Post Production – Photography

2020-08-05

Art Of The Cut Podcast Eps. 59 (“The Old Guard” Editor Terilyn A. Shropshire, ACE)

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The Art of the Cut podcast brings the fantastic conversations that Steve Hullfish has with world renowned editors into your car, living room, editing suite and beyond. In each episode, Steve talks with editors ranging from emerging stars to Oscar and Emmy winners. Hear from the top editors of today about their careers, editing workflows and about their work on some of the biggest films and TV shows of the year.

On todays episode of the Art of the Cut Podcast, Steve talks with Terilyn A. Shropshire, ACE about editing the Netflix breakout hit film “The Old Guard.” You Continue reading “Art Of The Cut Podcast Eps. 59 (“The Old Guard” Editor Terilyn A. Shropshire, ACE)”

2020-08-05

Useful Tools for Editors: Still Masked Edition

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It’s hot, it’s muggy and we’re still having to be socially distant or staying at home or quarantined depending on where you are. Unless you’re in one of those parts of the world that are in the cold days of winter then you have your own unique weather patterns to deal with.

Let’s start off with Boris FX as the folks at Boris have been very busy.

Boris Silhouette Paint

If you’ve ever imagined Photoshop being a plug-in right inside if your NLE or video app then Boris Silhouette Paint might be as close as you get. It’s a full

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2020-08-04

ART OF THE CUT with “The Old Guard” editor, Terilyn Shropshire, ACE

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I had the good fortune of meeting Terilyn Shropshire, ACE, when I moderated a fantastic roundtable discussion that was set-up by Simon Smith. That’s how I wrangled her to do this interview that had been requested by SOOO many readers since the premiere – or maybe even the first trailers – of The Old Guard hit on Netflix.

Terilyn’s credits include another recent killer action flick with a strong female action lead, Miss Bala. She was an additional editor on A Wrinkle in Time (which was a previous Art of the Cut interview). She edited the extraordinary documentary,

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2020-08-04

Character Creator 3.3 and SkinGen for rapid digital double creation

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Character Creator 3.3 arrives with new realism tools and Reallusion announces the availability of SkinGen, a new skin layer system, presented as the new industry standard in Digital Human Design.

Early in 2020 Reallusion introduced its new Digital Human Shader for iClone 7.7 and Character Creator 3.2, making more accessible to create realistic digital humans for real-time 3D animation. Then last May the company revealed a first look video of SkinGen, its Dynamic Skin Effect Editor plug-in for Character Creator 3.3, promised for July 2020. August just started and SkinGen is here!

With character animation

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2020-08-03

VEGAS Pro 18 to feature collaborative workflows

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With “remote” being a buzzword now, VEGAS Creative Software launches VEGAS Pro 18 and unveils extensive plans for cloud-based media management and collaborative workflows.

VEGAS Pro 18 represents a significant upgrade to VEGAS Pro, with lots of new or improved features but the company also announced detailed plans to provide extensive, cloud-based media management, file transfer and backup and collaboration capabilities that will help VEGAS Pro users manage large amounts of media and collaborate remotely with colleagues like never before. It’s a sign of the times, the Work From Home many professionals are following and all the changes that, apparently,

VEGAS Pro 18 to feature collaborative workflows

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2020-08-03

After Effects Classic Course: Warp Stabilizer

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We’re back, and continuing with sharing movies we created for earlier versions of After Effects that are no longer being published by Lynda or LinkedInLearning. We found that many of those movies were still relevant to the current version, so we want to share them to help round out your knowledge of Adobe After Effects.

Take, for example, the Warp Stabilizer: Originally introduced in the Creative Suite 6 version, this then-new way of stabilizing footage has seen only small updates since then, and has been added to Adobe Premiere Pro as well. The movies below are designed to get you Continue reading “After Effects Classic Course: Warp Stabilizer”

2020-08-02

How to Create Drama in Your Landscapes With Natural Colors

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Sometimes all a shot needs to go from average to good (or beyond) is the right color. This video will teach you how one landscape photographer does it.

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2020-08-01

Nike’s ‘You Can’t Stop Us’ Amazes the Internet With a New Spin on Familiar Techniques

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By now, you’ve probably seen the wildly impressive short film “You Can’t Stop Us” by Nike. The video has already received about 42 million views on YouTube since its release on July 30th. While the narration and source content are both as solid and empowering as we’ve come to expect from Nike’s ads, the inventive editing is the true star of the piece with its revolutionary visual concept.

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2020-07-31

Animating a 3D Camera in Motion

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This week on MacBreak Studio, I demonstrate how easy and downright fun it is to animate a camera in Motion to fly though a 3D scene using the powerful Framing behavior.

Using a fun hand-drawn style template from MotionVFX.com (project 470 I you are interested) in which I removed the original camera that was animated with keyframes and also simplified the project a bit in order to improve playback performance, I decide where I want the camera to go, add the framing behavior and trim it to my desired start and stop times, and then drag the element that Continue reading “Animating a 3D Camera in Motion”

2020-07-31

DaVinci Resolve 16.2.5 Update Released

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Blackmagic dropped another DaVinci Resolve Studio version, bumping it to 16.2.5. As usual with a dot-dot update, the improvements are mostly unremarkable, unless you plan to buy an ATEM Mini Pro ISO (or are affected by one of the issues fixed).

image credit: Blackmagic Design (edited by cinema5D).

Here are the patch notes from Blackmagic:

What’s new in DaVinci Resolve Studio/Free 16.2.5

Support for importing ATEM Mini Pro ISO projects in DaVinci Resolve.
Improved listing of numbered still frames in the media pool.
Addressed flashing offline frame issues for some H.264 clips on Windows.
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2020-07-31

Capture One’s Beyond Collection: new film and B&W Style Packs

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The Black and White tools in Capture One give you extreme flexibility, but if you want to try something different, the Style Packs are the way to go: the new Beyond Collection is a good point to start.

Style Packs in Capture One are an expansion of the base photo editor. They are a clear invitation to make fast edits to your photos with Styles – instant looks developed by leading photographers. With instant looks inspired by everything from vintage film to seasonal colors, there’s a Style to suit every shot. Simply apply a Style to instantly transform your photo

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2020-07-30

ART OF THE CUT with Showtime’s “Homeland” editor, Harvey Rosenstock, ACE

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Today’s interview is with Harvey Rosenstock, ACE. We’re discussing his editing on multiple seasons of Showtime’s long-running series, Homeland, which is currently in Season 8.

Rosenstock’s other credits include the feature films, Scent of a Woman, Tombstone, The Emperor’s Club, Stay Alive, and Kiss the Girls. He’s also worked on the TV series, Ray Donovan, Sneaky Pete, Justified, The Blacklist, and The Bridge.

This interview is available as a podcast.

(This interview was transcribed with SpeedScriber. Thanks to Martin Baker at Digital Heaven)

HULLFISH: I got an email from Alan Heim, ACE recently. I understand you two go way

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2020-07-30

StageRole: a WFH rehearsal tool for the performing arts

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Still in development stage, StageRole will benefit producers, directors, theatres, the film industry, actors, writers, audiobook producers, sound editors, studios and more. Learn how!

“There’s no business like lockdown showbusiness”. That’s how Paul Watson presents StageRole, a project that is all about making acting from home a more simplified and engaging experience during the lockdown and beyond. It’s, he says, “a pioneering new way to perfect your performance and make learning your lines a lot more fun. Whether your background is theatre, TV, movies or voice over, we’re pioneering new ways to focus your talent.”

Paul Watson, a fan

StageRole: a WFH rehearsal tool for the performing arts

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2020-07-30

Capture One Releases Film-Like ‘Beyond Styles’ Style Pack

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No matter how good digital cameras get, there’s always a group that loves the style and familiarity of how film photography looks. Now, Capture One launches their latest style pack to emulate those old rolls of film.

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2020-07-29

Art Of The Cut Podcast Eps. 58 (“Homeland” Editor Harvey Rosenstock, ACE)

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On todays episode of the Art of the Cut Podcast, Steve talks with editor Harvey Rosenstock, ACE about his work on the Showtime series “Homeland.” Harvey has worked Continue reading “Art Of The Cut Podcast Eps. 58 (“Homeland” Editor Harvey Rosenstock, ACE)”

2020-07-29

What Adobe is working on: Have machines finally learned how to rotoscope?

This post is by Damian Allen from ProVideo Coalition

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Adobe has been bringing performance improvements thick and fast of late, with new GPU hardware acceleration for Windows in May, faster launch times for Premiere Pro on macOS in June, and now significant optimization for Intel Quick Sync. But the most exciting thing for me was the June announcement of a public beta of Roto Brush 2, the automatic rotoscoping tool powered by Adobe Sensei machine learning technology. Let’s take a look at the July announcement and then do a deeper dive on Roto Brush 2 in After Effects.

From Adobe’s July 2020 Release blog post

Things got

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2020-07-29

Epic MegaGrants: $42 million given to over 600 recipients

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Projects in the Media and Entertainment industry are among the many that received financial support from the $100 million program Epic MegaGrants created by EpicGames.

Designed to globally accelerate the work of talented teams and individuals working with Unreal Engine, 3D graphics tools, and open source software, the Epic MegaGrants is a $100 million program launched just over one year ago and that has now provided over $42 million in financial support to more than 600 recipients in categories from Education to Enterprise, Independent Gaming, Tools and Open-Source or Media and Entertainment.

This announcement follows a record initial round

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2020-07-29

Is the film industry really ready for 12K? What it takes to create impressive sensors for cinema cameras

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Recent insights about the RED Komodo 6K S35 have gotten lots of cinematographers excited, but the new URSA Mini Pro 12K Cinema Camera has taken that excitement to the next level. The future arrives faster than ever, but was it really that long ago that we debated the merits of 4K?

That arrival and excitement will have to wait until more people can get their hands on these cameras, but in the awkward gap between a product’s announcement and its availability, there’s often a lot of pressure to speculate about how useful an unknown thing will be. In the long Continue reading “Is the film industry really ready for 12K? What it takes to create impressive sensors for cinema cameras”

2020-07-29

CES 2021 will be an all-digital experience

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The pandemic is shaping the way events are created and the organizers of CES have announced that the CES 2021, next January, will be exclusively online.

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced that CES 2021 – January 6-9, 2021 – will be an all-digital experience connecting exhibitors, customers, thought leaders and media from around the world. The new format will allow participants to hear from technology innovators, see cutting-edge technologies and the latest product launches, and engage with global brands and startups from around the world.

The organizers are still planning for the CES Unveiled 2020 series in Europe to go ahead,

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2020-07-28

ART OF THE CUT Congratulates 2020 Emmy Editing nominees

This post is by Steve Hullfish from ProVideo Coalition

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Congratulations to all of the editors who were just nominated for Primetime 2020 Emmy Awards. Many have been on Art of the Cut in the past. Which ones do you want to hear from next? Answer in the comments and we’ll try to land interviews.

Links to previous interviews are included for any show or editor previously featured in Art of the Cut.