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Attaching Text to the Ground in After Effects

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Learn how to make your text stick to the ground using the 3D camera tracker in After Effects. Source: Cousteau Christopher: http://tinyurl.com/hjg5onr

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Camera Settings Before You Shoot

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When you embark on any video project, the path from inception to a finished project requires making a vast number of decisions that will affect the look and feel of your project. When you fire up your camera, you’re immediately

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Great Hyperlapse with any Camera

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How POV affects your Filmmaking

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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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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

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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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See-Through Titles

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This Premiere Pro tip will make your movie titles doubly effective.

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Effectively Collaborate with Your DP

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The independent filmmaker must learn to wear many hats, from casting to editing. But as you advance to bigger productions, one of the most important skills to learn is the art of delegation. With experience, you’ll establish a crew that

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