Digital Motion dot net » Video Editing http://www.digital-motion.net Digital Media Production Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:14:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Great short film: Nuit Blanche http://www.digital-motion.net/2010/02/16/nuit-blanche/ http://www.digital-motion.net/2010/02/16/nuit-blanche/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:50:12 +0000 kevin http://www.digital-motion.net/?p=228

Nuit Blanche from Spy Films on Vimeo.

This is a great little film, wonderful portfolio piece. It does a great job at establishing a look and a mood. I love that Spy Films also put their Making Of on Vimeo as well. It shows exactly how much work went into it.

(via ProVideo Coalition.com)

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motionspire screenshot

motionspire screenshot

Motionspire – Motion Graphics Inspiration

]]> http://www.digital-motion.net/2008/12/11/motionspire-motion-graphics-inspiration/feed/ 0 masterfull radiohead remix with repurposed technology http://www.digital-motion.net/2008/06/06/masterful-radiohead-remix-with-repurposed-technology/ http://www.digital-motion.net/2008/06/06/masterful-radiohead-remix-with-repurposed-technology/#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:09:08 +0000 kevin http://www.digital-motion.net/2008/06/06/masterful-radiohead-remix-with-repurposed-technology/ sadly (for showing my age), I recognized all the gear he used and owned several pieces of it. In fact, I probably still have my scanjet 4C sitting in a box somewhere…

I also like the way he did the video, looks straight out of ‘84


Big Ideas (don’t get any) from James Houston on Vimeo.

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Tron
by freres-hueon

[via wired]

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What I like about these new web-based media tools isn’t just that they make it easier for normal people to do media editing, but they really show the power of Flash/Flex in a mind-blowing way.

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]]> http://www.digital-motion.net/2007/06/18/supa-editor/feed/ 0 some more typeography videos http://www.digital-motion.net/2007/04/22/some-more-typeography-videos/ http://www.digital-motion.net/2007/04/22/some-more-typeography-videos/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:32:08 +0000 kevin http://www.digital-motion.net/2007/04/22/some-more-typeography-videos/ [via Creative Cow Forums]

Also, The Hush Sound – The Lions Roar

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My favorite live blogging is always from Engadget.

My summary:

  • New Final Cut Digital Asset Management/Transcoding Server: $999/10 users or $1999 for unlimited users (available summer)
  • Final Cut Studio 2
    • Final Cut Pro 6
      • ProRes 422: compression for HD (1TB -> 170GB “at same quality”)
      • Support for Sony’s new HDCAM SR 1080p60, Silicon Imaging’s Red Camera
      • Aja-built IO-HD input box for encoding ProRes 422 in real-time on external box ($3495)
      • Open-format timeline: mix formats, resolutions, framerates
      • Smooth-cam camera shake elimination (from Shake)
      • Better Motion integration
    • Motion3
      • Match-moving
      • more 3D
      • Paint
      • Audio-driven animation
    • SoundtrackPro2
      • Better 5.1 support
      • 5.1 and stereo in same project
      • frequency spectrum editing (ripped off from Audition/Soundbooth)
      • Video HUD for better synching
      • “conform” feature (not sure what that is yet)
    • Compressor3
      • Faster
      • More codecs
      • Preview overlays and watermarks with a before and after slider
      • Integrated chapter markers
      • Better multi-threading
    • $499 upgrade, $1299 new, $699 to upgrade from FCP
    • Available May
  • Color (new application)
    • Color grading
    • looks like this what at least part of the Shake team is doing now (my guess)
    • Same UI for 3-way color correction with
      • RGB and luma curves
      • lift
      • gamma
      • gain
      • visualization of color in 3D space
    • Mattes from chroma, luma, saturation, custom vignettes, hue and saturation curves
    • Color effects — string them together with a node tree
    • Geometry
    • included in Final Cut Studio 2

Wow, so FCS 2 was expected, but a lot more was also expected in this announcement given that Apple announced the 8-core MacPro a couple weeks ago with crummy video cards and no new iLife for ‘07 and lappys and iPod designs getting a little stale. Wonder what else would have been announced today if Apple hadn’t announced the delay of Leopard earlier this week?

I just realized that there was no update to DVD Studio Pro. Hrm, wonder why…

[added links to the apple website and comment about DVD Studio later at 3:51 pm]

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Audio Video Edition: Specially Selected Free and Open Source Software | Audio/Video ngo-in-a-box

Nice collection of links to the best Open Source digital media software for all platforms.

]]> http://www.digital-motion.net/2007/02/27/free-and-open-source-software-audiovideo-ngo-in-a-box/feed/ 0 Tech Crunch does a survey of on-line video editing apps http://www.digital-motion.net/2007/02/23/tech-crunch-does-a-survey-of-on-line-video-editing-apps/ http://www.digital-motion.net/2007/02/23/tech-crunch-does-a-survey-of-on-line-video-editing-apps/#comments Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:16:26 +0000 kevin http://www.digital-motion.net/2007/02/23/tech-crunch-does-a-survey-of-on-line-video-editing-apps/ Cuts Launches Amidst Online Video Editor War

Pretty amazed at the wealth of riches in this space all of the sudden.

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