Our Sessions at Post|Production World 2012

Adobe has announced a new version of their Creative Suite at the last three NAB shows in a row. Unfortunately, they usually don’t announce it until late Sunday night before the show opens, meaning we’ve not been able to reveal in advance what we’ll be talking about at the associated Post|Production World conference (requires separate registration and fee), resorting to generic titles and descriptions instead.

This year, with Adobe tipping their hand several days before the show (here’s our preview of AE CS6), we have a chance to give you a better heads-up about what we’ll be demonstrating, in case you want to take a break from the show floor and sit in a couple of sessions:

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An A to Z of Building Projections - Part 2

This two-part video presentation looks behind the scenes at two different building projection projects – a small scale production for New Year’s Eve in Melbourne, Australia, and a large scale event for the Alfa Bank in Russia – the largest building projection ever staged to date.  In part 2 we take a detailed look at the After Effects workflow used to create the animations for the Melbourne projections, and how the ZBorn Toy and Freeform plugins were used.

After Effects Apprentice: The Final Project

As we mentioned awhile back, we’ve been busy the past year and a half creating an extensive, multi-course video training series based on our popular beginner’s book After Effects Apprentice. We’re happy to announce that the course based on the Final Project from that book has now been released to subscribers of lynda.com, and is also available for individual purchase from Class On Demand.

LED Light Tests: Flesh Tone and Color Comparison Shootout

Color comparison tests are hard. Color science is witchcraft, and objective color is exceedingly difficult to quantify. Comparison is really the only way to judge color, so we tested ten LED lights against two tungsten Tweenies and a 3200K 2’x4 Kino Flo. The results are… interesting.

BEHIND THE SCENES: Smoke in the Woods with the Canon 5D

When production companies ask me to shoot spots on the Canon 5D MkII I don’t flinch anymore. Sure, it’s not the most user friendly camera in the world, but I can’t complain about the images I can make with it. And no one else does, either.

In this case, half the battle was putting the camera in the right place at the right time—and quickly. It was the perfect camera for a small, fast-moving project.

My NAB 2012 Post|Production World classes

I’m very excited to once again be teaching several classes at the 2012 NAB Post|Production world conference. It’s going to be much busier this year than years past as I’m teaching five total classes from Monday through Wednesday. If you aren’t going to NAB or attending the conference then please forgive this self-indulgent post about those classes that I’m leading. Hey, I’m just happy to be here at all.

LED Light Tests: PRG Sponsors an LED Light Shootout

“LED Light Shootout” sounds so dramatic, as if a collection of motley illuminants met in a dusty western town to settle their differences with bullets instead of marketing. It’s actually tedious, mind numbing work… and a real eyeopener.

An A to Z of Building Projections - Part 1

If you have any interest in motion graphics at all, you’ll have noticed the increasing popularity of building projections all around the world.
This two-part presentation gives a behind the scenes look into two different building projection projects – a small scale production for New Year’s Eve in Melbourne, Australia, and a large scale event for the Alfa Bank in Russia – the largest building projection ever staged to date.

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