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Video Editing Speed RampingMost video editing software these days allows the ability to "speed ramp" all or sections of a video clip.To clarify, speed ramping is a term used to describe speeding up or slowing down a part of a clip to achieve an effect.It is most commonly used to highlight pieces of action with one of the more well known recent ones being the super … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Speed Ramping and Masking Basics

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