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Transition B-Roll - The Effect You're Not Using At least once every few weeks I can usually find some kind of resource for the Friday Roundup on the subject of transitions. I personally think that the reason for this frequency is that the people who generally make tutorial videos aimed at the beginner market live in a permanently disturbed mental state. Or to put it bluntly, … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – B-Roll for Transitions, Video Masking and Effects

Movie Edit Pro 2020 Updates... sorta This week I received an "update" email from the guys at Magix announcing their 2020 "updates" for Movie Edit Pro. Now the reason I have referred to the updates as "updates" is that it is all a bit confusing. A few years back now Magix decided to stop renaming Movie Edit Pro with new version numbers. From memory I think they stopped at … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Masking, Smooth Transitions and B-roll

Pinnacle Studio 23 UpdateThe first signs of us moving into the "silly season" have pretty much arrived. Last week Vegas Pro updated and this week the big news is the release of Pinnacle Studio 23.As is usually the case with a major upgrade, Corel have added some new features to Pinnacle Studio as well as working on a few "behind the scenes tweaks and fixes.In this … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Pinnacle Studio Updates, NASA and Blend Modes

Establishing Shots — Setting a scene like Kubrick, Wes Anderson, and Michael Bay OK so let's get real here! None of us (or at least very few!) will be seeking to create movie masterpieces of the same caliber as Wes Anderson or Stanley Kubrik! Additionally most of us will probably not be shooting epic establishing shots that are equal to the ones in this video! However what the … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Framing, Establishment Shots and Zoom Transitions

Filmora FAQ's Video This is the first FAQ video the guys from Filmora have done for a while so if you use Filmora these ones are always good to catch up on. In fact even if you don't use Filmora they can be pretty informative anyway! This week they cover a few subjects like adding audio distortion and image duration. On top of that there is a reference to replicating the … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Map Animations, Editing to Music and B-roll