Post Production Articles

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• Graphics and Compositing
• Media Management
• Picture Editing
• Sound Editing

• Color Correction Enhancement
  June, 2009
  by Jeff Sengstack
  In this color correction tutorial (which is really color enhancement) we offer color correction methods for basic, intermediate and advanced users.
• Getting Started With Free Video Editing Software
  June, 2009
  by John Devcic
  If you buy a Macintosh or Windows based system, here are some tips on getting started with the free video editing software that comes with your computer.
• Editing: Multicam Video Editing Tips
  May, 2009
  by Mark Montgomery
  To determine whether or not you need to use multicam video editing features, there are some considerations worth making.
• Tutorial - Using Loops to Create Original Music
  March, 2009
  by Jeff Sengstack
  Whether you want to build themes and variations for large-scale productions or as signature music for your promotional videos, make catchy music beds for 30-sec…
• Distribution: Medium Cool: Launching Your Own Video Blog
  February, 2009
  by Edward B. Driscoll, Jr.
  Blog is simply a web log, or diary, that one shares with others. But when users were finally able to add video to these blogs, a viral phenomena was born. In…
• Editing: Use of Stills in Video
  February, 2009
  by Morgan Paar
  Dropping a still photo in your video isn't too hard, but making it flow well takes a special eye. Adding movement to stills is a technique that the masters…
• Editing Editing Dirty Little Tricks
  December, 2008
  by Morgan Paar
  Editors are dirty little tricksters. Yes, we pull all sorts of illusions behind our viewers' backs. Some people might even say all editing is a "trick."
• Editing Editing On The Set
  November, 2008
  by Morgan Paar
  As video producers transition into the 21st century, we have an opportunity that no other filmmakers or mediamakers have had in the past: we can edit on the…
• Editing: Fix It in Post
  July, 2008
  by Morgan Paar
  If a director, cinematographer, producer or uncle of the movie studio mogul tells you, "no worries... we'll fix it in post," tell them, "well, sure, we can…
• Editing: Polished Work
  April, 2008
  by Morgan Paar
  From rough cut to finished product, you want to deliver the goods as cleanly as possible. Here are the Seven Steps to Creating an Excellent Polished Work.
• Jargon
  September, 2007
  by The Editors
  Computer Video Editing Terms
• Videomaker Presents Recap
  August, 2007
  by Jennifer O'Rourke
  Having the Best Video Shooting Fun with the Videomaker Editors!
• Basic Training: Editing 101
  December, 2006
  by Kyle Cassidy
  "Leave it on the cutting room floor" is an old film phrase signifying to edit out stuff you don't need. It's a good reminder to cut down your piece for a…
• Quick Focus
  September, 2006
  by Charles Fulton
• Basic Training: Take Your 8mm Film to Digital
  August, 2006
  by Kyle Cassidy
  Make sure your priceless family treasures don't get left behind. Here are some tips to turn your twentieth century celluloid into twenty-first century ones and…
• How to Edit Videos Like the Pros: Beyond the Basics.
  August, 2006
  by Bill Davis
  How to Edit Videos Part 2: What makes the difference between basic editing and actual professional editing?
• Becoming a Professional Video Editor
  July, 2006
  by Bill Davis
  Part 1: Growth, your tools and your space. Step 1: Clean up your act! If video editors desk is a home-office catch-all, the video editor is not using space…
• Introduction to Video Editing Software
  March, 2006
  by Edward B. Driscoll, Jr.
  For anyone who's ever physically cut film on the splicing block of a Moviola, digital video editing is one of the great technological leaps of our time.
• One Mean Post-Production Machine (In Your Own Bedroom or Briefcase)
  March, 2005
  by Morgan Paar
  12th Annual Guide to Computer Video Products
• Video Capture Device: Shining Technologies Citidisk FW125B-40 Direct Capture Device
  October, 2004
  by D. Eric Franks
  A tiny, light, straight-to-disk DV capture solution, ideal for editing in the field.
• Hard Drives and RAIDs
  July, 2004
  by Charles Fulton
  All of the data on your computer has to be stored somewhere. These are the devices that keep your information at your fingertips.
• Mod Squad
  July, 2004
  by Edward B. Driscoll, Jr.
  Looking hip, slick and cool when you customize that machine.
• Turnkey Editing Computer Review: Dell Dimension XPS
  July, 2004
  by Charles Fulton
  Dell Dimension XPS Turnkey Editing Computer
• Jargon: Computer Video Editing Terms
  June, 2004
  by Charles Fulton
  Computer Video Editing Terms
• Video Editing from Start to Finish, Part 3 of 4
  June, 2004
  by Bill Davis
  A Four Part Videomaker Series. Part 3: Graphic It! Making the effects that are oh so cool!
• Clean Machine
  June, 2004
  by Brian Schaller
  Is it just your imagination or was your computer once a lot faster?
• Editing: Editing from Start to Finish, Part 2 of 4
  May, 2004
  by Bill Davis
  A Four Part Videomaker Series. Part 2: Get Editing! Cut, Trim and Pace.
• DV Chromakeys
  April, 2004
  by Michael Kuhlman
  How to get smooth, clean keys like the pros.
• Hard Drivin'
  April, 2004
  by Charles Fulton
  Expand your computer's storage capacity quickly and easily with an external hard drive.
• Editing: Editing from Start to Finish, Part 1 of 4
  April, 2004
  by Bill Davis
  This is the first part of a planned 4-part introduction to video editing. Part 1: Prep, Log and Capture.