how one VFX artist is using Adobe’s Content-Awar

June 18, 2019, 06:16 AM

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It’s been a few months since Adobe officially launched its Content-Aware Fill for video feature in After Effects. VFX artists will of course already be familiar with the need to remove unwanted objects from scenes; Content-Aware Fill is designed to do this somewhat automatically, as it does in Photoshop, but for moving images.

Tiffany Hillkurtz, editor of Secret Life of Pets 2

June 15, 2019, 11:38 AM

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Tiffany Hillkurtz started working in animation in 1997 as an assistant in the animation department. She continued through the ranks of editorial on films like Space Chimps, Astro Boy, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, Free Birds, Penguins of Madagascar, Minions, and The Grinch. (My favorite imdb note on Hillkurtz is that she played a Jawa... The post ART OF THE CUT with Tiffany Hillkurtz, editor of “The Secret Life of Pets 2” appeared first on ProVideo Coalition.

Mistika Workflows: Media Management, Transcoding a

June 15, 2019, 11:37 AM

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SGO pre-releases Mistika Workflows, its first dedicated Media Management, Transcoding and Delivery software solution. The open beta phase is open to everyone who wants to test-drive it. Aware that the demand for highly efficient content production is greater than ever before, with new delivery standards becoming a requirement, especially from the increasing number of on-demand... The post Mistika Workflows: Media Management, Transcoding and Delivery in a single app appeared first on ProVide...

Speed: a tale of many buses

June 10, 2019, 05:54 AM

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If it was made today, it’s possible that some of the on-the-bus sections of Speed would be filmed on a sound-stage against bluescreen. But that’s not at all how the 1994 Jan de Bont movie was staged. Every bus shot takes place on a real bus, and there were actually around ten different buses retro-fitted for different kinds of action in the film.

ART OF THE CUT with Oscar-winning editor, Lee Smit

June 8, 2019, 06:06 AM

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I last spoke to Lee Smith, ACE, when he edited Dunkirk, which won him an Oscar for Best Achievement in Film Editing and the ACE EDDIE for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic. He has cut numerous other films with Christopher Nolan, including Interstellar, The Dark Knight Rises, Inception (for which he was nominated for... The post ART OF THE CUT with Oscar-winning editor, Lee Smith, ACE on “Dark Phoenix” appeared first on ProVideo Coalition.

Wall Pop for Final Cut Pro

June 6, 2019, 08:33 AM

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30 video wall templates to show off multiple video clips or pictures at once.

Shooting 'Speed’s' opening titles almost destroy

June 6, 2019, 04:32 AM

https://beforesandafters.com/2019/06/06/shooting-s...

Has there ever been any opening titles quite like those in Speed? For the uninitiated, the three-minute long sequence follows the path of an elevator shaft from above the 40th floor right down to the basement, immediately segueing into the film’s action. All the while, composer Mark Mancina’s score is introduced, while the titles themselves wipe on and off the elevator beams.

Great Effects for Good Omens

June 6, 2019, 04:32 AM

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Wouldn’t you know it? You’re a demon living on Earth for the past 6000 years, and you’ve finally persuaded your angelic counterpart to help you stop the end of the world, and now you can’t remember where you left the 11 year old Antichrist.

Day Two From WWDC 2019 - More Mac Pro and Pro Disp

June 5, 2019, 05:40 AM

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The day after the announcement of the new Mac Pro and the Pro Display XDR, we take another look at both new products and report the new information and new third party products for each.

June 3, 2019, 12:25 PM

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The TV show Yellowstone, on the Paramount Network, is directed by Tayler Sheridan. Sheridan also wrote and directed the chilling crime drama, Wind River. His editor on that project was Gary Roach, ACE. Roach was nominated for an ACE EDDIE and for an Oscar for his editing of American Sniper. His other films include Jersey... The post ART OF THE CUT with the editors of “Yellowstone” appeared first on ProVideo Coalition.