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Shoot your 1st Interview

Alex 11 Views Interview, Planning, Setup, Video

Have you ever wanted to interview someone to tell their story or share their point of view? Do you know how to make a subject feel comfortable in front of a camera? Or how to make sure you’ll get the

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3 Free Colour Grading Tools

Alex 85 Views Color, Colour, Colour Correction, Grading, Post- Production

Discover these free color grading tools to give your video projects a professional, stylized look.

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6K Blackmagic Workflow

Alex 90 Views 12-bit, 6K, Assest Management, Blackmagic, EF, Planning, RAW, Settings, Workflow

Anyone who purchased Blackmagic’s Production 4K Camera with its gutsy and reliable 35mm sensor, wrapped in an indestructible curved metal shell wept happiness tears when the Pocket Cinema Camera 4K and it’s myriad accessories and file format opportunities was released.

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Styleframes NYC Opening Titles

Alex 108 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 83 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 162 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 135 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 246 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 209 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 247 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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