Post Production
by PVC Staff
Monday, May 12, 2008
Two Compleat Idiots Discuss RED Post
On exposure, grading, free vs. paid-for tools, NDs, and the “revolution”
Art and Adam discuss the aftermath of the Wii spec spot and Art’s venture into RED post…
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Monday, May 12, 2008
The Compleat Idiot’s Guide to RED Post on a Budget
Written by a complete post idiot, these RED tips may make your life slightly easier
This is by no means a definitive manual on how to post RED footage. Rather, this is how I managed to work with R3D footage while creating a spec spot using the RED. Your mileage may vary. I expect to be flamed repeatedly regarding my handling of this shoot’s post process, but from the ashes I hope to extract some knowledge as to how to do it all better next time.
We did not record any sound on the shoot, so that part of the post process is not addressed. Yay!
For behind-the-scenes action, see Adam Wilt’s post on the shoot itself.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
Fun With A Mac, Some Programs, and a Music Video - Do It Again!
You may want to play this video again and again to see all the tools they used....
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Just Added From The Vault: Combining Tracking and Cloning
Extending the Clone tool in After Effects using tracking and expressions.
The real power in using any compositing program comes in combining its tools to create something more powerful than any one hammer or screwdriver can give you. In this previous column, we show you how to combine the motion tracker in After Effects with the Clone brush in its Paint tools to help automate the removal of an unwanted, moving object in a shot. (And how do we combine those tools? Using Expressions, a third tool in After Effects.)
Click here to jump straight to “A Track of the Clones” (with apologies for the terrible pun in the name).
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Adobe’s NAB Sneak Peaks
Another NAB has come and gone and it appears everyone at Adobe survived the crazy/great week. Well, I’m at home nursing the traditional post-NAB cold, and my feet took days to get their feeling back, but that’s all just par for the course. It was a great show for us--while overall attendance was definitely down, our booth was packed. I had the opportunity to get to know a lot of customers and partners all at once, which is the ultimate point of going at all.
During the show I had an opportunity to share a little sneak peak of some of the things Adobe is working on in our technology labs. We wanted to pull back the curtain just bit and show a little of what we are working on because it’s important for you to know where we’re going. You obviously choose the tools company you want to work with based on what they have available today. But because you invest a lot of time, energy, and money into adopting a toolset you’re also interested in where they’re going tomorrow. And so when you look at Adobe, you want to know we’re not just committed today, but that we’re thinking about the challenges you’re just starting to face, or will be facing soon.
If you weren’t able to make NAB, or were at NAB and missed my presentation, no worries. We just posted a bunch of our theater demos to the new Adobe TV site and my technology preview can be found in the video pro section. I won’t give away everything I show, but if you’re an editor at least watch until I get to the speech analysis part. Good times. Then again, the last thing I showed was definitely the most popular. How’s that for a tease? Enjoy!
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Saturday, April 19, 2008
Snapshots - NAB 2008 Day 4
Stuff I saw on the final day of NAB 2008
Softron’s OnTheAir Video: playlist automation for OS X
Softron Media Systems demoed their suite of fully Mac-native broadcast automation apps, with OS X compliant user interfaces. Their capture and playout apps use AJA or BlackMagic cards, standard codecs, and are AppleScriptable. Never heard of Softron? They’ve been in TV Stations in Europe and Asia for several years; in Russia this past year; they’re just now coming into North America. If you’re interested in Mac-flavored broadcasting, dowload demo software or the user manuals and see for yourself.
Of course, there are other Macintosh broadcast apps—BUG.tv is also Mac-centric, and Building4Media‘s front ends are cross-platform—but I thought Softron deserved a look since they’re new to our market.
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