Red Giant just announced Universe 2.1, an update to its collection of GPU-accelerated plugins for editors and motion graphics artists. This update is mostly about text effects. [Read more…]
How to Create the Cinematic Look in Premiere Pro
In this video from Peter McKinnon, we get a look at a pretty basic workflow of creating a cinematic look in Adobe Premiere Pro. Across the series of color grading tutorials in this video, he pretty much lives in the Basic Correction panel of Premiere Pro instead of getting into the three-way color wheels, which we commonly see used for emphasizing color in highlights and shadows.
While not the most complex grading method, I think it’s a great starting point for dipping your toes into color grading and getting good results. Of course, it all starts with good footage, which you need to get in-camera first.
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iMovie 10.1 Adds 4K and 1080/60p Video Support
Apple has released an update for iMovie to version 10.1. The update adds support for 4K and 1080/60p video editing.
New features in iMovie 10.1 include: [Read more…]
Adobe Unveils Photoshop Elements 14 & Premiere Elements 14
Adobe has revealed its annual update the Elements software series with Photoshop Elements 14 and Premiere Elements 14.
Photoshop Elements 14 adds several new features and enhances several existing features. Two new “wow” features include camera shake reduction and a dehaze tool. [Read more…]
Watch How Sound Can Transform a Scene
Shooting great video footage is hard. Editing that footage into a great final product can be even harder. One of the key components of a well-produced video is sound quality and mixing. Adding the right sounds in just the right moments of a video can turn a good video into a great video. [Read more…]
7 Steps to Edit Video in Photoshop
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In this short video, Scott Kelby walks through the basics of editing video in Photoshop. He kicks off a 5-minute timer and takes you through the seven main steps for editing video using tools you already know in Photoshop.
GoPro Studio 2.0 Now Available
GoPro has released version 2.0 of GoPro Studio for both Mac and Windows. GoPro Studio 2.0 is a free, consumer-friendly video editing workflow with easy-to-follow templates for editing your GoPro HERO footage. [Read more…]
Avid Media Composer 7 is Now Available
Avid Media Composer 7, which was announced back in April at NAB 2013, is now available to all.
New features in Media Composer 7 include the following: [Read more…]
Adobe Releases Two Versions of Premiere Elements 11 Editor to Mac App Store
Adobe has released Premiere Elements 11 Editor and Premiere Elements 11 Quick Editor in the Mac App Store. Premiere Elements 11 Quick features only the “Quick” editing options from the full-featured Premiere Elements 11 Editor. [Read more…]
LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt w/ SSD Hits 635MB/s
LaCie has announced the latest model to join its Little Big Disk Thunderbolt Series. Built for video professionals, the LaCie Little Big Disk now includes SATA III SSDs that boast speeds up to 635MB/s read speeds – a 33 percent increase from the previous model. For comparison, I got 231MB/s read speeds out of the WD Thunderbolt Duo drive (still very fast).
The Little Big Disk 1TB SSD dips below $1.00 per gigabyte (pretty solid for an external SSD drive) and includes a Thunderbolt cable. [Read more…]