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Can You Really See The Difference 1080 Vs 4k? Last week I referred to a few articles on the subject of the latest and greatest in video making from the point of view of chasing resolutions. I often see people talking endlessly about the absolute need for 4K or whatever resolution or standard "de jour" as being THE answer to better videos. To some degree the reason subjects … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Resolutions, Map Zooms and Assorted Tips

How to Make Trendy Videos in 2019 This is by far my favorite video for this week. Currently most video editors have at their disposal a vast array of tools and features within their particular brand of video editing software. A few years back when I would be gathering articles to post on the Friday Roundup there would always be a heap that I would ignore because they depended … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should!

Rough CutsThe article linked below comes from a pro editing series but I wanted to add it this week because the basic concepts apply to any level of editing.As I have mentioned before there are many ways to approach an editing workflow and each one has advantages and disadvantages.All good workflows should start with the first step of bringing into the editing … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Rough Cuts, Jump Cuts and Green Screen

How to Find the Story in Anything I wanted to kick off this week's Friday Roundup with the video below because it covers an absolutely vital subject to making videos. Many people start off making videos of various events, gatherings or whatever and then after a while begin to wonder why those videos aren't really that good. They shoot everything possible and then in editing … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – The Story, Camera Tricks and Compositing

How to Rack Focus Your Camera Lens - 4 Methods Showing the Basics OK so on this one let's start with a little theory! There are two terms used when referring to changing the focal length of the camera during a shot and subsequently what is or is not in focus. The first is "Rack Focus" and the second is "Pull Focus." These two terms tend to get used interchangeably around … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Rack Focusing, Webcam Videos and Art Direction