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Styleframes NYC Opening Titles

Alex 62 Views Animation, Editing, Motion Graphics, The Pitch, VFX

Interesting collaboration of impressive talents here. Directed by Tendril – Styleframes NYC | Opening Titles from Final Frontier on Vimeo.

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AI Isn’t Actually That Scary, Designers

Alex 58 Views AI, Algorithms, Design, Machine Learning

It was only a few years ago that many designers were worried that AI and machine learning were coming to take away their jobs. If you’re still feeling a bit panicky about it, a handful of groundbreaking new projects prove

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Flow State in Film Making

Alex 130 Views Effects, FCPX, Filmmaking, FX, Transitions, VFX

Arthur Moore speaks about his ‘Flow State’ when making his top notch videos. “The Zone” he talks about when creating his films is a place of “Limitless Creative Flow”. This guy is very likeable and does amazing things with FCPX.

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4K to 720 Multicam

Alex 95 Views 4K, 4Kto720, BlackMagicDesign, Editing, FCPX, Multicam, ProRes

Single 4K clip combined 5 different ways in a 5 angle 720 multicam timeline. Added movement across key shots adds the illusion of up to 8 unique edit perspectives derived from a single 4K BMD ProRes file.

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A New Narrative

Alex 211 Views Animation, Digital Storytelling, Hand Drawn, Motion Graphics, Technique, Video, Visual Narrative

A New NarrativeThe Motion Awards nominee 2017 Animated excerpt from speech by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at World Humanitarian Day 2016. Created by: Martin Schrammel

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Secret White Balance Trick

Alex 179 Views Curves, Photoshop, White Balance

This quick tutorial shows a secret way to fix your white balance in Photoshop. Usually people just create a curves adjustment layer, and then use the pipettes to select the black and white points. In theory, Photoshop should then automatically

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FCPX Manual Colour Workflow

Alex 197 Views Color Correction, Color Grading, Colour Correction, Colour Grading, Colour Matching, Exposure, FCPX, Final Cut Pro X, Post- Production, Scopes, White Balance, Workflow

Learn about the basic workflow for making manual colour corrections in Final Cut Pro. The process of determining the overall look of your video begins when your scenes are lit and shot during production.

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6K BMPCC Footage & Downloads

Alex 543 Views 6K, BMD, BMPC6K, BMPCC6K, BRAW, ProRes, Workflow

Footage from the BMPCC 6K you can download. Blackmagic has made the original files available so you can color grade them yourself. There are a series of 9 clips showcasing different shooting scenarios where the Pocket 6K was used. You can

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Female Gym Photography

Alex 214 Views f2.8, Gym, Natural Light, Natural Light Portraits, Photography, Workout

Available Light portraits taken at Tony’s studio warehouse multi level setup on Melbourne’s CDB Rim. Model Eureka, a portable heater and baby oil. I rotated 35mm, 85mm and 70-200mm lenses across half a dozen setups. Satisfyingly, the 2nd photo on

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Natural Light Portraits / 50mm

Alex 173 Views 50mm, Full Frame, Models, Natural Light Portraits, Workshop

2019-06-26 | Melbourne CBD | Model @tokio_james The ‘Nifty 50’ never fails to nail a shot or two, and on a full frame 6D, consistent low light simplified the aperture to f2.8 with ISO range 400-800. A selection of

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