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A Track of the Clones
Combining the enhanced tracking and cloning features in After Effects.
One of the most significant but underused sections of After Effects has to be its vector-based painting engine, introduced back in version 6. One of the capabilities of this engine is the ability to clone one area of a piece of footage onto another area, including cloning from different points in time. As sexy as that sounds, in the real world cloning can quickly become tedious, especially when the object you are trying to replicate (or eliminate) is moving. Fortunately, other features in After Effects – including Expressions and its Motion Tracker - can greatly ease the pain. In this column, we’ll walk through such a task. These same general techniques can probably be applied to other compositing/motion graphics programs as well.
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More RED Res Testing: The Mystery(ium) Resolved
A new chart shows what this camera (and several lenses) can really do.
I obtained a new, 4K resolution test chart at NAB, and aimed RED ONEs running build 15 version 2.2.5 at it using four different lenses: a 50mm Super Speed, a 50mm Ultra Prime, a 18-50mm RED zoom, and a 24-290mm Optimo. Cutting to the chase: I’m pleased to report that I see detail extinction at about 3.2K, confirming the numbers RED and others have claimed.
more »10 (+1) Reasons Scarlet Changes the Game in 2009
Don’t overlook the impact of RED’s entry-level camera, even for pros like you.
RED will not debut Scarlet, its entry-level camera, until early next year, which means that those who are already hype-weary with all things RED are already moving on to a different part of the site. Nontheless, there are solid reasons that Scarlet will change the entire landscape of low-budget digital video, assuming RED can get enough of them into the hands of the public (more about that at the end). Scarlet’s impact will be somewhere between that of the Canon 10D when it debuted and that of the iPhone. Here’s why.
1) 3K native sensor. It’s easy to lose sight of how major a step forward 3,000 pixels of horizontal resolution is for a digital video camera… more »
NAB ‘08
The Professional Video and Broadcast World Converges on NAB
The PVC Staff hits Vegas in full force. To stay on top of the news, releases, and happenings of NAB 08 you can click here: more »
RED on location: Art Adams shoots a spec spot
Art’s first chance to use a RED ONE on a location shoot.
We arrive on location at 4:00pm. The shoot occurs at the elegant Craftsman-style house of Craig and Diana, an unsuspecting Oakland couple.
more »NAB: The Most Intriguing Rumor
Well, at least to me.
Archiving - now that’s cocktail-party conversation! But something may be on the horizon that could make it sexy.
more »PVC-it Debuts -*Updated*
A Digg clone for the Pro Video space
It’s highly likely that you’ve heard of Digg. In fact, we have a Digg button on most articles, and have been “dugg” numerous times in our illustrious first 42 days of being online.
The code monkeys here at PVC (namely me), have been working feverishly to bring a Digg-like clone to the professional video market. Let’s face it, as valuable as Digg is, it’s really for the general consumer market and short of doing searches, there are no categories for the Professional Video person. So we created PVC-it. Yeah, yeah the marketing people weren’t exactly up all night with that one (again me), but hey it… more »
