Tutorials

Green Screen Video Tutorial

In this green screen video tutorial, we show you how to set-up a green screen for chromakey and how to best sell the green screen effect to your viewers.

• Mastering Your Camera Controls

  Don't leave important decisions up to your camera! In this video you will learn how to use the camera controls to adjust the white balance, focus, audio and iri …
• Best Practices for Using a Tripod to Stabilize your Shots.

  How to set-up a tripod to capture professional level video. Learn the step-by-step process for setting up and stabilizing your tripod.
• Lighting for Video

  How to use indoor lights, natural light, and camera controls to create the best lighting for video production.
• Audio for Video

  How to capture Audio when shooting video. How to select the best microphone and location for the best audio and solve common problems videographers encounter wh …
• Hand Held Video Camera Shooting Tips

  This video shows you how to create better, more professional looking video by taking a closer look at hand held video camera shooting. Learn how to get effecti …
• The 5 Deadly Sins of Amateur Video

  A look at how to create better, more professional looking video by eliminating the 5 most common amateur mistakes.
• 3 Point Lighting Tutorial

  Step by step tutorial on how to use the 3-point lighting technique to light your videos like the pro's.
• Outdoor and Day for Night Lighting

  Solutions to outdoor lighting for video problems encountered on a sunny day. Also the secret to shooting in the middle of the day and making it appear to be th …
• Lighting Setups

  A step by step tutorial on how to apply four styles of lighting. Learn how to use Rembrandt beauty, cameo and filling in from the key to add to your videos look …
• Lighting Tricks and Solutions

  How to prevent indoor lighting problems and utilize various specialty lighting setups for your videos.
• Interview Lighting

  Tutorial on how to light and set up a multi-cam interview with easy to follow step-by-step instruction
• Green Screen Tutorial: How to Light A Green Screen

  Tutorial on how to light a green screen with easy to follow step-by-step instructions so you can get the perfect key.
• Three Point Lighting

  The foundation for all professional studio lighting for video. This tutorial provides step by step instructions on how to light your subject like the pro's with …
• Rotoscoping Tutorial - fix goofs, change virtual sets, or make your hero fly

  How to fix on-set goofs, change virtual sets, or make your action heroes fly through the air amidst gunfire, snowflakes, or magic dust. Rotoscoping is one o …
• Night Light Tutorial - How to turn the light of day into the dark of night

  The technique of shooting outdoor night scenes in broad daylight has been around since the early days of film. It is commonly called Day for Night (DFN), and y …
• Getting That Film Look Tutorial

  How often do we still hear the term, filming, when everyone really means videotaping? While we easily forgive friends or even clients as they repeat this misnom …
• Audio Compression Tutorial

  When you listen to any professional broadcast, you hear audio that sounds clear and natural and has, mostly, the same loudness. This type of audio has narration …
• DVD Motion Menus Tutorial

  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 30 …
• Burning Down The House Tutorial

  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, rig …
• Natural Transitions Tutorial

  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 nar …
• 2.5d Animation Tutorial

  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. …
• Making Realistic Muzzle Flashes Tutorial

  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 you …
• The ABCs of Chromakeys Tutorial

  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. Chromakeying …
• The Sword and the Light Tutorial

  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 isn …
• Do It Yourself Jib Tutorial

  Tom Benford's jib is a quick and easy-to-build device that anyone who knows how to turn a wrench and place a drill can build. Tom's JVC DF550U camcorder is smal …
• Do It Yourself Crane Tutorial

  Cranes are usually bigger than jibs, and they can carry not just the camera, but often the crewmembers operating it. Brian Peterson's crane was designed to be r …
• Perfecting the Pan and Scan Effect Tutorial

  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 th …
• Using Loops to Create Original Music Tutorial

  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 …