A couple easy ways to make After Effects masks
One way to really spice up your video is to create animations using masks in After Effects. In this article, we will cover a couple easy ways to make After Effects masks.
How to rotate a video
If you need help with flipping a video, we'll show you how to rotate a video. We will show you how to rotate videos on Android, iOS, Windows, and Mac.
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To someone who has never worked with video, the editing process can seem mysterious and overwhelming. The truth is, anyone can learn to edit video. And you only need to understand a few basic techniques and principles to get started.
Here's a few tips to help you edit dialogue
Editing dialogue can be quite challenging. As an editor, it's your responsibility to determine what to remove when crafting the film. Here are some helpful tips for editing dialogue effectively.
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Even if you’ve just started using Premiere Pro or you’ve used it every day for years, you will surely learn a few new tricks in this tips video.
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There’s always room to grow. The mark of a true professional is someone who has mastered what they understand about their craft and understands what they haven’t mastered; they continue to learn throughout their career.
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From the earliest days of film, editors have faced the challenge of telling a story through the assemblage of various clips. Because one shot leads to the next, and that into another, on and on it goes until the message is clear and the story is told. It’s an...
Part of the joy in being an editor is in making the impossible possible, and the power to make visible invisible.
The invisible edit takes many forms and can be tricky to spot. If an edit is truly invisible, the audience will never even know that it exists. Invisible edits are used to string multiple shots together, creating the illusion of a single, uninterrupted take. This single shot is not...
Good editing is focused on relationships, relationships that exist between the various clips that make up an edit and the relationships that exists between the different subjects in the content of the narrative. By finding similar qualities in different shots, an editor can identify potential pairings for a match cut.
Cuts are the simplest, most diverse, and powerful tools in the editor’s arsenal. Cuts are the basic building blocks of editing. It’s foundational, and as small as it might seem, this gives the editor unbridled autonomy to create. Not all cuts are the same, there are a variety of...
Man video editing on a computer
Video editing is an invisible art and often goes unnoticed. It’s a tough art to learn and even harder to do. This article aims to make it a little easier.
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