Thursday, April 1, 2010

Slow Motion with Stills

Posted by Exit271

Eran Stern hosts this innovative tutorial for slow motion with stills using Twixtor in AE.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Jonsi-Go Do single

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Interesting what you can do with seemingly crappy footage if you have just the right song and editing style.

Jonsi from Sigur Ros fame is at it again with his artsy shenanigans. Thank goodness.

Monday, February 8, 2010

YouTube B-Roll Hilarity

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So we run a stock footage company where I work. One of the editors friends sent us this link.


We thought it was hilarious.

If you're easily offended, close your eyes during the beach scene :).

Friday, February 5, 2010

Basic qMaster Setup for Apple's Compressor

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Need a little help pulling some more power out of your system using Apple's Compressor. Here is a tutorial for you!

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Cool particles

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Who knows what this is but it looks cool.

Monday, January 25, 2010

FCP with AE Footage that Stutters (23.98 vs 23.976)

Posted by Exit271

Here is just a quick note.


Have you ever done an edit in FCP and decided you need to take a few shots and effect them in After Effects. Then once you bring the effected shot back into your FCP sequence and play it out you end up with it stuttering? You might think that its a problem with your computer not being able to keep up with the footage. Maybe you even compress the sequence out to a highly compressed format like h264 but even then it stutters.

This might be your solution. Check the render you exported from After Effects. If it plays stutter free, check your composition settings. Chances are your composition is set to 23.98. Now while you may think that is a perfect match for your footage sequence in FCP, its not.

Final Cut Pro rounds its frame rates. 23.98 is actually 23.976 and unless your After Effects comp is set to the exact frame rate you will end up with stuttery footage the reminds you of Sylvester the Cat. Sufferin Suckatach.

Now you could go and re-export your effected shot with the proper frame rate but if you don't have time for it (and the chances are you don't), you can open up Cinema Tools and use that to conform the shot to the proper frame rate. You'll notice that Cinema Tools rounds its frame rates as well but don't worry, it will make everything like better.

So stop sufferin. While you re-export/conform your shots. Try some Suckatach. I wouldn't but you might like it.

SUCKATACH

2 lbs. okra
1 (16 oz.) can whole tomatoes
1/2 c. onions
1 clove garlic
1 lb. shrimp
2 tbsp. parsley flakes
1 sm. bag frozen corn
1 sm. bag frozen lima beans
Salt & pepper

Fry okra in small amount of vegetable oil on stove until dry. In another skillet saute onions, garlic, parsley, spoon out whole tomatoes, chop and add to fry for a few minutes. Add corn and lima beans, 1 cup water and cook for 30 minutes on low. Add juice from tomatoes, shrimp and okra. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cook 1/2 hour more on low.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

The Greatest Video I have seen so far

Posted by Exit271

I wanted to throw up its so good. Not just 20 seconds good. We're talking 12 minutes good.

Alex Roman. I don't know who you are and I hope you're not pulling the wool over my eyes by saying you did everything and this everything is in CG. And this CG is freaking amazing. Hell you even wrote the music. I hope you know that I have never been so delightfully depressed. Delighted because its (as previously mentioned) freaking amazing. Depressed because I will never be able to meet this level of expertise as a single person. Great freaking work. Freaking.

Alex Roman-The Third and the Seventh