The Colonie Promotes Jimmy Helm to Editor

July 24, 2017, 05:53 AM

http://www.btlnews.com/community/immediate-release...

The Colonie, the Chicago-based editorial, visual effect, motion graphics company, has announced the promotion of Jimmy Helm to editor. Helm, a reportedly adept talent, honed his craft working with The Colonie’s senior editors on a wide range of projects over the past seven-years. Most recently, Helm has been managing ongoing social media work with Facebook, Inc. […] The post The Colonie Promotes Jimmy Helm to Editor appeared first on Below the Line.

ENTER THE EDIT: DEVELOPING MENTORSHIP IN THE DOCUM

July 24, 2017, 05:53 AM

http://www.karenschmeer.com/blog/2017/7/20/enter-t...

Schmeer Fellow Leigh Johnson's first entry for the POV Blog's Enter the Edit series has been published. It’s a rollicking interview with Penelope Falk, the award-winning doc editor of Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, Maidentrip, and Step. She’s also one of Leigh’s Karen Schmeer Fellowship mentors. They discuss Penny’s own mentors, why it’s okay to be wrong, the importance of figuring out thematic principles of the film you’re working on, and much more!Penny on how to use notes f...

10 Analog Transitions for FCPX

July 24, 2017, 05:53 AM

https://photography.tutsplus.com/articles/10-easy-...

In this edition of 10 Easy Pieces, we've got a collection of templates for Final Cut Pro X and Apple Motion that will help give your video some analog goodness.

Boris FX to Showcase Mocha VR and New VFX Plug-ins

July 24, 2017, 05:52 AM

https://www.awn.com/news/boris-fx-showcase-mocha-v...

BOSTON, MA -- Boris FX, the leading developer of visual effects plug-ins for film and post-production, will showcase the newest versions of flagship products Mocha VR, Continuum and Sapphire at SIGGRAPH, August 1–3, 2017 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in booth 1011.

3D LUT Creator Gets a Very Welcomed Update

July 24, 2017, 05:52 AM

https://fstoppers.com/news/3d-lut-creator-gets-ver...

One of the many reasons I love this great color grading tool (as I've already written about) is that the creator, Oleg, is very good at listening to requests and creating or adding new features, while fixing minor bugs along the way in a much more responsive manner than what I've seen from the big companies. I'm happy to see the new 1.42 update released today.

HPA Tech Retreat UK 2017

July 24, 2017, 05:52 AM

https://icolorist.com/hpa-tech-retreat-uk-2017/

HPA’s second Tech Retreat, held in rural Oxford (UK). achieved its goals of bringing together the features and broadcast communities and exchanging knowledge between them, with spectacular style.

Free BlueFX After Effects Templates & $597 Bundle

July 24, 2017, 05:52 AM

https://filmmakeriq.com/2017/07/the-top-fiq-points...

Learning After Effects is a daunting challenge – it’s not quite a Non-Linear Editor, but also not quite Photoshop. In trying to explain or teach After Effects I look back at my own history of learning the program.

Sunday Sound Thought #81 — To Continue

July 23, 2017, 12:42 PM

http://designingsound.org/2017/07/sunday-sound-tho...

As has come before; many of these posts will be philosophical in nature. Some will be in contradiction to previous postings. These are not intended as truths or assertions, they’re merely thoughts…ideas. Think of this as stream of consciousness over a wide span…Please bare with us as we traverse the abstract canals of audio musings. […]

Youtube's Video Editor Is Getting Shuttered

July 23, 2017, 12:41 PM

https://www.digitaltrends.com/web/youtube-shutteri...

YouTube is ditching its Video Editor tool because hardly anyone uses it. The video-streaming giant said the tool will “go away” on September 20, so if you’re one of those rare few who does still crank it up, you’ll need to make sure your project is done and dusted by that date.

The Three Ages Of Editing – Sydney

July 23, 2017, 05:39 AM

http://www.screeneditors.com.au/the-three-ages-of-...