Avid Gems #10

Here’s an interesting problem I came across on the Avid-L2 listserve:

An editor was trying to create three circle wipes to reveal three video files over a background. To achieve this the editor dropped three circle wipes onto the videos and customized the position, size and softness of each circlular “window.” The problem was that even though the circles were positioned properly, the video inside each circular window was not displaying the desired portion of the underlying video track. In order to reposition the video underneath the window, the editor “stepped in” to the effect and added a resize effect, allowing them to change the size and position of the video. The problem is that when you step in to an effect like this, you can no longer see the position of the circular window, so you have to guess where to place the video and then step out to see how close your guess is.

Color Correction Tutorial #11

After a brief hiatus, my color correction tutorials are back.

This tutorial is about 8 minutes long and provides a glimpse into how to use the Color FX Room in Apple’s Color. The Color FX room is very cool. It is a “nodal” or “process tree” based process where you add nodes (effects) together by graphically linking them into a “tree” that allows MANY effects to be linked in novel and complex ways. This tutorial shows how you can start THINKING about using the nodes to create effects. I’ll do another tutorial later to give some more complex examples of process trees and how they can be built.

I still have a dozen more from the revised edition of my first color correction book - “Color Correction for Video.” The original book was co-authored with Jaime Fowler and was called “Color Correction for Digital Video.” The revised edition is completely re-written with a great DVD that has more than two hours of video tutorials and sample footage to play with. You’ll be able to use the book no matter which application (or even OS) you prefer for color correction.

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