Ceiling and walls are painted! The ceiling has a nice texture called “knock down” and it’s painted white. I decided to go with a 10% gray for my walls. I choice the highest quality paint (Valspar from Lowe’s, but I would guess any premium paint would do) and had them create a gray with no [...]
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I wanted to share a little tip I decided to try today, and I’m quite pleased with the outcome. Searching for work as a video editor can be tiresome. After updating websites, demo reels, Facebook pages, blogs, Twitter status, etc., then sometime you have to pound the payment and find video editing gigs in classified [...]
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While reading a great article all about the ProRes 422 format, I found the following nugget of info: While comparing the software-converted files I noticed a couple of interesting issues. My testing found that when the camera native codecs DVCPROHD, HDV or SxS were converted to ProRes in software they universally ran better when using [...]
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Quite a “bloggy” title to this post, I know, but I’ve been thinking about these techniques that I do over and over in Final Cut Pro that I think add to better video editing.
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New in ScreenFlow 1.5.1 * Powerful titling and text support * Produce screen recordings in Windows Media video format (direct export requires a Flip4Mac WMV Studio license (prices starting at $49) see how-to video * Create custom cursors for your demos via Telestream ScreenFlow – Overview. Screenflow seems the go-to screencasting software of choice for [...]
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Fascinating article / tutorial on getting creative with composite modes in Final Cut Pro . . . Composite Modes (also known as Blend Modes, Blending Modes, or Transfer Modes) provide alternate ways to blend together the pixels in two overlapping clips. They take some properties of the clip on top (such as its color or [...]
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I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been burned doing what I thought was a web-only project for a client, but then they decided they wanted DVDs to play on TV, or wanted to broadcast some or all of the project. Then I had to go back and fix everything that was not broadcast-ready. [...]
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I found a cool blog called Tips for Final Cut Pro Editors, with great posts. A must add to your RSS feeds. A recent tip regarding Self Contained vs. Non-Self Contained QuickTime or Final Cut Pro Movies: A “Self Contained” movie is a video file. It’s got all the information it needs, you can move [...]
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I just produced a screencast for A Better Finder Rename from Publicspace.net — it’s a cool Mac app / utility and I wanted to share it with MMC subscribers. Find out more about the program at Publicspace.net. Also find out more about my screencast and viral web video production company: Hilo Media.
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I put together a mashup of Final Cut Pro basic tutorial videos from YouTube. Learn how to become a video editor extraordinaire in these free how-to videos. Chroma keying, green screen, basic editing, audio for video, and more! Video player is below the fold. Enjoy!
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