After Effects Apprentice Free Video: Performing a

November 28, 2011, 11:16 AM

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Avid Media Composer Vs. 6 Preview

November 28, 2011, 11:16 AM

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At ACE's Tech Day, Michael Krulik presents a preview of Avid Media Composer's version 6. The audio can be downloaded here

Exporting Transparent Videos in FCPX

November 28, 2011, 11:16 AM

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Have you ever needed to bring a video out of your NLE and retain the alpha channel (transparency)? Normally if you try to export a video in Final Cut or any other NLE it will replace the transparency with the color black. However, with this tip, you can export transparent video in Final Cut Pro...

Avid Media Composer Tips and Tricks

November 28, 2011, 11:16 AM

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On November 5, 2011 ACE sponsored the first Tech Day for members and their assistants. About 75 attendees were treated to nearly two hours of fantastic information from Avid's Michael Krulik. The audio can be downloaded here. Be prepared to learn a lot!

Basic Video Editing with Photoshop CS4/CS5 Extende

November 28, 2011, 11:15 AM

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RTAS in Avid MC to Improve Dialogue and Music Play

November 28, 2011, 11:15 AM

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by Stuart Bass, A.C.E. I have found that often my tracks will sound good in my room through my nice speakers but when the show plays through smaller TV speakers, consumer amplifiers or is recorded to DVD it becomes distorted. In order to fix this it is necessary to add compression to the tracks. Compression is [...]

Fixing Fluorescent Flicker

November 28, 2011, 11:14 AM

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Ceiling fixtures driving you nuts? Try this! You can fix fluorescent flicker showing up in your videos by opening your clip in the Viewer and selecting the Motion Blur option. Then, set the pop-up menu to 4 samples at 200 Percent.

How to Use PhraseFind in Avid Media Composer

November 28, 2011, 11:12 AM

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PhraseFind is one of the most talked about new features in Avid Media Composer. Released in v. 5.5, PhraseFind phonetically searches every clip in your project for a word or phrase that you input. In just moments, it returns highly accurate results, allowing you to immediately find specific soundbites. Use PhraseFind to phonetically search for a specific word in the clips in your project...Filter your search further by combining PhraseFind searches and Find searches

Directing and Editing in the Third Dimension

November 27, 2011, 04:45 PM

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Sony began its 3-D training program several years ago with members of the International Cinematograph-ers Guild, Local 600. Earlier this year, Michelle Leigh, executive director of the 3-D Technology Center at Sony Pictures, invited members of the Editors Guild and the Directors Guild to participate. The aim of the program is to bring directors and editors up to speed on the particulars involved with shooting and editing in 3-D.

Extruding the Most Out of After Effects' 3-D

November 27, 2011, 04:43 PM

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Back in 1993, when After Effects started, it was a simple 2-D compositing and animation tool. Eighteen years later, the program is a robust 3-D tool with some very deep capabilities. In this tutorial, we’ll explore some of these features and offer some advanced tips for getting the most out of them. We’ll take a simple flat logo from Adobe Illustrator and turn it into a 3-D object, as well as explain how to add and animate a camera orbiting around it, how to add lighting and control light...