How to Remove Flicker from Any Video
Sometimes flicker happens. Working events where there are always lights that are nice and decorative for the location but aren’t exactly tuned for video production. Weddings are likely a …
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5 Color Grading Mistakes to Avoid
As you develop your editing skills you’ll have to start taking a closer look at color grading. Most people starting out simply use this step as a way to …
Check Out freshLUTs – the World’s Largest FREE LUT Library
LUTs, aka Look Up Tables, are an essential part of the modern digital filmmaking workflow. They allow you to preview specific grades while shooting on location, they can give …
How to Fix Exposure Changes Easily in Resolve 17
Sometimes, through no fault of your own, the exposure or white balance shifts during a shot. It might also just be that a proactive camera operator was jumpy on …
Can You Edit 4K Footage on a $100 Laptop?
Video editing demands powerful computers for streamlined performance. With 4K and greater resolutions now commonplace, those requirements continue to go up and up. This means your next computer will …
4 Easy Methods to Upscale Your Footage in Post
For whatever reason shooting in your finishing resolution is not always possible or reasonable. This includes not having the right camera, needing to minimize storage use, shooting slow motion, …
3 Simple Tricks to Edit Faster in Resolve
Nobody wants to spend an eternity in front of a computer screen going through an edit. There is obviously a necessary time commitment, but the goal is to get …
How to Easily Create a Hologram Effect in Premiere Pro CC
Anything that can avoid me opening yet another program during my editing is great. Working in Premiere Pro and having to move over to After Effects for a single …
Animate Any Graphic in Resolve 17 in Seconds Using This Tool
Motion graphics and animation can be very time-consuming. Building out keyframes and making sure everything is just right is a tedious process that usually requires a few iterations to …
5 Super Simple Luma Key Effects in Premiere Pro CC
Chroma keys get all the attention. Sure, pulling off a great green screen effect is an amazing feat and can bring together a special effects sequence to elevate your …
How to Fix Bad Tracking in Resolve 17
Tracking in DaVinci Resolve is near magic. Most of the time I just hit track and it runs through the entire clip without a single issue, perfectly tracking whatever …
Premiere Pro vs DaVinci Resolve Scene Cut Detection Performance
Recently developed for Premiere Pro is a Scene Edit Detection feature that can automatically find cut points in a video file to help editors more quickly break up a …
Easy Sky Replacement Technique in Resolve 17
Among the things filmmakers never have control over is the weather. It’s unfortunate because sometimes you only have one or two days to nail some exterior scenes and it …
How to Remove Objects from Video Using Premiere Pro CC
When you are out and about shooting clips in public areas it is probably often you’ll have a good take that could be even better if something or someone …
Check Out These Incredible BTS Secrets from the Making of TENET
It’s always great if you can learn from the best, and one of the best things about filmmaking is a lot of the tricks that filmmakers use can be …
Low-Budget Green Screen Tips and Tricks
Green screen work used to be completely outside the realm of what indie filmmakers or creators could do. Now with our powerful computers and free software you can actually …
Free Seamless Transitions Pack for Resolve 17
Add some spice to your next videos by using some stylized transitions. Doesn’t seem like much and only takes up a fraction of the video, but it has a …
Five Must-Have Plugins for FCP X in 2021
Plugins can be huge time-savers for video editors. There are so many parts to video editing – especially for independent workers. We are talking about the basic edit, audio, …
How to Easily Track Objects in Resolve
One thing that makes a video look professionally made is adding in some tracked effects. Moving subjects and VFX that line up with elements on screen is difficult, but …
Five Must-Have Premiere Pro Plugins in 2021
Different software is better for different things. It’s a fact of life. With NLEs that sometimes means round-tripping between color grading programs, visual effects, and your basic timeline, plus …