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Photos of Studio Ghibli Works - Studio GhibliThis week Studio Ghibli announced (in Japanese!) on their website that they would be releasing to the public, high quality stills taken from many of their most famous films.They will be releasing about 8 new films per week taking the final total of available image to around 400 by the time it is all done.The first batch … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Studio Ghibli Freebies and PowerDirector Updates

5 Cuts Every Video Editor Should Know Some great basic tips on the cuts you need to learn first as an editor. The good thing with this video is that Daniel explains and more importantly, shows how the cuts are achieved, what they look like and the effect they create.Filming Weddings - 7 Things I Learned So first of all let me explain this one a little. I actually don't … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Cuts That Count, Weddings and Documentaries

The Marching Band Trick to Steadier Handheld Moving Shots This is a great demonstration video for shooting steady handheld footage. I have read and even written a lot of tutorials on this subject and sure there are lots of tips and tricks but this one actually shows it. I have seen and have used the camera strap trick to keep the camera steady but I have never seen the marching … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Steadier Handheld and Mask Transitions

Dynamic Video Masking in Pinnacle Studio 24 First of all let me just clarify that I have not turned into some kind of strange Pinnacle Studio fanboi! The reason I say that is that for the last few weeks I have been reporting on the release of Pinnacle Studio 24. Usually that would mean a blog post announcing it and then an update of the review that you can see here, Pinnacle … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Pinnacle Dynamic Masking and YouTube Videos

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