Tag: editing
An inspiring story, innovative ideas, stunning visuals, seamless editing, superb soundtrack these are just some of the requisite ingredients for a visually compelling masterpiece. It takes time, patience, dedication, talent, creative vision, and a lot of …
Podcast 036: Cutting the 1st Teaser Trailer For My Debut Feature Film I Shot on the BMCC Posted by Ogy Stoilov February 16, 2015 In Episode 36 of the …
Editing can be a very consuming and at times cumbersome experience for many filmmakers. Mike Wilkinson recently went into detail on FStoppers.com in talking about what he’s learned in his time crafting …
For most video productions a level of visual effects can be used to enhance the final product. Everything from basic color grading and lens corrections to more advanced overlays …
As independent filmmakers very often we have to cope with various situations where there is a demand for managing multiple responsibilities as directors, cinematographers, editors, sound recordists and more all-in-one type of …
Three months ago Avid upgraded their existing intermediate codec DNxHD by adding DNxHR codec flavours that now support resolutions higher than HD. The new capabilities of the codec are based on an architecture …
The Adobe Suite of creative applications such as Premiere Pro, and After Effects have been some of our favourite tools here at 4K Shooters. I started using Premiere Pro …
Sony’s recently released 4K Super 35mm sensor XDCAM camera the PXW-FS7 is not only an extraordinary 4K camera, considering the price and all the features it provides, but as we’ve already …
One of the biggest concerns of the modern filmmaking community and the digital world, in general, is to find the most reliable and efficient way to archive our work and store the …
Editors and video professionals working on Macs have long benefited from an industry-proven and solid ProRes workflow. It is often the codec of choice for most editors for both …
The round tripping process between different editing applications is not always a straightforward one, yet it’s a necessity for many editors and an integral part of their everyday routine. Each …
For some time now, cameras the likes of the ARRI Alexa and Blackmagic Cinema Camera have offered their customers higher bit-depths and stronger color-sampling than Canon has put out …
I’ve been digging around for a while for a decent Thunderbolt enabled portable editing solution. Most of them are either HDD based, or too heavy or bulky to put …
Whether logging, grading, editing, or simply enjoying 4K video, having a monitor that can accurately render the colour, contrast, and clarity of the footage is key. We’ve covered a …
Despite the more intensive system and storage requirements, shooting in raw gives us a ton of options, the most flexibility and the highest possible image quality out of the camera. It is …
Just like some camera manufacturers such as Blackmagic Design are giving us new and affordable ways to capture our stories in robust and high-end codecs like ProRes, in addition …
In the last couple of years we’ve seen a convergence between features usually associated with standard non-linear editing software such as Adobe Premiere Pro & Final Cut Pro, and colour correction …
How often have you experienced hard drive failures? This is one of those moments when while working, suddenly you start hearing some weird clicking sounds coming from the heart of …
One of the most common advises many professional editors would give young filmmakers is to try and find the best editor you know and the one you can afford to do …
Filmmaking is a collaborative effort. As such, it is so important for filmmakers to have the creative freedom and the ability to access their own content remotely without physical constraints …