Will Head

The dirty dozen of video editing tools

by Will Head on 29 June 2010 in Video
Will Head

Here are 12 of the best free tools to get you out of sticky situations in which most video editors will find themselves from time to time. Video work means you’ll inevitably spend a lot of time inside your editing application, but there are times when you’ll need to work with files from third parties [...]

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Getting the best chroma key from green screen

by Will Head on 18 June 2010 in Video

Okay, you’ve shot your green-screen footage, but there’s still a lot of work to do in terms of de-interlacing and chroma keying for the best results. In the last column, we looked at shooting footage against a plain green screen, which can then be replaced on your Mac with a completely different background. This sort [...]

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Create a green screen for adding special effects to your videos

by Will Head on 28 May 2010 in Video

Once the preserve of blockbuster movies, green screens are becoming an increasingly popular tool. Here’s how to set up your own. Green screen effects may have once been the preserve of big-budget Hollywood movies, but chroma key, as it’s also known, is increasingly cropping up in places you wouldn’t expect to see it. Take a [...]

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Keep sight of where your film is to be viewed

by Will Head on 18 May 2010 in Video

By correctly framing your shot while shooting, you can ensure all the action and titles can be seen, no matter on what medium your film is viewed. Before you start shooting, it’s worth considering on what medium the final edit will be viewed, as that can affect many aspects of the video-making process. Traditionally, most [...]

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Use time lapse footage to enhance your video

by Will Head on 18 May 2010 in Video

Time lapse footage is a great way to add extra interest to a film, and with today’s camcorders, it’s easier to shoot than you think. Time-lapse footage is a great way to enhance your film projects – especially if you want to show lots of activity taking place without making your overall video too long. [...]

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Set up your Mac to encode video for you

by Will Head on 18 May 2010 in Video

With an open-source video encoder, you can say goodbye to the time-consuming process of producing multiple versions of a final video edit. There’s never a single best format for video – it all depends on where the footage will end up and what it’s being used for. A piece that you output for DVD isn’t [...]

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