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Okay, so my title may be a touch melodramatic. My other blog entries have been how-tos, but this post is a call for opinions. It is based on a conversation that Ryan and I had with a colleague.
I’ve been thinking lately about organization. Maybe that’s because spring is (mercifully) coming soon, and I’m due for a good, old-fashioned spring-cleaning. Or maybe it’s because I’m terribly disorganized. Either way, I thought I would talk a bit about how the Avid organizes media and how this can be used to the editors’ advantage.
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Tutorial: Pan and Zoom Documents with Boris Red and Avid
11 Comments | Posted by redarrowRyan in Avid, Boris Red, Tutorial
In this tutorial, I explain how to create a cool Pan and Zoom effect over Documents or Newspapers. I show how to use a blur effect to create the feeling of Depth of Field and how to use masks to give the illusion of lighting.
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Tutorial “Kid Stays in the Picture” effect with Boris Red
4 Comments | Posted by redarrowRyan in Avid, Boris Red, Tutorial
In this tutorial, I explain how to create the “Kid Stays in the Picture” effect using Photoshop, Boris Red, and Avid. I also show how to accomplish it with only using Boris Red and Avid.
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Tutorial: Using Ease In/Out Keyframes in Boris Red
2 Comments | Posted by redarrowRyan in Avid, Boris Red, Tutorial
For a follow up to my last tutorial, I cover using the Ease In/Out Keyframes in Boris Red to create smooth moves on hi-resolution still photos.
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Tutorial: Pan and Zoom with Boris Red
2 Comments | Posted by redarrowRyan in Avid, Boris Red, Tutorial
In today’s blog, I provide a Video Tutorial with instructions on how to use Boris Red and Avid Media Composer to perform Pan and Zoom type moves on high resolution still images.
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When it comes to editing, I have no shortage of “pet peeves,” and perhaps one of my biggest is seeing footage with “Incorrect Aspect Ratio.” Far too often I see television shows, news packages, promos, even graphics in a video with the wrong aspect ratio, causing the images to appear squished. I’m not talking about TV networks that incorrectly display entire programs (I’ve got a future blog lined up to complain about that); no, I’m talking about a shot or two incorrectly formatted in an otherwise perfectly fine video.
As a video editor I often find myself using elements that begin their video-life as imported stills. Sometimes the stills are photos in something like JPG or TIF form. Sometimes they are vector graphics like those from Adobe Illustrator. Sometimes they are complicated images with multiple layers such as Photoshop files. In short, stills come in a number of file formats.
Since the file format is often right there in the name of the file (“aPicture.tif”), I am usually aware of the format being imported. But, one detail that can slip through the cracks is the color mode.
I love HD television. I would guess that 90% of the recordings on my Tivo are HD, and if I’m watching live TV I always scan the HD listings first. Unfortunately, there are still many instances on the HD channels where you see shoddily upconverted or simply misformated 4:3 video (I believe RedArrowRyan will be having a blog post in the near future on his particular frustration with The Today Show). There are occasions, though, where you see some new and brilliant techniques that take a completely different approach to this issue, a couple of which recently reminded me of a lesson from one of my favorite movies of the past 10 years: the 2003 documentary, The Five Obstructions. (more…)
