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Cinematography
Dante Spinotti, ASC

Dante Spinotti, ASC

Dante Spinotti is this year's winner of the American Society of Cinematographers' Lifetime Achievement Award, which he will receive at the 26th American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Outstanding Achievement Awards on February 12 in Hollywood...now updated with new photos.

Feature
Debra Kaufman
Adobe After Effects basics
AE Basics 36: Pimping Your Text with Layer Styles

AE Basics 36: Pimping Your Text with Layer Styles
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AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 36: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how you can take ordinary looking text and with very little effort use some simple light-weight effects to make it look outstanding - which can make the difference between a low quality and high quality looking production.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Andrew Devis
Indie Film & Documentary
Shooting Interviews

Shooting Interviews

Whether you shoot surgery, reality shows, documentaries especially, how-to videos, cooking, painting, sculpting, decoy carving or...you name it...you are going to be shooting interviews. Number one tip - be ready for anything. Join Mike Cohen for more great insight into shooting interviews.

Editorial, Feature
Mike Cohen
Apple Motion
You Ask I Answer : Working with PSD files Part 1: Motion 5

You Ask I Answer : Working with PSD files Part 1: Motion 5
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In this tutorial, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how easy it is to get up and running with PSD files in Motion 5, and also shows you why using Behaviors is a better way of working than working with keyframes.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Kevin P. McAuliffe
Apple FCPX Techniques
You Ask, I Answer: Multicam Editing with Separate Audio in FCPX

You Ask, I Answer: Multicam Editing with Separate Audio in FCPX
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In this tutorial, Kevin P McAuliffe answers a viewer's question about the best way to multicam edit in FCPX when your main audio source is recorded as an audio only file.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Kevin P. McAuliffe
Adobe Premiere Pro
Bill Roberts, Director of Video Product Management, Adobe Systems & Adobe's Past, Present & Future

Bill Roberts, Director of Video Product Management, Adobe Systems & Adobe's Past, Present & Future

Bill Roberts, Director of Video Product Management, Adobe Systems talks about Premiere Pro CS5.5, the acquisition of IRIDAS, 3D, HDR and NAB 2012

Feature, People / Interview
Debra Kaufman
Adobe After Effects basics
AE Basics 35: The Character Panel

AE Basics 35: The Character Panel
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AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 35: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows all the options in the character panel and how to use them to create good looking text. Also included in this tutorial are some more hidden options that can make a big difference to the look and feel of your selected font.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Andrew Devis
What Computer Should I Buy?
HP's Valentine to the Media & Entertainment Industry

HP's Valentine to the Media & Entertainment Industry

HP unveils the HP Z1, an all-in-one workstation features include a 27-inch screen, a 30-bit panel with an over-1 billion color palette, a built-in HD video camera, SRS premium sound speakers, an array of microphones for stereo inputs and optional NVIDIA cards, for a combination of power and expandability never before seen in an all-in-one system: a true, professional-strength workstation.

Feature
Debra Kaufman
Boris FX
Boris RED: A Wealth of Transitions to the Premiere Pro Table

Boris RED: A Wealth of Transitions to the Premiere Pro Table

Tom Daigon, an editor with over thirty years of experience, has discovered a wide range of creative options for Premiere Pro in Boris FX RED.

Review
Tom Daigon
Panasonic HVX - HPX (P2)
Panasonic AG-HPX250 Camera

Panasonic AG-HPX250 Camera

With a sharp imager, monster lens and killer codec, Panasonic's HPX250 ($5995, with additional discounts and rebates in effect) makes a great workhorse camera for any kind of shooting that doesn’t need a shallow depth-of-field.

Review
Helmut Kobler
HD High-End
The SciTech Award Goes to... The Phantom Family of High-Speed Cameras

The SciTech Award Goes to... The Phantom Family of High-Speed Cameras

On February 11, the Academy will honor the Vision Research team behind the design and engineering of the Phantom family of high-speed cameras for motion picture production.

Feature
Debra Kaufman
Film History & Appreciation
The SciTech Award Goes to... The Lowry Process

The SciTech Award Goes to... The Lowry Process

On February 11, the Academy will honor John D. Lowry, Ian Cavén, Ian Godin, Kimball Thurston and Tim Connolly with a Scientific and Engineering Award for "the development of a unique and efficient system for the reduction of noise and other artifacts, thereby providing high-quality images required by the filmmaking process."

Feature
Debra Kaufman
Apple FCPX Techniques
You Ask I Answer : Working with PSD files Part 1:  FCPX

You Ask I Answer : Working with PSD files Part 1: FCPX
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In this tutorial, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you the great new "Import PSD files" feature inside of FCPX, and answers a viewers question about extending still images the length of your timelines.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Kevin P. McAuliffe
Boris FX
Create Powerful Messaging with Lights and Particles

Create Powerful Messaging with Lights and Particles
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In this video tutorial, Kevin P. McAuliffe creates an end page for a commercial focused on tennis rackets. A tennis ball is thrown in the air, and once it is struck by the tennis racket, it turns into a flaming ball with particles shooting out behind it, creating a powerful message for the racket manufacturer. Kevin shows you how it's done with Boris Continuum Complete 8 AE's new Film Glow, Particle Emitter 3D, and Lens Flare 3D filters.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Kevin P. McAuliffe
Trapcode
Particular Basic Training Session FOUR: Sticky Snow

Particular Basic Training Session FOUR: Sticky Snow
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In this fourth tutorial in the Particular Basic training series, Michael Park answers a user's forum question on how to accumulate particles on 2d footage using Particular. He will demonstrate a very handy technique to create an interactive layer perfectly tailored to the background elements and then have particles accumulate on those surfaces. As always, the project file is available for free download to reverse engineer or simply try out.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Michael Park
Adobe After Effects basics
AE Basics 34: Font Selection and Faux Options

AE Basics 34: Font Selection and Faux Options
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AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 34: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to quickly select and change your font selection and modify its look and feel with the Faux options in the character panel.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Andrew Devis
Art of the Edit
Company 3 Partners with FutureWorks

Company 3 Partners with FutureWorks

Company 3 - a Digital Intermediate powerhouse in Santa Monica, CA - joined forces with FutureWorks, a Mumbai-based post-production facility, in order to offer its color grading services to Bollywood's feature film and commercial clients.

Feature
Debra Kaufman
RE:Vision Effects
Twixtor: When and How to use Tracking Points

Twixtor: When and How to use Tracking Points
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This Tutorial shows how to get better results using Tracking Points for more complex shots and to help get rid of warping or ghosting. Tracking Points are available in Twixtor Pro for AE, FCP (pre-FCPX), Premiere Pro, Nuke & OFX hosts such as Scratch & Composite.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Lori Freitag
Film History & Appreciation
These Amazing Shadows

These Amazing Shadows

An editor's journey through the films that made America (or, how I stopped worrying and learned to love the B-Roll)

Feature, People / Interview
Doug Blush
ARRI
The Academy Award of Merit goes to... the ARRILASER Film Recorder

The Academy Award of Merit goes to... the ARRILASER Film Recorder

On February 11, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will honor the ARRILASER film recorder with an Academy Award of Merit in the form of an Oscar Statuette.

Feature
Debra Kaufman
ARRI
The SciTech Award Goes to... ARRI/Zeiss Master Prime Lenses for Motion Picture Photography

The SciTech Award Goes to... ARRI/Zeiss Master Prime Lenses for Motion Picture Photography

At the 84th Annual Academy Awards for Technical Achievements, Dr. Jürgen Noffke and Uwe Weber will be honored with a Scientific and Engineering Award for the ARRI Zeiss Master Prime Lenses.

Feature
Debra Kaufman
Cinematography
Editing the Farrelly's The Three Stooges

Editing the Farrelly's The Three Stooges

In Atlanta to work with the Farrelly Brothers, the creative minds behind 'Kingpin' and 'Something About Mary,' Sam Seig, the editor for 'The Three Stooges' reflects on comedy, timing, and editing as a team sport.

Feature, People / Interview
Sam Seig
Cinematography
Qube Cinema Delivers 4K 3D From a Single Server

Qube Cinema Delivers 4K 3D From a Single Server

Qube Cinema made history by delivering 4K 3D from a single server at the Moody Gardens Digital Cinema Symposium in Galveston, Texas. "Space Junk 3D" was projected onto an 80 by 60-foot giant screen at high bit-rate 4K stereoscopic DCP through two Barco projectors.

Feature
Debra Kaufman
Adobe After Effects basics
AE Basics 33: Options for Creating Text

AE Basics 33: Options for Creating Text
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AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 33: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis starts to look at text creation and animation in After Effects starting with the different ways to create text in the composition panel.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Andrew Devis
Apple FCPX Techniques
Multicam Editing in Final Cut Pro X

Multicam Editing in Final Cut Pro X
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In this tutorial, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how, with the newest update to FCPX, to edit multicam inside of FCPX. See how to set up your clips into angles, and then quickly and easily edit them together to create a seamless edit in no time flat.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Kevin P. McAuliffe
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