Richard Harrington

Richard Harrington A certified instructor for Adobe, Apple, and Avid, Richard Harrington is a practiced expert in motion graphic design and digital video. His producing skills were also recognized by AV Multimedia Producer Magazine who named him as one of the Top Producers of 2004.

Rich is a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals Instructor Dream Team, and a popular speaker on the digital video circuit. He is also an instructor at the Art Institute of Washington and the American University in Washington, D.C.

Rich is an internationally published author. His book, Photoshop CS for Nonlinear Editors, was the first of its kind to focus on Photoshopâ's application in the world of video. He is also a contributing author for Final Cut Pro On the Spot, After Effects On the Spot, After Effects at Work, and The Photoshop World Dream Team Book, Volume 1. A Masters Degree in Project Management fills out Rich's broad spectrum of experience.


Monday, August 31, 2009

Keying with After Effects

An introduction to using Keylight with Adobe After Effects

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Looking for another way to key? Be sure to check out this video for a detailed demonstration of keying with Keylight in After Effects. You’ll also learn a few advanced tricks to finalize the shot.


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Post Production
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Thursday, August 27, 2009

The Rise of Field Monitors

Field Monitors See Significant Improvements and Increased Importance in Wake of HD Productions

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I’ve recently spent a lot of time evaluating our production processes looking for ways to improve efficiency.  There were two motivating factors.  First, we’ve pretty much abandoned Standard Definition production, relegating it only to live web events where we are streaming the content or where the client demands it.  Second, I was working on a new book, Video Made on a Mac: Production and Postproduction Using Apple Final Cut Studio and Adobe Creative Suite with Robbie Carman.  In it we try to evaluate ways to efficiently integrate Apple and Adobe software into best practices for production and post.

We discovered a lot along the way, in particular that “field” monitors have taken on a whole new life of usefulness. Here are a few of the things we discovered in the last few months of HD production.

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