Virtues of Gamma

November 29, 2010, 02:20 PM

http://blogs.creativecow.net/blog/3886/virtues-of-...

Hello everyone, I'm back from a nice 4 day break. I now have 2 show segments finished as I just completed the second one this morning including color correcting which has become a standard part of the editing process. Personally, I find myself using the gamma control a lot. I usually end up with a ...

Boris Continuum Complete Delivers 3D Titling to So

November 29, 2010, 01:58 PM

http://www.dv.com/article/100832

Boris FX, a leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, has announced that Boris Continuum Complete v7.0.3 for Sony Vegas Pro is now available. The new Version 7.0.3 release features 3D Objects filters — BCC Extruded Text, BCC Type-On Text, BCC Layer Deformer, BCC Extruded EPS, and BCC Extruded Spline — delivering 3D extrusion capabilities to the Sony Vegas Pro 10 timeline.

Deeper Modes of Expression: The Index

November 29, 2010, 12:37 PM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/cmg_keyfram...

This year we’ve been taking the Bonus Chapter on Expressions from our book Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects and serializing as a set of 12 articles. Now that all 12 parts have been posted, we though it would be useful to provide a central index to the whole series:

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...

BBC Nature Sound Effects Library

November 29, 2010, 09:00 AM

http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/bbc_nature_so...

At no time during post production is there not a need for substantial tweaking to our ambient audio, narrations, musical soundtrack and the need for some well placed foley effects to supplement our productions.

Chris Fenwick Chat on Monday

November 28, 2010, 12:16 PM

http://blogs.creativecow.net/blog/3860/chris-fenwi...

A really savvy editor I know will be hosting an online chat this Monday. He has been making the move from Final Cut Pro to Premiere Pro. Chris has lots of opinions... but they are very well informed. Here are the key details:

Final Cut Pro's Dividing Line

November 28, 2010, 12:12 PM

http://blogs.creativecow.net/blog/3863/final-cut-p...

When dragging tracks in the Timeline, where you drag is as important as what you drag. Careless dragging may result in an unintended overwrite edit when you intended an insert edit. If you look closely at the Timeline, you’ll notice that it’s divided by a thin gray line. When dragging, look to see which region you enter to determine the edit type.

Best Film Editing — Volume II

November 27, 2010, 11:47 AM

http://incontention.com/2010/10/28/tech-support-be...

So important but so hard to notice. That’s how I would describe the work of our best film editors – those cutting artists who blend and juxtapose frames together to make films coherent, establish a flow and also set the mood in a manner that suits the screenwriter’s words and the director’s vision.

CHV releases The Enhanced Essentials-collection

November 27, 2010, 08:36 AM

http://news.creativecow.net/story/865143

he Enhanced Essentials-collection contains 40 of Final Cut Pro's most valuable every-day video filter plugins that were completely redeveloped and greatly enhanced in quality, render speed and functionality.