8 Tips for Making Your Film Sound Great from the Industry's Top Sound Designers and Execs. Glenn Kiser (Former Vice President and General Manager of Skywalker Sound); Ben Burtt (Lincoln, Star Wars, Wall•E, Indiana Jones, Star Trek); Randy Thom (Flight, How to Train Your Dragon, Cast Away, Apocalypse Now); Erik Aadahl (Argo, Tree of Life, Transformers: Dark of the Moon); Will Files (Cloverfield, Star Trek Intro Darkness, Take Shelter); Phil Benson - Executive in Charge of Skywalker Sound Last week at the Sundance Film Festival, Dolby announced the launch of its “Dolby Institute” at a panel entitled “The Sound of Your Story” on Jan. 20. Details of the Institute were few at the panel, so Indiewire caught up with Dolby after the Festival for more. Slated for a spring 2013 launch, the Institute will support artists “at film festivals, in universities and conservatories” first with sound, and eventually with other aspects of filmmaking. The Institute plans to branch the effort out into electronic and emerging platforms. 1. 2. 3.
Jeff Nichols' "Mud" 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Video Editors. Getting the Most Out of Online Training. If you’ve resolved to learn some new skills in 2013 then these simple tips will help you get the most out of the time, money and energy you invest in improving your skills. Online training can be amazing. Personally I love it, a lot. Used well it is a great way to learn the fundamentals of a new software program or recreate some of cool things you’ve seen other people do. If you’re a self starter and don’t mind putting aside some of your valuable time to really get into the training you’ll definitely reap far more than you sow. 1.
A lot of online training is pretty extensive, often being 7, 8, 10 hours in length. Doing a little more often is a better way to really take it all in. 2. Don’t just sit there passively watching the instructor clicking away and making it look very easy. This is why I like watching tutorials on my home set up as it has two monitors, one for the training and one for me to follow along. 3. 4. 5.
Online Training Resources for Video Pros. Compositiing. After Effects Details Preserving Upscale in AE 12.1 In the late October release of After Effects, version 12.1 one of the new features is called Detail Preserving Upscale. Now the title of this feature is pretty self-explanitory. You can upscale your footage, while preserving detail. The purpose is to scale SD to HD or HD to larger resolutions. Let’s take a look and see how it works.
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Expression for Creating Wiggle with Ease: freq=.5; //frequency: fill in or tie to a slider amp=30; //amplitude: fill in or tie to a slider octaves=1; //default value amp_mult=0.5; //default value period=1/freq; //time taken for each wiggle move pCount=Math.floor(time/period); //number of wiggles performed so far sTime=pCount*period; //time when current wiggle begins eTime=pCount*period+period; //time when current wiggle ends p1=wiggle(freq, amp, octaves, amp_mult, sTime); //start position of current wiggle p2=wiggle(freq, amp, octaves, amp_mult, eTime); //end position of current wiggle ease(time, sTime, eTime, p1, p2); //ease the wiggle Expression for Linking a flare to a Parented Null: thisComp.layer("Null 1").toComp([0,0,0])
RGTV - Episodes. Comments June 26th, 2012 at 3:30 amAfroMerry says: Thenk you for the good job you are doing here. I have really learned a lot form your video editing tutorials. Keep them coming. June 9th, 2012 at 5:33 pmTru says: Great tutorial! May 19th, 2012 at 12:47 pmAfroEuropean says: Great tut. May 11th, 2012 at 5:20 amSeth says: Thanks Brett! May 9th, 2012 at 6:20 amBrett says: The roto brush saves time over traditional roto which we all hate to do, but the results aren't always the best. May 8th, 2012 at 1:41 pmMIke says: Very nice! May 8th, 2012 at 1:14 pmAlberto De Jesus says: Good tut. Post a Comment Checking Red Giant ID sign in status... You must sign in with your Red Giant ID to post a comment. NAB 2012: Adobe Premiere CS6 New Features.
Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 review | Premiere Pro. Until recently Adobe Premiere Pro has failed to make much of an impression on a broadcast market dominated by Avid and Apple. That all changed with the introduction of the Mercury Playback Engine, and Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 takes the app to the next level. This was further refined in CS5.5 to allow users to open projects faster, get real-time feedback for more GPU-accelerated features, and work more smoothly at 4k and higher resolutions. Premiere Pro, on the Mac at least, saw another leap in sales as people switched to Adobe and Avid in droves after Apple 'reengineered' Version X of Final Cut Pro FCP and completely changed the interface. Over 50 enhancements With over 50 enhancements in this release, Adobe has a chance to cut further into the high-end market it's been striving for, but it remains to be seen if Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 will be enough to knock Avid off the broadcast throne.
New look for Premiere Pro CS6 Personally we like the 'big media focus' on the user interface. 9 Tutorials to Get You Started Making DVD Content in Adobe Encore. After Effects Twixtor Tutorial. 105 Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Questions Answered - Moviola.com. Just a couple of weeks ago I was the host of another webinar presented by Moviola Filmmaking Webinars . This one was an info packed presentation called Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 for Final Cut Pro Editors . It was one of the most featured packed webinars that I’ve done as there was so much material to cover. As usual we received tons of questions before, during and after the webinar.
I’ve tried to take most all of them and answer the questions in the blog post that follows. If there’s any corrections or updates to any of the questions please let me know. If you missed the PPro for FCP Editors webinar then the on-demand version is now available for purchase . So here we go. 1) Will Premiere Pro CS6 output an OMF file for audio mixing? Yes: File > Export > OMF will bring up this export dialog box to choose your preferred settings: 2) How to bring one timeline from one project to another? Choose Import Selected Sequences and you can choose exactly what edits to import: Create movie-style horror effects | Video production. Looking to improve your makeup, special effects and video production skills? Video sharing service Vimeo offers a series of great (and free) instructional videos as part of its Vimeo Video School service. And they've posted two videos for Halloween that provide a great introduction to some basic horror effects... The first, Scary Special Effects, explains how you can turn an actor into a ghost using an editor that can complete a chroma key effect (they use Final Cut Pro).
There's also advice on how to create a gunshot effect using a blood packet and some fishing wire, plus an walkthrough of basic zombie makeup. In the follow up video, Scary Special Effects: Part Boo! You'll learn how to create spooky eyes using After Effects, how to give an actor a demon voice and how to master the 'Man in the Mirror' technique. Note: this is an introduction only. We hope you enjoy the videos and if there's any technique you end up putting into practice, share the results with us in the comments below! Special Effects vs Visual Effects: Bullet Hits! Little Things Make the Big Difference – Editing in Adobe Premiere CS 5.5.
About a month ago, Shane asked me to join the Elite Team as his editor. There’s an old saying: “I may be dumb but I’m not stupid.” …I said yes. To be on the cutting edge of this new era in filmmaking, I’m privileged to get my hands on Shane’s footage that, regardless of camera, is always stunning and a joy to cut. Once the shooting is done, my job begins. My last post concentrated on the creative process and editing aesthetics, so, this time around let’s geek out on tech and spec stuff that’s new in CS 5.5.
I like things in lists, so here’s mine for new features that help me work faster and better. 1. 2. Timeline is active and I hover cursor over Program panel and hit (`). Program Panel is MAXIMIZED and active. 3. 4. CROSS DISSOLVE transition FILM DISSOLVE transition 5. 6. Select clips in timeline and right-‐click to find UNLINK option 7. 8. Artistic use of the DIVIDE blend mode. 9. 10. Selecting the sequence in your Project panel, right-‐click and chose EDIT IN AUDITION… 11. Ciao for now… Photo Multi-plane in After Effects.