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Is 5DtoRGB the DSLR post-production solution we've been waiting for?
As part of today's free Adobe workshop on HDSLR feature film workflows (I'll update that post with a link to the archived presentation), one of the commenters brought to my attention a promising DSLR...
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J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Hosting Free Avid Post Production Webinar on 'Star...
Unless you've completely ignored any and all exposure to mainstream media over the past five to ten years -- particularly television and cinema -- you've probably heard of Bad Robot. With productions...
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Will Post Houses and DITs Be Extinct by 2017?
The media management and quality control handled by the digital imaging technician and post house is nearly universally vital in modern filmmaking, where each digital camera brings its own varying...
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Want an Interactive Master Class with Legendary Spielberg Color Timer?...
Is it possible we're losing something through the non-destructive way in which we decide the final look of our shots? The answer, quaintly enough, is absolutely yes -- but what, exactly? Simplicity....
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Your iPad is Now a Controller for Apple Final Cut Pro X with Pixel Film...
The keyboard can certainly be a powerful and efficient control surface for non-linear editing, especially with the mastery of hot-keys and short-cuts. Despite this, some editors desire a more visually...
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ProCutX, an iPad Control App for Final Cut Pro X, is Now Free for a Limited Time
We've seen a few apps capable of controlling different programs on your computer with an iPad. A recent app that caught our eye, ProCutX, is capable of controlling Final Cut Pro X with your iPad, and...
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Knowing Your Scopes: When to Trust Your Eye and the Most Useful Scopes of All
Depending on the acquisition system, waveform monitors and vectorscopes can guide quality control of your imagery from shooting all the way down the pipeline to grading, mastering, and compression for...
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Float Like a Lily Pad, Sting Like an Iron: Updates on Light Iron's DIT...
A few weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to attend the grand opening of Light Iron's New York facility. I met very nice, dedicated, hard-working (and patient!) people there, and got a chance to hear...
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Audio101: Learn About Submix Basics and the Power of the Bus
Just as digital imagery can be manipulated in post with a number of approaches -- combinations of which may be used to achieve pretty much the same effect -- working with audio is a malleable exercise....
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'You Film, They Edit': Videopixie & Viedit Offer Marketplaces for Freelance...
Unfortunately enough, I'm sure many of us have been there: sitting on what seems like a mountain of raw footage, the beginnings of a project that grows in scope, intimidation, and horror every day you...
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How to Get Your Canon 5D Mark III RAW Footage Looking Like Arri Alexa
Suffice it to say some lucky, happy campers here at NFS have recently (finally) gotten their hands on a refurbished Canon 5D Mark III. Substances will surely flow in the not-too-distant future -- and...
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DaVinci Isn't Just for Color Correction, It Can Also 'Resolve' Your Metadata...
Nowadays, we equate 'DaVinci' with the powerful color correction software Resolve. It can be easy to forget DaVinci's hardware-based origins, just as it can be easy to forget Media Composer's origins...
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Perfect by Proxy: A Brief Look Into What 'Offline/Online' Means
It's not hard to get precious about pretty much everything in filmmaking. There's one thing coming off the set, though, that's more valuable than anything else -- the film. It has long been preferable...
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Edit Blackmagic & Magic Lantern RAW Right in Premiere with Ginger HDR
I've been talking a lot about offline/online workflows lately -- how they have, in principle, been used for ages, and still play today, tape or no tape. Such a post production process allows less...
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DaVinci Resolve 10 'Magically' Fixes Fringing in Magic Lantern RAW Video
Not too long ago, I posted about my post process for Magic Lantern RAW video, which relies heavily on Blackmagic Design's DaVinci Resolve. This is in contrast to some Ginger HDR processes that allow...
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Light Iron CEO Talks Innovations in Production and Post
Light Iron is a post-production company that is no stranger to innovation. The company is known for its handling of Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and its end-to-end 4K production -- as well...
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Creatively Incorporating Photography into Filmmaking: A Tutorial from...
Chances are that if you've ever tried to incorporate still photography into your filmmaking, you've most likely used what has become known as the "Ken Burns Effect" wherein you keyframe various...
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Uncover the Digital 'Holy Grail': How to 'Get a Film Look Without Shooting Film'
With modern digital cinema cameras, it is often preferable to achieve a look that is more "cinematic" than "digital." No one factor creates a filmic feel, but the precedent is simple enough -- film...
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Adobe CC Updates Put Some After Effects in Premiere Pro (& Vice-Versa)
Despite the controversy surrounding Adobe's switch to a subscription-based model, its Creative Cloud line of products has seen several useful updates for users. For instance, Adobe has added native RED...
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As Digital Cinema Shooting Reaches 4K, 6K, & Beyond, How Will Post Production...
Michael Cioni, CEO of post firm Light Iron, has been quite proactive in sharing the ins and outs of his company's workflows, techniques, and philosophies. Previously, Cioni has highlighted the hurdles...
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Got Media Management Migraines? Final Cut Library Manager 2 is Your FCPX...
Managing media requires attention and diligence -- otherwise, it can become a headache. Fortunately for users of Apple Final Cut Pro X, app-makers Arctic Whiteness have just released Final Cut Library...
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Light Iron Live Play 3: Cloud-Based Streaming, On-Demand Dailies, & Metadata...
Our daily routines are based on connectivity, with instant access to everything on-demand. Why can't more of the benefits of living in a digital world -- the internet, the cloud, collaborative creative...
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The Ultimate, Unbreakable Media-Linking Workflow for Avid Symphony & Davinci...
Perhaps one of the most under-appreciated aspects of cinema production is the work that goes into post. Editing, color grading, and visual effects play huge roles in shaping the final piece, but unseen...
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Want ProRes Encoding on a Windows PC? Then FootageStudio 4K is Your Kind of...
Apple's ProRes family of codecs is integral to the workflow of many a camera these days. Whether you're offline editing RED RAW footage or working right off Alexa or Blackmagic camera negative, there's...
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Do You Need to Sync Some Audio? Here Are a Few Quick & Easy Ways to Do It
If you're planning on shooting with multiple cameras and audio recorders, you could potentially wind up spending a hell of a lot of time syncing it all in post. Thankfully, Film Riot's here to show you...
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Capturing Realistic Day for Night: Techniques to Know Before & After You Shoot
Now that we have affordable, super sensitive cameras with high ISO settings, like the Sony a7s, it seems as though shooting nighttime scenes aren't as big of an issue as it might've been a couple of...
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Uh...What's a Timeline? Here's an Editing Tutorial for Super Noobs
Everybody has to start somewhere, right? Right! If you're interested in getting into video editing, one of the first things you might want to do is learn your way around the interface of popular...
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'Behind The Green Screen': Top VFX Supervisors on Craft, Commerce and...
How does the most unnoticed job in Hollywood actually work? Four VFX veterans break it down. Visual effects are more integral (and often unnoticed) than they've ever been, yet many of us—even in the...
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'Curb Your Enthusiasm': How the Editors Find the Comedy in the Show's Unique...
Discover the process of cutting the show's signature improvisation into carefully crafted comedic gems. Curb Your Enthusiasm is back. HBO is now airing its ninth season after a six-year hiatus, and...
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6 Post-Production Practices for Your First Short Film
Making your first film and wish to improve the post-production workflow? A recent panel hosted by SAG-AFTRA aims to help. With an endless amount of scheduling, budgeting, and constant decisionmaking,...
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Frame.io Launches the Ultimate Post Workflow Guide
Work in progress review platform Frame.io sets out to be the ultimate destination for helping projects move through post. There are a lot of great resources to be found on the internet. Wikipedia, for...
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A Beginner’s Guide to Rotoscoping in After Effects
Elevate your production value with a classic VFX technique. Ah, rotoscoping. Scourge of the would-be VFX artist. Time-honored booster of production value. Put simply, “rotoscoping” refers to the...
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How FiLMiCPro's DoubleTake Helped Save A Production During Quarantine
Apps can do more than you think. Since local lockdowns began and then were lifted and then put back in place, it’s been interesting to watch the film industry adapt. Crews have shrunk, become remote,...
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How to Quickly Remove Unwanted Objects from a Shot in Post
Remove set lights from shots in a few easy steps. If you've spent any time in post, you know all too well that unexpected objects can enter the frame, whether that be an overhead boom or even the...
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Flanders Scientific DM Series AutoCal Now Supports i1D3 Colorimeter
You can now effortlessly calibrate your DM170 and DM240 monitors with an i1D3 OEM colorimeter. Flanders Scientific has made calibrating its DM170 and DM 240 monitors more affordable, as they now...
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Sweet—You Can Now Download Unreal Engine 5
Get a head start with early access to the popular filmmaking tool. We talk a lot about Unreal Engine here at No Film School because it, along with programs like Unity and Blender, are not only part of...
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