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Animate Vector PDF Documents with Noise Industries FxFactory Pro

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Add keyframes and motion blur to PDF documents featured in documentaries, news spots or training videos without bulking up your file size or render times....

Create a Broadcast Spot and Webisode with RED and Final Cut Pro

Mon, 1 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT

OMNI Advertising and the beverage company Celsius tapped Walker/Fitzgibbon to produce a series of commercials. The latest evolution of the piece — a Webisode released on YouTube, Veoh and Vimeo — took the brand to an online audience....

Achieve a Film Look in Video with Boris Continuum Complete FxPlug Filters

Mon, 1 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Boris Continuum Complete gives you four filters— BCC Deinterlace, BCC Match Grain, BCC Film Process, and BCC Film Damage—that can create the illusion that your clips originated on film as opposed to tape. The BCC Deinterlace filter can simulate telecine and reverse telecine, which is where video clips at their native rate are slowed down to 24 fps, the native frame rate for film....

First Look: Canon 5D Mark II

Mon, 4 May 2009 0:00:00 EDT

Watch this video from NAB on the Canon 5D Mark II, a still camera also capable of shooting 1080, 30p video. See the possibilities and limitations of this camera as well as insight on where Canon may be heading in terms of offering a true digital RAW video camera in the future....

Edit to the Beat in Final Cut Pro

Fri, 1 May 2009 0:00:00 EDT

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to use filler, or slug, as placeholder clips to establish a visual rhythm for a highlight reel or basic music video. If you are newer to video editing, you may notice that your projects often start strong and end weak. Try using slug and the "Replace Edit" function to lay down a rough cut and establish a visual rhythm....