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Quick Look: EasyTracker for FCPX
I get these emails from “Sara at CrumplePop”, spruiking all sorts of clever plugins for FCPX. Normally I resist the shiny-shiny, protecting my wallet from harm and my effects folders from clutter, but...
View ArticleMOVIOLA FREE WEBINAR – MOCHA FOR MEDIA COMPOSER EDITORS – MARCH 21, 2017
Media Composer editors and their workstations have always been an island in the world of post production. Say what you will, but there’s a reason that many post houses that work on broadcast...
View ArticleMocha for Media Composer Editors
Get a brief overview of what Mocha is, how and why you should use it, as well as some operational basics from the perspective of an Avid editor! Why use Mocha? What is rotoscoping, and why should you...
View ArticleGeneric Screen Replacements in Motion and Final Cut Pro X
This week on MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin from Ripple Training how you can use Motion’s tracking and publishing features to create a tracked template for Final Cut Pro X. So what exactly is a...
View ArticleAn Overview and Review of Fusion 9
We take a look at the massive improvements made in Fusion 9. With new camera tracking, planar tracking, updated keying, shot review, collaboration, and VR tools, Fusion 9 is taking aim at the VFX...
View ArticleAdobe’s New Dimension for Video FX
Adobe’s new machine learning driven rendering system isn’t just for knocking out product shots. Watch to discover how you can employ Dimension to create convincing visual effects using 3D models...
View ArticleLet’s Edit with MC – Keying Part 4 – Mocha Masking Basics
In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about utilizing the worlds most powerful tracking software, Mocha BCC, to create Inside/Outside masks, so you can isolate the areas of your footage that you need...
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CoreMelt PaintX – a tracked painting must have tool for Final Cut Pro X
The big brains at CoreMelt recently released PaintX, another visual effects tool for Final Cut Pro X that uses the mocha tracking engine to make tedious tasks easier. I don’t do a ton of visual effects...
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After Effects News 2018 October #2
This time in the world of After Effects, version 16 has been released, with tracking and expressions and features tentatively discussed. And there’s been talk of transitions, volumetric lights,...
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REVIEW: Red Giant VFX Suite
Red Giant Software has been developing After Effects plugins for over 15 years, and today they’ve launched their newest product. The brand new Red Giant VFX Suite is comprised of nine individual After...
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Tracking in Mocha: The must-have 2020 skill upgrade
Editors, mograph artists, and VFX artists all need to track objects. What if in 20 minutes you could learn to track in Mocha, the undisputed champ of tracking software? While there are always plenty of...
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Motion Tracking, After Effects, and CINEMA 4D Lite
After Effects features a 3D Camera Tracker that examines already-shot footage and attempts to reverse-engineer where the camera was during the shot, creating a 3D camera to match. This allows you to...
View ArticleScreen replacement in Final Cut Pro X with TrackX
This week on MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin from Ripple Training shows us how he used CoreMelt’s TrackX plugin for Final Cut Pro X to track a video clip to an iPad for a recent project. Screen...
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Quick Look: EasyTracker for FCPX
I get these emails from “Sara at CrumplePop”, spruiking all sorts of clever plugins for FCPX. Normally I resist the shiny-shiny, protecting my wallet from harm and my effects folders from clutter, but...
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Silhouette Paint for Adobe: a powerful roto/paint/tracking toolset for...
Silhouette Paint from BorisFX goes far beyond the roto/paint/tracking tools found in Adobe After Effects (and not found in Premiere Pro at all). It can stabilize detail that needs to be removed in...
View ArticleAfter Effects Classic Course: 3D Camera Tracking
A classic visual effects job is to place a place one planar object (such as a new sign, a video screen, etc.) onto another planar object (such as a wall, a laptop, a cell phone, etc.) while either the...
View ArticleFinal Cut Pro 10.6 New Features
Full dot releases for both Final Cut Pro and Motion today with a few new and interesting features. First, if you import footage shot on an iPhone 13 in Cinematic mode into Final Cut Pro or Motion, you...
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After Effects Roundup for August 2022
Adobe MAX 2022 registration is now open. This year’s event is going to be in person and online! Grab your spot now for the keynotes, skill-building sessions, and sneak peeks on October 18–20. After...
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After Effects Roundup for September 2022
Adobe MAX 2022 registration is still open. This year’s event is going to be in person and online! Grab your spot now for the keynotes, skill-building sessions, and sneak peeks on October 18–20. Adobe...
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After Effects Roundup for October 2022
Adobe Video updates at Max 2022 outlined the October 2022 Adobe updates and video notes for Creative Cloud. In an unusual turn, there were numerous overview videos in several languages that celebrated...
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