Guillotine News and Updates

Lost Type

Eric — Fri, 18 May 2012 8:30:24 EDT

Lost Type is a type foundry co-op. The designers get 100 Percent of the funds. Your video gets classy fonts. Everybody wins. Founded by Riley Cran and Tyler Galpin, Lost Type is on a mission to make high-quality typography accesible to...

Editors Keys Edius Dedicated Keyboard Review

Gordon — Fri, 18 May 2012 8:28:48 EDT

The Edius dedicated keyboard from Editors Keys is a smallish USB keyboard that helps reduce the amount of menu navigation necessary while editing. It's quiet and the color coding is attractive and practical when learning categories of activities and placement on the keyboard.

Day 2 at Adobe Summit

Gordon — Fri, 18 May 2012 8:27:09 EDT

Yesterday Adobe customers and partners, speakers and delegates descended on Battersea Park in London for day two of Adobe's Digital Marketing Summit – which got started literally with a bang!

CS6 Basics: 23 Dynamic Trimming

Gordon — Fri, 18 May 2012 8:26:13 EDT

In this tutorial, Andrew Devis looks at a couple of options that can help you to see your edits dynamically as you edit them. Andrew shows how to use and edit the 'Play Around' function as well as using the 'Loop' function so that the play-head will play a specified amount of time before and after it was placed allowing you to place it over (and edit) transitions on the fly.

Innovation in Motion: After Effects CS6

Gordon — Fri, 18 May 2012 8:24:47 EDT

After Effects CS6 is now available, as are other professional video and audio applications in Creative Suite 6 Production Premium, including Adobe Prelude and SpeedGrade. You can order CS6 Production Premium now … or try it free for 30 days.

Autodesk Revenue Slips 5 Percent in Q1 2012

Gordon — Fri, 18 May 2012 8:23:28 EDT

Autodesk announced that its Media and Entertainment (M/E) revenue for the first quarter of 2012 was 51m Dollars, a decrease of 5 percent versus the same period a year ago, and a decrease of 7 Percent versus the previous quarter.

Basic CS6: 20 Trim Monitor

Gordon — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:33:43 EDT

In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates the 'Trim Monitor,' which up until CS6 had been the main way of quickly and simply rolling or trimming you edit points in the timeline. Although somewhat superseded by the new timeline editing features new to CS6, the Trim Monitor is still a quick and powerful way to finesse your edit points.

WALTER: A NEW WAY TO EDIT

Gordon — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:32:31 EDT

NYU student Elena Parker has created an intriguing device called Walter (named for the legendary Walter Murch) which tackles editing in an innovative new way. Here's the description from the university website's about her "eye-ware kinetoscope"...

Basics CS6: 21 Timeline Trimming

Gordon — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:30:03 EDT

In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates one of the big new features for Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 - dynamic timeline trimming of edit points. Andrew shows how to enter the trim mode, to change to different types of trim tool, how to use the keyboard to trim...

Basics CS6: 22 JKL Trimming

Gordon — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:28:47 EDT

In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates a really useful feature in Premiere Pro CS6 - that of being able to trim your clips in the timeline using the J K and L playback functionality.

The Industry Happenings Trivia Contest is here!

Industry — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:01:00 EDT

As promised, here's the 1st of many Industry Happenings Trivia Contests. The 1st 2 people to answer the trivia question conrrectly will win an Art of the Guillotine t-shirt! Here's how: Send an email to industryhappenings@gmail.com with the answer in the subject line. And your name and mailing address in the body of the email...

Academy Announces Winners for 39th Students Awards

Scott — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:00:54 EDT

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the winners of the 39th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. Ten students from nine U.S. colleges and universities have been selected as U.S. winners along with three foreign student films, selected from 51 entries representing 29 countries.

Skin Smoothing in FCPX, AE & Premiere with Bea

Premium — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:00:45 EDT

Digital Anarchy updates their impressive Beauty Box plugin for faster skin smoothing in post-production. Impressive results!

Quick Look: The Premiere Pro CS6 Workspace

Premium — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:00:40 EDT

Adobe has updated the workspace in Premiere Pro CS6 to a cleaner and more work-friendly layout! In this post, we take a look at how to set your default workspace to suit your editing needs.

Basics CS6: Part 4: Slip/Slide Tools

Gordon — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:00:14 EDT

In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates 'nesting' sequences within new sequences as well as the 'snapping' function in the timeline and how to turn it off and on. He then goes on to show how the 'slip' and the 'slide' tools work to reveal and hide whichever bits of footage you wish to show in your media clips.

Useful Tools: Our Review of Magic Bullet

Gordon — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:57:02 EDT

Since its beginnings in 2002, Red Giant has become an increasingly important maker of visual effects software. The Beaverton, Oregon-based company publishes a range of different apps for filmmakers, broadcasters and other moving media creatives.

Tiffen Dfx v3 Adds Support for Final Cut Pro X

Gordon — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:55:49 EDT

Hauppauge, NY – May 17, 2012 – The Tiffen Company, a leading manufacturer and distributor of award-winning accessories for the still imaging, video, motion picture, and broadcast markets, is pleased to announce its award-winning digital filter suite...

Review: Boris Continuum Complete AE 8

Gordon — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:54:33 EDT

I have been a fan of Boris Continuum Complete (BCC) since I first looked at version 5. I've been using it with Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects ever since. BCC is made up of a huge family of plug-in filters that work with the Adobe Creative Suite, including CS6, Avid editing and finishing systems, Sony Vegas Pro, and Apple Final Cut Pro.

Jay Rabinowitz Editing Deadman

Gordon — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:30:31 EDT

Editor Jay Rabinowitz talks about the complexities of editing "Dead Man". Rabinowitz's work includes Down By Law, The Tree of Life, and Oz

Airlock

Eric — Thu, 17 May 2012 8:39:09 EDT

Airlock locks your computer when you leave the room. When you return: BAM!!! It unlocks. Maybe you work in an office full of pranksters that can't wait to sabotage your render when you’re on a bathroom break. Maybe you edit...