5 Keying Tricks in After Effects without Using a Green Screen
If you think of big blockbusters movies, those huge tentpole franchises like the Avengers and others of that fashion, the first thing that comes to mind is that huge …
Author: Francis Joseph D'Costa
How to Light a Moving Subject
Cinematography is quite literally the art of visualization through movement, as opposed to photography which is the art of writing with light. In that greek word κίνημα is all …
Feiyu-Tech Pocket vs DJI Osmo Pocket – Which One to Pick?
Big cameras and top-notch gear usually make all the buzz over the Internet, at least in the filmmaking community. Every new announcement gets a lot of attention, reviewers, comparisons, …
Everything You Need to Know About the Canon C500 MKII
The last few years have been flying away, and in the blink of an eye almost a decade went by. It was in 2012, in fact, when Canon expanded …
How to Easily Turn 2D Photos to 3D in After Effects
It happens now and then that you need to use a photo inside your video. It could be just a wedding video or a live event, sometimes it happens …
12 Less Known Features of Resolve 16
DaVinci Resolve has been moving by leap and bounds with a multitude of new capabilities added over time. It started out as a pure color grading software and then …
12 Camera Angles to Enhance Your Films
One of the advantages of the digital revolution is that it made filmmaking accessible for many folks who were instead left out from the industry in the past. After …
ShakeFREE AI Plugin Saves You Time While Editing
It goes as a joke between most of our colleagues that someday machines will take over and our jobs will be done by bots. We always dismiss it laughing …
Is the iPad Pro 2020 Good Enough for Video Editing
The latest iteration in the iPad Pro has recently hit the market. Lacking a great presentation due to the lockdown that is still holding the planet, this new and …
Mavic Air vs Spark – Which One is Right for You?
It’s been a while since the first drones dropped on the market creating a small earthquake in indie filmmaking. Aerial photography used to be a prerogative of big-budget productions, …
5 Fast and Super Easy Visual Effects in Premiere Pro CC
Over the years Adobe has been packing a lot of features inside Premiere Pro. It’s not the After Effects level of VFX or compositing, but there’s a lot of …
Check Out This Dope Video Editing Standing Desk Setup
The great spread of the Coronavirus pandemic has brought a lot of uncertainty to all the people working in our industry. Big productions are pushing movie releases by months, …
Best Video Editing Apps for Android in 2020
There’s a dream that many indie filmmakers hope will someday become true. That is having the ability to edit videos on the go with minimal hardware needed. When the …
Is the 2020 MacBook Air Good Enough for Video Editing
In the midst of the global crisis caused by the Coronavirus, Apple has quietly released the new MacBook Air. The release may have been a quiet one, but there’s …
Head Replacement / Face Swap Tutorial with Mocha in After Effects
After Effects is a daunting software. Most filmmakers feel intimidated since it’s perceived as a complicated mess. The reason is probably that it requires a completely different set of …
Tips on How to Properly Expose S-Log2
Sony is one of the most popular brands among independent filmmakers. The company has always been in the high-end camera market but has slowly entered the field where smaller …
What Makes the Aputure 300D II So Popular Among Filmmakers?
The modern filmmaking scene has evolved by leaps and bounds. Staple brands disappear while new technologies and new players rise to dominate the market. One brand that did make …
Portkeys P6 5.5″ vs Desview R5 5.5″ – Which is the Better Budget Field Monitor?
There used to be much fewer options when we needed to choose a field monitor just a few years ago. A handful of brands dominated the market while hitting …
How to Get Legit 2-Month Adobe CC Access for Free
Our world is facing an unprecedented situation, the spread of a global pandemic. While a good amount of horror and sci-fi cinematography anticipated it, most of it did not …
Building a DIY 4K Video Editing NAS with Whopping 320TB
You may recall that a few days ago we’ve been discussing 8K and disk space requirements here. Indeed, many of us have faced the same problem, independently from resolution …