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Fix Chromatic Aberration

ah-blogEditor-SC 2560 Views Chromic Aberration, How to, Lightroom, Tips, Tricks, Tutorial

Unless you’re deliberately aiming for a lo-fi or retro lomography look, purple fringe in your photos is something you want to avoid. It’s more properly called chromatic aberration, and it’s not always purple–it can also be green and on some

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Dehaze finds Sensor Dust Spots

ah-blogEditor-SC 1250 Views Dehaze, Dust Spots, Editing, Filter, Lightroom, Sensor Cleaning

Lightroom’s new dehaze filter is designed to cut through the glare caused by haze or mist, but it is also very useful for an off-label use: finding dust spots.

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Fire Dancers Fiji

Alex 1825 Views BMPCC4K, Fiji, Low-light, Video

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K low-light capabilities test. No Colour Grading or Correction in post. Gotta admit, with the High Frame Rate function enabled in pitch blackness clamping down on already non-existent available light, the camera did a superb job.

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Batch Rename Images

ah-blogEditor-SC 1311 Views Batch Rename, How to, Lightroom, Rename, Tips, Tricks, Workflow

Lightroom offers a quick, easy, and powerful way to batch rename files, whether you’re trying to do half a dozen for a client or tens of thousands at once. Here’s a guide on how to do it.

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Create Electronic Press Kits

ah-blogEditor-SC 1269 Views Film, Filmmaking, Press, Press Kit

A good EPK is a powerful film marketing tool. It gets you to festivals, supports your crowdfunding and lands you a distribution deal. View EPK examples.

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CC #6802

Alex 1459 Views Colour Correction, Colour Grading, GFX, RAW, Retouch

A sunny day on a Penninsula beach offered the opportunity for some Boaty photos. A quick trip through lightroom produced a new set of images. Colour Correction, Optical Lens Profile Adjustment, Sharpening and Mid-Tone Boost.

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2019 Mac Pro Thinking

Alex 1708 Views Apple, h265, MacPro

Stabilisation (faster + more effective) Noise Reduction (faster + improved) H265 (faster + higher quality) Proxy-free 4K workflows Anyone needing more reasons to switch to the new Mac Pro, coming out some time in the next 3 months, is never

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Write a Film Press Release

ah-blogEditor-SC 1319 Views Film, Filmmaking, Independent Film, Press, Press Release, Release

What makes the perfect press release for a film to send out to media contacts about your indie film to get the maximum coverage possible.

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Make Music Fit Your Video

ah-blogEditor-SC 1462 Views Editing, Music, Sound, Video

It’s rare that you’ll find a track that works perfectly, unedited, from beginning to end. Composers create “short”, “alternate”, “60-second” and “30-second” versions of tracks for this reason. Or, there will be a separate file for a shortened “sting” version