Post Production Streaming Videos

• Authoring
• Graphics and Compositing
• Media Management
• Sound Editing
• Video Editing

• Tutorials - How to Make Better Titles Using Lens Flares, Motion Tracking, and Other Effects
  July, 2011
  Effects and filters can help titles look realistic and compelling. We'll show you how to use great effects like light flares, particle generators, noise, and…
• Tutorials - Animating Titles Using Keyframes
  July, 2011
  Animating text frame-by-frame takes a lot of time, but keyframing makes quick work of any animation. We'll show you how to use this powerful feature to…
• Tutorials - Using Design Elements to Make Better Titles and Graphics
  July, 2011
  Today's digital environment makes it easy for graphic designers to have all the tools necessary to create visually stunning titles and graphics. We'll show you…
• Tutorials - How To Make Titles and Bugs that Help Market your Company or Business
  June, 2011
  Opening titles and bugs present you with an excellent opportunity to create a compelling image of your company and to imprint that image into the minds of…
• Tutorials - How to Create Company Logos for Promotions
  June, 2011
  One of the most important graphic elements you will ever create is the logo. They're often simple in design, but seldom simple in execution. We'll help you…
• Tutorials - Designing Lower Thirds that Add Interest to Your Video
  June, 2011
  The most common type of graphic used to identify people and companies are lower thirds. We'll be looking at their purpose and design and take you step-by-step…
• Tutorials - How to Adjust the Pacing of your Documentary to Tell your Story Better
  November, 2010
  Though a story may be fresh, driving, and compelling, if it is too linear or too long, you risk losing the interest of your audience, We will show you how to…
• Tutorials - Wedding Videography: Offer Production Packages for Wedding Videos
  June, 2010
  Now that you've shot some great wedding footage, it's time to put it all together. Learn how most videographers compile wedding packages, do multi-cam editing,…
• Tutorials - How to Convert Frame Rates
  January, 2012
  We're going to show you how to successfully convert from one frame rate to another using footage interpretation and pitch shifting.
• Tutorials - How to Get Rid of Hiss and Hums in Audio
  January, 2012
  We'll show you some handy tips for correcting hisses and hums using high and low pass filters, notch filters and automated tasks.
• Tutorials - How to Fix Shaky Footage
  December, 2011
  Learn to fix jittery video the easy way, using the standard motion trackers and stabilizers found in common editing software such as Final Cut Pro and Adobe…
• Tutorials - How to Deinterlace Footage
  December, 2011
  In this training video we look at the different methods of deinterlacing footage like the field combination, field extension, and motion detection methods to…
• Tutorials - How to Color Correct Video
  December, 2011
  In this training video, we look at how to read color scopes and monitors, use color correction tools to fix your footage and use secondary color correction to…
• Tutorials - Editing Music Videos
  October, 2011
  Compiling the edit for your music video may seem like a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be. If you just follow a few steps to organize your edit, build…
• Tutorials - 4 Simple Steps for Professional Stop Motion Light Painting
  February, 2010
  How to create stop motion animation, using stills with light painting. Learn the step by step process to mastering this special effect.
• Tutorials - Create Star Trek "Beam Me Up" Effect with Overlays, Dissolves
  January, 2010
  We show you how to pull off two basic special effects using cross dissolves, overlays, cropping and layers. Both the Star Trek effect and the Multiplicity…
• Tutorials - Stage a Light Saber Fight a la Star Wars
  January, 2010
  We show you the step-by-step process of how to pull off the Light Saber special effect. Everything from building the Light Saber to Rotoscoping.
• Tutorials - Spice Up Titles and Graphics with Ink Spread & Ink Drop Effects
  January, 2010
  How to use everyday household items to create ink drop and ink spread visual design elements for titles and graphics.
• Tutorials - How to Create a Professional Motion Menu for a DVD
  July, 2009
  The goal of this tutorial is to demonstrate some basic tools in developing a DVD motion menu from scratch. In our example, the motion menu will play back for…
• Tutorials - Create Safe Fire Effects without Burning Down the House!
  July, 2009
  I like to use Visual FX to enhance the story I am trying to tell. If they have a purpose, make the shot look better and help tell a story, why not use them,…
• Tutorials - Whip-Pans, Object Close-ups and Other Natural Transitions
  July, 2009
  In the annals of cinema history, Thomas Edison is considered the father of the first motion picture cameras and his assistant Edwin S. Porter made the first…
• Tutorials - Make an Animated Video from Still Photographs with 2.5d Animation
  July, 2009
  The Polar Classic, by Mark Wickman, was the 1st Place winner in Videomaker's 2005 Short Video contest, in which Mark made an animated video, using still photos.…
• Tutorials - Create Realistic Gunshots for Video
  July, 2009
  Stop, or I'll Shoot! Have you ever wanted to have a gun in your film? What about a cool action scene with guns blazing, people running, dishes exploding and…
• Tutorials - Replace any Green Screen Background Using a Chroma Key
  July, 2009
  Without a doubt, you see chromakeys used countless times - probably every time you watch the news on TV - and perhaps you aren't even aware of it…
• Tutorials - Create the "Star Wars" Light Saber Effect
  July, 2009
  With the immense popularity of the Star Wars franchise, the light sword seems to have become the most recognizable special effect in cinema history. Immense…
• Tutorials - Pan and Scan Still Photos to Get the Ken Burns Effect
  July, 2009
  Known as "The Ken Burns Effect", the Pan and Scan technique has become the norm when combining still photos with your moving images. This tutorial takes you…
• Tutorials - Find the Best Equipment and Set-up for your Video Studio
  July, 2009
  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-se…
• Tips and Techniques - How to Composite Video for Inserting Backgrounds in Sets
  July, 2009
  Ever wonder how amazing backgrounds are inserted behind characters? This video will show you how to composite video so your characters can seamlessly move in…
• Tips and Techniques - How to Cut Video Transitions for Action Scenes
  June, 2009
  How to cut video for edit various types of action scenes.
• Miscellaneous - Flock of Birds in Adobe After Effects
  May, 2009
  Rain, fire, even a flock of birds can be easily controlled using particle software features without animating each element. Read the full article Adobe After&he…