the unveiling of their latest video production tools this week prior to the NAB Show, featuring the CS6 Production Premium suite, which includes After Effects, Premiere Pro, Audition, Encore, and the newest additions, Prelude & SpeedGrade.

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The Masters of Compositing Series – Part 2: Paul Vlahos

This is the second installment in a series of interviews with the pioneers and masters in the compositing/VFX film & television industry.

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Live Interview on the BuZZ

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 [...]

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The Green Screen & Compositing Master Class

  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 [...]

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The Masters of Compositing Series – Part 1: Petro Vlahos

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.

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Modify a Stereo 3D Rig for 2D Pairs

2D Footage with a Stereo 3D Rig in After Effects CS5.5 Edit and Optimize 2D Stereo Pairs from a 3D Video Camera or Twin Cameras with a Modified 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 [...]

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3D Stereo Workflow with the GoPro Hero2

Whether you love it or hate it, 3D Stereography is here for awhile. And if you’re totally into it like I am, you quickly realize that there are few turnkey workflows out there to capture and process 3D Stereo video that’s easy to setup, shoot and edit Stereo pairs. Sure, there are a lot of [...]

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“The DSLR Filmmaker’s Handbook” – Book Review

There’s little more popular these days than being a budding Indie filmmaker slinging a 5D MkII over your shoulder and firing off hours of footage that you can then spend months editing to make your masterpiece come alive! The biggest problem is that MOST folks entering this endeavor are totally clueless about the process or [...]

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Digieffects v2.5 Damage & Delirium

Digieffects has updated and optimized their plugin effects to be Adobe CS5/64-bit compatible and have added some great new tools to their suite of tools! Both Damage v2.5 and Delirium v2.5 are fully compatible with the latest versions of After Effects, Premiere Pro, FCP and Edius. Even better news, this is a free upgrade for [...]

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Slo-Mo with the GoPro!

I’ve published another post in my GoPro HD Hero2 series on the ProVideo Coalition problog, including several examples of using the GoPro shooting high-speed (120fps) for a smooth and clear Slo-Mo playback. This little camera is amazing and more than just something you’ll strap to your sports gear and jump off a cliff to record [...]

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