Hidden Gems: Chapter 11 – All About Track Ma

February 11, 2011, 03:53 PM

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As you are aware by now, we’re going through our book Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects 5th Edition ("CMG5" for short) and pulling out a few "hidden gems" from each chapter. These will include both essential tips for new users, as well as timesaving gems that experienced users may not be aware existed.

Optimizing for performance: Adobe Premiere Pro

February 11, 2011, 02:45 PM

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In January, a bunch of us from Adobe hosted a one-hour session about optimizing for performance of both Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects. In case you missed it, here’s the recording.

Open AVID ALE's in FCP 7

February 11, 2011, 02:29 PM

http://icutfilm.com/post/3235158424/open-avid-ales...

I tried using 3rd party apps to accomplish this, but it’s actually much easier than I thought: In FCP go to File / Import / Cinema Tools Telecine Log. Choose the ALE file. Reconnect or batch digitize the footage. You never have to leave FCP.

Playhead of timeline to match FCP edit to Tape

February 11, 2011, 02:28 PM

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There’s probably not near as many Final Cut Pro editors that have to perform tape output today versus just a few years ago (using the FCP Edit to Tape window) but for those of us that still do use tape we tend to use it on a pretty regular basis. This Reader Quicktip is from Ben Scott, a London-based editor who apparently has to do a lot of Edit to Tape work.

Using a Virtual Mixing Board

February 11, 2011, 09:09 AM

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We’ve all seen impressive sound boards with a plethora of buttons, sliders and dials. But did you know your editing software might have a similar virtual mixing board? How do you mix the soundtrack for your video projects? There are several ways. You could normalize each track to some arbitrary volume level and leave it at that. Another option is exporting all the audio tracks individually, mixing them in an audio-only program and importing the resulting file back into the video project...

Map Media Composer keyboard arrows to FF and REW

February 10, 2011, 02:49 PM

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This Reader Quicktip is from Jack Jones, a colorist (or colourist I guess I should say) working out of London who passes along a simple but handy Quicktip for Avid Media Composer. It involves remapping the up and down arrow keys on a keyboard. This matches a Final Cut Pro behavior but it is more useful as a default Media Composer keyboard configuration for the up and down arrows keys IMHO. I’ve done the same thing for as long as I can remember.

Free Adobe CS5 Ebook

February 10, 2011, 09:35 AM

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Useful Tools for Editors: Luca Visual FX

February 9, 2011, 10:44 PM

http://www.studiodaily.com/blog/?p=5638

One relatively common though quite cool visual effect you might see floating around is the filmic-style grunge, scratches, edge fog and light leaks. These looks are often used for transitions or just as a stylistic treatment over footage. It’s ironic that in these days of pure, clean, digital acquisition we still want to mimic that old film style.

Expert Tips on Final Cut Pro

February 9, 2011, 10:43 PM

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Ever watch someone use (or even worse, demonstrate) a piece of software, and think to yourself "wait a minute - that’s not how you should do that..."? Then Rob Imbs of Lovely Junkie has a video for you. Rob has compiled what is no doubt years of hard-won Final Cut experience and "knowledge" into one tip-laden video of just about everything a beginner can do wrong.

Looking for reader submitted Quicktips

February 9, 2011, 10:40 PM

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If you haven’t visited the Editblog over on PVC lately then check it out. At the beginning of February we started the 2011 version of 28 Days of Quicktips. We did this back in 2009 and it seemed like 2011 was a good time to do it again.