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Media Composer 5 and ProRes Files
I am fairly new with Avid products, but I do realize that many post-houses use Avid over Final Cut Pro. I am going to do a series of short video tutorials from a Final Cut Pro users perspective....
August 3rd by chip
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Adobe Photoshop CS 5 Three Key Features
Andy Russell of JAR Media and Design gives a tutorial showing three key features in Adobe Photoshop CS 5....
May 8th by chip
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Plural Eyes for Audio Sync
I wrote in an earlier blog post about audio for the Canon 5D MK II and Canon 7D and my audio set up. I did a brief tutorial on PluralEyes, by Singular Software and how you can use the software to sync audio from multiple camera sources and line up audio tracks, like I did [...]...
April 25th by chip
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Canon EOS Plugin for Final Cut Pro Workflow
Recently Canon released the EOS plugin for Final Cut Pro it is posted on their web site that says: …the H.264 compression format requires that files be transcoded into a format better suited to editing, effects, and color grading; this would usually be Apple ProRes. The tra...
March 20th by chip
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Use ustream.tv to stream live to Facebook
Here is a short tutorial on how to use uStream.tv and Facebook to live stream sermons and other special events. All you need are two things: 1. A pretty decent internet connection (Cable/FiOS/DSL will do) 2. Web cam or camera that can hook up to a Firewire port or USB port 3. If ...
February 4th by chip
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Kodak Zi8 Review
I just picked up the Kodak Zi8 and my first impressions are very good. I shot this in low light on 720p at a Starbucks so it’s not that great, but a start. I will share my workflow with Final Cut Express/Pro/iMovie soon. I am a unabashedly fanboy of the Flip Cameras, plus...
January 13th by chip
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Audio for Canon DSLR Cameras
I have been enjoying using my Canon 7D almost daily for filming various projects and doing tests. One thing I knew I was going to face is the audio capabilities, or lackthereof. I called up Guy Cochran of the dvestore and he told me about a solution he used for getting good aud...
December 26th by chip
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Encoding for Livestream.com
Here is a video showing how to upload and encode videos for Livestream.com for their on demand service....
December 25th by chip
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Compressor preset for DSLR cameras
This is probably the last video tutorial I will do for 2009 and I have done many of them this year. By far, the most popular is the Flip Video Workflow. Some folks ask me why are you giving away your knowledge for free? You should be like Izzy Video and charge for it. [...]...
December 19th by chip
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Canon DSLR edit workflow with MPEG Streamclip
Here is a brief tutorial on my workflow for transcoding HD footage from the Canon cameras using MPEG Streamclip....
December 19th by chip
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