In last week's episode, we chnaged the color balance of a shot with curves. This week we'll do the same thing with the color wheels. SHOW NOTES If you really want to learn about color correction, I strongly recommend Steve Hullfish's "The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction" http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0240809904?ie=UTF8&tag=avidscree-20 (Disclaimer: If you buy the book from the link above, I'll get a small kickback from Amazon.) Check out the blog enry for this week's episode...
Apr 15, 2010•10 min
In this episode, we'll severely change the white balance of an image to correct an underexposed, wrongly balanced clip and make it look decent. We'll use the curves in Avid's Color Correction to do it. SHOW NOTES If you really want to learn about color correction, I strongly recommend Steve Hullfish's "The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction" http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0240809904?ie=UTF8&tag=avidscree-20 (Disclaimer: If you buy the book from the link above, I'll get a small k...
Apr 08, 2010•11 min
In this episode, we'll manipuate the basic contrast of an image, setting the black and white levels and gamma. We'll do this in two different ways: First by using the Setup, Gain and Gamma controls, then by using curves. SHOW NOTES If you really want to learn about color correction, I strongly recommend Steve Hullfish's "The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction" http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0240809904?ie=UTF8&tag=avidscree-20 (Disclaimer: If you buy the book from the link above,...
Apr 01, 2010•13 min
In this episode, we'll lay the groundwork for episodes to come, talking about scopes, what they mean and why you should always pay attention to them. Plus: Everyone who uses the Brightness and Contrast controls should seriously consider changing his profession. SHOW NOTES If you really want to learn about color correction, I strongly recommend Steve Hullfish's "The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction" http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0240809904?ie=UTF8&tag=avidscree-20 (Disclaimer:...
Mar 25, 2010•9 min
In this episode, we'll continue our deep-dive into one of the most powerful and most-used effects in Avid: The Timewarp. We'll cover the following basics in this episode: manipulating the Position Graph, rebuilding presets on your own, Default Render Settings. Check out the blog enry for this week's episode: http://avidscreencast.com/asc21 Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/avidscreencast Become a fan on the Avid Screencast on Facebook: http://facebook.com/avidscreencast...
Mar 11, 2010•9 min
In this episode, we'll deep-dive into one of the most powerful and most-used effects in Avid: The Timewarp. We'll cover the basics in this episode and the next. This week: Render types, keyframe interpolation and manipulating the Speed Graph. Check out the blog enry for this week's episode: http://avidscreencast.com/asc20 Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/avidscreencast Become a fan on the Avid Screencast on Facebook: http://facebook.com/avidscreencast...
Mar 11, 2010•12 min
This is the fifth of several episodes covering a workflow for using Red Digital Cinema Cameras with your Avid editing application. In this episode, we'll transcode Red's R3Ds to Avid-native DNxHD MXF files using Redcine-X, a free transcoding, grading and editing utility by Red that is available for Mac and Windows. It's free, it's easy *and* it's fast. So you better check this out. SHOW NOTES Download the latest Redcine-X build and the PDF manual from Reduser: http://reduser.net/forum/showpost.p...
Mar 04, 2010•10 min
The big star of this episode is the my audio interface that provides great sound quality. Listen to the noise! Don't hear it? See? In other news, a good old transition that looks like your film projector broke down. Who wouldn't want that? Especially if it's so simple to do! SHOW NOTES The song from this episode is Eloi Brunelle - Oberkampf, which is available for free from Tinner Netlabel. http://www.thinner.cc/pages/releases/releases_detail.php?id=thn042 Check out the blog enry for this week's...
Feb 25, 2010•5 min
So you have a bunch of subtitles or lower thirds to do. They all look the same, except for the contents. You're not seriously considering doing them all by hand in Title Tool, are you? Enter Marquee's Autotitler, which is here to make your life easy. Honestly, if you didn't know about this one, you will thank me sooner or later. SHOW NOTES Learn more about Marquee in this Online Tutorial from Avid: http://learn.avid.com/content/tutorials/marquee/tutorial.html Check out the blog enry for this wee...
Feb 18, 2010•8 min
In this episode, we'll create a secondary color correction in Avid Media Composer. Secondary color correction is applying one correction to the image as a whole, but a different correction to a specific portion of the image. This can be necessary in a lot of situations, mostly when you need a different treatment of skin tones compared to the rest of your image. SHOW NOTES If you really want to learn about color correction, I strongly recommend Steve Hullfish's "The Art and Technique of Digital C...
Feb 11, 2010•9 min
This is the fourth of several episodes covering a workflow for using Red Digital Cinema Cameras with your Avid editing application. In this episode, we'll conform a sequence that was offline edited in Avid to Apple's Color, where you'll be able to grade from the original R3Ds. You will not believe it, but it's actually a pretty quick and painless process! SHOW NOTES RedUser.net Forum Entry Outlining the Workflow http://reduser.net/forum/showpost.php?p=511909&postcount=1 Jörgen Persson's Cine...
Feb 04, 2010•6 min
Sometimes the good, old title with static text just doesn't cut it. In this episode, we'll make the text be another layer of video. Check out the blog entry for this week's episode: http://avidscreencast.com/asc14 Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/avidscreencast Become a fan on the Avid Screencast on Facebook: http://facebook.com/avidscreencast The images in this episode were provides by Johanna Thiel. http://www.onhi.de
Jan 28, 2010•7 min
Ever on an editing system that you can't install software on? And all they've got for image manipulation is MS Paint? Get stuff done with portable applications that run off your USB flash drive! Examples include GIMP, an open-source Photoshop clone, and Songbird, an iTunes-like music player. SHOW NOTES Gimp Portable (Windows) http://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/gimp_portable Gimp Portable (Mac) http://www.freesmug.org/portableapps/gimp/ Songbird Portable (Windows) http://portableapps....
Jan 21, 2010•7 min
In this episode, we'll make a sequence of photos visually interesting by animating them into a slideshow of stacked photos that slowly fade away. This episode features special appearances by my son Mika and René Hecht. SHOW NOTES The Music used in this Podcast is Gastón Arévalo – Austral. You can download this song for free from Thinner Netlabel. http://www.thinner.cc/pages/releases/releases_detail.php?id=thn109 Check out the blog enry for this week's episode: http://avidscreencast.com/asc12 Fol...
Jan 14, 2010•10 min
This is the third of several episodes covering a workflow for using Red Digital Cinema Cameras with your Avid editing application. In this episode, we'll conform a sequence that was offline edited in Avid to uncompressed HD for finishing in Media Composer or Symphony. Look out for a special appearance by my son Jonah. SHOW NOTES RedUser.net Forum Entry Outlining the Workflow http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?p=520037 Monkey Extract http://www.rubbermonkeysoftware.com/ MetaCheater http:...
Jan 07, 2010•10 min
Sometimes, you need to obscure the face of a person, be it for legal or aesthetic reasons. In this episode, we'll do just that using a very special technique. Check out the blog entry for this week's episode: http://avidscreencast.com/asc10 Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/avidscreencast Become a fan on the Avid Screencast on Facebook: http://facebook.com/avidscreencast The images in this episode were provides by Johanna Thiel. http://www.onhi.de...
Dec 24, 2009•5 min
This is the second of several episodes covering a workflow for using Red Digital Cinema Cameras with your Avid editing application. In this episode, we'll take a sequence that was offline edited in Avid Media Composer and onform it to 4K DPX files for grading. For this, we'll use Monkey Extract. SHOW NOTES Monkey Extract http://www.rubbermonkeysoftware.com/ Red16 EDL Template from Avid http://www.avid.com/red/16Char.zip Avid Editing Products & the RED One Camera http://www.avid.com/red/ Avid...
Dec 22, 2009•9 min
This is the first of several episodes covering a workflow for using Red Digital Cinema Cameras with your Avid editing application. In this episode, we'll convert R3D footage to DNxHD MXF files for offline editing. For this, we'll use Avid's Metafuze. Then, we'll quickly import the files into the Avid, so you can edit away! SHOW NOTES Avid Editing Products & the RED One Camera http://www.avid.com/red/ Avid / RED Workflow Guide http://www.avid.com/red/REDstepbystep.pdf Avid's MetaFuze http://w...
Dec 10, 2009•9 min
In this episode, we'll create a high-contrast, colorized look to an image -- simply because it looks cool. It's a great way to introduce somebody with a bang. Seriously, I have no idea why I call this the Kill Bill Effect, but I still like it, and maybe so will you! SHOW NOTES The Music used in this Podcast is Eloi Brunelle - Moch5. You can download this song for free from Thinner Netlabel. http://www.thinner.cc/pages/releases/releases_detail.php?id=thn042 Check out the blog enry for this week's...
Dec 03, 2009•9 min
In this episode, I'll show you how to remap your keyboard and give you a couple of ideas on what functions to map to it. If this does not make you at least 10% more productive, I'll refund your money. SHOW NOTES Check out the blog enry for this week's episode: http://avidscreencast.com/asc06 Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/avidscreencast Become a fan on the Avid Screencast on Facebook: http://facebook.com/avidscreencast
Nov 26, 2009•8 min
In this episode, we'll create the Pleasantville Effect - everything is black-and-white except for one color - using a Spectramatte and an Animatte for creating a garbage matte. SHOW NOTES Genius DV: Pleasantville Effect for Avid http://www.geniusdv.com/weblog/archives/pleasantville_effect_for_avid.php Genius DV: Invert Key for Spectra Matte Effect in Media Composer http://www.geniusdv.com/news_and_tutorials/2009/09/invert_key_for_spectra_matte_effect_in_media_compo.php Check out the blog enry fo...
Nov 19, 2009•6 min
In this episode, we'll combat the stuttery mess of wrongly imported or ingested interlaced video footage by swapping the field order with the help of the Matte Key real-time effect. Buckle up, this one's going to get geeky! And don't forget to check out the show notes for more. SHOW NOTES Download the Scanlines for the Matte Key: http://avidscreencast.com/asc04 Learn more about field order: All About Video Fields by Chris Pirazzi. From a graphics designer's perspective. But - like us - he hates ...
Nov 08, 2009•10 min
In this episode, we'll create a swish-pan effect without using 3rd-party plug-ins. So it's gonna be cheap, easy and will play in real-time! Links: The Avid-L2 Mailing List: http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/Avid-L2/ Check out the blog enry for this week's episode: http://avidscreencast.com/asc03 Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/avidscreencast Become a fan on the Avid Screencast on Facebook: http://facebook.com/avidscreencast...
Nov 05, 2009•7 min
In this episode, we'll increase your productivity by being able to quickly switch between different timeline views. For example, just press a button on your keyboard and automatically enlarge the audio tracks while turning on the audio waveforms. It's quick and easy! Check out the blog enry for this week's episode: http://avidscreencast.com/asc02 Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/avidscreencast Become a fan on the Avid Screencast on Facebook: http://facebook.com/avidscreencast...
Oct 29, 2009•6 min
In this episode, we'll create shiny reflections of video as you may know them from the iTunes Store or advertisements. To accomplish that, we'll use the real-time 3D Warp effect and all of it is going to take less than five minutes! Check out the blog enry for this week's episode: http://avidscreencast.com/asc01 Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/avidscreencast Become a fan on the Avid Screencast on Facebook: http://facebook.com/avidscreencast...
Oct 22, 2009•6 min
