https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s13PZB7Fkpc This week on MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin from Ripple Training shows us a two useful and quite different uses for the graduated mask effect in Final Cut Pro X. Introduced in version 10.2, yet overshadowed by other new features, the graduated mask effect adds a feathered transition line from transparency into black on top […]
Ben Baudhuin and Luke Doolan share editing credit on the film, Colossal. But unlike many of the other co-editing teams featured on Art of the Cut, they were more “serial” editors than a side-by-side team. Ben and Luke previously co-edited the movie, The Gift. HULLFISH: So, when did you get off of Colossal? DOOLAN: I was […]
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Recently, I published a full review of RINGR, a lovable tool for recording remote audio interviews. In that review, I pointed out that its only “gotcha” was its AGC, which unfortunately exaggerates breathing sounds. Now I just did my first CapicúaFM edit in Hindenburg Journalist Pro where I used the DeBreath plugin from Waves Audio […]
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At CES 2017, Nick Woodman, CEO of GoPro described his vision of his company as providing the most extensive ‘personal production platform’ on the planet for digital content creators and consumers. I decided to test out his claim and see for myself if the ‘whole is more than the sum of the parts’. I gathered […]
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With hundreds of careers and opportunities, the filmmaking industry can be a unique experience for a filmmaker. Options include pitching an idea, or a commission through screenwriting, casting, shooting, editing, and screening your project. Filmtools decided to take a deeper look into the world of a Filmmaker. This week, we had the opportunity to speak […]
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The Technicolor Color-Certified PV270 and the PV3200PT monitors from BenQ will be used for practical demonstrations in the fields of video editing and post-production, at BenQ’s booth in Las Vegas.There is also a new 27-inch professional monitor. The newcomer to BenQ’s line of professional monitors, the PD2710QC is a 27-inch monitor (2560×1440) IPS LED display […]
The show “Reaching for the Stars: Connecting to the Future with NASA and Hollywood” will go live April 26 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Directly from the International Space Station (ISS)! It’s a first for the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and it will help us understand and experience how advanced imaging […]
Designed for TV studios and theatres, the 350-watt Pro-Cyc Color from Zylight, available this Summer, gives users a whole rainbow of colors without gels or filters. The 350-watt Pro-Cyc Color LED cyclorama light produces a soft, even field of asymmetrical light with enough output to cover 25-foot cyc walls. It shines pure white for a […]
Another question from the Avid Editors of Facebook becomes the subject of this Let’s Edit with Media Composer tutorial! […]
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Using a prompter with a PTZ camera will be easier in the future, claims CueScript. The company will show how, during the NAB Show. Also on demonstration, the industry’s only complete IP-based prompting system. If you use PTZ cameras and always find it hard to work with prompters, CueScript may have the solution for you. […]
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