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The most popular DV Fanatics blogs of 2012. |
A discussion of digital video techniques and technology in film and video production and post production.
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Monday, December 31, 2012
Top Ten DV Fanatics Blogs of 2012
Monday, December 24, 2012
Video Editing Systems Wish List for 2013
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My video editing systems wish list for the coming year. |
Monday, December 17, 2012
Dissecting the Video: MGM-Style Film Open (Part 3)
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The final composite of the dog film open in After Effects |
Monday, December 10, 2012
Dissecting the Video: MGM-Style Film Open (Part 2)
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After Effects comp with both the Leash and Collar comps. |
Monday, December 3, 2012
Dissecting the Video: MGM-Style Film Open (Part 1)
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Building an MGM-style film open in After Effects. |
Monday, November 26, 2012
Video and Rock & Roll
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An early publicity shot for the band Flesh. |
Monday, November 19, 2012
Avid Editing Tips and Tricks - Part II
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The Avid Effects Editing window. |
Monday, November 12, 2012
Photoshop Panoramas Revisited
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The Photoshop toolset for creating panoramic photos. |
Monday, November 5, 2012
Streamlining Your iPhoto Library
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iPhoto is a great place to manage digital assets. |
Monday, October 29, 2012
Is the Make-Up Effects Artist a Fading Craft?
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An ape make-up I created while in high school. |
Monday, October 22, 2012
Discovering Screenwriting
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Getting your script ideas fleshed out in writing. |
Monday, October 15, 2012
The Evolution of Video Editor User Communities
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The crowd at a Boston Avid Users Group Meeting. |
Monday, October 8, 2012
Adding An Audio Mixer to Your Edit System
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I use a 12-channel, 4-bus mixer in my edit suite. |
Monday, October 1, 2012
Converting an SD Video Demo Reel to HD
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A motion FX clip, produced in SD rebuilt as HD. |
Monday, September 24, 2012
My Start Using Nonlinear Editing Systems
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Filming a scene from "One Last Chance". |
I made my first short film in the early 70's when I was still in grade school. From that point on, I was hooked on film.
Monday, September 17, 2012
What Format is Your Video Sample Reel?
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Is your demo video online? |
Monday, September 10, 2012
Text-to-Speech Ringtone Voices for Your iPhone
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Using Text to Speech for a ringtone on your iPhone. |
Monday, September 3, 2012
A Great Tripod for Travel
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The Sirui tripod folds up to a very compact size. |
Monday, August 27, 2012
Avid Editing Tips and Tricks
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Avid keycaps with the classic scissors |
Monday, August 20, 2012
Converting Vinyl LPs for use on Your iPod
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Convert those old LPs |
Monday, August 13, 2012
Post Production Workflow: Output From Edit System
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An analog film archive. |
Monday, August 6, 2012
Post Production Workflow: Editing Your Video
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The editing stage is where the final video develops. |
Monday, July 30, 2012
Post Production Workflow: Ingest Video
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Proper digital video input guarantees organization. |
Monday, July 23, 2012
Video Assets Embedded in a Web Page
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Using YouTube to deploy video on your website. |
Monday, July 16, 2012
HTML5 for Your Video Clips
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One size fits all is very hard to find. |
Monday, July 9, 2012
Building Photo Panoramas in Photoshop
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Creating panoramas from a series of stills. |
Monday, July 2, 2012
Panoramic Photos with Your iPhone
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Creating a panoramic image on a iPhone |
For me, creating photographic panoramas has always been a passion, now I can do it using only an iPhone.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Maintaining Raw Video Source While Editing
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Video editing has come a long way |
Monday, June 18, 2012
Nonlinear Video Editing Depends on Metadata
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My very first editing system. |
Monday, June 11, 2012
Steadicam for your iPhone Video Camera
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Using a Steadicam for shooting video on an iPhone |