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posted on 07/19/201307/19/2013|Color Grading

I worked on a piece a few weeks ago at my day job (SnapShot Interactive) that was a blast because: A.) It was pretty goofy, which was a good change of pace, and B.) It centered around a ton of vintage film looks. While I sadly can't post the video...

posted on 07/09/201309/26/2013|Color Grading

Triad Color Looks

So, here's something I've been playing with on a few small projects and having fun with: Triad color schemes used as a basis for color grading. Triad Colors Triad color schemes are basically formed by picking 3 colors on a hue wheel that split the wheel into perfect thirds (for a...

posted on 05/31/201309/26/2013|Editing, Filming

Staying True to Someone Else’s Story

Testimonies are something I've done a lot of over the years. I got my start in filmmaking by doing videos for the church I grew up in, and it quickly became such a passion for me that I knew what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. One...

posted on 05/29/201309/27/2013|Editing

Quick Tip: Fixing (Some) FCP to Premiere Problems

Here's a quick tip I encountered a few hours ago: I was moving an old FCP7 project to Premiere Pro CS6 through XML, and the import kept freezing or crashing Premiere. It was a large project with 500+ clip of P2 DVCPro HD footage transcoded to .mov in FCP. I...

posted on 05/24/201309/27/2013|Color Grading, Editing

Quick Tip: ND Your Screen

Okay, here's a quick tip I was reminded of when Juan Salvo asked on Twitter about finding a GUI monitor that looked half-decent with the brightness turned all the way down. I saw that and remembered something pretty awesome I saw during my internship at EFILM: The GUI monitors in...

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