The following is an excerpt from an interview with Stephen Mirrione. Winning the Academy Award for editing Steven Soderbergh’s Traffic (2000), Mirrione’s portfolio includes Ocean’s Eleven (2001), Ocean’s Twelve (2004), Ocean’s Thirteen (2007), and The Informant! (2009). He has also edited Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 21 Grams (2003), Babel (2006, with Douglas Crise), and Biutiful (2010); George…
For me, the biggest issue of secondary color correction is qualification. I’m not talking about whether the colorist is skilled enough to do it. I’m talking about what portion of the image you are trying to qualify—in other words, “choose”—as the section in which you make alterations. “To qualify” or “qualification” means that an area…
The primary tool for color correction in FCP is the Color Board, which is accessed with the arrow button opposite Correction 1 in the Inspector (see Figure 11.7 ) or more simply with the keyboard shortcut Command-6 (see Figure 11.8 , also in the color section). You can close the Color Board with the same…
Another selection of “hidden gems” (and essential advice), this time from Chapter 34 of Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects. We’re going through our book Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects 5th Edition (CMG5) and pulling out a few “hidden gems” from each chapter. These will include essential advice for new users, plus timesaving tips…
This simple method is our favorite replacement for a calculator. We’re serializing the Deeper Modes of Expression bonus chapter from our book Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects into a set of 12 posts. We consider this to be one of the most important, core techniques offered by expressions: A quick and easy way to…
Many of you are familiar with our book, Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects. As imposing as it may be in print, some miss that there’s another 180+ pages of bonus chapter PDFs on the book’s disc. One of those chapters is Deeper Modes of Expression, which goes into more advanced expression functions. To make…
Another selection of “hidden gems” (and essential advice), this time from Chapter 33 of Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects. We’re going through our book Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects 5th Edition (CMG5) and pulling out a few “hidden gems” from each chapter. These will include essential advice for new users, plus timesaving tips…
Another selection of “hidden gems” (and essential advice), this time from Chapter 32 of Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects. We’re going through our book Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects 5th Edition (CMG5) and pulling out a few “hidden gems” from each chapter. These will include essential advice for new users, plus timesaving tips…
Inexpensive and open-source technologies have meant fewer and fewer barriers of entry into video editing. But many feel that the rise of the one-man shop has led to the fall of the apprenticeship model. Gone are the days studying at the foot of the master, spending years learning what she does and why she does…
There’s no denying the success of CBS’s 60 Minutes. It’s the quintessential news magazine show that many of us aspire to attain in our own video journalism work. And when I first saw Lara Logan’s “The ascent of Alex Honnold” (13:19), a story about Alex’s insane free solo climbs, I was captivated. In Logan’s words: “He…
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