Check Out This Dope Hack for Precise Color Control in Resolve 18
Resolve is a very intimidating piece of software. There is an astounding amount of control over your image, especially when you get deep in the color grading tools. Beginners …
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Picking the Right MacBook for 4K Video Editing in 2023
Apple has been a roll with their latest MacBooks featuring their new M-series chips. All of these have been outstanding choices for creatives, though video editors can see some …
Can a $599 M2 Mac mini Compete with a $13,000 Mac Pro for Color Grading in Resolve?
Apple has finally packed the M2 chip (and the brand-new Pro variant) into a desktop computer. Perhaps surprisingly it was the diminutive Mac mini. While the Mac mini is …
3 Best Freelance Video Editing Jobs in 2023
If you are looking to turn filmmaking and video editing into a career you’ll need to start finding clients and jobs to give you a consistent income. Doing video …
10 Tricks to Edit Way Faster in Premiere Pro
It’s still early in the year and if you made a resolution to learn more about video editing then you are in luck. Premiere Basics has 10 new tricks …
Hack: How to Get Fully-Fledged DaVinci Resolve on iPad
Blackmagic has finally brought DaVinci Resolve to the iPad! However, the initial launch, while exciting, was limited to just the Cut and Color pages. It’s still surprising how close …
M1 MacBook Pro vs M1 iPad Pro for Color Grading in Resolve 18
DaVinci Resolve has finally dropped for iPad! This is exciting just because it finally shows that those iPads with pro-level processing are actually capable of running pro-level apps. For …
10 Must-Know AI Tools for Filmmakers
Artificial intelligence is not something filmmakers and other creators need to be afraid of. At least not yet. Today, plenty of companies are leveraging the early power of AI …
How to Edit and Export High-Quality YouTube Shorts in Premiere Pro
We recently covered how to edit and export high quality Instagram Reels in DaVinci Resolve 18. How about a similar but different take for a different platform using another …
3 Easy Ways to Earn Income with After Effects
Freelance filmmakers and editors (or even those working full-time gigs) are often looking for extra income streams to supplement their income. The good news is that there seems to …
Here are the Latest New Features in Adobe Premiere Pro 2023
Adobe Max has become the regular event for getting the next year’s major updates for Creative Cloud. It means all your favorite apps are going to have to be …
Check Out This Dope iPhone Color Grading Hack
iPhone footage, or any smartphone footage for that matter, isn’t exactly known for being easy to work with. The smaller sensors, compressed footage, and very limited controls don’t exactly …
How to Edit 10x Faster in Your NLE
As a filmmaker you are destined to spend a lot more time in front of a computer screen then you are behind a camera. It’s an unfortunate reality of …
4 Creative Ways to Use Adjustment Layers in Premiere Pro
Adjustment layers are an incredibly powerful tool available in many Adobe products, including Premiere Pro. It is basically an empty layer on which you can place effects that will …
Check Out This Simple Keyboard Video Editing Hack
There are plenty of ways to learn to edit faster though arguably one of the most effective ways is to make the most of keyboard controls and shortcuts. Taking …
How to Do an Easy Sky Replacement in Premiere Pro 2022
Sometimes everything lines up for a shot and sometimes it’s all but one part. Landscape photographers know what I’m talking about. The timing, the weather, the light, all that …
5 Annoying Premiere Pro Bugs and How to Fix Them
Even considering how often editors complain about how dysfunctional Premiere Pro has become it still holds its place as perhaps the most widely used NLE around for professionals and …
How to Get Notified on Your Phone When Your Video Export is Ready
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could hit export in Premiere Pro, walk away, and then get notified on your phone when the video is complete? I think so …
Best Premiere Pro Export Settings for YouTube in 2022
Over the years we have covered a lot of the different “best” export settings for various platforms and applications. We recently did exporting for DaVinci Resolve 18 as well …
Best Sigma fp Cinematic Settings
A great camera that flew under the radar is the Sigma fp. It’s tiny, full-frame, and has some impressive specs—including DCI 4K raw video output. It looks like a …
