RED GIANT INTRODUCES: VFX SUITE FOR ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS

Keying, tracking, cleanup, and visual effects compositing, right inside Adobe After Effects. A brand-new suite of powerful visual effects tools from Red Giant, creators of Trapcode, Magic Bullet, Universe and PluralEyes, is here.  Red Giant today announced VFX Suite, an all-new suite of keying, tracking, cleanup and visual effects compositing tools, all right inside Adobe… Continue reading RED GIANT INTRODUCES: VFX SUITE FOR ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS

NEW CREATIVE CLOUD FEATURES REVEALED AT NAB 2019

Adobe announces performance updates and new innovations for video and audio tools in Adobe Creative Cloud to improve efficiency in video production. From a wide range of film, TV, broadcast and streaming projects including Clemency, Fox Sports, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Native Son, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and… Continue reading NEW CREATIVE CLOUD FEATURES REVEALED AT NAB 2019

Remove unwanted objects from your video with this update from Adobe

Have you ever had a client ask, “can’t you just remove that car from the shot?” Well now you can with Adobes newest update for 2019. For years editors and motion graphic artists have been waiting for this technology to be available and the wait is finally over. Along with a huge list of other… Continue reading Remove unwanted objects from your video with this update from Adobe

LANDR Launches New Audio Mastering Tool for Video Editors

At the Adobe MAX creativity conference, LANDR Audio Inc. announced the launch of a new cloud-based service that provides professional video editors and video makers with A.I.-based audio mastering to use in Adobe® Premiere® Pro CC, part of Adobe Creative Cloud®. The new service, called LANDR Audio Mastering for Video, makes it easy for editors… Continue reading LANDR Launches New Audio Mastering Tool for Video Editors

USING AFTER EFFECTS LIVE TEXT TEMPLATES IN PREMIERE – FREE TV NEWS OVERLAY TEMPLATE INCLUDED

Recently, for the post-production of a VODville sketch, a new YouTube comedy channel I’m involved with, I had to create a quick TV News overlay for a TV screen composited shot. Tutorial by Julien Chichignoud. The final result, which you can see in the image above, was inspired by the Australian public broadcaster ABC. We… Continue reading USING AFTER EFFECTS LIVE TEXT TEMPLATES IN PREMIERE – FREE TV NEWS OVERLAY TEMPLATE INCLUDED

ADOBE DESIGN ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS – SUBMISSIONS OPEN

Adobe has announced an open call for entries to the annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA) 2016. The awards are a global digital media competition open to all student animators, motion graphics creators, photographers, illustrators, graphic designers, web, app and game designers. The competition has 14 categories this year, that are divided into three segments:… Continue reading ADOBE DESIGN ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS – SUBMISSIONS OPEN

ADOBE PREMIERE EXTENSION – USE GOOGLE KEEP TO MANAGE FEEDBACK

A feature of Premiere Pro which I love and has been very under-utilised is the 3rd party panels. Tutorial by guest writer Julien Chichignoud They are HTML5 panels (running in a special version of Chrome built into Premiere) that can be loaded and interact with the project. Some good examples of its use are the Pond5… Continue reading ADOBE PREMIERE EXTENSION – USE GOOGLE KEEP TO MANAGE FEEDBACK

THE FUTURE FOR ADOBE PT 2 –
INTERVIEW WITH LARS BORG

With High Dynamic Range and Wide Colour Gamut videos around the corner, never has colour science been such an integral part of the Post-Production discussions. Colour grading tools are now available to everyone, and every filmmaker is now paying attention to the ‘Look’ of their film. Editor, colourist and guest writer Julien Chichignoud caught up… Continue reading THE FUTURE FOR ADOBE PT 2 –
INTERVIEW WITH LARS BORG

EDITING DAVID FINCHER’S ‘GONE GIRL’

If you’ve managed to avoid all the hoopla surrounding the release of David Fincher’s Gone Girl then kudos to you, but we also wonder if you’ve hidden your head under a rock? The movie opened in the US last week and (according to Box Office Mojo) made almost US$38 million in its opening weekend. In the five… Continue reading EDITING DAVID FINCHER’S ‘GONE GIRL’