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Free Plugins

CoreMelt makes over 50 free plugins and motion templates available for FCP X. These include: LUTx Basic, SliceX powered by Mocha and CoreMelt Motion Templates.

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How POV affects your Filmmaking

ah-blogEditor-SC 1193 Views Film, Filmmaking, Perspective, Point of View, POV, Video Production

Different POVs (points-of-view) can invoke vastly different emotions, so it’s important to be able to distinguish between them for maximum effect on your viewers.

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Logging Interviews in FCPX

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A list of 7 tips that make FCP X an exceptional tool for logging interviews, so you can save time in your edit and tell the most compelling story possible.

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Storyboards 101

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Storyboards are the most effective way to explore your visual strategy and communicate that vision to your creative team. Even if you can’t draw.

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Hold Better Auditions

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You have a great script and a capable team who share your creative goals. But before you start production, you have to cast the film. Casting is one of the most important and creative decisions a director makes.

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7 Amazing Books You’ll Never Read in Film School

ah-blogEditor-SC 1132 Views Books, Comedy, Film, Film School, Inspiration, Reading

The amazingly resourceful people at frame.io compiled this list in one of their always interesting blog posts. Reach outside the film school canon to find new ideas, creative influences, and perspectives. These books can kickstart your creative mind.

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Keyword Ranges in FCPX

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FCPX is one of those tools that doesn’t do everything. What it does do, is really easy to use and often super powerful. Range Selections can apply multiple keywords to multiple I/O range selections across a single clip in the

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Colour Correcting with Curves

ah-blogEditor-SC 1176 Views Colour, Colour Grading, Curves, Luma Curves, RGB, RGB Curve, Source Curve

When your colour grading needs subtle adjustments, working with curves gives you the control you need. Read more here: The Basics of Colour Correcting with Curves

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Using Type in Logo Designs

ah-blogEditor-SC 1485 Views Design, Logo, Logo Design, Typography

Adobe asked experts to share their thoughts on the intersection between typography and logo design.

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Log for More Image Control

ah-blogEditor-SC 2447 Views Colour Correction, Editing, File Format, Format, Log, LUTs

There’s more than one log used in the editing bay and that doesn’t include the fireplace logs of a high-end Swedish post-production boutique. No Hygge here, instead it’s a rich texture of color brought about by mathematical gymnastics, the log