5 Questions: The Brothers Strause

November 29, 2010, 12:19 PM

http://www.studiodaily.com/blog/?p=4883

Colin and Greg Strause came to Hollywood to become visual effects artists. They did that — they’ve contributed VFX to a long list of movies including The Book of Eli, Avatar, 2012 and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. They founded their own visual effects house, Hydraulx, in Santa Monica. And, in 2007, they directed AVPR: Alien vs. Predator — Requiem.The directing bug took; the brothers most recently directed and produced Skyline and have more projects on the way.

Fixing Assets in FCP using XML

November 29, 2010, 12:05 PM

http://library.creativecow.net/lyon_matt/fixing-fc...

Congratulations to Company 3’s 2010 Hollywood Po

November 27, 2010, 08:33 AM

http://news.creativecow.net/story/865152

Black Friday Deals for Filmmakers

November 25, 2010, 03:31 PM

http://nofilmschool.com/2010/11/black-friday-deals...

For those of you in America, happy Thanksgiving/Black Friday. In the spirit of retailers slashing prices to engender consumer stampedes, I went searching for Black Friday deals specific to filmmakers. I discovered, however, that most pro camera stores don’t participate in such an event, which is apparently constrained to the consumer world. So instead, here are some deals that might apply to filmmakers, at least on the low end (for example, you won’t see someone like RED slashing prices on a...

Avid Screencast #48: Surveillance Camera Effect

November 25, 2010, 11:20 AM

http://avidscreencast.com/2010/11/48-surveillance-...

This week, we’ll make footage look like it has been shot with a surveillance camera by distorting and degrading it. Plus, when we switch "cameras", we’ll make the image break up for just a fraction of a second.

Improve Your Motion Graphics With thiFree Training

November 25, 2010, 11:06 AM

http://jeffvlog.wordpress.com/2010/11/25/improve-y...

Learn to better leverage your Boris skills with The Art of Motion Graphics; this video demonstrates the core concepts that every video editor should know about good motion graphic design. You’ll understand how to manipulate color and space to make your motion graphics smooth and sharp, how theme and variation affect the mood of your graphics, and how you can use these tricks to enhance your video.

Color-Grading Cointreau's Dita Von Teese Webi

November 25, 2010, 10:59 AM

http://www.studiodaily.com/main/technique/tproject...

When it comes to top-quality post-production work, high-end toolsets are becoming more affordable to boutique users. That trend helped DI colorist Micah Kirz start his own New York company, Out of the Blue, with executive producer Steve Bodner this summer.

TIMELINE SPEED TIPS FOR FCP

November 25, 2010, 10:54 AM

http://www.elskid.com/blog/timeline-tips-for-fcp

I’m currently bang in the middle of a one of my patented speed edits. Smash through a ridiculous amount of work but do it against the clock. I set myself a time limit for each sequence I have to cut. Some will come in under time, some will come in over but my average speed should be pretty much bang on, but it means being really on it in terms of efficiency in Final Cut. So here’s a video that explains some of the little time-saving commands I use to speed up the process and insure ...

QuickTip: The clip custom color picker is there in

November 25, 2010, 10:51 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/ssimmons/st...

Avid released Media Composer 5 to some big changes and one of those changes that wasn’t so big (but did cause some discussion and frustration amongst longtime users) was exactly how you are able to change the color of clips in a bin.

Color Correction in Media Composer using Animatte

November 24, 2010, 10:24 AM

http://www.geniusdv.com/news_and_tutorials/2010/11...

You can use Avid's Animatte and Paint features to do some incredible things. Here's a quick tutorial on how to create tracking masks that can be used for color correction purposes.