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Tim Siglin | LandingZone, which will be available in a few weeks for $199.00 in two sizes—11" or 13" designs—mimics all the connectors of a last-generation Core2Duo MacBook Air. Read on to find out about current model MacBook Air devices, which have Thunderbolt connectors instead of mini DisplayPort connectors.
Jan Ozer | If you're a streaming producer you have to know how to produce H.264 for both Flash distribution and for mobile devices. Fortunately, Adobe Media Encoder makes this simple with multiple presets for desktop and mobile players which I'll show you how to find and customize in this tutorial.
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- Posted 06 Feb 2012
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Jan Ozer
Jan Ozer | When you compress video for the web, the video can darken and colors can become muted. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to correct color and adjust brightness and color saturation with Adobe Premiere Pro's Fast Color Corrector. If you're a Final Cut Pro 7 user, I'll also show you that Premiere Pro's tools work very similarly to those that you're used to and should be much easier to learn than those used in Final Cut Pro X.
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- Posted 02 Feb 2012
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Jan Ozer
Jan Ozer | Over the years, I've gathered some thoughts on what it takes to produce and deliver a high-quality video experience and, to a degree, succeed as a video producer. While most of this will be old hat to grizzled veterans, perhaps some newbie will find these ramblings, and the associated resources that I point to, of use.
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- Posted 07 Dec 2011
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Jan Ozer
Scott Strimple | Apple has taken the time to reimagine Final Cut Pro in particular and the NLE user interface in general, which was based on the analog tape-to-tape model. Naturally, you cannot re-create 15 years of product development in just 2 short years without delivering a version 1 release that's missing some features of a mature NLE such as FCP7. Apple pretty much needed to take this leap if it wanted to continue to remain a player in the editorial world, and we have much more to gain than to lose from taking the leap with them.
Liz Merfeld | Today, the demo is arguably no less important than it was in years past. But a handful of adventurous wedding filmmakers, in an effort to stand out among a growing talent pool, have begun to offer a more introspective marketing piece to complement, or even replace, their demos: the promo video. Where demos highlight a filmmaker's skills, as well as testimonials to the value of those skills, promos introduce viewers to the people behind the cameras.
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | EventDV is closing its doors after 7 exciting years in the event filmmaking industry. Editor Stephen Nathans-Kelly says farewell in words and in a PSA clip produced by Whit Wales of Wales Films.
January 9, 2012 "Getting Into Wedding & Event Filmmaking - 101" event to be held at Bally's Las Vegas, feature Michael Brand, Alex Karas, and Jenny Lehman
Breaking News
- Posted 21 Nov 2011
Chris P. Jones | While you're practicing the habits for streamlining your edit workflow shared in this column over the last year, and while you are feeling the weight of your backlog lighten, you still must make one additional change to your business model to keep backlog from returning with a vengeance. You've come this far, so it's time to finish off backlog once and for all. Are you ready? OK, here we go. Here's what you need do ... stop editing.
David McKnight | Vegas Pro 11 was announced at IBC in September and is an exciting and much-anticipated upgrade to the cornerstone in Sony Creative Software's (SCS) media production line. It's available now at www.sonycreativesoftware.com for immediate download. There are some important changes afoot and in this review we're going to take a look at what's new, what's changed, what's missing, and whether or not you should upgrade from your current version.
Kyle Oliver | Chris Duke's broadcast and web TV show Motorz combines the agility of a technology professional with the enthusiasm of a lifetime, self-taught car buff. The result is an automotive DIY show that can, in Duke's words, "keep how-to installations real for enthusiasts." But it does this without giving the impression that there's anything amateur about the decidedly DIY Motorz operation, and looking inside that operation provides a great lesson into what a multitalented and motivated independent producer can accomplish without a studio behind him.
David McKnight | The Continuum Complete package from Boris FX is unlike any other FX package I've seen. It combines video filters, transitions, motion tracking, a titler, a particle generator, greenscreen utilities—more than 150 effects in all. Moreover, each of these comes with actual usable presets right out of the box. You can see the gushing coming down Interstate 45 with the doors wide open: "If you buy only one plug-in this year ..."
Jan Ozer | I think that Final Cut Pro X will be a very successful program for Apple, but primarily as iMovie Pro, not the next version of Final Cut Pro. I don't argue with Apple's economic motivation for eschewing the pro market; it's the best way to maximize Apple's development resources. But I take serious issue with the notion that the Final Cut Pro X launch has been anything close to successful, at least for professional users. If anything, it's a downloadable New Coke.
Feature
- Posted 27 Sep 2011
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Jan Ozer
Liz Merfeld | Andrew Waite runs Higher Definition Media (HDM) out of Bakersfield, and just this June launched its wedding-focused spin-off, Lovestruck Films. In addition, he is an indie filmmaker, with 3 self-produced features under his belt, and was among the first presenters announced for IN[FOCUS] 2012. Registered with the film commission, Waite often gets to crew on blockbuster films and even rent out his gear.
ShootEditLearn.com co-founders Cristina Valdivieso and Jon Connor have announced a new workshop they are putting on in collaboration with Kessler Crane this fall in Austin, Texas, called Masters in Motion. The event takes place November 14-16 at Austin's Alamo Drafthouse; its 75-100 attendees will attend eight workshops in addition to shooting electives.
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- Posted 19 Sep 2011
Featuring Adobe Systems CS5.5 expert trainer Colin Smith, new Adobe Sessions and core topics will be presented at 3 levels for wedding & event filmmakers
Breaking News
- Posted 12 Sep 2011
Final Cut Pro Killer Secrets, BigTime, Loader now offered at deep discounts
Breaking News
- Posted 08 Sep 2011
Stu Sweetow | You may not need to present it on bended knee, as the prospective groom does, but your corporate video proposal is your opportunity to sell yourself in order to create a long-term relationship. So show off your creativity by coming up with innovative concepts that will motivate the viewers and make the most effective use of video.
Co-produced with Video2Brain, 3-hour workshop helps Adobe CS5.5 producers efficiently encode top-quality video for streaming, iDevices, and optical media
Breaking News
- Posted 02 Sep 2011
Philip Hinkle | In this sixth installment in our six-part series of tutorials on Grass Valley EDIUS 6.0, instructor Philip Hinkle explores a new third-party keyer plug-in called ROBUSKEY. What's so great about ROBUSKEY is that it allows you to make a great key out of poorly shot footage. It's a third-party utility that's recently come to market that plugs in really well to EDIUS. I'm going to show you how to clean it up and have your keys looking the best they can be.
Chris P. Jones | By implementing four tasks described in this column, you will tap into the intensity that you previously unleashed exclusively while building same-day edits, but you will not have all the associated stress.
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- Posted 26 Aug 2011
Philip Hinkle | In this fifth installment in our six-part series of tutorials on Grass Valley EDIUS 6.0, instructor Philip Hinkle explores some of the tools within EDIUS that will make you more creative and more efficient, including creating custom filter presets and building complex projects using multiple nested sequences.
Philip Hinkle | In the fourth tutorial in our six-part series on Grass Valley EDIUS 6, we'll discuss Singular Software's PluralEyes, a third-party plug-in now available for EDIUS 6 that allows you, the editor, to easily sync all of your audio and video sources quickly on your timeline without going through the laborious task of doing it manually.
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | IN[FOCUS] co-founder Chris P. Jones discusses plans for IN[FOCUS] 2012, including dates (Jan 16-19), location (Charleston, SC) and theme (THE LEGACY), how the theme and location connect, and what first-time and longtime IN[FOCUS] attendees can expect to learn and experience at the event.
Philip Hinkle | Most pro-level NLEs today incorporate a multicam feature that helps event editors by making their edit process simple and quick. Grass Valley EDIUS is no exception. It has a robust multicam feature set that is difficult to match in other NLEs. I hope this tutorial helps you speed through your multicam edits and accomplish more work in less time.
Jan Ozer | If you're a Final Cut Pro 7 editor who shoots with DSLRs, you've known you needed an FCP upgrade for some time now; little did you know Apple wasn't developing one. So the time has come to switch, either to FCPX, which is a completely different animal from FCP 7, or to an NLE from another vendor. In making this decision, you should consider multiple variables, including cost, the ability to continue working with older projects, the learning curve of the new editor, and the effectiveness of the various tools.
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- Posted 18 Jul 2011
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Jan Ozer
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | The men will have to continue to wonder what really goes on at POSH: A Retreat for the Female Filmmaker, but women who didn't make the 2010 event—as well as 2010 attendees who've been wondering what Team POSH will do for an encore—will get a chance to find out what all the excitement is about on November 6 when POSH 2011 kicks off in Cancun, Mexico. Last week I spoke with POSH co-founders Reagan Zugelter and Jennifer Moon to get the scoop on POSH 2011. Here's what I found out.
Reagan Zugelter | What more could you want than some beautiful summer weather in an amazing city while being educated by some of the top event filmmakers in the industry? The 5th Annual IVA Expo held in Itasca, Chicago on June 28-29 was a packed two full days of business strategies, branding, storytelling, and inspiration.
Chris P. Jones | By 'templatizing' as much of your editing process as possible, you will reduce your backlog and your delivery time, and this will make your clients happier than if you were to commission Danny Elfman to compose an original score.
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | It isn't really the rage of the "disruptive moment" in genre-defining indie film Return of the Secaucus 7 that makes it so powerful; rather it is the editing and the stylistic contrast that sets it off so jarringly from the rest of the film and suggests all sorts of analogous possibilities in our own work for bringing dramatic resolution to films that are inherently short on conflict.
Philip Hinkle | The second tutorial in our ongoing series on Grass Valley EDIUS is on a new feature in EDIUS 6.0 called Proxy Mode editing. Proxy Mode allows you to edit with low-resolution proxy files, which make field editing is easier because they conserve your system resources, allowing you to work as efficiently with a laptop or other lower-powered computer as on the tower systems in your studio. It should speed up your workflow and allow you to edit in more places than you ever thought possible.
Anthony Burokas | We all know about the value of backing up, and any external hard drive can do that just fine. But for mobile professionals, an external drive can offer more functionality, and capability than you might at first expect. The G-Technology G-DRIVE Slim is well-positioned for mobile production. Does it deliver?
Offers 50 percent discount on Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium or Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 to Apple or Avid editors
Breaking News
- Posted 05 Jul 2011
David McKnight | After months of speculation about what would be in the latest full-step upgrade to Sony Creative Software's popular pro NLE, the new version has brought users new features and increased performance—without sacrificing stability. In this overview we'll cover many of these new features in Vegas Pro 10 that will benefit event videographers and filmmakers. Also, bookmark this page: we'll be adding new Vegas Pro 10 video tutorials every month through the first half of 2011.
Philip Hinkle | In this first of a series of video/print tutorials, EDIUS instructor and leading event filmmaker Philip Hinkle explores the new Mask Filter in Grass Valley EDIUS 6.
New tutorials to focus on editing efficiency and creativity, feature award-winning filmmaker and EDIUS trainer Philip Hinkle
Breaking News
- Posted 21 Jun 2011
Luisa Winters, Jan Ozer, and Shawn Lam | New Shawn Lam tutorial added: Author & Deliver in Multiple Formats with a Single Encore CS5.5 Workflow. Also featured: Jan Ozer on Roundtrip Pro Audio Editing, Luisa Winters on the new Merge Clips feature in Premiere Pro CS5.5, Jan Ozer on new capabilities of Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5, Luisa Winters on using Photoshop's Content Aware Fill with After Effects, Shawn Lam on Image Stabilization Using Adobe After Effects' new Warp Stabilizer.
Niels Puttemans | In this article, I'll guide you through our audio workflow: from switching through your multitrack/dual-system audio recording to removing unwanted noises to sweetening, cleaning, and even disaster recovery. And although I'll repeat this sentiment at the clean-up section, I can't stress the following enough: Even the sweetest audio-sweetening skills set will take you only so far. No matter how much time you spend processing and cleaning-up an audio track, nothing beats getting it right in the first place.
Jan Ozer | I've always been a sucker for a cool special effect or transition, which is one of the reasons that I've enjoyed working with proDAD VitaScene over the years. With VitaScene V2, proDAD retains the same easy to use and highly configurable workflow found in the previous edition but adds a number of very cool effects and 64-bit operation.
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- Posted 10 Jun 2011
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Jan Ozer
Liz Merfeld | Greg Mulvey is the Lead Editor and Motion Graphics Designer for Second City Communications, the business solutions division of Chicago's world-famous improv comedy theater, The Second City. (Alumni include Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, John Belushi, and Bill Murray to name a few.)
Liz Merfeld | One of Chicago's more successful event video studios—FurlaVision has won more WEVA Creative Excellence Awards than any studio in the Midwest—Chris Chibucos attributes much of his company's success to they way they have always combined a fairly large volume of work (as many as 150-175 events per year) with a high price point.
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | A look inside the Wedding Day Cinema success story and the two innovative filmmakers, Keith and Jennifer Anderson, who made it happen.
Marc Franklin | The best products of NAB 2011 for event videographers/filmmakers in two categories: production and postproduction.
Road Show attendees will learn about new features introduced in Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium as well as get insight on ground-breaking workflows such as native editing of DSLR footage and working with other NLEs
Breaking News
- Posted 09 Jun 2011
Jan Ozer | What can pro editors expect from Final Cut Pro X when it drops this month?
Feature
- Posted 03 Jun 2011
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Jan Ozer
Chris P. Jones | Whatever your case may be, find 4 consecutive hours in each day when you can be in complete control of your time and unplug your wireless router to remove any temptation. Once you see how much you can accomplish with 4 continuous hours of distraction-free editing, you'll find that making the time is not so difficult anymore.
Dates announced in 3 cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York
Breaking News
- Posted 31 May 2011
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | Recently, I had the strange and wonderful privilege of watching a contemporary home birth film that is not explicitly about advocating home birth or dramatizing childbirth, although in its own way, it achieves both. Produced by two Central Florida studios, Kat Small's Cinema Chic Films and the Nielsens Photography & Design, Born at Home is an intimate and inspiring family film.
Liz Merfeld | The Aussies have scrunched their event video industry's evolution into the blink of an eye, leaving videographers stateside blushing. Sure, event videos in the U.S. have advanced by leaps and bounds, going from totally cheap to totally chic, and morphing into films along the way. And there's no better evidence of the rise of event filmmaking in Australia than the Aussies' innovative educational event, Exposed Down Under. EDU 2011 kicks off on 4 July in Melbourne.
Topics include OpenCL, 64-bit RAM utilization, and Grand Central Dispatch
Breaking News
- Posted 16 May 2011
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | How 5-time EventDV 25 all-star David Robin pulled off his electrifying wedding-day music video, "The Time (Dirty Bit)," and how the Black Eyed Peas parody became a viral sensation.
New book helps streaming producers navigate the confusing waters of live and on-demand delivery to multiple platforms, covering both adaptive and single file delivery
Breaking News
- Posted 11 May 2011
Hal Slifer | As filmmakers, we all produce our stories in different ways, yet the constant thread of our work is that we are telling a basic story—a biography of a family, a wedding couple, or a person's legacy; the story of an organization; or the story of a corporation. Here's a look at five leading filmmakers and the approach they take to 21st-century biography filmmaking for individuals, corporations, and nonprofits.
Jason Magbanua | For a lot of people, producing a same-day edit at a wedding reception is a regular thing, and it's something that is second nature after years of repetition. But for others, who find just shooting a wedding to be stressful enough, producing a polished edit to show to a live audience that same evening seems like an impossible task. Here, international wedding filmmaking sensation Jason Magbanua breaks down the same-day edit production process that's helped to make him "the new national artist" of the Philippines.
Major Upgrade to Creative Suite Product Family Delivers Breakthroughs in video production and editing, HTML5 Authoring, Mobile App Development
Breaking News
- Posted 02 May 2011
Jan Ozer | EventDV contributing editor and video production expert Jan Ozer provides a look inside proDAD's powerful new effects and filters plug-in, VitaScene v2 Pro
Feature
- Posted 02 May 2011
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Jan Ozer
Stu Sweetow | I recently wrote a book titled Corporate Video Production. I spent a year researching and writing the book, and, in this column, I'll share with you what I learned. We will also look at the myriad opportunities for freelance video producers, now that corporate videos have matured beyond the boring formats that used to characterize them.
Shawn Lam | What happens when you deliver your event live? This is nothing new for live TV broadcasters, but more and more event video producers are being asked to perform their postproduction activities in real-time—that is, live as the event is occurring.
Fifth annual expo expands to 2 days (June 28-29) with new industry-leading speakers, larger tradeshow, and full-day live camera/production mock-wedding workshop at a Chicago-area church
Breaking News
- Posted 25 Apr 2011
Shawn Lam | Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium, launched today at NAB, delivers improvements in speed, postproduction fixes, and real-time creative effects. Not only will the speed improve turnaround times, it will also provide editors with the luxury of experimenting, which is an important part of the creative process.
Chris P. Jones | In the same way that purchasing the latest camera does not guarantee that business will show up at your doorstep, having a step-by-step editing workflow alone does not guarantee that you will get your projects out the door any faster. You must maintain control over your services, or your services will control you. In this article, I will touch on three business decisions that you can make in order to help maintain control over your time, freeing up time to eliminate your backlog.
Travis Cossel | If you're used to doing same-day edits--or editing with any kind of time pressure--using USB 2.0 drives, then CalDigit's new AV Drive, a new portable hard drive featuring USB 3.0 support, is going to impress you in a number of areas. Transfer of clips from CF cards alone can save you quite a bit of time with the USB 3.0 technology.
Patrick Moreau, Kevin Shaw, and Brian Lockhart | Over the past year, Patrick Moreau and his stillmotion crew have been working on the Emmy-nominated NFL Network program The NFL Season: A Biography, Presented by SAP. The producers of the show hired stillmotion entirely based on seeing their wedding films. In this three-part article (all in this issue), Moreau, NFL Network coordinating producer Brian Lockhart, and producer and director Kevin Shaw offer their own takes on the story behind The NFL Season and the lessons to be learned from how it all came about and how it all played out on and off the field.
Jan Ozer | Which gets us to the question, how powerful a notebook do you need to produce multiple streams, or even a single high-quality stream? The answer depends upon a number of factors, including the software program you're using to produce the event.
Feature
- Posted 21 Mar 2011
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Jan Ozer
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | In March 2010, following the announcement of the EventDV 25, we announced a group of 25 finalists, which were essentially numbers 26-50, the filmmakers and studios with the 25 highest vote totals after the top 25. This year we decided to approach it a little differently, and following the 2010 EventDV 25 Awards Shows that premiered last week, recognizing our current crop of industry all-stars, we've prepared a list of EventDV 25 Rising Stars, celebrating studios that narrowly missed the EventDV 25 in the voting this year, and have either never made the list before, but have made it once and are young and fresh and rising fast in the industry and sure to find themselves on the list in the future. In keeping with the old baseball theme of the EventDV 25, I thought we'd field a team of 9, enough to cover all the positions on a baseball diamond. So, without further ado, I present the EventDV 25 Rising Stars of 2010.
Chris P. Jones | Underpromising and overdelivering is a hallmark of excellent customer service.
Philip Hinkle | In addition to speaking at national events such as WEVA and IN[FOCUS], Ray Roman has initiated a series of 3-day workshops designed to provide intensive training for other event filmmakers. Joining Ray at an event held Jan. 18-20 in a number of southern Florida venues, was Konrad Czystowski, fellow EventDV 25 All-Star, frequent Ray Roman Films collaborator/second shooter, and founder of the newly minted FreshSox studio. Here's a peek at what Ray and Konrad shared.
Ron Dawson | Last month we began our two-part series about the short holiday film "For the Man Who Hated Christmas" that Ron Dawson produced for Giving101. The whole process, from booking the client through production, is an ideal case study on corporate film production (not to mention profitable production for nonprofits). Part 1 covered the business side of the deal. This month, we're covering the "fun stuff": making the film.
Rugged Exterior Provides Peace of Mind That No Footage Will Be Lost; Digital Format Speeds Editing Process From Hours To Minutes
Breaking News
- Posted 07 Mar 2011
Save the date! On Wednesday, May 18, 2011, the New Jersey Videographers Association (NJVA) and WEVA International will present the 3rd Annual NJVA-WEVA Institute Northeast Conference for all wedding & event filmmakers.
Breaking News
- Posted 28 Feb 2011
Welcome to the 2010 EventDV 25 Awards Show, presenting the 25 hottest and most influential event filmmaking studios in the world as elected by the readers of EventDV Magazine and EventDV.net. Your new all-star team will be presented here over the course of 5 days--February 28-March 4, 2011. Watch the shows in the video windows for the awards presentation, including samples of the all-stars' finest work. (Video players will fill in as the shows go live at 9am CST on successive days this week.)
Jan Ozer | The Primera Bravo 4102 prints gorgeous discs at never-before-seen speeds. During my tests, it didn't produce a coaster after burning more than 200 discs. If you're looking for a CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Disc production system, this unit needs to be on your short list.
Feature
- Posted 23 Feb 2011
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Jan Ozer
Awards show to premiere Monday, Feb. 28 on EventDV-TV and run through the week
POSH 2011, a retreat for the female filmmaker, will take place November 6-9 in Cancun, Mexico
Breaking News
- Posted 22 Feb 2011
Focus will be on hands-on experience in both filming and editing techniques, including staging a bridal prep and photo shoot to give everyone the opportunity to get some killer shots for a demo reel without the pressure of a real wedding
Breaking News
- Posted 14 Feb 2011
DSLR Encounter scheduled for March 2, limited to 10 attendees
Breaking News
- Posted 04 Feb 2011
Chris P. Jones | Presenting a range of delivery dates allows the client to develop his or her own idea about when the film will be completed. You do not want your clients feeling anything but anticipation and excitement, and allowing them a preventable possibility of being disappointed, no matter how slight, can begin to undermine your brand experience.
Philip Hinkle | It's been a long wait for EDIUS editors and others looking for the new full-step upgrade to Grass Valley's popular pro NLE. Was it worth the wait? Longtime user Philip Hinkle says yes, highlighting such key new features as native Canon XF and DSLR editing, new timeline functions, full-screen preview/playback, and more.
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | For the vast majority of wedding and event filmmakers, a customer/client base is a local thing. Though EventDV 25 All-Stars Travis and Candice Cossel of Serendipity Studios had done some destination and out-of-market weddings in the past, they were taking a huge risk when they abandoned a rock-solid brand presence and referral base in Boise and moved their home and business to the more lucrative but much less familiar Miami market in October. What plans did they put in place to soften their landing and hit the ground running, and what lessons does their approach have to teach other studios considering rolling the dice and relocating?
WEVA announced on Friday that Expo 2011 would be held on August 24-25 online, following the format of 2010's iVideo Show
Breaking News
- Posted 28 Jan 2011
Kevin Shahinian | Concept filmmaker extraordinaire Kevin Shahinian (City of Lakes, Snow, Dil Jaanta Hi, Tum Hi Ho) explores the classic underpinnings of film-based storytelling and the language of effective filmmaking in this four-part series on EventDV, co-produced by Pacific Pictures and Adobe Systems.
Feature
- Posted 18 Jan 2011
Jan Ozer | Most editors know how to correct the color and brightness in their videos to have them match the reality of the shoot, or what they wish was the reality of the shoot. The next level is using color and brightness adjustments to create a certain look or feel, or to enhance the footage in different ways. If your focus is solely matching reality, and you're working with decently shot footage or better, you're likely in good hands with the various color and brightness adjustments available in your NLE. If you're looking to create a distinctive look or feel, or are working with problem footage, you should consider a tool like Red Giant's Magic Bullet Colorista II ($299), which provides a highly configurable toolset that goes beyond any effects native to your NLE.
Feature
- Posted 12 Jan 2011
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Jan Ozer
Jan Ozer | I've always produced for DVD exclusively in 29.97i, but as the market transitions from CRTs to plasma, LCD, and OLED displays, I definitely want to understand how my interlacedproductions look before I shoot, edit, and render at 29.97i.
Feature
- Posted 21 Dec 2010
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Jan Ozer
Liz Merfeld | There's a wave of raw, demolike one-take music videos with an unmistakable live feel sweeping the web, and some savvy event filmmakers have thrown their hats into thering. Here we look behind the scenes of Bill Grant's boneshow and Jet Kaiser's One Take Shows, and get their spin on this new, viral field-recording phenomenon.
Kara Stellner | Although Unique University marked Adam Forgione's first foray into back-to-back all-day marathon workshops, it was also something of a warmup gig for Pennylane Productions, who will be taking Forgione's show on the road in early 2011, with workshops in 12 cities planned. This article should give you a good idea of what you can expect to see, hear, and learn if the Pennylane EDU 2011 tour rolls into your town.
EventDV 25 all-star and 2010 multi-WEVA CEA winner Adam Forgione announces first 6 dates and for 2011 workshops in Philadelphia and Boston
Breaking News
- Posted 08 Dec 2010
Jan Ozer | So there I was, testing the single CPU, six-core HP Z400, trying to figure out the cost/benefits of the system versus the dual-CPU, 12-core HP Z800. When I started testing Adobe Production Premium CS5, the Z400 proved faster in every test. While I love these man-bites-dog stories, you don't run them without lots of testing, and ultimately, the situation got sorted out. In the process, I learned something about CS5 that might save you some rendering time down the road, which I'll share herein. I'll also quickly detail when it makes sense to consider a dual-CPU system for CS5, and when a single CPU will do just as well.
Feature
- Posted 06 Dec 2010
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Jan Ozer
Sara Frances | It's easy to recognize that all artists, not just videographers, filmmakers, and photographers, live by the meaning of this quote. Anyone who says that great video is all about equipment has only part of the equation right. Ignore the hype, but believe the mantra of knowing your gear inside and out.
Chris P. Jones | The sooner you put something before the client, the happier she will be and the more it will benefit you. If you're working hard to deliver at 3 months but cannot imagine executing SDEs, then you aren't fully capitalizing upon the power of your work. The law of diminishing returns applies.
Joanna Banks-Morgan | On November 8, 2010, 42 female visual artists from around the world boarded a cruise ship in Port Canaveral, Florida for POSH 2010. POSH, an educational workshop and retreat for women, is the brainchild of Jennifer Moon of Northernlight Filmworks and Reagan Zugelter of Studio Z Films. Jen and Reagan had recognized a need in our industry for female filmmakers and photographers to come together to connect, educate, and inspire one another. As we found our way around the ship that Monday afternoon, and began to meet one another, Jen and Reagan's inspiration started to become a reality.
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | If you want to turn the events you shoot into compelling films, you need to understand the essential elements of visual storytelling and narrative and how the great nonfiction filmmakers conceive, shape, and present their films. The most important part of that process, ultimately, will be watching those films, deconstructing them, and applying those constructs to your own work. But I can't recommend a better place to start your journey than reading Sheila Curran Bernard's Documentary Storytelling, which will put you well on your way.
Mark & Trisha Von Lanken | Working with DSLR footage creates new challenges in post, from ingest to format support issues to audio sync, and it takes a skilled editor and powerful, versatile editing system to create a masterpiece from even the most stellar DSLR footage. Here's a look at how the Von Lankens have adapted their short-form edit workflow to work DSLR imagery into the mix.
Ben Balser | Motion's Write On behavior lets you draw a line, then have that line "write" onto the screen, as if you were drawing it live with a pen. This can be really artistic if you use the technique with a Wacom. We'll look at the ins and outs of how this trick works and how to manipulate it in your projects.
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | You may have heard about IN[FOCUS] 2011, an educational gathering for event filmmakers and videographers coming in January, and you may have heard reference to its "Gateway" theme. But what exactly is "The Gateway," what can it tell us about what's in store at IN[FOCUS] 2011, and how does it relate to the event organizers' "survive, thrive, and serve" educational mission?
EventDV 25 all-star Adam Forgione of Pennylane Productions in association with Unique Photo in New Jersey will be giving two amazing workshops. The first 20 attendees to sign up for each workshop will receive a free gift card to Unique Photo.
Breaking News
- Posted 11 Nov 2010
It's that time of year again—time for the readers of EventDV and EventDV.net to select the 25 hottest and most influential event filmmakers in the business in 2010. Read on for details on how to cast your votes!
Breaking News
- Posted 05 Nov 2010
Provides training for the MXO2 Family with Adobe Premiere Pro CS5
Breaking News
- Posted 02 Nov 2010
Ben Balser | It seems as though more and more of us are shooting with multiple different cameras and trying to mix them in post. So this month I'm going to look at some features in Color that make bringing consistency to footage from disparate sources much easier and much faster, allowing the colorist more creative time and less technical time.
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | Does 3D have a place in wedding filmmaking's future, or is that notion just the stuff of science fiction? We spoke with one of 3D's earliest adopters in the wedding world, Abraham Joffe of Sydney, Australia. A few months back, Joffe produced and delivered a 3D wedding film—Australia's first, but already not its last—and lived to tell the tale.
DSLR editing Quicktime plug-in for use with Final Cut Pro 6 or 7
Breaking News
- Posted 19 Oct 2010
From editing to output, the second of four new training titles from Class on Demand's new Adobe CS5 training series is a comprehensive overview of the popular new editing suite
Breaking News
- Posted 12 Oct 2010
Ben Balser | This month we'll explore how to do voice-over (VO) work in Final Cut Studio, from some hardware advice to the actual software workflow. We'll start with some really basic notes about hardware, then move on to actual recording in the latest versions of Final Cut Studio and Soundtrack Pro.
Shawn Lam | As with all full-step NLE upgrades, Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 promised myriad new features and workflow enhancements, but the most promising by far is its new 64-bit architecture, the inclusion of the Mercury Playback Engine and GPU acceleration, all of which purported to meet the HD editor's need for speed. Se we set out to see if, and by how much, CS5 was faster than CS4. Here's what we discovered.
Ben Balser | Have you ever wondered how to create the "Miniature" effect thart's currently holding sway in the production world, the effect tyat makes your footage look like it was shot with miniature models and animated, sort of like the opening sequence to Mister Rodgers' Neighborhood, when the camera dollied through the tiny model town during the opening credits? Here's how it works in Motion and Final Cut Pro, plus a quick look at how to do it with stills in Aperture and Photoshop.
Philip Hinkle | Depending on how much you need an anti-shake filter—and particularly if you've experienced rolling shutter issues with your HDSLR or other CMOS camera—Mercalli 2.0 could be a great investment. The combination of improved shake reduction, reduced picture degradation from zooming in, and the much-needed rolling shutter correction make for a great update for a tool that was already my anti-shake plug-in of choice.
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | EventDV's official recap of WEVA's historic 20th annual Wedding & Event Video Expo
Chris P. Jones | Three-time EventDV 25 honoree and IN[FOCUS] co-founder Chris P. Jones spells out his revolutionary beat-the-backlog workflow and his groundbreaking approach to managing your video business designed to help you reclaim your life and your place in your clients' good graces.
Liz Merfeld | By expertly combining her love of the northeastern outdoors with her work, Meg Simone has (perhaps inadvertently) cornered the market on destination weddings in the heart of Mount Washington Valley (N.H.), a resort community filled with restaurants, shops, ski resorts, quaint inns, and historic grand hotels. We wanted to know the story behind her success, particularly from her unique position as one of a small group of young women in the wedding film industry rising to prominence running businesses mostly on their own, as opposed to being part of a husband-and-wife team.
David McKnight | Sony Vegas expert and 2009 EventDV 2009 finalist Rusty Brown consider the pros and cons of Sony's feature-enriched $99 Movie Studio HD Platinum 10 for pro wedding and event videographers and others contemplating taking the Vegas plunge.
Alan Naumann | an. 10, 2010, brought the long-awaited announcement that NewTek was shipping SpeedEDIT 2. This was the major upgrade that SpeedEDIT needed to be competitive. It was no longer hyped as "world's fastest," though I personally don't care as long as it helps me complete projects quickly and allows my business to be profitable. In this review I'll give an overview of many of the key features offered in SpeedEDIT and the significant improvements found in SpeedEDIT 2.
Jan Ozer | With Network-Attached Storage (NAS) and hard disk prices dropping, it seems like a good idea to consider how a NAS device such as the QNAP TS-559 Pro could work for a videographer in a typical data-intensive environment. So here I do just that. The caveat is, however, that if you're looking for a comprehensive review of the TS-559 Pro, including an in-depth look at its advanced features, look elsewhere. Here, I'll first describe what NAS is, what its strong points are for videography studios, and how the TS-559 Pro worked for me for simple file backup roles.
Feature
- Posted 31 Aug 2010
By
Jan Ozer
EventDV 25 all-star and WEVA CEA Gold winner Philip "Frogman" Hinkle reports directly from WEVA Expo 2010, the event filmmaking industry's largest convention and trade show, held August 23-26 in Orlando, Florida. Stay tuned for all three episodes of Hinkle's show, which will appear over the next week on EventDV-TV.
Feature
- Posted 25 Aug 2010
Ben Balser | How I shot, edited, and exported a short film from my iPhone 4 and why I think this is a glimpse into the future of video production, consumer to videographer to broadcast.
Most Complete Platforms for Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium Now Shipping
Breaking News
- Posted 10 Jul 2010
Anthony Burokas | Sonnet has crafted a beautiful solution for rapid footage offload that gives your laptop far more connectivity, power, and capability than ever before. The system is solid, and in pure professional parlance, it does what it says it can do. The Qio is, without a doubt in my mind, the most useful professional video production accessory for a laptop-enabled tapeless live production workflow that you can get.
David McKnight | Since most Vegas users work with the companion DVD Architect program to author DVD and Blu-ray Discs, I thought it would be a nice change of pace to showcase some snazzy motion menus that integrate well into DVD Architect. We'll be working with Sony DVD Architect 5, Adobe After Effects CS3, and Pro Motion Menu Kits from Precomposed Motion Menus.
Ben Balser | This month we'll look at the workflow for ingesting and editing Canon DSLR footage in Final Cut Studio, since Canon has a released an FCP plug-in for the Log & transfer window. But there's more than one way to go about ingesting this footage into FCP in a format that lends itself to fast, easy editing.
Jan Ozer | The launch of Adobe CS5 brings to bear the obvious comparison with Final Cut Studio (FCS). Since life has been far too quiet lately, I decided to tackle this subject, but from the perspective of the totally new user, not the experienced user who would rather fight than switch. In other words, what would you say if a total newbie asked, "Which should I use, FCS 3 or Adobe CS5?"
Feature
- Posted 24 Jun 2010
By
Jan Ozer
Steve Yankee | By shooting creative and interesting "Day-in-the-Life" and "Settlement" videos, you can expand your business in the legal field beyond shooting depositions. These videos can have a huge impact on legal cases, even though most are never seen in court. It's a way for experienced video producers, such as yourself, to add powerful attorneys as clients. Hal's how-to guide explains a bit about each type of video, how it's used, and what you need to know to add both to your repertoire.
Philip Hinkle | All the news that's fit to post from the Illinois Videographers Association's Midwest Expo 2010, featuring industry luminaries Matt Davis, Adam Forgione, Keith Anderson, and Ray Roman
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | A few scattered thoughts on the 2010 National Association of Broadcasters show
Mark Von Lanken | Owning your own business has many rewards, but at the same time, it comes with frustrations. Don't let your NLE add to your stress and frustration levels. Find an editor and assemble a system that makes your editing process smooth and manageable, no matter what acquisition codec you use. Now that I shoot AVCHD and DSLR footage—which means I'm always working with codecs not designed for editing, and which is about as demanding as it gets in the wedding filmmaking world—EDIUS 5.5 is the answer for me.
5-time EventDV 25 all-stars Mark and Trisha Von Lanken to present 2 days of intensive wedding filmmaking training in Twin Cities
Breaking News
- Posted 31 May 2010
Ben Balser | MediaShare isn't as powerful as a full-fledged asset management and automation application such as Final Cut Server, which you'd be spending a lot more money on to set up and implement. MediaShare is a smaller system; it's easier to implement, and it's geared toward smaller operations or studios that need some form of cloud-based collaboration tool or a cloud-based review-and-approval tool in its most basic form.
Ben Balser | In Final Cut Studio 3, there is a new Share option under the File menu in Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Compressor. This month's Cut Lines lays out an easy way to create a custom export preset, designed for your own specific needs, that will show up in the Share window for fast, easy export and publishing.
There is always one question in watching inspiring new wedding and event films -- it's HOW did they do that -- technique, creative editing, camerawork?
Breaking News
- Posted 07 May 2010
Ben Balser | In this installment of Cut Lines, I'll show you how to create video Favorites in Final Cut Studio and access them quickly, to help speed up your editing process, making it more enjoyable, productive, and profitable.
The awards recognize the top new products for event videographers and filmmakers introduced at NAB in four categories: cameras, production gear, and postproduction solutions
Feature
- Posted 03 May 2010
Ben Balser | In Aperture 3, the new version of its pro photo management and adjustment application, Apple boasts 200-plus new features. This review will focus on the most meaningful new features—Import, Full Screen, Faces, Places, Adjustment Presets, and Brushes—and how they can serve video and fusion producers in their work.
Feature
- Posted 03 May 2010
Lineup includes 2009 EventDV 25 all-stars Adam Forgione. Matt Davis, and Ray Roman and Chicagoland standout and multiple-WEVA CEA winner Keith Anderson
Breaking News
- Posted 30 Apr 2010
David McKnight | Synchronizing multiple camera tracks and audio sources continues to be a popular task with the proliferation of video DSLR devices, since most users are creating multiple files, recording audio off-camera, and syncing everything up in post. PluralEyes can be a useful tool for expediting this process.
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | Welcome to the event filmmaking industry's first all-women event, POSH: a retreat and educational experience for women event filmmakers and photographers interested in event film
Roving reporter Shawn Lam reports from NAB in Las Vegas in this three-part EventDV-TV series
Jan Ozer | Video technology and postproduction expert Jan Ozer examines Adobe's new CS5 integrated suite from a variety of angles, including new features and interfaces, a run-down of theadvantages of the new Mercury engine, performance comparisons between CS4 and CS5, and configuration suggestions for video pros working with the new suite.
Feature
- Posted 12 Apr 2010
By
Jan Ozer
Marc Franklin | The Matrox MXO2 LE is a good choice if you need every possible input and output from your Windows or OS X machine and the flexibility to use it on a workstation or a laptop. If you're mainly editing HDV on a Windows workstation and don't need all of the I/Os and you want the real-time effects for editing, the RT.X2 may be a better choice. If you need all of the I/Os as well as a few more codecs, you can move up to Matrox's top-of-the-line Axio LE, which handles what the RT.X2 doesn't.
David McKnight | McKnight Video shot AVCHD footage with the Panasonic AG-HMC150 all over the Rick Springfield & Friends Cruise, ingested it and edited in in Vegas, and lived to tell the tale. Do the advantages of AVCHD production outweigh the postproduction challenges? The point is probably moot.
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | So what is City of Lakes, and why all the hype and excitement surrounding a wedding film that no one had even seen when this article went live? To find out, read the article and check out the WORLD PREMIERE, Wednesday, April 14, Brenden Theater, Palms, Las Vegas. (Details in the article.)
Elizabeth Avery Merfeld | Sharrone Calafiore's trademark steamy Save the Dates and other concept and wedding pieces could be described as Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" meets a Vera Wang runway show set to a Lady Gaga soundtrack. Or you could just say they're hot.
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | After realizing that the recession-era summer of 2009 was the rare wedding season when business was slow enough to allow him the flexibility to do pro bono work—Fowler took the job as behind-the-scenes videographer for ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition when it came to his hometown. And he was glad he did because, for all its TV trappings, this was a great project—and a great community project at that.
Jan Ozer | There have definitely been times in the past where buying systems with multiple cores has involved betting on some future benefit rather than reaping an immediate reward. With the Z800, you can bet on the now since the 12-core system paid immediate dividends in nine out of 10 tests, with six of those tests showing performance improvements of 43% or higher.
Feature
- Posted 05 Apr 2010
By
Jan Ozer
Mark Von Lanken | At a street price of $1,850-$1,995, how does the Panasonic HMC40 match up with the HMC150--my primary camera--which has a street price of $3,250?
Provides detailed instruction for MXO2 Mini w/MAX
Breaking News
- Posted 02 Apr 2010
David McKnight | VASST's AVCHD Training DVD that carries the following tagline: "Learn the ins and outs of AVCHD and how it affects you." Your host is the well-known Douglas Spotted Eagle (aka Spot); imagine if you ran into Spot at a coffee shop, pulled up a chair, and said, "Tell me everything there is to know about AVCHD!" That's pretty close to what you get with this DVD.
Steve Yankee | As Louisville's Ron Priest demonstrates, there's always room for more tools in your marketing toolbox. Used singularly, or in combination, these tools move you from behind the curtain and allow your clients to glimpse a bit of your wizardry. Not a bad marketing tactic in a time where it's assumed "anyone" can produce excellent video.
Strictly Business
- Posted 08 Mar 2010
Elizabeth Avery Merfeld | This is the story of Joth Riggs, a successful Hollywood assistant director turned breakout wedding filmmaker turned ... well, you can just read it for yourself and find out. You'll see what you've probably already suspected: that an A-list film production background isn't the worst kind of training you can have if you want to make great wedding videos—and, perhaps less predictably, that happy endings often aren't endings at all.
Elizabeth Avery Merfeld | A look inside Gebbs Wedding Films' all-SDE business model and all-DSLR shooting M.O.
As a coda to the 2009 EventDV 25 awards presentation, here are the 25 finalists who round out the rest of the "Top 50"—some familiar names, and a number of up-and-comers about whom we're sure to hear much more, along with some choice clips for our finalists' many fans.
Deadline is March 30
Breaking News
- Posted 03 Mar 2010
Welcome to the 2009 EventDV 25 Awards Show, presenting the 25 hottest and most influential event filmmaking studios in the world as elected by the readers of EventDV Magazine and EventDV.net. Your new all-star team will be presented over the course of 4 days--February 22-25, 2010--on EventDV-TV. Click here to see editor Steve Nathans-Kelly reveal the all-stars announced so far and show some of their signature work.
WEVA's first-ever Virtual Expo opens tomorrow, Feb. 17, at 11am EST
Breaking News
- Posted 16 Feb 2010
The revolutionary online community formerly known as WedFACT(Wedding Filmmakers Alliance Of Creative Talent) is now the EventFilmmaker Social Media Network
Amen Corner
- Posted 31 Jan 2010
Sharing tips and tricks to improve all aspects of attendees' video production workflow - from shooting, through editing, to final delivery in today's most popular formats
Breaking News
- Posted 31 Jan 2010
Ben Balser | This month I'll describe the round-trip procedures for moving active project files among the various applications in Final Cut Studio 3.
Ben Balser | This month I'll describe the round-trip procedures for moving active project files among the various applications in Final Cut Studio 3.
Jan Ozer | If you're looking for a source for theme-specific transitions, check out proDAD Adorage, now up to its 11th transition package.
In the Studio
- Posted 29 Jan 2010
By
Jan Ozer
Jan Ozer | If you're looking for a source for theme-specific transitions, check out proDAD Adorage, now up to its 11th transition package.
Feature
- Posted 29 Jan 2010
By
Jan Ozer
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | The inaugural In[Focus] event was as inspiring, engaging, and focused an educational event as our industry has seen.
Apple guru Tom Wolsky delivers comprehensive training for recently released Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Pro updates; new courses offered at exclusive introductory pricing
Breaking News
- Posted 20 Jan 2010
Laura Moses | Sound design is the process of planning and creating a sound treatment that will enhance the storytelling of a film. Effective sound design improves a film without being overbearing or calling attention to itself. By incorporating simple aspects of the craft into our films, we can enhance our productions to better connect with consumers, which will result in more bookings and will increase the value of our product.
Lance Gray | No iPhone app is going to make bad photos look like they were taken by a pro, but The Best Camera and the way it filters colors goes a long way toward making a blah photo quite extraordinary!
Tutorials
- Posted 10 Dec 2009
- December 2009 Issue
By
Lance Gray
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | How wedding and sports event videographer Danny Sayson developed, shot, and produced a full season of West Coast Adventures entirely on spec, pitched and sold it to PBS-TV, and became a full-time TV producer with one season under his belt and a second in production.
First 500 to Register Get Entered To Win Free Bonus Prize
Breaking News
- Posted 09 Dec 2009
Ben Balser | This month we'll look at the four brand new speed controls in Final Cut Pro 7. Using these four resources together cam help you achieve complex speed changes and ramp them up quickly and easily.
Ben Balser | This month we'll look at the four brand new speed controls in Final Cut Pro 7. Using these four resources together cam help you achieve complex speed changes and ramp them up quickly and easily.
Tutorials
- Posted 08 Dec 2009
- December 2009 Issue
By
Ben Balser
Jan Ozer | What you need to know (or at least what Adobe will tell you now) about the new Mercury Playback Engine in Adobe Production Premium "CSNext"
Feature
- Posted 07 Dec 2009
By
Jan Ozer
Premiering November 4th, FilmFellas Cast 6 "The DP Edition" will represent an eclectic mix of cinematographers from the independent film scene
Breaking News
- Posted 02 Dec 2009
Jan Ozer | Few things in life are as opaque as working with YouTube—a black box with irresistible appeal to most video producers. Trying to discern how to produce the absolute best quality has consumed boatloads of my time in the past. Recently, however, a concert event client asked me to post six videos to YouTube, and I dove in again. Here's what I found out
Feature
- Posted 29 Nov 2009
By
Jan Ozer
Trisha Von Lanken | In memory of Studio Vieux Carre and In[Focus] co-founder Julian St Pierre
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | Wedding-day interviews are the sort of thing that used to give videography a bad name, but done right, and in the right setting, interviews can help elevate wedding and event filmmaking into the realm of powerful, character-driven storytelling. Here we learn from four leading wedding and event filmmakers renowned for the compelling, revealing, funny, and moving stories they collect in their interviews with the key players in their events, and the seamless and powerful ways they incorporate these interviews into the films they produce.
Ben Balser | In this review, I'll compare Lock & Load, CoreMelt's new intelligent stabilization plug-in, to FCP's Smooth Cam and give you a good overview of what you can expect from it.
Ben Balser | In this review, I'll compare Lock & Load, CoreMelt's new intelligent stabilization plug-in, to FCP's Smooth Cam and give you a good overview of what you can expect from it.
David McKnight | Over the next 2 months, I'll share my top 10 tips that I've picked up over the years using Sony Vegas. They may not be immediately apparent to other Vegas users, but they're all very useful and can save you time in post.
Tutorials
- Posted 12 Nov 2009
- November 2009 Issue
By
David McKnight
David McKnight | Over the next 2 months, I'll share my top 10 tips that I've picked up over the years using Sony Vegas. They may not be immediately apparent to other Vegas users, but they're all very useful and can save you time in post.
Ben Balser | This month, I'll show you how to use Final Cut Pro's Replace Edit tool as well as demonstrate some cool tricks you can do with Replace Edit when you combine it with other handy tools that will help you change out and clean up your edits quickly.
Ben Balser | This month, I'll show you how to use Final Cut Pro's Replace Edit tool as well as demonstrate some cool tricks you can do with Replace Edit when you combine it with other handy tools that will help you change out and clean up your edits quickly.
Tutorials
- Posted 12 Nov 2009
- November 2009 Issue
By
Ben Balser
New training video gives expert instruction on creating HD movies with dazzling animated graphics, montage themes, 5.1 surround sound and more
Breaking News
- Posted 02 Nov 2009
Elizabeth Avery Merfeld | In just 3 years, Ray Roman has parlayed his passion into becoming one of the most sought-after wedding videographers in the country. WEVA and In[Focus] have tapped him to speak at conferences and bestowed accolades upon him. He's sponsored by Cinevate. His high-profile client roster boasts names such as the Cole family (as in Nat King and Natalie) and enough professional athletes to field a fantasy sports team.
Elizabeth Avery Merfeld | In just 3 years, Ray Roman has parlayed his passion into becoming one of the most sought-after wedding videographers in the country. WEVA and In[Focus] have tapped him to speak at conferences and bestowed accolades upon him. He's sponsored by Cinevate. His high-profile client roster boasts names such as the Cole family (as in Nat King and Natalie) and enough professional athletes to field a fantasy sports team.
Award-winning instructor Dan Gookin delivers essential guide to highly anticipated Microsoft release
Breaking News
- Posted 23 Oct 2009
Philip Hinkle | If you're looking for good royalty-free music created by event videographers for event videographers, look no further than Nightsong Productions.
Thanks to the global power of new Internet technologies, WEVA International will present WEVA iVideoShow 2009, the world's first VIRTUAL Conference and Tradeshow for wedding and event videographers, including editors, imagers, digital artists, photomontage producers & students on Wednesday, December 9
Breaking News
- Posted 13 Oct 2009
Washington D.C. branch office harbors new VUE testing center; FMC one of the few training organizations to provide end-to-end certification training services
Breaking News
- Posted 08 Oct 2009
Lance Gray | We've all been there: A client gives us a logo or other image that's embedded in an extraneous background and expects us to magically make the background disappear. Here's a quick tip that could save you the time of cutting out all that white space when all you really want is for that logo to be overlaid on your screen.
Tutorials
- Posted 06 Oct 2009
- October 2009 Issue
By
Lance Gray
Ben Balser | Final Cut Studio 2009, the long-anticipated new release of Apple's eminent postproduction suite, delivers no major overhaul of anything, just a few little touches applied to most of the applications that can save you a ton of time during your postproduction process. Although none of the new features, taken by themselves, represent anything mind-blowing, together they make for a faster, easier workflow that will save you a lot of time.
Features
- Posted 06 Oct 2009
- October 2009 Issue
By
Ben Balser
Ben Balser | Final Cut Studio 2009, the long-anticipated new release of Apple's eminent postproduction suite, delivers no major overhaul of anything, just a few little touches applied to most of the applications that can save you a ton of time during your postproduction process. Although none of the new features, taken by themselves, represent anything mind-blowing, together they make for a faster, easier workflow that will save you a lot of time.
Elizabeth Avery Merfeld | Last fall, Canon shook our world when it released the transformative EOS 5D Mark II, a DSLR featuring full-frame HD video and dynamic depth-of-field control. Along with others of its ilk, the 5D is revving up videographers' creativity, smearing the line between the photography and videography industries, and ushering in (some say) a new era of photo-video fusion. With several months of use under their belts, we asked a handful of early adopters for their take on how the 5D has impacted their businesses and where (if anywhere) their first forays into fusion have taken them.
Elizabeth Avery Merfeld | Last fall, Canon shook our world when it released the transformative EOS 5D Mark II, a DSLR featuring full-frame HD video and dynamic depth-of-field control. Along with others of its ilk, the 5D is revving up videographers' creativity, smearing the line between the photography and videography industries, and ushering in (some say) a new era of photo-video fusion. With several months of use under their belts, we asked a handful of early adopters for their take on how the 5D has impacted their businesses and where (if anywhere) their first forays into fusion have taken them.
Laura Moses | Real sound + real time = real life. It's the new math of event filmmaking. Though not a practical means of business for all event filmmakers, the new documentary style holds within its confines lessons to be learned by all.
Speakers include Larry Jordan, Ben Balser, Bruce Nazarian, Alexis Van Hurkman
Breaking News
- Posted 05 Oct 2009
Ed Wardyga | I've assembled a list of free (or inexpensive) programs and utilities that might make your life a bit easier. I've been using most of these for some time, so I can confirm that they work and are worth every penny.
The Gadget Bag
- Posted 01 Oct 2009
- October 2009 Issue
By
Ed Wardyga
Shawn Lam | This is a review of Adobe's Speech to Text feature, which is found in both Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 and Soundbooth CS4. I'm stating this upfront because somewhere along the line in the 4 months since I was commissioned to test and write about this new feature and when and I completed my review, I decided that I would be doing a disservice to my readers by spending the entire article discussing a feature that is just a bit ahead of its time, while ignoring one (Dynamic Link) that has been around for a few versions but is finally fully functional.
In the Studio
- Posted 01 Oct 2009
- October 2009 Issue
By
Shawn Lam
Shawn Lam | This is a review of Adobe's Speech to Text feature, which is found in both Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 and Soundbooth CS4. I'm stating this upfront because somewhere along the line in the 4 months since I was commissioned to test and write about this new feature and when and I completed my review, I decided that I would be doing a disservice to my readers by spending the entire article discussing a feature that is just a bit ahead of its time, while ignoring one (Dynamic Link) that has been around for a few versions but is finally fully functional.
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | WEVA Expo 2009 delivered a bold mix of new speakers, live streaming experiments, discussions of fusion trends present and future, and a rollicking networking experience in a crackerjack new venue that seemed almost tailor-made for the wedding and event video industry's largest convention and tradeshow.
Exhibit booths on the show floor will feature the latest digital video and HD DSLR technology, plus free system-training, and the WEVA EXPO 2009 Virtual Trade Show will also include cutting-edge sessions, WEVA 2009 Creative Excellence Award Winners, new wedding film techniques, industry networking via LIVE CHAT
Breaking News
- Posted 24 Sep 2009
Elizabeth Avery Merfeld | In the 4 years since Mili Ghosh began Memories in Motion in Chicago with the goal of offering high-end Bollywood-style videos to a niche South Asian wedding market, her hands-on approach—consulting in details right down to makeup—has taken her all over the globe. From opulent weddings with hundreds of guests in her hometown of Chicago to royal weddings in India, Ghosh combines her own personal artistic vision with a devotion to her couples to create cinematic wedding videos with a flair not found anywhere else.
Elizabeth Avery Merfeld | Have you ever dreamed of doing a wedding shoot in which the guests and wedding party already knew and loved your work, and so they showered you with compliments throughout the day? Or one in which youy got the most candid, natural shots of even a camera-shy couple? Enter the Save the Date video: a short film produced far in advance of the wedding and distributed via your blog, Facebook fan page, Vimeo, or—less commonly—on DVD, in lieu of traditional Save the Date cards.
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | Snö, the latest mini-epic concept film from Kevin Shahinian's Pacific Pictures, is a watershed moment for our industry.
Ben Balser | This month we'll look at professional, efficient editing workflow. I'll show a proven workflow in Final Cut Pro that will cut your editing time, make your editing easier, and help you get more refined edits, giving you a better product to deliver to your clients.
Tutorials
- Posted 01 Sep 2009
- September 2009 Issue
By
Ben Balser
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | Steve Zugelter of Cincinnati-based Studio+Z Films pushes the limits of surprise wedding concept films, and ratches up the theatricality of the couple's entire event.
Award-winning training company delivers professional instruction for industry's leading specialized digital visual effects software
Breaking News
- Posted 25 Aug 2009
In [ critics ], Steve Weiss and Philip Bloom candidly explore a wide range of video categories across many genres and artistic levels: short films, artistic videos, documentaries, music videos, animated shorts, and commercial video
Breaking News
- Posted 19 Aug 2009
Loyd Calomay | Hollywood Spoofmaster Loyd Calomay takes EventDV-TV viewers behind the scenes of his HEROES spoof in this 2-part series.
FMC's world-class training keeps pace with new technology; offering innovative instruction for Apple professional video applications
Breaking News
- Posted 16 Aug 2009
FCP 7 Certification set for HD EXPO - Createasphere
Breaking News
- Posted 14 Aug 2009
New cast features producer Ron Dawson, cinematographer Patrick Moreau, and filmmaker Kevin Shahinian
Breaking News
- Posted 13 Aug 2009
Complete Training for Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 Training DVD available at a 50 percent discount for select NVIDIA customers
Breaking News
- Posted 10 Aug 2009
Trainers include Larry Jordan, Bruce Nazarian, Alexis Van Hurkman, and Ben Balser
Breaking News
- Posted 08 Aug 2009
Episodes feature Kristen*, John Goolsby, Joe Simon, Patrick Moreau, Ron Dawson, and Kevin Shahinian; highlight avant-garde wedding filmmaking and cinematic storytelling
Breaking News
- Posted 05 Aug 2009
World-renowned, instructor-led courses now accessible from any desktop
Breaking News
- Posted 03 Aug 2009
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | A conversation with Zacuto's Steve Weiss about his groundbreaking webisodic TV series, FilmFellas, which, beginning this week, will air a series of programs starring five legends of the wedding and event filmmaking world: John Goolsby, Kristen*, Joe Simon, Patrick Moreau, Kevin Shahinian, and Ron Dawson
Hal Slifer's 3 Questions goes on location in Plymouth, Newton, and Massachusetts' North Shore; bids farewell to the photomontage; sings the praises of the same-day edit; and looks ahead to the upcoming WEVA Expo.
Feature
- Posted 27 Jul 2009
Jan Ozer | By now you've heard that there's a new version of Final Cut Studio shipping from Apple. What's new? Well, it starts with a new price of $999, $300 less than Final Cut Studio 2. You can upgrade to the new suite from any previous version, even Final Cut Pro 1.0, for $299. All suite components were upgraded (to varying degrees) except for DVD Studio Pro—which, as you may recall, wasn't upgraded in the previous suite either. Fear not, however (are you sitting down?): The suite upgrade does enable a modest level of Blu-ray Disc authoring. Read on for more details.
Feature
- Posted 23 Jul 2009
New Versions of Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, Color and Compressor
Breaking News
- Posted 23 Jul 2009
Newly announced speakers include Ron & Tasra Dawson, David Robin & Kevin Shahinian, Mark Von Lanken & Robert Neal, Lance Gray, Ray Roman, Norman Hollyn, Adam Forgione, Keith Kelly, Dominic Velasco, Maureen Taylor, Laura Moses, Brooke Rudnick, and Jorge Jaramillo
Breaking News
- Posted 22 Jul 2009
An online wedding film festival in three parts, WedFACTION.1 features an anonymous online submission-based competition, an online popular vote and an exhibition portion showcasing new and leading edge talent
Breaking News
- Posted 22 Jul 2009
Tim Kolb's award-winning Adobe training takes home impressive honor
Breaking News
- Posted 20 Jul 2009
Lance Gray | Recently, a reader asked me a design question about how to create a "look" that would make text appear as if itg were nicely chiseled into a block of wood. So for this lesson, I'll show you how incredibly simple it is; I believe you'll be surprised at how amazingly realistic the result looks. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was printed incorrectly in the July issue of EventDV with a key step missing. Please read this version for the complete tutorial.
Ben Balser | CoreMelt is definitely moving beyond the confines of the FxFactory model, and its new V2 generation of FCP plug-ins is amazing. I'm using them all now—not just the color correction tools but transitions, generators, etc.—and I'm really impressed. These guys are really on target and seem to be sticking to useful, practical plug-ins rather than just developing a bunch of fancy-looking stuff that has no real-world applicability.
David McKnight | Whether you upload video to YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook or host it on your own blog or website, at some point you need to get video from the Vegas timeline to the web. In this tutorial, we're going to discuss exporting from Vegas to Flash and H.264/MPEG-4.
Ron & Tasra Dawson| In the video world, particularly on the event video side, branding is one of the most challenging areas for many studios. In this article, we'll cover some of the key areas video producers and any small business owners can focus on in order to make quick and substantial changes in their approach to branding.
Hal Slifer | When was the last time a wedding guest came up to you and told you she loved your work? If you only shoot the event, you will most likely never hear those words. It's time for you to be acknowledged and be loved for your talent and work by showing it in front of hundreds of guests at your next event.
Thursday July 9th, 2009 - 11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET
Breaking News
- Posted 08 Jul 2009
Announced speakers include Ron & Tasra Dawson, Ray Roman, Keith Kelly, David Robin and Kevin Shahinian, Lance Gray, and author and editor Norman Hollyn
Breaking News
- Posted 03 Jul 2009
Categories include social events and corporate video, including weddings, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, class reunions, recitals, theatrical/stage productions, promotional videos, graduations, band performances, cheerleading competitions, memorial services, corporate training, anniversaries, christenings, charity events, and others, including the newest category, "Wedding Movie Trailer."
Breaking News
- Posted 29 Jun 2009
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | Real Weddings is exactly what it sounds like: an hour-plus DVD that encompasses all the content the Von Lankens deliver to a bride and groom. But what makes this DVD most valuable is the two commentary tracks--one for shooting, one for editing--that run through the entire disc, breaking down virtually everything they do. Also featured: 2 video clips from the DVD!
Feature
- Posted 12 Jun 2009
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | Real Weddings is exactly what it sounds like: an hour-plus DVD that encompasses all the content the Von Lankens deliver to a bride and groom. But what makes this DVD most valuable is the two commentary tracks--one for shooting, one for editing--that run through the entire disc, breaking down virtually everything they do. Also featured: 2 video clips from the DVD!
Continuing Education
- Posted 12 Jun 2009
- June 2009 Issue
David McKnight | The latest and greatest in Vegas Pro 9 for videographers
David McKnight | The latest and greatest in Vegas Pro 9 for videographers
With the launch of the new Re:Frame website morning, the Re:Frame Collective revealed dates, location, a (nearly) complete speaker roster, and some tantalizing details about what RF:SF 09 attendees can expect for the three-and-a-half day event, which will take place at San Francisco's toney CLIFT Hotel in the heart of Union Square, October 19-22, 2009
Lance Gray | Recently, I was producing for a 720x480 NTSC resolution screen, but the clients submitted only still photos gathered from their website that were in the 300x200 range. Understandably, they were miffed about how I was going to "stretch" the photos to make the stills look decent because they had already attempted this and realized the results weren't pretty. Little did they know the solution wasn't in stretching the canvas but in approaching the problem more creatively. Here's how I made it work.
Tutorials
- Posted 05 Jun 2009
- June 2009 Issue
By
Lance Gray
Alan Naumann | Whereas many dads connect with their sons through sports, my son Jason and I connected through video. We spent many hours together making music videos and short films, as well as shooting various events. Partly as a result of that, he's now living out my dream of becoming an independent filmmaker.
Cradle to Grave
- Posted 05 Jun 2009
- June 2009 Issue
By
Alan Naumann
Marc Franklin | The hottest new announcements and releases of NAB 2009 for the videography world
Laura Moses | Not all brides can afford to have a production with their backstory researched, recorded, and then weaved with interviews and photographs into their wedding film. But there are always stories to tell, and we can find them if we are only willing to look.
Ben Balser | EditMule has three utility apps that work with FCP to make our lives as editors much easier, picking up the slack in three areas where FCP is lacking: assigning Scratch Disk settings on a per-project basis; collapsing Sequences to remove unnecessary tracks; and removing a specific filter, or filters, from a specific Sequence.
In the Studio
- Posted 05 Jun 2009
- June 2009 Issue
By
Ben Balser
Laura Randall | Magic Bullet Quick Looks (MBQL) gives you the same popular presets as the full-featured Magic Bullet Looks filters. The biggest difference is that you don't have the ability to edit or customize the look other than to control the amount of effect (0%-100%) on your clip. But if you're looking for a variety of preset looks that are easy to apply for a reasonable price, this is a great program.
In the Studio
- Posted 05 Jun 2009
- June 2009 Issue
By
Laura Randall
Elizabeth Avery Merfeld | Steve and Laura Moses have been called the "prom king and queen" and "model husband-wife team" of wedding video. But forget the awards and accolades for a moment, since they're not what define this couple, nor do they tell the whole story of their lives in this business, or this business in their lives. Here's a brief review of their road to success and what they saw and learned along the way.
Elizabeth Avery Merfeld | Steve and Laura Moses have been called the "prom king and queen" and "model husband-wife team" of wedding video. But forget the awards and accolades for a moment, since they're not what define this couple, nor do they tell the whole story of their lives in this business, or this business in their lives. Here's a brief review of their road to success and what they saw and learned along the way.
WEVA EXPO 2009, the biggest convention & trade show for wedding & event video producers worldwide, runs September 14-17, 2009
Breaking News
- Posted 04 Jun 2009
Topics include cinematic shooting and editing techniques, artistic shot composition, company image and branding, and marketing to high-end brides
Breaking News
- Posted 02 Jun 2009
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | Illinois Videographers Association event draws internationally recognized presenters Patrick Moreau and Michael Wong of StillMotion and marks the speaking debut of concept film phenom Kevin Shahinian of Pacific Pictures
Enter Your Best Videos Now
Breaking News
- Posted 20 May 2009
Jan Ozer | As many of you have already discovered, creating videos for small to midsize businesses gives videographers a nice opportunity to branch out into new markets. Here are some tips on how to do it well.
Feature
- Posted 18 May 2009
By
Jan Ozer
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | What is In[Focus] 2010 and what's with all those viral videos?
A team of Apple executives, led by Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, will deliver the keynote.
Breaking News
- Posted 13 May 2009
iDive is a central hub for your movies and clips
Breaking News
- Posted 12 May 2009
Jan Ozer | Whether you plan to use it as a collection of theme-specific transitions or an inexpensive platform for custom effects generation, at $79, Adorage is a cost-effective and worthwhile addition to your editing suite.
In the Studio
- Posted 06 May 2009
By
Jan Ozer
Ben Balser | Here we explore Final Cut Pro's track controls, teaching readers how to quickly and easily manage tracks and content, cutting down on the time they spend placing content, and increasing the time they have to be creative.
Tutorials
- Posted 06 May 2009
- May 2009 Issue
By
Ben Balser
Lance Gray | Lance explains how to simplify and streamline the production of pro-quality photo collages for video and montage projects using Google Picasa.
Tutorials
- Posted 05 May 2009
- May 2009 Issue
By
Lance Gray
A few thoughts on the 2008 EventDV 25
A few thoughts on the 2008 EventDV 25
Elizabeth Avery Merfeld | A look behind the garage door into the world where "A Sin City Love Story" was created
Elizabeth Avery Merfeld | A look behind the garage door into the world where "A Sin City Love Story" was created
Re:Frame 09 Austin rolls on into Day Two with internationally renowned DoP Philip Bloom, Fusion tips from Bruce Patterson, 30-second film clips, shooting in the streets of Austin, and more
Feature
- Posted 04 May 2009
Ed Wardyga | I keep hearing about fellow video professionals—especially those who specialize in weddings—lamenting the decreases in their business. Economic downturns do affect everyone, but all that is required to survive and even prosper is a willingness to do two things: diversify, and keep a keen eye out for opportunities.
Ed Wardyga | I keep hearing about fellow video professionals—especially those who specialize in weddings—lamenting the decreases in their business. Economic downturns do affect everyone, but all that is required to survive and even prosper is a willingness to do two things: diversify, and keep a keen eye out for opportunities.
Amen Corner
- Posted 03 May 2009
- May 2009 Issue
By
Ed Wardyga
Customers Now Receive Certification upon lynda.com Course Completion
Breaking News
- Posted 27 Apr 2009
Can Austin keep Re:Frame weird, and vice versa?
Presentation topics include Best Practices for Wedding Gig Networking, Audio Acquisition for Videographers; with Sennheiser
Breaking News
- Posted 20 Apr 2009
Goal of the festival is to increase awareness of the quality and differing types of wedding video and film productions that are being produced today by artists from around the world and to reward these artists with real prizes that will take their craft to a higher level
Breaking News
- Posted 18 Apr 2009
Site aggregates Final Cut Pro specific news, blogs and tweets and displays them on a single page
Breaking News
- Posted 15 Apr 2009
EventDV-TV
- Posted 15 Apr 2009
David McKnight | This month we'll feature more audio tips plus information on compression, the audio utilities found in UltimateS Pro, and the best way to prepare audio files for use in Vegas's disc-authoring companion program, DVD Architect.
Lance Gray | Shallow depth of field is easy to achieve with a nice camera. But what if you have a photo in which there's little distinction between the foreground and the background? In this tutorial, I'll show you a quick way to get this effect with minimal effort.
Tutorials
- Posted 09 Apr 2009
- April 2009 Issue
By
Lance Gray
Ben Balser | DVDxDV's Veescope line, which started with the Veescope Live software-based field monitor, now consists of four tools: Veescope Live, Veescope Hub, Veescope Key, and Veescope Signals. I have found all four of these software products to be worth the price, reliable, and high quality.
In the Field
- Posted 09 Apr 2009
- April 2009 Issue
By
Ben Balser
Marla Misek Clark | For Sylvia Broeckx and Niels Puttemans of UK-based Ever After Video Productions, 2008 was a transformative year
Studio Time
- Posted 06 Apr 2009
- April 2009 Issue
Jan Ozer | Not to rant, but the QuickTime Reference Movie has better PR people than Peyton Manning, creating a legacy that the reality doesn't quite match.
The Moving Picture
- Posted 30 Mar 2009
- April 2009 Issue
By
Jan Ozer
First Professional Videographers Coalition event hosted by LIVA and NJVA
Breaking News
- Posted 25 Mar 2009
Registration info for April 27-29 event
Breaking News
- Posted 25 Mar 2009
Hal Slifer's 3 Questions
May 20 event to feature all-star speaking lineup with Patrick Moreau and Michael Wong, Lance Gray, Chris Chibucos, Kevin Shahinian, and Keith Kelly
Breaking News
- Posted 24 Mar 2009
Jan Ozer | In this first installment and episode of Streaming Video Peer Review, streaming video expert and Moving Picture columnist Jan Ozer analyzes an online corporate video by McKinsey & Company for background, lighting and exposure, audio, editing, and encoding.
Feature
- Posted 23 Mar 2009
By
Jan Ozer
10 chapters cover a comprehensive range of subjects including capturing, importing, editing, effects, audio and exporting
Breaking News
- Posted 18 Mar 2009
Presenting the 2008 EventDV 25, the 25 hottest and most influential videographers in the world as elected by the readers of EventDV magazine
EventDV-TV
- Posted 17 Mar 2009
Features
- Posted 16 Mar 2009
Elizabeth Avery Merfeld | We asked 5 award-winning studios--all of whom have won international awards specifically for their demos--to demystify the process of producing an award-winning demo and help you master the making of your own.
New issue features Mark Von Lanken's definitive review of the Panasonic AG-HMC150, 5 expert opinions on how to construct an effective wedding demo, Ben Balser's tutorial on working with sound in Final Cut Pro, and new columnist Mark Foley's tips on how to get great on-site audio at live events
Features
- Posted 05 Mar 2009
Ben Balser | From capture to mixing, this article will give you the basic tools for managing how you work with soundtracks efficiently and easily.
Tutorials
- Posted 05 Mar 2009
- March 2009 Issue
By
Ben Balser
Lance Gray | While you could certainly find a font or Photoshop brush to make a star, there is actually a very easy way to do it within Photoshop. And if you do it this way, you can even dictate the number of points!
Tutorials
- Posted 05 Mar 2009
- March 2009 Issue
By
Lance Gray
Elizabeth Avery Merfeld | His maxim--Adapt or die!--is what turned BMX legend Joe Simon into a four-time Telly Award-winning artist and owner of Joe Simon Productions, an Austin, Texas-based studio specializing in cinematic high-definition and vintage wedding films.
Shawn Lam | The primary benefit of the Matrox RT.X2 LE is that even after you add several effects and layers of video, your video preview is done in real time. In addition, once you're done editing, the subsequent export does not first require rendering time for the effects and layers before encoding.
In the Studio
- Posted 05 Mar 2009
- March 2009 Issue
By
Shawn Lam
Jan Ozer | What are the 5 most common mistakes made by video producers when producing or preparing their video for streaming? In a sneak preview of his upcoming Streaming Media East seminar exclusively for EventDV readers, Jan Ozer explains these errors and tells you how to avoid them.
The Moving Picture
- Posted 02 Mar 2009
- March 2009 Issue
By
Jan Ozer
New training video gives users expert instruction on optimizing image quality and content repurposing; mastering new features found in the industry standard Episode 5.1 compression tools
Breaking News
- Posted 20 Feb 2009
Mark Von Lanken takes Panasonic's new professional AVCHD camera, the AG-HMC150, out in the field for a series of wedding shoots and examines its usability and features, tests its low-light performance, and offers comparisons to Sony's popular Z1U. NOW AVAILABLE: ALL 5 VIDEO CLIPS THAT ACCOMPANY THIS ARTICLE!
By utilizing both modern and vintage filmmaking tools and even including new fusion techniques, the entries for this competition are poised to be some of the most inspired and most unique showcases of talent seen yet
Breaking News
- Posted 05 Feb 2009
CS4 guru provides expert instruction for latest Adobe® release
Breaking News
- Posted 03 Feb 2009
New issue features Philip Hinkle's search for the perfect reception light, Jan Ozer's best practices for delivering HD video online, Stu Sweetow's surefire plan for avoiding catastrophe when shooting on location, and more
Features
- Posted 01 Feb 2009
David McKnight | For those instances when your captured audio leaves something to be desired, it's great to have postproduction tools that can make a difference. Here's a look at how to use Vegas's rich complement of audio tools to normalize your captured audio and eliminate unwanted noises.
Tutorials
- Posted 31 Jan 2009
- February 2009 Issue
By
David McKnight
Joe McManus | This month we'll look at the AVCHD format and how it fits into your Final Cut Pro workflow.
Tutorials
- Posted 31 Jan 2009
- February 2009 Issue
By
Joe McManus
Lance Gray | What if you love a certain pristine font and can't find a grungy version of it? Well, I'm going to show you how to take crisp and clean and make it tattered and dirty!
Tutorials
- Posted 31 Jan 2009
- February 2009 Issue
By
Lance Gray
Laura Moses | As wedding videograpgers, we work with music, hearts, and dreams. We're the keepers of the flame for future generations. After we're gone there will be pieces of us—little bits of our hearts—scattered across the globe, telling stories about love.
Vantage Point
- Posted 30 Jan 2009
- February 2009 Issue
By
Laura Moses
David McKnight | Video Essentials claims to be a Swiss Army knife of postproduction designed to enhance, optimize, and accelerate your productivity. It includes 10 tools that serve a variety of effects needs. Sometimes you need to fix a problem, and sometimes you want to enhance an image. Video Essentials includes tools designed to do both.
In the Studio
- Posted 30 Jan 2009
- February 2009 Issue
By
David McKnight
Jan Ozer | So, you've been shooting in high definition for a while now, and you are ready to start posting HD sample clips on the web that actually reflect the quality of the footage you're capturing in your camera and editing in your NLE. You have two options: Do it yourself or use a service. Here's what you'll need to know with each approach.
Features
- Posted 30 Jan 2009
- February 2009 Issue
By
Jan Ozer
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | Introducing EventDV-TV, EventDV's forthcoming video channel, which will debut in February on www.eventdv-tv.com.
Turn to award-winning industry veteran and recognized CS4 guru Tim Kolb as the on-camera instructor for the title
Breaking News
- Posted 17 Jan 2009
Jan Ozer | Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) Production Premium allows you to send Premiere Pro sequences to both the Adobe Media Encoder (AME) and Adobe Encore for rendering or authoring while continuing to edit in Premiere Pro. The bad news is this significantly increases CS4's memory requirements, and on a 32-bit operating system, this can mean longer rendering times, instability, or both. If you want CS4's features without the performance penalty, you should consider running CS4 on a 64-bit system.
The Moving Picture
- Posted 12 Jan 2009
- February 2009 Issue
By
Jan Ozer
Tour Kicks Off in New York City on January 16
Breaking News
- Posted 08 Jan 2009
Polls now open for 2008 EventDV 25, the 25 hottest and most influential videographers in the business
Breaking News
- Posted 05 Jan 2009
January 2009 EventDV Table of Contents
Elzabeth Avery-Merfeld | Kevin Shahinian was rushing out his door, on his way to shoot a musical number at a library on the outskirts of Los Angeles, when we first spoke to him about the Bollywood "mini-epic" he was making for a couple from Southern California...
David McKnight | In this installment I'll extend the discussion of color correction techniques we began in November 2008 with a look at using some of the new color-enhancing filters that come with Vegas Pro 8 to solve a real-world problem with exposure.
Lance Gray | In the December 2008 installment of Graphic Thoughts, I shared the first 5 of my top 10 most commonly used Photoshop tricks. Here's the rest of the best.
Tutorials
- Posted 01 Jan 2009
- January 2009 Issue
By
Lance Gray
Ben Balser | This month we'll look at exporting your Final Cut Pro Sequence into an H.264 file for the internet. We'll take you through three methods of doing this that are not difficult, starting with the easiest first.
Tutorials
- Posted 01 Jan 2009
- January 2009 Issue
By
Ben Balser
Introduced several years ago as a 2-DVD set called Business Everlasting and later expanded into The Complete Course with a 3-ring binder chock full of useful content, Alan Naumann's definitive memorial videography training kit has been recently updated with a variety of helpful materials.
WEVA Expo 2009 to be held at brand new Hilton Orlando
Breaking News
- Posted 24 Dec 2008
December 2008 EventDV Table of Contents
Features
- Posted 01 Dec 2008
By
Alan Naumann
,
Anthony Burokas
,
Chris Randall
,
Ed Wardyga
,
Jan Ozer
,
Joe McManus
,
Kris Malandruccolo
,
Lance Gray
,
Laura Moses
,
Lee Rickwood
,
Marc Franklin
,
Peter Chung
,
Philip Hinkle
,
Shawn Lam
,
Stephen Nathans-Kelly
,
Steve Yankee
,
Stu Sweetow
Jan Ozer | With Sonicfire Pro 5, SmartSound has enhanced your ability to find different songs, but more importantly, it has dramatically improved your ability to customize songs to fit your video content. Specifically, the new Timing feature lets you choose a generic song from SmartSound's library and make it sound like it was custom-written for your commercial, tutorial, or other video project.
In the Studio
- Posted 01 Dec 2008
- December 2008 Issue
By
Jan Ozer
We consulted our crack team of contributing editors and columnists on what they saw as the game-changing products and trends in the event video industry in 2008. The envelope please...
Customers now have access to in-house experts for portable live production and 3D animation support seven days a week
Breaking News
- Posted 19 Nov 2008
Free, one hour session will focus on film editors and cover exciting new high-quality hardware from Blackmagic Design and Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 Production Premium, a complete solution for creative professionals who craft world-class video, audio, and interactive media—for delivery on-air, online, and on device
Breaking News
- Posted 19 Nov 2008
New Time-Saving Editing Features Give Customers Greater Control and Flexibility
Breaking News
- Posted 10 Nov 2008
Monthly competitions are a run-up to early 2009 launch of WedFACTION international online film festival and competition
Breaking News
- Posted 05 Nov 2008
November 2008 EventDV Table of Contents
Features
- Posted 01 Nov 2008
By
Anthony Burokas
,
Dan Lewis
,
David McKnight
,
Ed Wardyga
,
Elizabeth Avery Merfeld
,
Jan Ozer
,
Joe McManus
,
Kris Malandruccolo
,
Lance Gray
,
Lee Rickwood
,
Stephen Nathans-Kelly
,
Steve Yankee
Elizabeth Avery Welsh Merfeld | When the time comes to put his legacy in order, Lee Bakogiannakis wants to be remembered for his contributions to the Greek wedding video industry. But for now he'll settle for being known as the guy who "made Bon Jovi cool again."
David McKnight | Welcome to our new series of Vegas tips and tricks tutorials! We'll begin by discussing one of the most important features of any pro NLE: color correction.
Tutorials
- Posted 01 Nov 2008
- November 2008 Issue
By
David McKnight
Lance Gray | Sketch Master enables you to create realistic-looking hand-drawings from photos by simulating tools such as lead pencil, ink pencil, crayon, charcoal, and airbrush with brilliant results. Here's how it works.
Tutorials
- Posted 01 Nov 2008
- November 2008 Issue
By
Lance Gray
Joe McManus | In this installment of Cut Lines, we'll look at cropping and rotating several images at once and how nesting your composition can make it easier to manipulate your images together.
Tutorials
- Posted 01 Nov 2008
- November 2008 Issue
By
Jan Ozer
Jan Ozer | One of the coolest new features in Adobe Encore CS4 is the ability to insert pop-up menus over video in Blu-ray Disc projects, a feature unique among authoring programs in Encore's class. In this tutorial, I'll describe how to implement that feature as I did in a simple project I produced in early fall.
Tutorials
- Posted 01 Nov 2008
- November 2008 Issue
By
Jan Ozer
Introduction to Color (11/7-9), Introduction to DVD Studio Pro (11/21-23), Motion Graphics & Effects In Final Cut Studio 2 (12/5-7)
Breaking News
- Posted 28 Oct 2008
The best way to learn about H.264 video and how to use it and how not to use it is to study iTunes podcasts. I did, and here's what I found.
The Moving Picture
- Posted 20 Oct 2008
- November 2008 Issue
By
Jan Ozer
Chris Randall | Jeff Pulera's new tutorial, available from Safe Harbor Computers, is an excellent resource for any Matrox RT.X2 user wanting to get the most out of HDV and Blu-ray production. It greatly helps the viewer get up to speed and learn the various encoding and export options for HDV Blu-ray projects.
Continuing Education
- Posted 13 Oct 2008
- December 2008 Issue
By
Chris Randall
Learn how to streamline your wedding and event video workflow, and enhance your business model
Breaking News
- Posted 10 Oct 2008
Second day of seminars, second-line parade, and everything you always wanted to know about Super 8 wedding filmmaking but were afraid to ask.
Reporting from New Orleans' French Quarter on the opening sessions of the long-anticipated boutique seminar experience for event videographers
Be the first in the Chicagoland area to see the first demonstration of CS4 by Javier Villarreal
Breaking News
- Posted 03 Oct 2008
Over 100 hours of instructional videos on Creative Suite 4 training, comprised of 34 different product training tutorials, with dozens of additional courses planned for the coming months
Breaking News
- Posted 02 Oct 2008
Intensified Focus on Training, Technology, Creativity and Community for the Video Professional
Breaking News
- Posted 01 Oct 2008
October 2008 EventDV
Features
- Posted 01 Oct 2008
Ben Balser | In constant speed time remapping, we have only two keyframes: one at the In Point and one at the Out Point of the clip. Both are "corner" keyframes, which means they are angles with no Bezier adjustment abilities. The whole clip moves at one "constant" speed—no changes, simple as that. Also, with constant speed changes, the duration of our clip in the Timeline window will change accordingly. With variable speed remapping, we can have many keyframes throughout the clip, and each can be a corner or a "smooth" keyframe.
Tutorials
- Posted 01 Oct 2008
- October 2008 Issue
By
Ben Balser
Lance Gray | In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create a memorial tupe of graphic using a slick, free Photoshop Frame Border Action from the good folks at ActionFX.com called ActionFX_Framing-SamplePack-001. This action, with just one click, will create a very nice frame around a photo.
Tutorials
- Posted 01 Oct 2008
- October 2008 Issue
By
Lance Gray
Elizabeth Welsh | The rise and fall of (well, OK, only the rise of) Hollywood spoofmaster Loyd Calomay of Red 5 Studios
Ben Balser | Is Final Cut Server for everyone? In a nutshell, no. A one- or two-person shop would do better to manually create a folder structure on a hard drive and use Adobe Bridge to manage its assets. But for mid-size and larger studios, broadcast stations, and environments where you have multiple people doing different jobs on multiple projects, FCSvr can be a huge timesaver and organizer. It's powerful, flexible, and really nice for a version one release.
In the Studio
- Posted 01 Oct 2008
- October 2008 Issue
By
Ben Balser
Sponsors/competitors include Avid, Sony, Grass Valley, Adobe, and Apple
Breaking News
- Posted 19 Sep 2008
Two-time EventDV 25 honorees and 15-time WEVA CEA winners Jeff & Andee Wright offer on-location shooting and a "fun and intimate learning experience"
Breaking News
- Posted 19 Sep 2008
Ben Balser, Apple certified trainer, author, consultant, and IT specialist, is currently scheduled for the upcoming "FEAR In New Orleans" festival on Sunday, October 5, 2008
Breaking News
- Posted 18 Sep 2008
Marc Franklin | Here's a look at how Western Digital's new My Passport II 320GB portable hard drive stacks up against my trusty G-Tech as an external editing drive to take on the road.
Tutorials
- Posted 15 Sep 2008
- October 2008 Issue
By
Marc Franklin
Hal Slifer | To be successful today, wedding and event videographers must have a Cash Cow: a product that supplements their mottom line by delivering regular (and often quick) revenue and makes them stand out from the competition. Here's what several top videographers told us about their Cash Cows and how they've kept their businesses profitable in the current economic downturn.
Features
- Posted 02 Sep 2008
- September 2008 Issue
By
Hal Slifer
September 2008 EventDV
Features
- Posted 01 Sep 2008
Alan Naumann | I was recently asked to shoot a 50-year class reunion at a local high school. There are 150,000 high school reunions each year, with an annual total attendance of 27 million, or 180 per reunion. That's a lot of potential business for event videographers.
Cradle to Grave
- Posted 01 Sep 2008
- September 2008 Issue
By
Alan Naumann
Lance Gray | In this tutorial, I'll show you how I often create usable backgrounds when I need something quick and there isn't a predefined image to choose from in my arsenal.
Tutorials
- Posted 01 Sep 2008
- September 2008 Issue
By
Lance Gray
Ben Balser | In Part 1 of our two-part tutorial on Time Remapping--speeding up or slowing down a clip or a section of a clip--we'll look at Constant Speed Remapping and its mechanics in FCP so that you more fully understand why your results look the way they do.
Tutorials
- Posted 01 Sep 2008
- September 2008 Issue
By
Ben Balser
Laura Moses | Truly great films don't just tell a story, they create a mood—not unlike a dream—that draws audience membersinto an experience they are able to feel with their entire being. Event filmmakers, though working within restricted parameters that don't allow directorial control, can nevertheless draw upon these elements of filmmaking to touch the soul of a viewer.
Vantage Point
- Posted 18 Aug 2008
- September 2008 Issue
By
Laura Moses
Jan Ozer | Because Adobe showed what looked to be stable CS4 versions of Premiere Pro and OnLocation for the Mac in April at NAB 2008 and is currently shipping beta versions of Soundbooth CS4, I'm expecting to see Production Premium CS4 by early 2009, if not sooner. But what's CS4 going to deliver?
The Moving Picture
- Posted 11 Aug 2008
- September 2008 Issue
Jeff Pulera provides over 90 minutes of unique instruction on the steps, tips, and tricks necessary to maximize an HDV-to-Blu-ray workflow in the RT.X2
Breaking News
- Posted 04 Aug 2008
August 2008 EventDV: Features, Tutorials, Columns, and Departments.
Features
- Posted 01 Aug 2008
August 2008 EventDV
Features
- Posted 01 Aug 2008
By
Jan Ozer
,
Lee Rickwood
,
Todd Gillespie
,
Tim Siglin
,
Steve Yankee
,
Lance Gray
,
Elizabeth Avery Merfeld
,
Joe McManus
,
Philip Hinkle
,
Stephen Nathans-Kelly
,
Patrick Moreau
,
Marshall Levy
Joe McManus | How to you make text interesting? Here are a few tips to help you use text to greater effect in your videos.
Tutorials
- Posted 01 Aug 2008
- August 2008 Issue
By
Joe McManus
Lance Gray | In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to create perspective shadows in Adobe Photoshop CS3. The result is dynamic, but the technique is a breeze.
Tutorials
- Posted 01 Aug 2008
- August 2008 Issue
By
Lance Gray
Jan Ozer | When producing and compressing corporate video for the web, set design can have a profound effect on both the perceived and actual quality of the video you deliver. This article describes what works and what doesn't, and lists approaches you can use in a variety of shooting scenarios.
Features
- Posted 01 Aug 2008
- August 2008 Issue
By
Jan Ozer
Philip Hinkle | Overall, Dream in Color is a good training DVD for videographers interested in learning color grading techniques that will enhance their wedding and event productions, but it stops a little short of the greatness you might expect from a videographer as talented and innovative as Joshua Smith.
Continuing Education
- Posted 01 Aug 2008
- August 2008 Issue
By
Philip Hinkle
Tim Siglin | In pursuit of a little "down time," away from technology, my oldest daughter suggested that I accompany her on a trip to Acapulco, Mexico, this summer to help with a construction project at an orphanage. While I was hoping to take a break from video there, it turned out my video skills were much in demand. And yours might be too.
Amen Corner
- Posted 01 Aug 2008
- August 2008 Issue
By
Tim Siglin
New tool reveals how to optimize quality and encoding efficiency in Final Cut Studio
Breaking News
- Posted 22 Jul 2008
Lee Rickwood | Some high-capacity portable storage systems for digital media assets—including graphics, photos, and digital audio and video—have been announced or released recently, bringing the ability to move large amounts of digital data easily, reliably, and conveniently.
Gear & Now
- Posted 21 Jul 2008
- August 2008 Issue
212-page book covers everything a video professional needs to know to transition to HD
Breaking News
- Posted 02 Jul 2008
Features
- Posted 01 Jul 2008
By
Alan Naumann
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Ben Balser
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Chris Randall
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Ed Wardyga
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Jan Ozer
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Joe McManus
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Kris Malandruccolo
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Lance Gray
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Laura Moses
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Lee Rickwood
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Marc Franklin
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Mark Von Lanken
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Michael Y. Wong
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Stephen Nathans-Kelly
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Steve Yankee
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Tim Siglin
Jan Ozer | I got flamed repeatedly after writing a blog post about Sony Vegas while I was at NAB. In essence, the post stated that it was easy for me to recognize the NLE's many strengths, but that didn't make me any more comfortable using it. These responses made me crystallize my thinking about why we choose the video editors we choose, and it came down to three reasons: "the complete product," "first love," and sheer, subjective preference.
The Moving Picture
- Posted 01 Jul 2008
- July 2008 Issue
By
Jan Ozer
Kris Malandruccolo | Two new instructional DVD titles from multiple CEA and AAA winners and two-time EventDV 25 honorees Steve & Laura Moses
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | Pixelpops' fast & Fabulous Volume 1—a rapid-fire assortment of great graphics tips—is that it not only transcends the limitations of many of the tutorial DVDs we see, but as a download-only Flash-based title, it also sidesteps one of the primary shortcomings of DVD as an instructional medium.
Ben Balser | In this installment of Cut Lines, we look at a growing trend among Final Cut users: utilizing Keynote--the iWork application designed for slideshow-model presentations--as a quick-and-easy motion graphics tool for creating DVD backgrounds.
Tutorials
- Posted 01 Jul 2008
- July 2008 Issue
By
Ben Balser
Chris Randall | The Discproducer is an innovative, high-quality solution that makes DVD duplication and printing easier than ever. Whether you want to use it for an individual disc or a batch job, its high reliability, superb print quality, and cost-effectiveness make it the ideal system for videographers who are looking for an all-in-one solution.
In the Studio
- Posted 01 Jul 2008
- July 2008 Issue
By
Chris Randall
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | A discussion of the use of inanimate objects in art film to convey shades of meaning and character development in Paul Auster's new book sent me in search of examples of this same technique used powerfully in wedding video. Here's what I found, and why it works.
Registration has opened at www.wevaexpo.com for the WEVA 18th Annual Wedding & Event Video Expo August 11-14, 2008
Breaking News
- Posted 25 Jun 2008
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | Re:Frame re:loads and announces its first 2009 event: Re:Frame Austin, set for April 27-29 in a hotbed of indie filmmaking innovation and featuring StillMotion's Patrick Moreau and world-famous British DOP, editor, and cinematographer Philip Bloom
Todd Gillespie | Critical Skills for Streaming Producers should be the ultimate resource for any producer who is working with video and/or streaming. Not only does this DVD teach critical skills for streaming producers, as the title promises, but it teaches skills that all content producers need to know, including videographers of every stripe who either promote or distribute their work online.
Continuing Education
- Posted 06 Jun 2008
- August 2008 Issue
By
Todd Gillespie
VIDEO 09 will be held January 12-15, 2009, at the beautiful Doubletree Hotel At The Entrance To Universal Orlando
Breaking News
- Posted 04 Jun 2008
Shawn Lam | The show is over, the curtains have been drawn, and the performers are heading home. Now the work begins: postproduction.
Stage to Screen
- Posted 01 Jun 2008
- June 2008 Issue
By
Shawn Lam
Marla Misek Clark | 2007 EventDV 25 honoree, Re:Frame Collective member, and GM senior manufacturing engineer Don Pham markets his award-winning wedding productions as "stylized movies," using techniques such as music overlays, natural audio, and voice-overs to enhance the story and capture special moments "in a dramatic and artistic fashion."
Lance Gray | One of the "looks" I see in disc packaging everywhere is that of highly polished "glossy"text, which screams high-end, slick, and cool. The good news about this trendy, glossy text is that you can create it in Photoshop. Here's how it's done.
Tutorials
- Posted 01 Jun 2008
- June 2008 Issue
By
Lance Gray
Daniel Boswell | For years I've been waiting for a camera that would deliver high-quality HD images, shoot great in low light, include progressive capabilities, and be able to get very clean slow motion via overcranking for specialty shots. I also was looking for a tapeless workflow for Same-Day Edits--all for under $10K. On paper, Sony's new PMW-EX1 offers everything I'm looking for--but does it deliver?
Features
- Posted 28 May 2008
Jan Ozer | Back in the DV days, life was simpler. Now you need to be conversant in LongGOP, MPEG-2, AVCHD, and AVC-I, and you must know the raster and display resolutions (not to mention bit depths) of all of the candidates to choose your HD format. If you believe that tape is on the way out, as I do, MXF should be on your radar screen. You should also make sure your NLE provides the optimal platform for editing MXF content.
The Moving Picture
- Posted 01 May 2008
- May 2008 Issue
By
Jan Ozer
Joe McManus | Apple entered the battle for the living room entertainment market in 2007 with the release of the Apple TV device. It's begun to claim a modest amount of market share in the world of consumer set-top boxes lately, but it has professional applications too. Inside that unimposing plastic shell is a powerful multimedia device that can be invaluable in your studio.
In the Studio
- Posted 01 May 2008
- May 2008 Issue
By
Joe McManus
Luisa Winters | In December, Lance Gray explained how to isolate a color in a still image in Photoshop. You can also achieve this effect on the video side of things, and for that, the perfect application is After Effects—which is, after all, Photoshop on a timeline.
Lance Gray | We all know that in Photoshop you can type any text, save the Photoshop .psd file, then reopen it later and edit that text. But what if you want to make a slight alteration to your text, like extending the edges of a letter to make regular text into a killer logo? How would you do it? Turn your text into a shape.
Tutorials
- Posted 01 May 2008
- May 2008 Issue
Philip Hinkle | When I took delivery of a new Sony BWU-200S 4X BD burner, my goal was to deliver wedding videos, with menus, on Blu-ray Disc, for minimal additional investment. Here's the workflow I developed, and how I got there.
Kris Malandruccolo | Two new DVD training titles from three-time EventDV 25 honoree Steve Fowler
Now bundled with the highly popular Class on Demand "Complete Training for NewTek SpeedEdit"
Class Act
- Posted 24 Apr 2008
Adventures in HD Delivery, Color Isolation in After Effects, Shaping Text in Photoshop, LED Lights Shootout, Using Apple TV As a Sales Tool, and More
Breaking News
- Posted 13 Apr 2008
Speakers include David Robin, Dave Williams, Steve Fowler, Chris Chibucos, and Keith Anderson
Breaking News
- Posted 11 Apr 2008
Free seminar will feature demonstrations of the Matrox RT.X2 realtime editing platform and the Rimage 5100N professional disc publishing system
Breaking News
- Posted 04 Apr 2008
Lance Gray | For those of you who would like to put an image inside some text or drop a photo into a preformatted shape, Clip Masking is the fastest way to do this. In this tutorial, I'll show you a couple of quick and painless ways to make this work.
Tutorials
- Posted 01 Apr 2008
- April 2009 Issue
Ben Balser | Apple's Compressor application has always been a workhorse for video compression and transcoding. In this edition of Cut Lines, we'll take a brief walk through Compressor 3 to see just how easy it is to prepare your video projects for delivery to multiple platforms.
Philip Hinkle | Complete Training for Edius 4.5 is aimed at the beginner and intermediate editor but even advanced editors will learn a few things that will help them streamline their workflow.
Continuing Education
- Posted 01 Apr 2008
- May 2008 Issue
By
Philip Hinkle
Hal Slifer | Is the photomontage dead as a commercial product for videographers?
Seven veteran members of the NPVA presented topics on varied aspects of video production
Breaking News
- Posted 26 Mar 2008
Jan Ozer | Most computers moved to internal Serial ATA (SATA) drives a few years ago. With a theoretical transfer rate of about 3.0GB per second, SATA is more than sufficient for DV and HDV editing, and external SATA (eSATA) extends this speed to external drives.
Feature
- Posted 20 Mar 2008
By
Jan Ozer
Workshop presented at iDiDx Expo, Lafayette, Louisiana; sponsored by Cinematic Arts Workshop
Breaking News
- Posted 12 Mar 2008
Interactive content network Zoom in Online partners with Apple, Inc. on the launch of an online community resource center surrounding the video post production suite Final Cut Studio 2
Breaking News
- Posted 10 Mar 2008
Joe McManus | Apple's Final Cut Studio package contains just about everything a wedding videographer needs to create amazing videos, but I've always felt that it just needed a little extra help in certain areas, which is where third-party effects packages come in. Of all the FCS plugins I've seen, FxFactory Pro 2, with its 122 included filters, generators, and transitions, is the best value for the money.
Feature
- Posted 09 Mar 2008
Elizabeth Welsh | One of the most interesting new trends in wedding video is the "new documentary" style, which eschews the pomp and grandeur of cinematic video with quicker cuts, more ambient audio, and less reliance on orchestral scores. Six leading practitioners explain what the new doc is all about, and how it's set their work apart.
Laura Moses | There are a few potentially lethal shots to avoid in order to keep your brides looking beautiful. Here are some to look out for.
Lance Gray | Actions are Photoshop's way of recording the steps you make to play back at a later time. In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to create an Action called the "$500 Photo Effect." It's simple to create, the results are dramatic, and it's the perfect look to have as an Action in your arsenal.
Ben Balser | The new Color application included with Final Cut Studio 2 can greatly speed up and enhance your wedding video work. Here are four examples of ways you can use it.
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | What happens when nine leading wedding filmmakers who met online get together in New Orleans to discuss the future of wedding videography? In a word, Re:Frame. But what exactly is Re:Frame, who's behind it, and how do they plan to reframe the image of the wedding video industry, beginning with the self-image of wedding videographers themselves?
Lance Gray | Adobe Photoshop version 6.0 changed the way that everyone used Photoshop with the introduction of "styles." For years, that feature alone was the reason I'd tell people, "If you're using anything less than the full version 6.0 of Adobe Photoshop, then get rid of it, or upgrade!" So what exactly are styles and why are they so important?
Joe McManus | Since a bride and groom so much time planning the exact look and feel of their wedding, your video will fit more into their vision if you bring some of the design elements from the wedding into the production. Using Final Cut Studio, you can incorporate those elements to be subtle or very obvious, depending on your editing style.
Elizabeth Welsh | If it's forward-thinking, technologically superior, and luxurious, then newly minted EventDV 25 honoree Cloud Nine Creative--a boutique wedding video studio and pubisher of WedLuxe, Canada's luxury wedding magazine--is probably first out of the gate with it.
Tim Siglin | Recently I've been hard at work on a white paper about Flash Video that relates to the insurgence of high-definition streaming, I'd like to review three HD formats that are vying for low-cost professional attention: HDV, AVCHD, and H.264.
Hal Slifer | My name is Hal. I'm a same-day edit addict. I need to do one at every video job I am hired for, whether the clients want one or not.
Jan Ozer | Because I spend so much time using Premiere Pro, Encore DVD, After Effects, and all the applications in Adobe CS3 Production Premium, even some minor changes would save me oodles of time.
Feature
- Posted 01 Feb 2008
Starting Tuesday, January 29 At 1:00 p.m. at PMA 08
Breaking News
- Posted 29 Jan 2008
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | Great seminars; awards, awards, and more awards; legends built and and stars born at the 4EVER Group's Video 08
All lessons are geared toward the motion graphics professional looking to fine tune his or her skills in broadcast-quality video, design motion graphics, and visual effects
Class Act
- Posted 24 Jan 2008
In this video tutorial, EventDV Moving Picture columnist Jan Ozer explains how you can stabilize your video effectively and efficiently with proDAD Mercalli using a host of well-chosen presets and more.
Latest technology for live-production, virtual sets, motion graphics and post-production to be showcased at free events
Breaking News
- Posted 11 Jan 2008
Shawn Lam | If all of my markets had a similar sales-to-production time ratio to the dance recital market, I could increase my sales by 50% without working any harder. And the dance video season ends just as the wedding video season is beginning, creating a very simple one-two market punch.
Elizabeth Welsh | As they modestly described their respective crafts—Amina's photography represents the "Still" of Still-Motion, and Patrick's videography provides the "Motion"—it became clear that the pair more than just balance or complement one another. Their synergy defines Still-Motion—that, and the way they approach their work: as an ever-evolving process.
Jan Ozer | proDAD's Mercalli is a versatile and usable image stabilization plugin that produces excellent results on footage with a range of stability issues. In testing, it produced results that were clearly preferable to SteadyMove, and it proved much more usable than After Effects. So even if you have both of these options at your disposal, Mercalli is well worth a look, especially since it only costs $119.
Feature
- Posted 09 Jan 2008
By
Jan Ozer
Lance Gray | In this tutorial we'll focus on a key, often-overlooked part of photo montage production: the acquisition of the photos and a way to make the process super-efficient. This is crucial when you're working on a tight deadline, as with most memorial tributes.
Ben Balser | In Part 3 of our motion graphics crash course, we'll transform our 3D animated titles into DVD menus, add transitions, and complete the project we started with LiveType in Part 1 and Motion in Part 2.
Jan Ozer | Streaming used to be a two-horse race—Windows Media and Real Video—but the streaming world has changed so much in the last few months that you need a scorecard to keep track of the players. Consider this your scorecard.
Feature
- Posted 30 Nov 2007
By
Jan Ozer
Ed Wardyga | A big deal for anyone who travels with a laptop: You have a one in ten chance of having your laptop stolen, and according to the FBI, 97% are never recovered. Here are some ways to protect your investment.
What products ruled the roost in event videography in 2007? And what were the biggest trends in the industry? The envelope, please...
Elizabeth Welsh | In the 5 years since Kristen* Souders began Bliss* Video Productions in West Hollywood with the bluntly stated goal of creating wedding video "that doesn't suck," her self-described "couture" approach--heavy on film--has earned her top dollar and attracted an elite clientele.
Lance Gray | Kicking off his new monthly tutorial series on graphic tips for videographers, Lance "Dr. Photoshop" Gray of PixelPops Design explains how to isolate a color in Photoshop and create the single-color-in-a-B & W-image effect first seen in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List.
Ben Balser | Continuing our series on dynamic title creation in Final Cut Studio, we'll take the title video clip we created last month, make three versions of it, design a background, bring the clips into Motion, and move between them in 3D space.
Feature
- Posted 29 Nov 2007
In recent years, we've seen the rise in prominence of a new wave of dynamic videographers building successful businesses and national reputations before they're eligible to belly up to an open bar. In this article, we'll profile four event video prodigies.
Expert Techniques on Using Stock Footage; Free Footage Valued at USD $900
Breaking News
- Posted 13 Nov 2007
Hal Slifer | If you can produce a video that tells the history of the honoree and can allow the audience to laugh with, and not at, the subject's story, you will become more successful as the go-to video biographer in your market.
Carly Mulliken | In spite of the fact that he runs three businesses--a psychotherapy practice, a videography studio, and a nonprofit organization he founded called ErieKIDS--Jeff Natalie says, "I will never not have enough energy for helping kids."
Laura Randall | VASST's new TrakPaks collection of royalty-free music clips, including intros, outros, and loopable middle sections, features high-quality music with real instruments that's easy to edit and integrate into your projects without the need for cumbersome plugins or advanced musical knowledge. The four volumes currently available provide a wide variety of sounds and moods that are well-suited to the wide variety of video projects we do.
Ben Balser | This month I'll present part 1 of a 3-part tutorial showing you how to create very dynamic titles with Final Cut Studio 2. In part 1, we'll start by using LiveType, along with photos from your wedding or event video, to create dynamic introduction clips.
Marc Franklin | Given the unprecedented demans that HDV's native interframe compression places on systems that can usually handle DV in their sleep, how powerful a system do you need to make HDV postproduction as smooth as DV editing is today? We tested three strategies using Premiere Pro CS3: editing native on a new DuoCore PC; editing native with the help of Matrox' RT.X2; and working with a Cineform intermediate codec.
Stephen Nathans-Kelly | Most videographers who are familiar with Joel Peregrine and his reputation for producing world-class cinematic wedding video from five-camera one-man-band wedding shoots have two questions: Is it true, and how does he do it? Here we find out, following Peregrine through a typical wedding, culminating in a wedding-day edit.
Philip Hinkle | The real challenge with SDEs is how to capture and edit quickly and efficiently while still delivering a video that will knock your clients' socks off—and impress their guests as well, yielding new business for you. For this tutorial, we'll look at how to streamline your SDE production cycle in Grass Valley's Edius NLE, following my workflow for a typical wedding SDE.
Doug Graham | After my experience with surround sound, in which I managed to do away with about five pieces of audio gear and a rat's nest of cabling, I was inspired to widen my scope and institute an across-the-board austerity program.
Providing new users the fundamentals for editing on the Thomson Grass Valley Edius system and existing users a quick start to the new major release
Breaking News
- Posted 27 Sep 2007
First episode "The Roto Route" shows how to use the technique called "rotoscoping" to create the same eye-popping special effects previously thought only the domain of big-budget Hollywood movie studios
Breaking News
- Posted 13 Sep 2007
Event will include a semi-final contest in the Iron Videographer competition
Breaking News
- Posted 07 Sep 2007
Apple-authorized guide to real-world, professional editing in Final Cut Pro
Breaking News
- Posted 05 Sep 2007
Anthony Burokas | HD Today columnist Anthony Burokas recounts life on the set of the Speed Channel's Pinks: All Out, where he worked as an audio assist during taping earlier this year in Philadelphia.
Geoff Daily | From its earliest days in the event video business, VHVideo.com, as it's now known, has been both a technologically savvy operation and a family affair. Their innovation and tech-savviness has made them pioneers in HD production and delivery and brought them numerous international event video awards; most recently, their 6 CEAs at WEVA 2007 included 3 Golds.
Jan Ozer | In this tutorial we'll overview Soundbooth's interface and then focus on how to accomplish common tasks like normalization, noise removal, audio compression, and more.
Feature
- Posted 31 Aug 2007
By
Jan Ozer
Brooke Rudnick | Video presentations are well on their way to becoming the norm in high-end weddings and bar mitzvahs, and they provide a great showcase for the kind of work we do before a large audience. If you haven't booked one for your next event, fear not. Now there is a foolproof way to show every single guest your work before the event even happens--behold, the DVD invitation. It's an excellent add-on that clients will love and pay for!
Ben Balser | Here we take a detailed look at Veescope Live, HD Monitor, and ScopeBox, three of the most practical video production software products on the market for the Mac platform. These software production field monitors serve the same purpose in the Mac arena as Adobe OnLocation.
Fresh, New Royalty-Free Music that works with any NLE or DAW
Breaking News
- Posted 23 Aug 2007
Stephen F. Nathans | WEVA brings it back home to Bally's, delivers strong speaker roster, launches WEVA Latino, and more.
Feature
- Posted 23 Aug 2007
Stephen F. Nathans | Alan Naumann's Complete Course on Funeral Videography, an expanded version of his award-winning Business Everlasting, rounds out the package in a handsome three-ring binder with additional material on marketing, working with Photoshop, working within different religious and cultural traditions, and designing an effective website among other business-growing tips.
Comprehensive guide to producing Flash video on the web
Breaking News
- Posted 15 Aug 2007
Ben Balser | Final Cut Pro 6 is the most solid and stable major upgrade for an application I've ever seen. Here we look at enhancements and improvements in the new version of Apple's pro NLE, including the open-format timeline, surround sound, automatic conforming and scaling, the smoothcam filter, ProRes 422, and more.
Hal Slifer | Same-day edit, instant edit, onsite edit--what you call the hottest trend in wedding video is not important; but how you produce it, how you promote it, and how you use it to promote your services can put you at the forefront of your market and the vanguard of our industry.
Two days of intense wedding & event movie education to be held October 23-24 at david robin | films' L.A. studio and on location
Breaking News
- Posted 27 Jul 2007
Michael Wohl's new book is essential reading for any editor who is ready to take Final Cut Pro to the next level
Breaking News
- Posted 26 Jul 2007
Doug Graham | Why did I recently spend time and money on a major studio upgrade to surround sound? Two letters: HD. What did I find in my surround sound research, and how did I equip my studio? Read on.
Jan Ozer | When you're buying a computer (or building your own), if your computer vendor doesn't provide restore discs, consider buying Symantec Ghost, which can get you to the same place. Specifically, Ghost is a program that builds an image of your system drive, which you can store on another drive or on an optical disc.
Feature
- Posted 19 Jul 2007
Newly branded Adobe product allows creation of finely honed message, with software-based green screen, telepromopter, recording, and live-switch solution.
Jan Ozer | The transitions and effects provided in Vitascene are highly distinctive and very applicable to a variety of events, including weddings, ballets, and other artistic productions. Many effects would apply equally well to business and training videos. All tested effects rendered to very high quality, and the common themes make it easy to create a consistent, polished look. As a plugin with Premiere Pro, Vitascene proved very easy to use.
Feature
- Posted 29 Jun 2007
By
Jan Ozer
Laura Randall | The Matrox DualHead2Go is an excellent value for videographers who use laptops for editing and need to expand their monitor real estate. I was very pleased with my little "magic black box" and look forward to continuing to use it for my mobile productions.
Luisa Winters | Adobe's new CS3 Production Premium raises the bar for postproduction suite features and application integration by including the video-centric and task-oriented Soundbooth; Blu-ray and Flash output support in Encore; the newly acquired Ultra and OnLocation, and more. With Adobe Certified Trainer Luisa Winters as your guide, here's a tour of the new features that will improve your workflow the most.
Tim Siglin | Fortunately for our EventDV readers that may be called upon to use their talents to cut together 400 digital still images—and just as many digital video clips from a variety of cameras—into a coherent music video telling the story of the activity, Adobe and Apple have both released upgrades to their flagship video, motion graphics, and audio tools that will help meet these needs.
Chris Randall | It appears that the wait for a Blu-ray Disc authoring solution fully integrated with a mainstream pro NLE is over, with software giant Adobe selecting Blu-ray as their format of choice for delivery of HD video in the new CS3 version of Encore, which debuts in July with the release of Adobe CS3 Production Premium. Here's a quick walkthrough of Blu-ray Disc workflow in Encore CS3.
Mike Nelson | I conduct a meeting with the bride about two weeks after the wedding for three main reasons. First is to prevent potential problems before they happen. Second is to help the bride deal better with the delivery time. Third is to help a bride deal with her increased value of video after the wedding. Because we schedule this meeting and address these issues, we end up having fewer changes and problems and enjoy happier clients and increased sales.
Company celebrates 10-Year Anniversary
Breaking News
- Posted 21 Jun 2007
Bonus for Video Business Association Members
Breaking News
- Posted 12 Jun 2007
Free sneak peek of Total Training Online available now
Breaking News
- Posted 07 Jun 2007
Tim Siglin | With the introduction of powerful image and video software tools, puppetry has become an innovative way for teens to communicate with young and old alike. Here's a look at a Greensboro, NC-based worship team that uses a series of software tools to create the right mood, performance material, motion graphics, and promotional items needed for hour-long puppet productions, layouts, and take-home DVDs.
Doug Graham | Gm Elliott Videography Training Volume 1 gives you a great opportunity to see one of the industry’s leading videographers at work, along with detailed information and commentary.
Chris Randall | With hardware-assisted cards that provide their own real-time filters, you almost need a roadmap to follow how these effects can best be utilized in your day-to-day productions. When Jeff Pulera created the RT.X2 Revealed tutorial DVD ($99), he set out to create just such a roadmap—and quite a bit more.
Jan Ozer | As a follow-up to March's "Dare to Stream: Deliver Your Wedding and Event Videos Online," this article discusses your alternatives for distributing these videos once encoded and uploaded to your website, from simple to complex.
Feature
- Posted 01 Jun 2007
Julie Hill | Having the chance to spend a day with Jason Magbanua of Jason Magbanua Wedding Videography on a shoot in the Philippines is like having the chance to meet a rock star. Here's a look behind the scenes with Magbanua, Best in Show winner and Same-Day Editor extraordinaire.
Todd Gillespie | Most editors who have Compressor—either bundled with Final Cut Studio or DVD Studio Pro—will have had some experience with its applications. However, a lot of users are still unsure about how to get the most out of their compressions. Hopefully, after reading this article, you'll have a better understanding of how to use Compressor within your editing workflow
Feature
- Posted 31 May 2007
Shawn Lam | Creating great video takes more than just video that looks good--it takes audio to fill our auditory sense and combined with vision, these two senses have the powerful ability to engage our emotions.
Jan Ozer | Between the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas, a reviewer's workshop with Adobe in San Jose, and Streaming Media East in New York City, it's been an exciting and interesting time with lots of product announcements and video-related news. While some are clearly focused on film and broadcast developers, others will change the way event videographers work in 2007 and beyond, especially relating to posting video to the web.
Feature
- Posted 18 May 2007
Class on Demand to deliver their award-winning training titles via Avid’s e-learning solution: Avid Learning Excellerator
Breaking News
- Posted 17 May 2007
Series includes self-paced training for beginners and experts
Breaking News
- Posted 08 May 2007
Event will feature product demonstrations from some of the most respected presenters in the industry. GraVT Expo is for everyone, weather you are producing home movies, wedding videos, corporate, or broadcast video, SD or HD you will see a product that works for you.
Breaking News
- Posted 04 May 2007
Event will feature product demonstrations from some of the most respected presenters in the industry. GraVT Expo is for everyone, weather you are producing home movies, wedding videos, corporate, or broadcast video, SD or HD you will see a product that works for you.
Breaking News
- Posted 04 May 2007
Third annual videographers conference and trade show will be held January 21-24, 2008, at the Wyndham Orlando Resort
Breaking News
- Posted 26 Apr 2007
Mike Nelson | Many wedding videographers treat the reception like a buffet: One price includes all no matter how many trips they make through the line for food. The problem with the buffet concept with wedding videography is that you do not control the environment or the items on the menu, or all the variables that come into play at different events. You do not control the costs of your gamble.
Stephen F. Nathans | With thoughts of event video genres, sub-genres, and the use and misuse of music in wedding and event video in mind, I had an interesting conversation recently with Jennifer Hoge, a San Dimas, California-based videographer (Premier Image Productions) who has recently started offering a new product she calls the "photo montage mini-movie."
Feature
- Posted 24 Apr 2007
Elizabeth Welsh | Since 1987, Rudy Childs' Spero's Video Broadcast Team (SVBT), based in Rockland, Massachusetts, has produced more than 250 television boxing shows that have aired up and down the east coast on dozens of networks. Childs credits the shows' fast-growing popularity to SVBT's success at self-distribution.
Anthony Burokas | When punching a live show with multiple cameras, feeds, and graphics sources, a video mixer with more than four inputs has become mandatory. With the ability to mix up to six composite and SDI signals, the Callisto-P ($10,695) bridges the gap for productions that use high-end gear and need to add "one more thing" that always crops up at the very last minute. With the ability to toggle any input to composite, and the internal video synchronizers, the Callisto-P equips you to handle more than four inputs in a capable, compact, and easily transported mixer.
Feature
- Posted 24 Apr 2007
Philip Hinkle | This tutorial explains the functionality of EDIUS' Blend filter and how it can be used to build a custom filter set that mimics the look of the "Shine" filter/transition prevalent in many NLEs.
Feature
- Posted 24 Apr 2007
Stu Sweetow | With hundreds of cheerleading squads participating in competitions around the country, performing 2.5-minute routines in front of cheering parents who eagerly consume photos and videos of the performances, opportunities for event videographers abound.
Michael LoPresti | Though in some respects it's just another wedding for Tim Ryan's Treasured Memories Video, Ryan's four-man crew faces a special challenge today: filming the studio's first contracted Wedding-Day Music Video (WDMV). Pioneered by the late, great Graham Fenton in 2001 but rarely attempted since, the WDMV, according to Ryan, is on the cutting edge of wedding videography.
Leader in Self-Paced Training Debuts New Video Tutorials; Additional Video Training Courses to Be Added Weekly
Breaking News
- Posted 17 Apr 2007
Long-standing leader of training resources to produce video tutorials included in new software package
Breaking News
- Posted 11 Apr 2007
Jan Ozer | You would think that with a gazillion iPods sold, the process of getting video onto an iPod would be very straightforward. But when you're delivering iPod video to top-dollar clients, it's important to get it right. In this column, I’ll identify some of the fundamental issues involved in converting video to iPod format, and discuss how to produce optimal quality results.
Feature
- Posted 06 Apr 2007
By
Jan Ozer
2007 series of one-day educational events held regionally are currently in the planning stages
Breaking News
- Posted 05 Apr 2007
Behind-the-Scenes Look at Popular Filming Techniques
Breaking News
- Posted 05 Apr 2007
Shawn Lam | We event video producers are defined by our balance on the “art of business” or “business of art” fulcrum. On one end of the spectrum, video is a way for artists to express themselves, be creative, and move their audience in a way that maintains their interest. On the other, video is a way for businesspeople to earn a living, be independent, and move their bank account balance in a way that generates more deposit interest.
Jery Winters | Videotaping classical music concerts is similar to taping stage performances, but with two critical differences: the pace of the shooting is much slower, and the quality of the article is much more critical. Here's a guide to getting classical music concert videos right.
Stephen F. Nathans | Corporate Video for the Event Videographer, the new training DVD from Creative Images (best-known for their widely seen Bobby Warns tribute video), is well-targeted toward the event video crowd, providing sound instruction on how to break into the low- and middle-range corporate video market.
Feature
- Posted 30 Mar 2007
Stephen F. Nathans | Chris Watson's terrific new training DVD (a sequel of sorts to his Supercharge Your Raw Footage title) helps you approach an edit in pursuit of two major goals: producing video that “feels honest” to your clients, and “making yourself invisible to your viewers through superior storytelling.”
Stephen F. Nathans | Event videographers, in the truest sense, are genre filmmakers. We're doing commissioned work within a predefined structure, and, at our best, infusing it with creativity, innovation, passion, and storytelling.
Features
- Posted 30 Mar 2007
Video Tutorials Demonstrate the Software Essentials
Breaking News
- Posted 28 Mar 2007
Luisa Winters | Loop-based music creation is a technique that is being used in a lot of the programs that you see (and hear) on broadcast television today, and it can benefit our productions as well. Here's how to build loop-based soundtracts in Adobe Audition.
Jan Ozer | So you’ve decided to get your demo tapes and even some client deliverables online. Great. This article will help you choose a compression technology (or two), encode your videos, and decide how to distribute them from a website. Let’s get started.
Feature
- Posted 02 Mar 2007
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Jan Ozer
Ben Balser | Here we'll see how to tame areas of an image that may be overexposed, such as when you're indoors and there is a window with a lot of light coming in, or a bright sky on a horizon outdoors. We'll also go a step further and see how to use these bad shots to our advantage. We can actually use this situation to enhance the coloring of our shot.
Feature
- Posted 28 Feb 2007
Ben Balser | In this edition, we're going to take a quick look at the basics of keyframing in Final Cut Pro.
Feature
- Posted 26 Feb 2007
"Matrox RT.X2 Revealed," hosted by Jeff Pulera of Digital Vision Productions
Breaking News
- Posted 21 Feb 2007
Speakers to include Lance Gray and Brian Gunn, Josh Fozzard, Kris Malandruccolo, Chris Chibucos, and IVA president Keith Kelly
Breaking News
- Posted 15 Feb 2007
Two-hour free seminars on Newtek software and systems scheduled for February 20, 2007 at Varto's North Bergen, NJ headquarters
Breaking News
- Posted 15 Feb 2007
Stephen F. Nathans | A very useful and practical guide that’s well worth the price for any videographer who has access to a viable Hindu wedding market
Feature
- Posted 11 Feb 2007
Doug Graham | Reviewed: two essential videographer training DVDs from Mark and Trisha Von Lanken, The Art of Moving Camera Techniques and The Art of the Edit
Latest technology for Live-Production, Motion Graphics and Post-Production to be demonstrated
Breaking News
- Posted 30 Jan 2007
Joe Figura & Paul Ekert | Remember the opening scene of Hollywood blockbuster Gone in 60 Seconds, which made startlingly good use of time to speed up movement while panning across a scene and timing it to the main beat of Moby's "Flower"? Here's how to achieve a similar effect using Avid Liquid's Dynamic Timewarp.
Comprehensive self-paced training for Sorenson's latest release
Breaking News
- Posted 29 Jan 2007
Brooke Rudnick | When producing wedding videos, I think of the flowing shots, the music, the editing as one integral whole. To recreate my clients' personal details, I like to do a bit of character development and "scriptwriting"—or as we call it, a Design Session. This article describes the essential elements of the wedding video design session and how to build them into your shoot and edit.
Stu Sweetow | The fastest-growing segment of high school athletics is girls' sports, and parents of female athletes who are hoping to secure athletic or academic scholarships to help pay for their daughters' college educations are a viable market for sports videographers. Here's a look at some of the video work being done with girls' high school sports today.
Geoff Daily | This month, we take a look inside the Makati City, the Philippines studio of Jason Magbanua, who took home eight Artistic Achievement Awards (including Best in Show) at the 4EVER Group's Video 07, and was selected to the 2006 EventDV 25.
Three spots still available for March 27-28 workshop, registration open for May 8-9 workshop
Breaking News
- Posted 22 Jan 2007
Kris Malandruccolo | Volume 3 of Michael Aiken's acclaimed series of royalty-free music expressly designed for wedding and event videographers
Dedicated to tips, tricks, tools, techniques and technology for video editors and graphic designers
Breaking News
- Posted 17 Jan 2007
Stephen F. Nathans | All the news that's fit to print from the 4EVER Group's second annual convention and trade show, held January 8-11 in Jacksonville, Florida.
Seminars available at three times on Thursday, January 11
Breaking News
- Posted 05 Jan 2007
Jeff Sauer | There’s a lot to like about the new Vegas+DVD Production Suite, particularly if you happen to shoot with XDCAM. Vegas 7’s improved HDV support will appeal to a much broader audience, as will the faster audio processing, and the new DVD Architect features advanced scripting and some nifty DVD timeline enhancements for motion menu designers. Vegas remains quirky in places, but it’s a deep editor with a lot of features, and most of those features are right at your fingertips in the main interface.
The 3D digital animated photo album is one of Boulevard Video Productions' signature offerings, and has been used extensively in productions that have garnered national and international awards. And it's all done in Adobe After Effects. Here's how.
Ben Balser | Just because your system has the horsepower to edit HDV and your NLE can capture and manipulate HDV source files doesn't mean it will all work smoothly right out of the gate. One of the first things you'll have to do to work with HDV footage is decide whether you'll use an intermediate codec, or edit it natively, which can br tricky, for reasons we'll explore in this article.
Joe Figura & Paul Ekert | Want to achieve the cool slow-motion and double-speed effects seen in feature films without losing quality or pinpoint control of your edit, or substantially increasing your editing time? Here's how to create quick, on-the-fly speed changes in Avid Liquid, using Liquid's Timewarp toolset.
Feature
- Posted 14 Dec 2006
Ben Balser | Need to balance or sweeten the audio for a multiclip video, using audio drawn from multiple sources? If you're working in Final Cut Studio, Soundtrack Pro's Multitrack interface is the answer, and here's your roundtrip tour.
2006 was an action-packed year for new product releases in the event video space, from the pre-NAB launches of Adobe's Dynamic Linked Production Studio and SmartSound's Mood Mapped Sonicfire Pro 4, to the CMOS-charged HDV cameras that electrified IBC. And if the much-hyped debuts of HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc didn't make much of an impact in our business this year, there were plenty of new entries that did. We polled our contributing editors and columnists for their Best of 2006 list, and here we present the winners.
Jan Ozer | In this tutorial, Jan Ozer demonstrates how to burn HD DVD discs that will play in an HD DVD player using standard DVD media and DVD burners.
Breaking News
- Posted 11 Dec 2006
By
Jan Ozer
Philip Hinkle | With Scenalyzer Live, developer Andreas Winter has created a small, inexpensive utility for DV capture that includes some convenient and useful features lacking in many NLE capture utilities. You can rename, organize, and categorize clips with a handy, thumbnail-rich GUI as you capture, index, and trim clips directly in the application. If you’re doing same-day edits from DV tapes, it will greatly streamline your workflow.
Hal Slifer | When I produce a biography video, I charge the client one price, but I give them two different videos: Video A, the short entertainment video that will be shown in front of friends and family, and Video B, which contains all the edited interviews that did not make it to the first video.
Feature
- Posted 07 Dec 2006
Marc Franklin | I found proDAD's Heroglyph Rapid 2.6 to be a very capable tool for animated text effects. With minimal effort, I was able to create a number of complicated animated graphics that would have been difficult to produce in other tools. With the time it saves you, you'll recoup your $99 investment after a single job.
Conference to be held at Bally's/Paris Las Vegas
Breaking News
- Posted 23 Nov 2006
Level 1 in three part series available now
Breaking News
- Posted 14 Nov 2006
Simultaneous 6-city launch event slated November 14, 2006
Breaking News
- Posted 14 Nov 2006
Filmmakers will learn about SmartSound Sonicfire Pro 4 with Mood Mapping, the hottest tool in the industry for scoring their projects
Breaking News
- Posted 10 Nov 2006
Stephen F. Nathans | Douglas Spotted Eagle's Complete Guide to HDV meets a maturing market with a book that is in fact three books in one: targeted technology overview, buyer's guide, and—most importantly—focused field guide for DV producers making the jump to HDV.
Jan Ozer | Unless you’re an After Effects wizard with plenty of time on your hands, you can achieve a quantum leap in production quality for just $399, courtesy of an Editor’s Toolkit from Digital Juice.
Feature
- Posted 05 Nov 2006
By
Jan Ozer
Session shows members how SmartSound's breakthrough Mood Mapping™ feature can give them advanced customization control over their music scores
Breaking News
- Posted 02 Nov 2006
Joe McManus | If you've used iChat or seen the screenshots on Apple's website, you may have seen a neat reflection effect used for the live video feeds. Here's how you achieve that effect in Final Cut Pro, using a wedding video bridal-prep clip as an example.
Ben Balser | Over the next two months, we'll use Apple's Soundtrack Pro in two different ways to "round trip" your audio-enhanced sequences from and back to Final Cut Pro. In this installment, we'll look at noise reduction using Soundtrack Pro to edit an Audio File Project.
Feature
- Posted 26 Oct 2006
Stuart Sweetow | High schoolsports is a market niche well worth exploring. Parents use DVDs to help their college-bound kids get athletic scholarships. Coaches appreciate videographers who get them clear shots they can use for game analysis. Here we talk to five videographers who have scored with high school football, and examine the gameplans that have worked for them.
4EVER Group Videographers Network Affiliates can now register for $249 for Affiliates; non-affiliates can register for $398, which includes a one-year membership
Breaking News
- Posted 15 Oct 2006
On September 18, 2006 a gala celebration was held at the Holiday Inn in Dedham, Massachusetts to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the NPVA.
Jan Ozer | Exposure to Digital Juice’s product line dramatically changed my view of production elements that I formerly considered static. Here's a look at their StackTraxx digital music offering.
Feature
- Posted 06 Oct 2006
Vote now to select the 2006 All-Star Team of the industry's hottest and most influential videographers. The polls are open!
Breaking News
- Posted 29 Sep 2006
Todd Gillespie | Ever since the anticipated release of Apple's Distributed Network Encoding, FCP users have been dying to connect the horsepower of a bunch of G5s together to produce screaming-fast encodes. What kind of performance boost does it deliver? Read on to find out.
Geoff Daily | The most dramatic shift in wedding and event video today is time itself—the timeshift video, with which an increasing number of videographers are imposing imaginative alterations on an event’s chronological sequence to create dazzling and emotionally compelling results.
Ben Balser | Here's a quick-and-dirty outline for typical HDV and DVC PRO-HD (P2) workflows in Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro, from HD capture to SD output to DVD authoring.
Ron Dawson | This month, we'll touch on three aspects of editing that are crucial in concept video production: pacing/timing, storytelling, and aesthetics.
Marla Misek | Reel Moments provides script-to-screen video production services. On the corporate side, it offers concept development, scriptwriting, storyboarding, casting, shooting, editing, authoring, and packaging services for commercials, training videos, and more, while its events division adds "memories videos" and Same-Day Edits to clients celebrating weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, graduations, birthdays, anniversaries, and other special occasions.
Feature
- Posted 26 Sep 2006
Lee Rickwood | A recognized reference monitor is one way to determine how the video you produce will look when your clients play it back. It’s not what everyone will watch, but it is the best square-one starting point you can have. Here are some of the leading reference monitor options available today.
Jeff Sauer | EDIUS does a very good job handling multiple formats, and that may attract some interest from videographers who regularly work with different types of source footage. It also includes several fine new features, including an effective trim tool and a time-saving multi-camera interface. But overall, as a standalone product, EDIUS Pro 4 is unlikely to overtake a market that’s already crowded at the top. That may change as Grass Valley puts more of its own mark on the interface, but it will only happen over time.
Includes three-ring notebook, two DVDs, and two CDs; topics include Keys to Marketing Funeral Videos, Photoshop for Non-Photoshop Users, Videotaping the Funeral Service, and Respecting Different Traditions
Breaking News
- Posted 22 Sep 2006
Jan Ozer | When audio problems beyond your control arise on a shoot, it's nice to know your audio editor has features that can bail you out.
Feature
- Posted 15 Sep 2006
By
Jan Ozer
Free video podcast for Final Cut Pro
Breaking News
- Posted 14 Sep 2006
34 ultra-high-quality videos and techniques for users of Melodyne studio, cre8, and uno
Breaking News
- Posted 07 Sep 2006
Jan Ozer | This column isn't about shooting my first pro wedding. Rather, it's about an idea that was planted in my head while editing the footage.
The Moving Picture
- Posted 05 Sep 2006
By
Jan Ozer
Jan Ozer | Sony's new Cinescore application ($199) goes head-to-head with SmartSound's Sonicfire Pro as a soundtracking tool for video producers. Cinescore's ever-growing library of royalty-free music is vast but often hard to search to find the track you want. Its customization options are extensive, but they feel more like an invitation to experiment and change your music than to fine-tune your selections, which I suspect is the goal for most of us.
Feature
- Posted 05 Sep 2006
By
Jan Ozer
Luisa Winters | Many times during our video shoots we get persistent, intrusive noises like the hum of an air conditioner that we can't turn off or avoid with careful mic placement, and need to be cleaned up in post. Adobe Audition lets you do that quickly and efficiently with the Noise Reduction effect. Here's how it works.
Jan Ozer | Dual-monitor editing stations used to be exotic, expensive, and hard to set up and maintain. Today, with virtually all new graphics cards offering dual-output ports, flat-panel monitors priced well below $300, and rock-solid support in Windows XP and popular prosumer NLEs like Adobe Premiere Pro, building a dual-monitor station is both financially and technically within the reach of most event videographers.
Feature
- Posted 05 Sep 2006
By
Jan Ozer
Stu Sweetow | NCAA Division II and III colleges rely on videos to evaluate the potential baseball recruits. Parents can contract with an expensive school sports promotion company to make a video as part of a marketing package, they can videotape their sons themselves, or they can hire a professional videographer. School sports videography is a market niche worth exploring.
Stephen F. Nathans | Here we join Madison, Wisconsin-area videographers Philip and Sherry Hinkle of Frogman Productions for a ridealong of sorts, following them through the production of a Same-Day Edit on a July wedding shoot.
Ben Balser | Here's how you use the Stories feature in DVD Studio Pro to give your DVDs much more functionality with only a little more work.
Stephen F. Nathans | Do the success and innovation of WEVA Expo 2006, held August 21–24 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, suggest that WEVA has answered its critics with vigor? Or does it simply mean these guys flat-out know how to put on an expo?
New network dedicated to tips, tricks, tools, techniques, and technology for video editors and graphic designers
Breaking News
- Posted 17 Aug 2006
$199 registration rate available to 4EVER Group Videographers Network members and Video 06 attendees until August 31
Breaking News
- Posted 11 Aug 2006
Ben Balser | Here's a flexible, easy workflow between Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro that includes some neat tricks to save you time.
Tim Kennelly | SmartSound Sonicfire Pro (SFP) has been an excellent tool in the videographer's aresenal for years, supplying royalty-free, customizable soundtracks. Now SmartSound has upped the ante, introducing SFP 4 with Mood Mapping and the new Strata Series libraries. Adding the ability to adjust the mood and up to eight individual musical instrument tracks with both present choices and full manual control allows editors of all skill levels to use the software with effectiveness and precision.
Four-city tour combines hands-on lessons with opportunities for certification at intermediate and advanced user levels
Breaking News
- Posted 26 Jul 2006
Ben Balser | Multiclip editing of long shoots like wedding ceremonies can be a stick problem. FCP's Multiclip editing interface is a fantastic and very easy-to-use tool, and it can dramatically reduce your editing time.
Elizabeth Welsh | Roller derby's cleaver-brandishing mascots and skaters sporting “blood”-splattered aprons over pink minidresses are definitely not your run-of-the-mill event-video subjects, but self-described “roller-skating videographer" Mark Lowe wouldn’t have it any other way.
Todd Gillespie | How did educational TV get the reputation of being so boring? And what can those of us who produce educational video do to change that reputation?
Marla Misek | Profiled: Michael Kolowich's DigiNovations, a full-service video production company in Concord, Massachusetts.
Carly Mulliken | Who better than videographers to develop timesaving templates, plug-ins, and other productivity tools for their videographer peers? The success of PixelPops and others have enjoyed in developing such products suggests a viable alternative revenue stream and logical next step for innovative studios.
January 8-11, 2007 confirmed as the official dates of Video ’07 in Jacksonville, Florida
Breaking News
- Posted 23 Jun 2006
Early-Bird discount offer available to all WEVA members and Non-members, including students who register by July 11
Breaking News
- Posted 23 Jun 2006
NOLA Event, "Lagniappe on the Bayou," runs June 28-29; Seattle Video Summit set for July 10
Breaking News
- Posted 22 Jun 2006
Bundled suite of training for Adobe Production Studio ($999.99 USD) includes 5 titles
Breaking News
- Posted 19 Jun 2006
Elizabeth Welsh | Super 8 film can add beauty and nostalgia to your your productions. Here, five videographers consider whether Super 8 can transcend what they can create with digitally produced film-look effects, and share how they utilize film to achieve stunning results.
Ben Balser | This month in our ongoing series of Final Cut Pro tutorials we'll look at an example of a timesaving workflow for capturing wedding and event footage, and how to use this to set up a very flexible and powerful editing environment. As always, these methods can help you save time during the postproduction phase of work on your project.
Jan Ozer | Tips on working with progressive and faux-progressive HDV formats and HDV downsampling in Premiere Pro.
Feature
- Posted 30 May 2006
By
Jan Ozer
Ed Wardyga | How do you create a good stage event product and make money without charging an arm and a leg? Cut costs. Here are some suggestions on how to do that.
Ron Dawson | In this installment of What a Concept, I’ll address the pre-production phase of concept video creation. This includes writing and breaking down the script and planning your shots.
Kris Malandruccolo | Award-winning videographers Mark & Trisha Von Lanken recently extended their acclaimed educational efforts beyond the familiar confines of the training DVD and trade-show seminar with a marathon two-day "On the Job Training" workshop held on April 24-25, 2006 in their hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Merrill Overturf | Switching from dual 17" CRT monitors to Philips 23” LCD monitor (Model 230WP7) pays off
One-day free event features demos by Apple, Avid, Canon, Canopus, JVC, Macrosystem, Matrox, Newtek, Panasonic, Sony, and others
Breaking News
- Posted 08 May 2006
Todd Gillespie | How much shooting is too much shooting?
Carly Mulliken | In a relatively short time since entering the wedding videography world in 2003, Walter Chelliah has created a unique and recognizable style that combines music and motion imagery. His name has become increasingly associated with edgy, rapid-fire, MTV-style editing.
New international association will begin taking “Founding Memberships” on Friday April 21, 2006; details also announced for 4EVER Group's upcoming New Orleans educational event
Breaking News
- Posted 21 Apr 2006
Mark Earley | Eugene DiFrancesco has built EugeneWorks with his emphasis on cinematography and true documentary-style camerawork.
New creative tool enables video editors to replicate popular cartoon or sketch looks
Breaking News
- Posted 13 Apr 2006
May 3 event to include educational presentations by Mark and Trisha Von Lanken, LaDonna Moore, and Josh Fozzard
Breaking News
- Posted 11 Apr 2006
First set includes six hours of training, free plug in tools for Vegas, media clips, and trial versions of popular software
Breaking News
- Posted 05 Apr 2006
Ben Balser | CUT LINES, a new monthly series of Final Cut Pro tutorials, will help you use FCP more efficiently. Occasionally we'll look at other applications that enhance the Final Cut workflow, but mostly we'll focus on FCP itself.
Series of workshops and social events for videographers set for June 28-29, 2006
Breaking News
- Posted 30 Mar 2006
Bundle includes a 10-hour video series on Dreamweaver, a 24-hour video series on Flash
Breaking News
- Posted 30 Mar 2006
The Moving Picture
- Posted 27 Mar 2006
By
Jan Ozer
Sony announces new Level-One certified training courses for end users
Breaking News
- Posted 22 Mar 2006
Details available for one-on-one workshop with Laura and Chris Randall of Edit 1 Media now available at 4evergroup.org
Breaking News
- Posted 13 Mar 2006
New set of interactive self-paced training DVDs for Adobe’s new post-production solution
Breaking News
- Posted 09 Mar 2006
Other Video Summits in the works for New York City, Los Angeles/Orange County, Seattle, and Toronto
Breaking News
- Posted 06 Mar 2006
Jan Ozer | With the Production Studio Premium bundle, Adobe delivers new capabilities that maintain feature parity with most relevant competitors and new integration features throughout the suite that will streamline the workflow for Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects users. Throw in the more unified and streamlined interfaces in all the applications, and you've got a powerful, comprehensible, and affordable product offering that's well worth a look for most event videographers.
Feature
- Posted 06 Mar 2006
By
Jan Ozer
WEVA Expo slated for August 21-24 in Las Vegas
Breaking News
- Posted 01 Mar 2006
Three-hour training sessions on Avid Xpress Studio HD, Avid Liquid, Adobe Production Studio, Avid Creative Suite, and Matrox Axio LE
Breaking News
- Posted 01 Mar 2006
David Chandler-Gick | If you've ever been intimidated by AE, or just want to hit the ground running, Josh Fozzard's Creative Photo Montage Techniques is a must-have for your educational library.
David Michael Drenk | Network rendering can free your main editing station from the rendering process so you can work on another project, or it can speed up the rendering so you have a finished product in less time. Here we look at how network rendering works in Sony Vegas and how much time Vegas users can expect it to save them.
In this installment of our ongoing series on producing upscale wedding videos, we'll pick up where we last left off- at the reception- and give you some tips on covering the rest of the event, starting with the First Dance.
Kris Malandruccolo | The "World Record Wedding Video Event," held February 15-16 in Sacramento, may not have set any Guinness World Records, but it was a landmark event that provided unique learning opportunities for the videographers who attended
Advanced algorithms provide isolation of image elements using editable curve of an object's boundary even if it has vague or low contrast edges
Breaking News
- Posted 05 Feb 2006
Jan Ozer | There’s a lot that goes into the perfect DVD, but one of the most fundamental aspects is navigation, or how you control the way the viewer moves through the content on the DVD. In this tutorial, I identify which aspects of the user experience you can control, and how to do so in two leading prosumer authoring tools: Sonic Solutions’ DVDit Pro 6 and Apple’s DVD Studio Pro.
Feature
- Posted 03 Feb 2006
By
Jan Ozer
Have you ever wondered how to carve out a dancing couple in a wedding reception video, and make them pop by blurring the background behind them? Because moving pictures move, creating masks in video sequences is more challenging than creating masks in still images in Photoshop or other image editors. In this intermediate tutorial, Adobe certified instructor Luisa Winters explains how to create animated masks in Adobe After Effects.
Hal Slifer | Producing family histories and biographies can make personal event video a much more rewarding endeavor—for both your client and your own bottom line. But the clients we encounter today are well-schooled in the rich and dramatic documentary styles of the Biography Channel, VH1’s Behind the Music, and the E! True Hollywood Story, and expect nothing less from the work we produce for them. Here’s a look at what’s involved in meeting—and exceeding—those expectations.
In Part 5 of our ongoing series on producing upscale wedding videos, we move on to the reception, and give you some suggestions on how you can make this event look like the Party of the Year . . . even if it isn’t!
Web site delivers FAQs, explanations of new feature enhancements, tutorials, and podcasts to Adobe users
Breaking News
- Posted 20 Jan 2006
Safe Harbor Computers offers series of four focused training sessions for video editors and animators
Breaking News
- Posted 14 Jan 2006
Stephen F. Nathans | Video 06 delivers education, networking, and rollicking good times as 4EVER Group lays out future goals
Savvy guide explains everything a wedding videographer needs to know about the thriving wedding video industry
Breaking News
- Posted 05 Jan 2006
Todd Gillespie | As video editors, most of us spend the bulk of our non-shooting time pecking away at our keyboards and staring into our monitors. For us it’s paramount to pay attention to ergonomic issues to avoid the various physical problems that can arise if we don’t. Here are some tips on making your editing ergonomically sound.
Ed Wardyga | The Gadget Man is back—in a new magazine with a whole new bag of tricks, and quick-hit tips that will help you shoot and produce video and run your business better.
Features
- Posted 04 Jan 2006
Magazine will honor the industry's 25 most influential videographers at Video 06 Awards Banquet, January 9, 2006 in Orlando, Florida
Breaking News
- Posted 05 Dec 2005
Profiled: VIDEO EXPERTS of East Windsor, Connecticut
Gick/Nathans | In this special edition of Continuing Education, we take an extended look at the new Complete Collection of training materials from Creative Video Productions, a landmark release in the event video space. The Collection includes Brett Culp's book, Capturing Creativity, three DVDs focusing on different aspects of CVP's approach to wedding and event videography, and two audio CDs. Each of the three instructional DVDs, starring a different member of the CVP team, provides a manifesto of sorts on a key aspect of professional videography: creativity, image, and efficiency.
12 Columnists and Contributing Editors choose 17 essential products for videographers released in 2005
Breaking News
- Posted 30 Nov 2005
Visual effects guru Brian Maffitt helps viewers get up to speed on the leading Mac-based video editing application
Breaking News
- Posted 30 Nov 2005
Early bird registration discount ends December 1
Breaking News
- Posted 28 Nov 2005
Kyle Oliver | Although the applicability of storyboarding to the planned-ahead world of corporate videography may be more obvious, many event videographers shoot at least some scenes over which they have considerable control, and in those cases they reap the benefits of storyboards drawn out in advance.
Lucy Galbraith | A memorial tribute video is, in essence, a video eulogy, a photo montage created from pictures provided by family memners and shown at the memorial service. Succeeding in memorial video means developing a unique business model--working with extremely short turnaround times, booking clients almost exclusively through funeral homes--but it also provides steady and profitable work.
DVD tutorials for Apple's flagship audio applications
Breaking News
- Posted 04 Nov 2005
Any videography outfit considering adding funeral video to their offerings would be well-advised to purchase Business Everlasting ($69.95), sit back, and let Alan Naumann teach them what he knows.
Produced in HD
Breaking News
- Posted 26 Oct 2005
Convention to be held January 9-12, 2006, at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, FL
Breaking News
- Posted 24 Oct 2005
Bringing “hands-on” product-specific NLE training using supplied laptops to wedding & event videographers in cities across the country in new, extended-session workshops
Breaking News
- Posted 21 Oct 2005
Our Battle of the Software NLEs series continues with a look at two key effects for pro video editors: slow motion and image stabilization. While slow motion is popularly used to enhance detail during action shots and add drama, image stabilization is more of a corrective, reducing shakiness on footage that couldn't be shot with a tripod. Once again, we face off our five familiar contenders: Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro, Avid Xpress Pro, Pinnacle Liquid Edition, and Sony Vegas.
Feature
- Posted 14 Oct 2005
For those who bet that Apple would soon lead the way in integrated multi-application postproduction suites, Final Cut Studio pays off handsomely. There are some nice feature additions found in the individual application upgrades—for example, Final Cut Pro’s new multicam editing feature—but the four-tool Studio suite is much more than the sum of its parts.
Doug Graham | It’s not too often that a book written for the absolute beginner in a subject also turns out to be a useful text for the seasoned professional, but VideoUniversity.com creator and director Hal Landen pulls off this trick with the second edition of Marketing with Digital Video.
Tutorials include Apple Final Cut Pro 5 and Macromedia Dreamweaver and Flash 8 Professional
Breaking News
- Posted 23 Sep 2005
David Michael Drenk | Jeff & Andee Wright's Blue Skies Cinema and the cinematic approach to wedding and Love Story videos
Reviewed by Stephen Nathans: Sports and School videography training DVDs by Bonnie Durkin of D-Vision Video
Featured workshop presenters include Robert Allen and Hal Slifer
Breaking News
- Posted 16 Sep 2005
Featured workshop presenters include Robert Allen and Hal Slifer
Breaking News
- Posted 16 Sep 2005
David Robin | If there were no budget constraints, this is how I would visualize the perfect wedding video.
Jan Ozer | If your projects vary in terms of artistic and design complexity, you may find it worth investing in additional tools to improve efficiency and quality. Here are the programs that I use, and why--and when--I use them.
The Moving Picture
- Posted 13 Sep 2005
David Chandler-Gick and Doug Graham | In Part 4 of our series on producing upscale wedding videos, we’ll follow up Part 3’s overview of ceremony production by exploring tips and techniques that will get you the outstanding footage and audio your upscale productions require. We’ll show you where and how to position microphones, how to communicate effectively with your camera operators, how to re-enact key moments of the ceremony to get stellar shots you might have missed, and how to do a live-switched wedding shoot.
Anthony Burokas | How do the latest "pro" DVD decks stack up to one another? More importantly, how well do they measure up to the task of live DVD production for professional event work? Here we sample three new contenders from Panasonic, Pioneer, and Sony for live production in the field.
Feature
- Posted 08 Sep 2005
- INPUT Software Corporate Profile [January 1999] Issue
By
Anthony Burokas
Latest interactive DVD training title in Magnet Media's Digital Media Training Series
Breaking News
- Posted 21 Aug 2005
Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen | Flash Professional 8 offers higher video quality, more encoding options
Danny Sayson of Sayson Video Productions, 2005 WEVA CEA Gold winner for Post-Ceremony Wedding Video
Summit to offer opportunities to test new equipment, attend workshops on subjects "from marketing to stage events to wedding videography"; John Goolsby to headline August 30 event in Dallas
Breaking News
- Posted 08 Aug 2005
Larry Leeds isn’t like other professional videographers, and that’s the point. Eighteen years of network television broadcasting experience throughout the metropolitan Washington, DC, area have made him an electronic news gathering (ENG) and electronic field production (EFP) specialist, and numerous awards honoring his TV broadcasting and commercial, industrial, and event video work have given him the credentials and credibility to play by his own rules.
Studio Time
- Posted 05 Aug 2005
- Chrystal Corporate Profile [January 1999] Issue
By
Marla Misek Clark
Not all library or royalty-free music is bad by any stretch—but I’ve seen few, if any, videos where it’s used to good effect. Until now. I’m starting to see—and hear—things differently. In early July Time Ryan at the 4EVER Group sent me a sample copy of a new set of royalty-free compositions created expressly for wedding and event video.
Features
- Posted 05 Aug 2005
- Chrystal Corporate Profile [January 1999] Issue
By
Stephen F. Nathans
Interactive self-paced training DVD for Apple’s latest version of its award-winning DVD authoring software
Breaking News
- Posted 04 Aug 2005
Digital marketing videos take center stage in new how-to book
Breaking News
- Posted 04 Aug 2005
One of the questions I’m asked often by other videographers is how to come up with innovative ideas. Here are some of my favorite techniques for finding and cultivating innovative approaches to wedding video.
Feature
- Posted 04 Aug 2005
- Chrystal Corporate Profile [January 1999] Issue
By
Brett Culp
Reviews
- Posted 01 Aug 2005
- Microsoft Partners Directory [June 1999] Issue
By
David Chandler-Gick
One company that’s taking on Digital Juice in the motion graphics market is TriLab Productions, with its Digital Hotcakes line. They offer a number of products designed specifically for the wedding market, as well as other animation sets such as Abstract Backgrounds, Nature Animations, and Worship Backgrounds. Here we sample two sets of Wedding Backgrounds, Volumes 3 and 4. There’s a host of attractive and relevant, easily imported material here for wedding videographers, and all the greenscreen clips clear very cleanly in NLEs like Premiere Pro and Vegas.
Reviews
- Posted 01 Aug 2005
- Chrystal Corporate Profile [January 1999] Issue
By
Stephen F. Nathans
In this first of four installments of the Battle of the Software NLEs, we'll compare five leading tools--Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro, Avid Xpress Pro, Pinnacle Liquid Edition, and Sony Vegas--as they performed in three operations essential to pro video editing: Overlay, Chromakey, and Color Correction.
Features
- Posted 01 Aug 2005
By
Jan Ozer
The time to ask yourself whether or not you should add online video to your toolkit has long passed. Streaming lets you reach potential clients quickly and easily, and can prove to be a boon to your bottom line.
Jan Ozer | While the theory of panning and zooming within HDV video holds reasonably true in practice, that doesn’t mean it’s actually practical.
Feature
- Posted 29 Jul 2005
By
Jan Ozer
New products include easy-to-follow DVDs, Audio CDs, and a 122-page book
Breaking News
- Posted 27 Jul 2005
We are creating videos for profit, so using copyright-protected music for our event productions is illegal. That said, if I were to take the law into my own hands, hypothetically speaking, this is how I would come up with some creative music for the “Timeshift” video concept introduced in the April installment of The Main Event.
The Main Event
- Posted 21 Jul 2005
- October 1999 [Volume 8, Issue 10] Issue
By
David Robin
When looking at the collected works and training materials of in-the-trenches, real-world event videographers, I’ve found that there are, generally speaking, two flavors of such compilations--the Vanity and the Instructional. Watson Videography’s Tutorial and Sampler Pack combines both approaches in a two-disc set. Unfortunately, for various reasons, this pack doesn’t quite hit the mark in either respect.
Inside Motion 2 latest release in Magnet's Digital Media Training Series (DMTS)
Breaking News
- Posted 12 Jul 2005
Content is still King. Many say they like the excitement of car racing; however, I suspect that if the cars just drove around the track, and there were no accidents, it’d be far less popular. The drama comes with cars rubbing against each other, jockeying for position, and spinning off the track. People watch for crashes, flames, and the driver getting out and waving to the crowd like a gladiator who survived the fight with the lion. Drama makes good TV. HDTV just makes it prettier to look at.
Feature
- Posted 11 Jul 2005
- October 1999 [Volume 8, Issue 10] Issue
By
Anthony Burokas
Some years back, a lifelong friend of mine asked me if I’d put together a DVD slideshow for his sister and her fiancé if they ever got married. Well, they finally set a date of June 4, 2005, and ten days before their wedding day I received a FedEx package containing two CDs: one with 115 scanned photos to use in the slideshow, and the other with 16 songs suggested for the soundtrack.
Features
- Posted 11 Jul 2005
- October 1999 [Volume 8, Issue 10] Issue
By
Stephen F. Nathans
Training available July 17-21 at New York’s Jacob Javits Center
Class Act
- Posted 08 Jul 2005
Should you run out and buy a load of HDV equipment, or sit tight and wait a while? The decision you make will depend on several factors, many of them specific to your business, its clients, and its competitors. Let’s look at some of the pros and cons.
The 4Ever Group gave EventDV a ringside seat for its first-ever Videographer Challenge, giving us access to the judges' and participants' commentary and fruitful debate on montage-creation strategy and technique.
Features
- Posted 06 Jul 2005
- October 1999 [Volume 8, Issue 10] Issue
By
Stephen F. Nathans
Geoff Daily | Video biographies range from photo montages to full-blown A&E-style productions with interviews, voiceovers, and old film footage. While video bios make up only a small part of some practitioners’ business, there also has emerged a cottage industry of videographers who specialize in the retelling of lives on video.
Features project-based lessons in multicamera editing, system setup for HD, working with multichannel audio, and keyboard shortcuts for OS X: Tiger
Breaking News
- Posted 17 Jun 2005
Jeff Sauer | The two new bundles from Avid and Apple are non-linear editing collections that include an NLE interface (Avid Xpress Pro and Final Cut Pro), as well as audio editing software, DVD authoring software, and other creation tools--Avid FX and Avid 3D in Avid Xpress Studio and Apple's Motion 2 motion graphics application in Final Cut Studio.
Improve Your Video with Better Voice Over and Narration scheduled for June 20th
Breaking News
- Posted 10 Jun 2005
Josh Fozzard of Moonlight Memory Video Productions wins in a split decision
Training DVD offers 16 modules for understanding LiveType
Breaking News
- Posted 08 Apr 2005
DVD offers real-world scenarios for users
Breaking News
- Posted 08 Apr 2005
Thomas Bartlett | One forthcoming indie film that's giving big-budget Hollywood a run for its money in the hi-def domain is Dust to Glory, a new action-packed documentary from the makers of Step into Liquid that was post-produced with some very familiar equipment.
David Robin | When it comes to editing wedding video, who, in his infinite wisdom, determined that the video should start with the opening titles/invitation followed by the pre-ceremony, ceremony, post-ceremony, reception, and recap?
A Hands-On Guide for Business, Government & Educators by EventDV's Moving Picture columnist
Breaking News
- Posted 19 Mar 2005
Site will help professionals with transition from SD to HDV
Breaking News
- Posted 18 Mar 2005
How Ed Wardyga's KVI Media moved from weddings to stage productions--and never looked back.
Studio Time
- Posted 14 Mar 2005
- KMWorld Buyer's Guide [September 1999] Issue
By
Marla Misek Clark
John Goolsby | Here are the ins and outs of turning your videography studio into a full-time retail outfit as I experienced them.
Eight Days a Week
- Posted 11 Mar 2005
- KMWorld Buyer's Guide [September 1999] Issue
By
John Goolsby
Features
- Posted 11 Mar 2005
- KMWorld Buyer's Guide [September 1999] Issue
By
Stephen F. Nathans
Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen | Same-day edit productions make for unexpected treats at wedding receptions and can add to your bottom line. Here, three SDE pioneers talk about how it’s done.
Geoff Daily | From font selection and placement to backgrounds and motion, videography titling is more art than science.
Feature
- Posted 09 Mar 2005
- KMWorld Buyer's Guide [September 1999] Issue
By
Geoff Daily
Geoff Daily | Service authors, hosts, and streams DVDs to videographers' clients with menus and full navigation
Jan Ozer|One thing I've learned over years of delivering video to clients: packaging matters. That's never been more true than on a recent project that yielded a four-disc set, and made me take inventory of all the DVD packages currently available to finish the job right.
Feature
- Posted 28 Feb 2005
By
Jan Ozer
Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen|If you’re doing your own DVD authoring and duplication, as most videographers are, you thankfully don’t have to worry much about whether your discs will play on your client’s (or their family members’) players. If you’re delivering video from your Web site, however, it’s a different story.
Closed-caption feature allows government agencies to be ADA-compliant
Breaking News
- Posted 11 Feb 2005
Joyce Bertolami has watched event video evolve for two decades and helped shape its development; a WEVA Hall of Famer, she's also a firm believer in the three-camera approach to wedding videography.
Studio Time
- Posted 17 Jan 2005
- July 1999 [Volume 8, Issue 7] Issue
By
Michelle Desnoyer
Doug Graham|Photoshop has emerged as a de facto standard for photo retouching and bitmapped image creation. And the latest CS version offers a host of new advanced features. But how can we, as videographers, use it most effectively to enhance our productions?
Feature
- Posted 17 Jan 2005
- July 1999 [Volume 8, Issue 7] Issue
By
Doug Graham
Geoff Daily|An essential part of any videographer’s marketing materials is an effective, professional demo reel. But trying to condense an entire body of work into a seamless and emotionally charged five-minute highlight reel is often easier said than done.
Feature
- Posted 17 Jan 2005
- July 1999 [Volume 8, Issue 7] Issue
By
Geoff Daily
In December 2004, Sony announced the first HDV camcorder both positioned as a pro product and fully equipped with the capabilities pro shooters expect.
Product offers video editing for home and office
Breaking News
- Posted 17 Dec 2004
Product captures 10-bit uncompressed video
Breaking News
- Posted 17 Dec 2004
10-Bit editing system enables mixing of HD and SD formats
Breaking News
- Posted 17 Dec 2004
Offers capture, editing, streaming, and DVD authoring
Breaking News
- Posted 17 Dec 2004
Software introduces flexible recording and real-time editing for the video creation process
Breaking News
- Posted 17 Dec 2004
Shipping at new price of $499
Breaking News
- Posted 14 Dec 2004
Master Sets Library 3 designed for real-world environments
Breaking News
- Posted 10 Dec 2004
CD/DVD burning software outputs various formats
Breaking News
- Posted 03 Dec 2004
Applications reduce board space by 20% and improve image quality
Breaking News
- Posted 03 Dec 2004
Software based on VelocityQ turnkey NLE
Breaking News
- Posted 03 Dec 2004
Real-time HDV editing solution provides mixed HD/SD editing and real-time, full-resolution HD component output
Breaking News
- Posted 03 Dec 2004
Stephen F. Nathans|You’re new to event video, but you know you have a knack for it. You want to hit the ground running—even if it’s only a half-dozen events per year—but you need to watch your pennies as you go. You can’t commit $600+ to any one tool, but you’re too ambitious and too quick a learner to start with a consumer tool that’s functionally a dead end. You need software that’s built for a pro, but sold at consumer-level pricing, with select feature reductions accounting for the difference. Enter the Pre-Pro NLE.
Specialized tools help make standardized editing software funtional for three-camera editing
Software designed to follow familiar windows format
Breaking News
- Posted 19 Nov 2004
Drive ships with Roxio Toast 6
Breaking News
- Posted 19 Nov 2004
Unlike subtitles produced for DVDs, closed captions must fulfill specific requirements to meet official accessibility regulations.
Feature
- Posted 19 Nov 2004
- April 1998 [Volume 7,Iissue 5] Issue
By
Jan Ozer
One of the great things about HDV is that it brings hi-def video to videographers who thought they’d be trapped in the world of standard-def video for years to come.
New projector advances 8mm and Super 8 home-movie preservation
Breaking News
- Posted 12 Nov 2004
Custom animated video clips designed for video editors, multimedia designers and home movie enthusiasts
Breaking News
- Posted 12 Nov 2004
Worksatation compliments HDV editing solution for transition from SD to HD video
Breaking News
- Posted 12 Nov 2004
Software offers native editing, compositing, and real-time effects
Breaking News
- Posted 12 Nov 2004
Designed for transitions between cinematic slideshows, DVD authoring, CD/DVD burning, playback, and backup/recovery
Breaking News
- Posted 05 Nov 2004
New training DVD hosted by Scott Kelby
Breaking News
- Posted 05 Nov 2004
Duo to distribute gFX Pro+
Breaking News
- Posted 05 Nov 2004
Software records to DVD/VCD/SVCD
Breaking News
- Posted 05 Nov 2004
Ideally, a video will tell a story, and the images and audio will come together to present a tale that is compelling even to people for whom the subject might not be interesting in and of itself. At Madison, Wisconsin-based Tweedee Productions, Gregg Schieve takes an approach rooted in the storytelling philosophy.
Studio Time
- Posted 01 Nov 2004
- April 1998 [Volume 7,Iissue 5] Issue
Two DVDs will be shipping by mid-November
Breaking News
- Posted 29 Oct 2004
System supports a variety of formats
Breaking News
- Posted 22 Oct 2004
Instruction in video and audio editing for professional editors
Breaking News
- Posted 19 Oct 2004
Ulead’s StudioQuartet included in DV411's HDV editing studio
Breaking News
- Posted 08 Oct 2004
VT[4] offers host of video production tools
Breaking News
- Posted 08 Oct 2004
Partnership debuts automated RocketDVD Professional DVD production systems
Breaking News
- Posted 08 Oct 2004
Multiple camera editing available for up to four cameras
Breaking News
- Posted 01 Oct 2004
Customizable text animations for Wild FX Pro and WILD FX
Breaking News
- Posted 01 Oct 2004
Slideshow production software designed specifically for digital photo applications
Breaking News
- Posted 01 Oct 2004
Geoff Daily | The perfect song is a hallmark of the perfect wedding. But what about the perfect wedding video? If you want to sync that song to your footage, you’ve got to pay the copyright holder, and without a scalable fee structure in place, owners of desirable copyrights are unlikely even to negotiate with videographers. Royalty-free music sources offer one alternative, as do original compositions. But if your competition promises the perfect song, copyright be damned, how can you keep up and still stay on the safe side of the law?
Feature
- Posted 08 Sep 2004
- March 1998 [Volume 7, Issue 3] Issue
By
Geoff Daily
Sci-fi action DVD includes “Guerrilla Film School on Disk,” which offers 26 filmmaking lessons and more than 4.5 hours of real-world advice on how to make an indie film.
Breaking News
- Posted 02 Sep 2004
With easy access to encoders and players, you'd be hard-pressed to find a digital studio pro or videographer who isn't at least thinking about how to harness the tremendous power of straight-to-desktop video. So we bring you this, the first installment of a new column.
This month’s STUDIO TIME profiles Loi Bahn, founder of Vancouver, British Columbia-based studio, bluecore media, and winner of the 2002 and 2003 WEVA Creative Excellence gold medals for DVD authoring.
It’s easy to miss the headquarters of Purcell Productions, a full-service digital video production studio located in Alta Loma, California. Unless you’re one of the 20 or so freelance camera operators, producers, or video editors whom Purcell employs on a project-by-project basis, you’d probably never even know it’s there.
Studio Time
- Posted 04 Aug 2004
- February 1998 [Volume 7, Issue 2] Issue
By
Marla Misek Clark
With a few tweaks on the shoot and in the edit bay, plus a basic knowledge of streaming codecs, video pros can take the next logical step in reaching new clients—getting their work on the Web.
Doug Graham|How long should a wedding video be? Traditionally, wedding videos were two-and-a-half hours long and included everything, but a growing minority of videographers is producing highly edited, "short-form" videos.
The Main Event
- Posted 02 Aug 2004
- February 1998 [Volume 7, Issue 2] Issue
By
Doug Graham
Jan Ozer|With all my video work, I take a “Ten Wow” strategy, and try to think of ways to earn 10 "wows" of praise. On a recent project, which included an event shoot, editing, and DVD authoring, I divided the ten evenly; five for shooting and editing, and five for DVD production. I’ll deal with the second five here.
Feature
- Posted 02 Aug 2004
By
Jan Ozer
Jan Ozer|To produce professional video on a budget, you need to master various visual and technical arts. But you also need to become a master of illusion, especially if you’re working as a crew of one. Here we explore the art of the single-camera shoot, and insert-editing techniques that will ensure that you have all the angles covered.
Features
- Posted 21 Jul 2004
- January 1998 [Volume 7, Issue 1] Issue
By
Jan Ozer
Event video has come a long way since the 1980s, when the videographer couldn’t buy respect—he was “the fat, sweaty guy in the tux," as American Videographers Association founder David Robin says. Today, the form is established, the profession esteemed, and the equipment affordable. The field is growing by leaps and bounds, with opportunities for profitable and pioneering work emerging all the time.
Feature
- Posted 13 Jul 2004
- January 1998 [Volume 7, Issue 1] Issue
By
Stephen F. Nathans
In Director MX 2004, Macromedia has made some major improvements to Director with DVD support, JavaScript, tighter integration with Flash, and a host of other enhancements. This is a major upgrade, and one that is definitely worth considering.
Jan Ozer | There's increasing reason to believe that, to paraphrase an old Southern expression, the MPEG-4 dog just won't hunt. It hasn't yet, and it probably never will, at least in any serious commercial way.
Features
- Posted 12 Apr 2004
- December 2005 Issue
By
Jan Ozer
Jan Ozer | A shootout between streaming codecs reveals that Real, Microsoft, and Sorenson have the edge over MPEG-4.
Features
- Posted 12 Apr 2004
- December 2005 Issue
By
Jan Ozer
Plextor's ConvertX is much more than a simple A/D converter, and it's a little more than an analog-to-DVD device, too. It produces DivX and MPEG-4 files that rival their MPEG-2 counterparts in video quality and beat them handily in filesize. It's also bundled with Intervideo's solid entry-level DVD authoring tool, which makes it easy to move from capture to author to burn.
Visual Communicator Pro brings broadcast-quality effects and compositing to the masses. With real-time video effects and transitions, attractive templates and graphics, music loops from SmartSound, and a version of Sonic’s MyDVD, Visual Communicator Pro delivers both a video studio and a post-production facility in a single box.
by Stephen F. Nathans
Macromedia looks for deeper penetration in the DVD authoring market with the new product, which hits the shelves in February.
Features
- Posted 31 Dec 2003
- September 2005 Issue
By
Geoff Daily
Features
- Posted 01 Nov 2003
- June 2005 Issue
By
Jeff Sauer
As a small-shop digital studio, how much time will the latest hyperthreaded PC processors and dual-processor systems save you on your video editing work, and how fast will you recoup your investment on these speedy new systems?
Features
- Posted 22 Oct 2003
- May 2005 Issue
Feature
- Posted 03 Oct 2003
- May 2005 Issue
Like digital audio before it, digital video has its critics, who say it’s too crisp and cool to replace its analog antecedent. Enter CineSwitch and Magic Bullet, two technologies designed to give DV the film-like look it’s missing. But the question remains: how long will we miss it?
Features
- Posted 08 Aug 2003
- March 2005 Issue
By
Josh McDaniel
Features
- Posted 01 Aug 2003
- May 2005 Issue
DVD authoring software manufacturers are pushing hard to replace the VCR with the -VR and +VR and OpenDVD formats. But if both these formats serve more or less the same purpose, why have more than one?
Features
- Posted 01 Aug 2003
- April 2005 Issue
Features
- Posted 01 Jul 2003
- January/February 2005 Issue
By
Ron Miller
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