Monthly Archives: July 2008
Goodbye Final Cut Pro and hello After Effects, tuning new gear for color accuracy
Brooklyn, New York I’ve started translating DOG from FCP to AE. I’ve found a free script to do this, which saved me from having to spend $500 bucks on Automatic Duck. Much as I would like to own AD, I’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged After Effects, apocalypse, Automatic Duck, color correction, Color Temperature Orange, cruise ship, CTO, empire state building, Final Cut Pro, ND, neutral density filter, order of operations, over-expose, rotoscope, rotoscoping, slowing down time
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Color correction and a frothy soup
Brooklyn, New York It’s actually 7/23 today, but I want to make a entry for 7/22, so here it is. I got up and jumped into re-calibrating the Matrox MXO so I could count on the color. As a bonus, … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D model, After Effects, DV Rebel Guide, DVCPRO HD, Final Cut Pro, foley, HVX-200, Jonathan Kelly, JVC field monitor, NTSC, offline, online, picture lock, sound lock, VFX
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Introduction to the updates July 22, 2008
Brooklyn, New York Many of you know I’ve been working on a short movie for the past couple of years – DOG or Daughter of God. Many of you are part of this project. Director’s friend: “So, how’s the movie?” … Continue reading
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Tagged camping, Daughter of God, family, friends, gear, shut up, workflow
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The rotoscoping adventure begins, what is rotoscoping anyway?
Brooklyn, New York Ok so this week I’m diving into rotoscoping. That means isolating moving things from the background so that they can be independently manipulated. It’s the red hallway effort, that is changing the lights in the hall between … Continue reading