3 tips for Video Technical Directing in a live church production
These are 3 tips that I teach all my new new live production technical directors.
Q&A: Should I Color Grade Before or After Visual Effects?
Tim Bullock tweets and asks: I’m adding floating Dust Particles in AE for a Music Video. Should I grade before or after VFX? @cineblur …
Create a Vignette in Premiere Pro
In this quick tip video, I show you how to create a nice and simple vignette in Premiere Pro.
Timing Music to Your Video Edits
Instead of just trimming the end down and fading it out, this is a tip that uses “markers” in your song to seamlessly cut sections out, or add section in.
The Hunger Games: 2 Cinematography Lessons to be Learned
“The Hunger Games” was a great movie, but there were a couple of cinematography blunders that I noticed, that should have been addressed.
Required Viewing: Polarizing Filters via Shane Hurlbut
Here is a great article by Shane and his team describing the many uses for pola filters. He includes examples and tests that really show the difference a pola filter adds.
Don’t Forget About Simple, Static Camera Shots
Sometimes, we forget how important a simple camera shot can be. If used correctly, the static shot can be very powerful.
What’s the difference between a Shotgun Mic and a Boom Mic?
A shotgun mic is a microphone that has a directional pick-up pattern. A boom mic is any microphone that is at the end of a long, extended pole.
FCP Quick Tip: Using Audio Properly
In this quick tip, I show you how to use audio in Final Cut Pro 7. The file type needs to be exactly AIFF, 48 Khz, and 16 bit to work natively in FCP.
FCP Quick tip: Paste Attributes and Scale to Sequence
In this Final Cut Pro 7 quick tip, I show you how to copy and paste attributes to other clips. I also touch base …
Render and Export in Final Cut Pro
In my years of using Final Cut Pro, I’ve stumbled across the question myself, “Do I need to render before I export in Final Cut Pro?”
Short answer: “No.”
3 rookie DSLR problems
DSLR’s are awesome for video. These are 3 problems that rookies most commonly face.
Speed up your workflow with shortcuts
I strongly encourage you to take just a few minutes and assign a few custom hotkeys to your most commonly used actions. This article will get you started.
FCP7 tip: Favorites
This video tip shows everything you need to know about using favorites in Final Cut Pro 7.
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FCP quick tip: Fine Tune Edits
Here’s an easy way to fine tune edits in Final Cut Pro 7.