Resources
Nice Tutorial on Using Motion for Pan & Scan Effects
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
“Animating photos is a staple effect pioneered by celebrated documentarian Ken Burns. In this tutorial Mark Spencer shows you why you should be doing these types of effects in Motion rather than Final Cut Pro.”
Click here to watch Mark's tutorial
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Adobe TV at NAB 2008 – Production Premium CS3 for Final Cut Pro Editors
Monday, May 05, 2008
Caught
a great presentation from Steve Martin at NAB. It's
all about using Production Premium with other NLEs
like Final Cut Pro. Steve is a popular trainer (in
fact one of Apple's main instructors). This one is
helpful...
If you want more free classes... visit the Adobe TV site.
If you want more free classes... visit the Adobe TV site.
Adobe TV at NAB 2008 – Photoshop CS3 Extended for Video
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Want
30 minutes of free training on Adobe Photoshop CS3?
Adobe had me in their theater at NAB giving
lessons. Here's a recording from one of the days so
you can see what was taught.
If you want more free classes... visit the Adobe TV site.
If you want more free classes... visit the Adobe TV site.
School of Podcasting Interview about Video Podcasting
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
You can get the interview for free right here (http://www.schoolofpodcasting.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=330803) and you should also check out their other shows which offer great perspective.
China Balls (Lighting)
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Get Your Free Podcasts in One Convenient Place
Monday, April 21, 2008
Apple iTunes just promoted my company to network status. You can find all of our "in-house" technical training podcasts on a single page now.
I encourage you to take a look at our several shows.
- Understanding Adobe Photoshop – iPod and HD – A general interest show about Photoshop for beginners and intermediates
- Photoshop for Video – iPod and HD – A show about creating graphics for video pros and motion graphic designers
- Producing Video Podcasts – iPod and HD – A show that offers both production and post tips for making video for the web
- Final Cut Help – iPod – Weekly tips about using Final Cut Studio
Remember, the podcasts are totally free, all we ask is you post a review to the iTunes store and tell a friend.
NAB Show 2008 Conference Notes
Monday, April 21, 2008
Thanks to all the great people who attended my classes at NAB this year. It was a ton of work to prep (and I must admit I needed some rest when I got back home). As promised, the class notes and resources have been posted to the Handouts section (be sure to browse for other resources as well).
Here's the list of what's available.
01 Fast Start with Adobe Photoshop for Video Pros – Slides | Book Sample
02 Video Podcasting Essentials – Slides
03 Selling Podcasting to Your Clients – Slides
04 A Sense of Perspective with Vanishing Point – Slides | Practice Files
05 Creating Movement within Photos with After Effects CS3 – Slides | Practice Files 1 | Practice Files 2
06 Directing Video Podcasts – Slides
07 Project Management for Video Pros – Slides
08 In-Depth: Video Production for the Web – Slides
09 Creating a Graphic Identity for Your Web Video – Slides [Enhanced PDF]
10 Render Faster: Wait Less and Play More in Adobe After Effects – Slides
11 Storyboard Techniques with Adobe Photoshop – Slides
12 Creative and Animated DVD menus using Photoshop – Handouts
13 Automating Broadcast Design with Photoshop – Slides
14 Seeing a New Light: FCP Color Correction – Slides | DVD
Two Great Sites on Apple Motion
Saturday, March 01, 2008
AppleMotion.net
Mark Simpson is the author of the official Apple book's on Motion. He's got a great site with lots of news and downloads.
Moojoose
“Here is a colleciton of small motion projects and movie examples.”
Great Archive for Free Textures
Friday, February 29, 2008
Free is good... "good" free is even better.
Troubleshooting Apple Compressor
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Apple has posted a useful article on what to do when Compressor isn't starting up properly or performing normally.They offer basic troubleshooting steps to remedy the situation. This is the right place to start if you are attempting to to submit a batch and you see the following message:
Unable to submit to queue. Please restart your computer or verify your Compressor installation is correct.
Check out the whole article here.
Richard Harrington on the Plugged-In Podcast
Sunday, February 17, 2008
- Coby Rich – Sorenson Media
- Larry O'Connor – Other World Computing
- Richard Harrington – RHED Pixel
- Jon Schilling – CalDigit
- Marlon Braccia – Shiva Entertainment
You can listen to the show here
GridIron Flow Demo Movie
Sunday, February 10, 2008
"Flow is a revolutionary approach to digital content management that dramatically simplifies the design process for creative professionals working on graphic design, web and video projects. Flow automatically tracks your work from idea to end result and manages your assets and applications for your most complex projects- all without changing the way you work."
Flow isn't shipping for a while, but GridIron is accepting sign-ups for beta testing.
New Plugins for Broader DVCPRO HD and P2 Support
Sunday, February 10, 2008
For playing P2 MXF Files and QuickTime DVCProHD Files on Mac OSX (Intel) and importing native P2 MXF Files into Final Cut Pro Studio 2 Applications (see Read Me)
Please note: The P2 MXF plugin has NOT been tested in long form projects in FCP Studio 2 Applications and the DVCProHD Codec should NOT be installed if the Apple DVCProHD Codec is already installed.
Download BETA 1.0.0 (Build 18) for OSX 10.4 (Tiger) - Intel Only
Download BETA 1.0.0 (Build 18) for OSX 10.5 (Leopard) - Intel Only
Download Read Me
Download License Agreement
QuickTime
P2 MXF/DVCProHD Decode Components for
Windows
For playing P2 MXF Files and QuickTime DVCProHD
Files on Windows (see Read Me)
Download BETA 1.0.0 (Build 18)
for Windows
Download Read
Me
Download License
Agreement
Apple Updates QuickTIme
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Apple has released a new update to QuickTime... lets hope it's elusive “improves compatibility with third-party applications” actually means something.
Visit http://www.apple.com/support/quicktime/ for more information.
Compressing with Stomp
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Author and video
podcaster Richard Harrington explains how you can
compress your video for podcast with Stomp from
Shiny White Box.
Like the podcast? Subscribe for FREE.
Like the podcast? Subscribe for FREE.
Multi-camera Editing
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Video podcaster and
author Richard Harrington shows you how to edit a
multi-camera shoot for your video podcasts.
Like the podcast? Subscribe for FREE.
Like the podcast? Subscribe for FREE.
Compressing with Turbo.264
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Video podcaster and
author Richard Harrington explains how to compress
your podcasts fast using the Turbo.264.
Like the podcast? Subscribe for FREE.
Like the podcast? Subscribe for FREE.
Get Our Weekly Tip Widget
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Looking to share some
advice on Final Cut Pro? Then take a look at our
Weekly Tip Widget.
You are welcome to share this with others and add it to any website.
You are welcome to share this with others and add it to any website.
New Scripts for Photoshop CS3
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
"Background Remover," "Interpret Video," "Fit Video to Audio," and "Slide Show" scripts take advantage of Photoshop CS3 Extended's new video capabilities.
If you want to save time, download Dr. Brown's Services 1.9.2
Great Piece of Freeware for Producers/Directors/DPs
Monday, August 06, 2007
This great program is based on Filemaker, but doesn't need you to have the full program installed in order to run. You essentially load in information regarding the shots including the audio and video columns, shot number, and a thumbnail image. Directors Boards then allows you to organize the shots as well as create a sldieshow presentation or print out professional looking storyboards. The product is cross-platform and free... what more do you need? Well there is a more robust version called Directors Notebook, which we are putting through its paces and will have a detailed review soon.
Cool Free Fonts
Sunday, July 08, 2007
Classic TV Test Pattern Now as Desktop Wallpaper
Thursday, May 17, 2007
A few folks commented about my desktop pattern at a recent conference. It seems the old 'Indian head' pattern evokes some memories in many audience members.
Well the version I had comes from a Russian designer named Art. Lebedev. You'll find it and several other pieces of artwork on his posters page. For the test pattern, scroll down to the bottom and you'll find it in the right column. All are free to download.
New P2 Utility Makes Field Production Easier
Friday, April 13, 2007
Leave it to Anders Holck to come up with a great solution. We already profiled the useful utility called FCP Rescue on this blog. Now he's released P2 Genie which automates several of the media management aspects when working with the cards.
• You run it on a Mac Laptop with a CardBus slot (This means PowerBooks only)
• P2 genie can be used as an automatic P2 store, or you set manual options
• It can also be used offload a P2 store or HVX-200.
• You can also choose to datestamp all your ofloaded P2 cards for easier sorting
We'll be putting it to test on a week-long shoot next week. P2 Genie costs $33 (US) or €25.

