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Automated Dialogue Editing

ah-blogEditor-SC 1392 Views Editing, Labeling, Technology, Video editing

“Computational Video Editing for Dialogue-Driven Scenes” may make human video editors obsolete.

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Flashback Effects Tool Kit

ah-blogEditor-SC 2655 Views DaVinci Resolve, Flashback, How to, Transitions, Tutorial

This guide breaks down everything you need to know about producing and editing effective flashback sequences

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Glow Warp Title Transition

ah-blogEditor-SC 1479 Views Glow Wrap, Graphics, How to, Transition, Tutorial

The glow warp transition has an older feel to it, and the animation relates to the retro-style graphics in the trailer. (Graphics and animation should complement one another.) The glow and the multiple layers of the transition relate back to the ’80s when vibrant,

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J-Cut Editing

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Essentially, a j-cut pulls audio from your next scene into a transition before the current scene ends. You’re introducing the sound of the next scene a few moments before the current scene ends. You can read much more about the history and use of j-cuts and l-cuts

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Fix Chromatic Aberration

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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 1286 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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Make Music Fit Your Video

ah-blogEditor-SC 1488 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

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Wrap Cables Like a Pro

ah-blogEditor-SC 1260 Views Cables, Film, Gear, Organisation, Production, Video, Video Production

We’ve shown you all sorts of ways to wrangle your cables in the past, but often you need to wrap and unwrap them when on the go. These six methods will help you keep all your cords contained quickly in almost any

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Advanced Curves Techniques

ah-blogEditor-SC 1705 Views Colour, Colour Balance, White Balance

Take a look at the Beginners guide to curves if you need an introduction to Curves. Combined with the scope I use the most, the RGB Parade, it’s a super tool for quick and precise color adjustments. Granted, if you have a