Low Light Levels and Wide-Open Lenses: the 80s/90s Look

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There's something amazing about shooting low light images with a wide open lens. Now that the average camera is rated at 800 or faster, we can take advantage of using smaller and smaller lights and even shoot scenes that look brighter on the monitor than they do by eye… An example of low light/low contrast […]

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Agenda Announced for the San Francisco SuperMeet Featuring Jay Cassidy, A.C.E.

The agenda has been announced for the Twelfth Annual San Francisco SuperMeet, to take place Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, CA. Jay Cassidy A.C.E. (SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK, INCONVIENIENT TRUTH, INTO THE WILD) will be the featured guest. This SuperMeet promises to be the single largest gathering of Final Cut, Adobe, Avid, Autodesk […]

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Light Iron Opens New York Office

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Light Iron – a post production leader specializing in on-site dailies, digital intermediate, archival, and data services for projects originated on file-based motion cameras – has expanded into the New York market, acquiring all post-production facilities and resources of OFFHOLLYWOOD, located in the Soho district of Manhattan. Terms of the transaction remain confidential.  “OFFHOLLYWOOD is known in […]

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After Effects celebrates its 20th year!

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It’s been twenty years since After Effects was created by a small start-up company in Providence, Rhode Island. Some of those brilliant minds who brought After Effects into this world are still here at Adobe and some have moved onto other ventures. But one thing that remains true–from the first day the Company of Science […]

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Everything On-set Professionals Need to Know About Color Correction

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Event Date: 02/06/2013 11:00 AM Pacific Standard Time Get the scoop on color theory and grading for on-set professionals in this exclusive webcast with Juan Carlos Ortiz, colorist, DIT and local 600 member whose latest work includes MTV's hit show “Teen Wolf.” Juan Carlos will be sharing his insight and knowledge on such topics […]

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Bob Festa Joins Company 3

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Company 3 is proud to announce the addition of award winning colorist Bob Festa.   Bob is one of the most accomplished colorists in post production. His credits include virtually all of the world’s best known brands and some of the most iconic commercial advertising ever created. Along the way, Bob has worked with the industry’s […]

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DaVinci Resolve Provides Color Correction for Short Horror Film ‘Dead Man’s Lake’

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When colorist Patrick Inhofer was first contacted by the filmmakers for the short film horror anthology website BloodyCuts.co.uk, he knew right away that he wanted to be involved. The Bloody Cuts team shares a love and passion for horror films and has presented the anthology online as a free web series. They contacted Patrick to […]

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After Effects Lately 2013.01.15

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Here's some of the last few weeks or so of assorted After Effects tutorials, tips, and scripts & plug-ins new and old. Adobe is celebrating the 20th year of After Effects. Above is AE before the killer 2.0 feature: the Timeline window (which combined Time, Properties, and Layers). To kick off the party, Adobe posted […]

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Comparing two Thunderbolt capture and playback devices

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With the advent of Thunderbolt a new option arrived for editors in the form of an easy to use video capture and playback interface for your editing computer that doesn’t have to sit inside a tower. Adding Thunderbolt to iMacs and laptops means portability and affordability is an option for editors like never before. Both […]

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