- How to Optimize Projects in Adobe After Effects CS5
- Nov 10, 2010
- This chapter examines how image data flows through an After Effects project in close detail. It's full of the kind of information that will help you make the most of After Effects.
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- Editing with Avid Media Composer 5: Fine-Tuning the Sequence
- Oct 26, 2010
- Learn how to fine-tune your rough cut in Avid Media Composer 5, including moving a transition point between two shots, fine-tuning shot length, smoothing the continuity of movement from shot to shot, creating split edits, and editing the picture to a musical beat or establishing other relationships between picture and sound.
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- Shooting and Capturing Great Video Assets
- Sep 14, 2010
- This excerpt from Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 Classroom in a Book offers tips for shooting great video and capturing video clips.
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- Top Five Features in Adobe After Effects CS5
- Jul 19, 2010
- Mark Christiansen, author of Adobe After Effects CS5 Visual Effects and Compositing Studio Techniques (September, 2010), points out his favorite changes in the latest version of the program.
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- Five Best New Features of Adobe® After Effects® CS5
- Jun 15, 2010
- Rob Birnholz and Ian Robinson, contributing authors to Motion Graphics with Adobe Creative Suite 5 Studio Techniques, take a break to discuss their top five favorite new features of Adobe After Effects CS5. Whether you use After Effects for hard-core compositing or you’re a designer looking to push your projects to the next level, there’s something new for everyone.
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- Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro 7 Quick-Reference Guide: Ingest
- May 12, 2010
- Brendan Boykin shows you the three ways you can bring media into Final Cut Pro.
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- Indexing Photos Using Faces and Places in Aperture 3
- Apr 28, 2010
- How can you precisely determine where a photo was taken or who is in the photo? Thankfully, there are easy and engaging ways in which Aperture can help you.
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- Adobe® After Effects® CS5 Classroom in a Book: Adding Deform Pins
- Apr 17, 2010
- Deform pins are the main component of the Puppet effect. This excerpt from Adobe® After Effects® CS5 Classroom in a Book shows you how to add deform pins.
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- Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS5 Classroom in a Book: Getting to Know Your Workspace
- Apr 14, 2010
- Get a brief tour of the Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS5 video-editing workspace and learn how to customize it so it works best for you.
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- Q&A with the Authors of From Still to Motion
- Mar 2, 2010
- Peachpit talks to James Ball, Robbie Carman, Matt Gottshalk, and Richard Harrington about their new book and DVD, From Still to Motion, what photographers struggle with the most when learning video, and how to stay up to date on the latest in the world of video.
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- 5 Documentary Filmmaking Tips from "American Teen"
- Feb 9, 2010
- Ron Dawson points out techniques used in Nanette Burstein’s award-winning film that you can apply to your own video creation.
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- Use iMovie to Share Videos on YouTube, MobileMe Gallery, and iPhone
- Feb 1, 2010
- John Tollett shows how to use iMovie to share your videos with your pals worldwide.
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- Q&A with Michael Wohl
- Jan 25, 2010
- Michael Wohl talks about the best updates to Final Cut Pro 7, the most exciting developments in the world of film and video editing, and what it takes to be a good editor.
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- The Film Editing Room Handbook: Shooting
- Jan 20, 2010
- This chapter covers a brief history of video editing, three primary workflows, dealing with metadata, and preparing, synching and screening dailies.
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- Use iMovie's "Snap to Beats" Feature to Make a Music Video
- Jan 11, 2010
- Your Mac's iMovie application provides a fast, easy (and free) way to create music videos out of footage you already have on hand. John Tollett shows how it's done.
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- Q&A with Norman Hollyn
- Dec 14, 2009
- Norm Hollyn chats with Peachpit about his new book, The Film Editing Room Handbook, including how he broke into film editing, the danger in chasing the technical cutting edge, and where he gets his inspiration.
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- Creating a Heads-Up Display with Premiere Elements 7
- Dec 8, 2009
- Continuing his series on enhancing your Premiere Elements 7 movies with cool custom effects, Paul Ekert shows how to create a realistic Heads-up-Display using your own video content.
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- Replacing a TV Screen with Premiere Elements 7
- Nov 30, 2009
- Continuing his series on enhancing your Premiere Elements 7 movies with cool custom effects, Paul Ekert shows how to replace a TV screen with your own video content.
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- Working with Settings, Destinations, and Actions in Compressor 3.5
- Nov 24, 2009
- This lesson will detail targets, which consist of settings and destinations, and it will also cover actions that Compressor can apply after processing completes.
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- Final Cut Pro Power Skills: Working in the Application
- Nov 16, 2009
- Based on how well you understand the Final Cut Pro interface, it can determine whether we are happy or frustrated, productive or panicking. Larry Jordan offers dozens of Power Skills you can use to turn yourself into an interface master.
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