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Do You Need to Know Lighting PatternsIf you are shooting videos in a relatively controlled environment then you know that one of the key elements of this is getting the lighting right.For outside or general "run and gun" shooting it's a matter of selecting "auto" and firing away!However once you take things indoors a whole range of lighting problems will crop … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Lighting Patterns & A.I. Editing Tools

Everything New in the Filmora 14 UpdateSo the big news for last week was that Wondershare have updated Filmora to version 14 with a bunch of new features.As has been their habit over the past year or so they have been integrating more A.I. features into the program.These basically fall into two categories which are A.I. "assists" to new or existing features and … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – The Complete Filmora 14 Update Rundown

Level Up Your Audio QualityAlthough these days the built-in mics on decent cameras and even smart phones are getting better they still leave a lot to be desired.In most cases at the affordable consumer level those mics have to be all things to all people so they inevitably end up being a one size fits all solution.Once you start to open up the distance between the … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Capturing and Maintaining Audio Quality

Intro to VFX for Short Films in Fusion - FULL COURSE - Resolve 19OK so if you are familiar with DaVinci Resolve you would be aware that the Fusion Page of DaVinci is the visual effects module. If you were not aware of that… you are now!The Fusion page is by far the most complex page of Resolve and because it is designed for full Hollywood level effects creation, it is … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Fusion VFX and Softboxes

Day to Night Hyperlapse TutorialMatthew Vandeputte has always been my go to guy when it comes to time lapse and hyperlapse tutorials.Just in case you are new to the subject, a time lapse is a series of shots over time from a fixed point speeding up the events unfolding in front of the camera.A hyperlapse is the same concept only over time the position of the camera … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Hyperlapse Tips and Some Editing Tricks