Most videographers use their camcorder's auto white balance or manually set the white balance. So fixing white balance in post is rarely necessary, and, in any case, it is mindlessly easy to do. So why do professional non-linear video editors (NLEs) have so many tonal and color-correction tools?
They're...
Without a doubt, you see chromakeys used countless times - probably every time you watch the news on TV - and perhaps you aren't even aware of it.
Chromakeying is a process widely used throughout the television industry to merge (composite) one image (often a live one) with...
How to use Color Correction techniques in Adobe CS2 to create professional looking video.
In this week's "Take 20", Charlie and Andrew view a music video by the band "Jackalope" produced by Scott Freiheit called "Can't We Go Back," an excellent example of chromakeying with some interesting effects.
Mark shares tips on colorizing your edited video for style.
In our "Hands On" segment, Mark looks at -Magic Bullet Colorista by Red Giant Software.
In our News & Technology segment, Blackmagic ships HDMI Intensity; Mark tells you about that along with a Panasonic announcement of a universal format live switcher and Red Giant releases Colorista. Derek gives details on the BBC's partnering with Zudeo, putting British TV on the Internet in his Video...
In our News & Technology segment , Mark and Derek discuss two powerful video editing computers: Gateway's Beefy F-X-530 workstation and Alienware's latest laptop with a 400-GB Hard Drive Capacity....They'll tell you how to enter Apple's Insomnia 24-Hour Film, aptly named because you'll be up all night working on...
News and Technology – with Mark & Derek
Vegas/Vegas Movie Studio
Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo
Expert Village
Grouper and eBay... Sony potential conflict of interest?
MotionDSP
New Resources
Click TV
MotionBox
Special Guest: Serious Magic's DV Rack visit video.
Tips and Techniques – with Mark and Brian
Reading color bars part 1.
Special Guest: Serious Magic's DV Rack visit video.
Video...
From the magical CGI composites of Hollywood to the meteorologist pointing to an animated map, the one essential element that links them is the key. Perhaps you'd like to make your two-year old child appear like Godzilla on top of a neighborhood of unsuspecting barbecue dads. In the olden...
