In this new video tutorial Imagineer's Mary Poplin shows you how to manually adjust the surface track key frames in sequences that include foreground occlusion.... »
Having clean plates is at the heart of seamless visual effects shots, but as Imagineer's Martin Brennand points out, clean plates are rarely captured on set and almost always require a major fix in post. Using five different types of shots, Brennand shows you how to remove objects, rigs and wires for a cleaner plate with mocha Pro's Remove Module.... »
In this video tutorial, Kevin P. McAuliffe, a senior editor at MIJO in Toronto, shows you how to clean up the noise that comes from downloading and importing already compressed video clips from stock video sources online.... »
Seth Worley's "Ultimate Lost Fan Promo" entry is a master class in particle effects, and at the urging of Red Giant's Aharon Rabinowitz, Worley created a tutorial on how he brought it all together.... »
In this video and text tutorial, Iain Anderson, an Apple Certified Trainer and editor, shows you how to stabilize video, adjust your tracking for a moving area of interest, and reduce rolling shutter with CoreMelt's Lock & Load X, part of Lock & Load Pro, for Final Cut Pro.... »
In part two of this video tutorial series, Eran imports the four clips into Adobe Premiere Pro, edits them using the Multi-Camera tool, Syncs the edits to audio, and explains how to modify and improve the cuts.... »
In Part 1 of this video tutorial, Eran Stern of SternFX uses the Boris Continuum Complete (BCC) Extruded EPS filter to extrude a logo created with two Adobe Illustrator EPS files.... »
MusicBox, a supplier of production music to top films and television shows like Lost, recently launched an iPhone app that lets users listen to excerpts of cleared songs anywhere they are—in between client meetings, on the way to lunch or far from the edit suite.... »
This holiday-ready excerpt from Music Revolution was produced by Reel People Studios, a collective of songwriters and recording engineers in the Atlanta area who work with a wide range of artists.... »
In this video tutorial, Digieffects' Dustin Klein shows you how to create a depth map with one click while working in After Effects. Using the company's recent plug-in, Depth, he shows you how to add more accurate and photoreal results to your comps than you can create with the default tools inside AE.... »
In this stereo 3D tutorial, you'll learn how to add a 3D camera move and apply rack focus to turn a classic work of art into a 3D anaglyph image. Once again, 3D glasses are required to watch your progress and see the final result.... »
Learn how to capture and export adjusted tracking data, use various features to set optimal reference points, and eliminate tracking drift in a rotospline in this advanced tutorial from master trainer Steve Wright.... »
Paul Ezzy at Boris FX demonstrates how to use Boris Continuum Complete's Optical Stabilizer filter in Adobe After Effects CS5 to get a lock-down stabilization effect on some very shaky footage.... »
In this video tutorial, trainer Larry Jordan explains how to use SmartSound's Sonicfire Pro 5 to score a video with a multi-layered instrumental and vocal track. Adding the power of words to any video soundtrack, he says, always enhances the emotional core of the visual message.... »
