Interlacing? I don’t need to worry about effin’ interlacing in FCP 6…
Interlacing is one of those underlying technical issues that one would simply rather not acknowledge, but also one that can really trip you up if you’ve remained blithely unaware. Read Matt DeVries’ troubles he ran into as an editor for the show Mosaic for local production house and cable channel Link TV. He links to a great article by Chris and Trish Meyer on the issue of interlacing explaining it in plain English and in detail that offers solution for common issues.
NAB Editor talks: Apple and Avid absence, future monitors, workflow, etc
Studio Daily posted an interesting panel session with editors and post supervisors. Watch these current and future issues that you’ll be running into soon if you stay in broadcasting/film such as disappearing CRT monitors, 1.5GB/sec data rates, etc. here.
Kuler – the cooler color collaborator
If you ever wished that you could simply and instantly add-on years of design theory and color knowledge, well, you can’t. However, a good stand-in to working with and experimenting with different color themes comes in the way of kuler over at the Adobe site. Check it out.
Sheep films use of masks and animation
Much of what this imaginative guy shows off here can and possibly was done in AE. See if you can come up with some interesting ideas. Sheepfilms.
Advice from an animation savant (21 yrs.)
Amazing reel and some encouraging words from a 21 year old animator savant. Link
Ryan vs. Dorkman
Thanks to Blair for this entertaining and educating link to a young Visual Effects artist, Ryan Weiber.
Check out Ryan. It seems he rose from a novice to become a VFX professional relatively quickly (within 2-3 years), by working hard, figuring things out in AfterEffects and trying things out for himself. A VFX short that focuses on light saber battles, dynamic action editing and good sound effects, titled “Ryan vs. Dorkman” drew a huge response on YouTube and granted Ryan some ‘net fame. Sometime after that, he caught the attention of revered VFX creators ILM who he went to work for as a freelancer according to this bio. Take a look at his short and the learning steps he took to ramp up to his VFX skills.
Links: Ryan vs Dorkman (Youtube)
Ryan’s site.
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