Welcome to this weeks Friday Roundup chock full of meaty video goodness... sort of. Before I get into the usual round up of video tips and stuff I wanted to just quickly draw your attention to a sale that CyberLink are having. Now I know I am supposed ot mercilessly market to my readers at every given opportunity but to be honest I am usually too lazy or the blog post goes up … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Film Noir, Camera Hacks and Lens Sizes
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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 – Trimming the Fat, Close Ups and Shot Lists
Bite Sized Video Chunks This is an excellent article from the Techsmith blog on trimming videos. When I first saw the title I thought, "Well that's a bit basic isn't it?" After all probably the first thing anyone learns in editing software after loading something into the library and subsequently on to the timeline is trimming a video! However upon closer inspection I realized … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Trimming the Fat, Close Ups and Shot Lists
The Friday Roundup – Split Screens, VR/360° Footage and Sound Design
Pinnacle Studio - Split Screen VideoOne of the reason Pinnacle Studio comes with a bit of a warning (on this site at least) is because to be honest it is not an easy software solution for the beginner.Even Corel openly admit there is a steep learning curve and the reason for that has to do with how software deals with features.Pinnacle basically has the same … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Split Screens, VR/360° Footage and Sound Design
The Friday Roundup – Video Resolution, Shutter Speed and a Few Tutorials
Video Resolution Over the past few years the development of video as a medium has seemingly exploded with advances being made in the creation, editing and distribution of projects. One thing that is pretty obvious is that whatever is happening at the pointy end of the market will eventually find it's way down to us average users at some time. The difficulty in this is that … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Video Resolution, Shutter Speed and a Few Tutorials
The Friday Roundup – DIY Transitions, Documentary Projects and Other Tips
DIY Transitions Demonstrated One of the biggest selling points you will find at the consumer end of the video editing software market is the inclusion of a gazillion transitions. Even potential buyers who have no idea really what transitions are get all excited by the prospect of getting just a bucketload of the things cos' that gotta be good right? Wrong! The real definition … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – DIY Transitions, Documentary Projects and Other Tips