The past five or so years have seen remarkable changes in not just the video editing landscape for the average user but also in the ways in which we can shoot footage in the first place. "Back in the day" the only real choice for getting decent quality video was by using a dedicated camcorder. Other choices such as still cameras did offer video but it was all quite awful and … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – 4K Video, Editing Tips and Audio Scrubbing
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This is where you will find my weekly roundup covering all the latest news, tips, tutorials and releases in the world of shooting, editing and producing video.
The Friday Roundup – Shooting for the Edit and a Little More on Color
Shoot for the Edit In the How to Shoot Better Video section of this site I have posted what I hope is a reasonably good introduction to the subject of shooting more effectively. It is by no means a complete or comprehensive discussion of the subject but for the novice I think it at least gets you going in the right direction. One of the main points I cover within that series of … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Shooting for the Edit and a Little More on Color
The Friday Roundup – Color Correction, Composition and Plates
Color Correction One of the key developments in video editing software at the consumer level over the past couple of years has been the addition of more sophisticated color correction tools. In fact as it stands right now the average editing package not only comes with good color correction tools but also some pretty good color grading tools. The difference between the two is … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Color Correction, Composition and Plates
The Friday Roundup – Nesting, Teleprompters, Audio and More
Aaaaand we're back! This week the interwebs have been most kind offering a bevy of interesting and useful bits'n'pieces in the world of shooting and editing your video masterpieces. In fact I found a bunch of video tutorials that have been recently published covering a pretty wide range of subjects. So without any more verbal padding on my part let's get into it! Audio Most of … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Nesting, Teleprompters, Audio and More
The Friday Roundup – GoPro Hero4 Released and not much Else!
Well this week it all seems to be about the the newly released GoPro Hero4. In fact after a week of carefully inspecting all the news from every source I tap into it seems that the whole GoPro thing is the only event that seems to have occurred in the world of video shooting and editing for about a week now! Given that my blog posts are completely reliant on others creating … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – GoPro Hero4 Released and not much Else!