Chapter: DVD Authoring
Topic: Multiple Angles or Languages
This tutorial demonstrates adding multiple language soundtracks to a DVD using Adobe Encore.† Language may be selected via a DVD remote control or via a language select menu. Each audio soundtrack must be created first.
http://www.wrigleyvideo.com/videotutorial/tutdes_encore_multilang.htm
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Chapter: Color Correction
Topic: Software and Tools
One of the most important things about modern nonlinear editors is color correction. Next to the straight cut and the cross dissolve, this is the tool that most of us will reach for in every production – whether it is to touch up a shot or give it a whole new look. With the introduction of Edition 5.0, Pinnacle brought its application up to current standards and added a few tricks to its arsenal, like integrated DVD authoring. However, though Edition 5.0 brought 3-way primary color correction to the mix, many other products already had some kind of secondary color correction.
http://www.digitalvideoediting.com/2004/01_jan/tutorials/cw_pinn_editioncc.htm
TAGS: CX Color Correction, timing, colour
Chapter: Workflow
Topic: RLA and RPF
In the last installment, I demonstrated how to export an RPF file from LightWave so the files contained Z-depth information that we can use in Adobe After Effects. In this installment, we’ll continue on our final project.
http://www.digitalpostproduction.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=22939
TAGS: 3D channel, extract, effects, depth matte, depth of field, Fog 3D, ID Matte
Chapter: Workflow
Topic: RLA and RPF
It is no surprise when I say 3D animation is everywhere. Nearly every show, commercial, and movie you see has some type of 3D work in it. While processor speeds have increased our productivity, those speeds also cause us to want to do more, which just so happens to increase render times. One of the more render intensive aspects of 3D animation is applying Depth of Field. This greatly increases render times and if done wrong guarantees you?ll be going back to re-render again. What would be better is to take a single frame (or series of frames) and apply DOF in a compositing application. In order to do this, you need to save it in a RPF or RLA format. In the first of this three part tutorial, we?ll create an animation in NewTek?s LightWave 3D (v. 7.5) so we can then take those frames into After Effects for 3D depth work (part 2), and even add some 3D text using Invigorator (part 3).
http://www.digitalpostproduction.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=22923
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Chapter: Workflow
Topic: RLA and RPF
It is no surprise when I say 3D animation is everywhere. Nearly every show, commercial, and movie you see has some type of 3D work in it. While processor speeds have increased our productivity, those speeds also cause us to want to do more, which just so happens to increase render times. One of the more render intensive aspects of 3D animation is applying Depth of Field. This greatly increases render times and if done wrong guarantees you?ll be going back to re-render again. What would be better is to take a single frame (or series of frames) and apply DOF in a compositing application. In order to do this, you need to save it in a RPF or RLA format. In the first of this three part tutorial, we?ll create an animation in NewTek?s LightWave 3D (v. 7.5) so we can then take those frames into After Effects for 3D depth work (part 2), and even add some 3D text using Invigorator (part 3).
http://www.digitalpostproduction.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=22923
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Chapter: Compositing Tools and Techniques
Topic: Filters and Plug-ins
This tutorial will give you some ideas on how to get Vegas and Boris to work well together.
http://www.corporatemedianews.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=23666
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Chapter: Compositing Tools and Techniques
Topic: Filters and Plug-ins
This tutorial will give you some ideas on how to get Vegas and Boris to work well together.
http://www.corporatemedianews.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=23666
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Chapter: Compositing Tools and Techniques
Topic: Scripting or Expressions
The After Effects expression language has a seldom-used random number generator that is really quite a gem. Dan Ebberts says ?seldom-used? because he doesn’t believe he’s ever seen it used in a single expression he’s seen posted on the internet. It?s not the easiest command to understand and the documentation is pretty sparse but once you get past that it?s very cool. Before we get into how to use it, let?s set up a scenario where we might want to use it (if we only knew that it existed). Suppose you had a grid of dots and you wanted to generate an undualting 3D motion like the dots were attached to a flag waving in the wind or were floating on water. One way to do this would be to set up a grid of dots and then have a comp-sized layer of Fractal Noise below and have each dot?s z position related to the luminace of the Fractal Noise patten directly below the dot. Let?s say we want brighter areas of the noise to move the dots closer to the camera and the darker areas to move the corresponding dots away from the camera. As we animate the ?Evolution? parameter of the Fractal Noise we would expect the dots to undulate as the underlying luminance vlaues change. Note that what we?re looking for is not independent random motion for each dot. We want it to appear as if the dots are connected to an undulating surface. That means that the position of each dot is related to that of its neighbor.
http://www.creativecow.net/articles/ebberts_dan/noise/index.html
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Chapter: Image Acquisition
Topic: Lighting
At some point you?ll want to add some color or soften your lights, so you?ll need something to put in front of the lights. Things to remember are that gels add color or correct color temperature, and diffusion softens the light.
http://www.dvinfo.net/articles/lighting/spears2.php
TAGS: Work Lights, Shower Curtain, Chinese Lanters, Halogen, Gel, Diffusion
Chapter: Image Acquisition
Topic: Lighting
So you?ve squandered almost all your money on a cool DV camera, decent microphone, tripod and some tasty food for your crew (don?t skimp on food because a crew travels on its stomach), but now your actors are standing around in the dark because you don?t have any lights. What do you do? First, you get in a time machine and go back a few days so you can start gathering your jiffy, on-a-tight-budget lighting kit.
http://www.dvinfo.net/articles/lighting/spears1.php
TAGS: Work Lights, Shower Curtain, Chinese Lanters, Halogen
