Posts Tagged ‘tutorial’

Kinetic Typography Tutorial

Kinetic Typography Tutorial

If you're bored, here's 20 minutes of me droning about some animation techniques. ...

July 6th, 2011 | 30 Comments | Trackback | Tags: ,

Tone Mapping Video

Tone Mapping Video

Let's talk about HDR. If you don't know what HDR is, congratulations. Clearly you live in the real world and don't spend much time online. Bring yourself up to speed by doing a quick search for the tag "HDR" on Flickr; you'll find thousands of examples. Some of them are good, a lot of them are not so good. HDR is like the Sarah Palin of photo techniques, you either love it, or you hate it. Either way, it's possible that your passion is misplaced. You see, HDR is not the culprit, it's what you do with the HDR that creates the love-it-hate-it images. First let's define some terms. HDR means "high ...

March 28th, 2011 | Comment | Trackback | Tags: , ,

Light Leaks, Have Some.

Light Leaks, Have Some.

I've had few inquiries about how I did the light leaks in Growing Is Forever. The process is simple. Take the lens off your camera and shine a light on the sensor until you see something you like. Or if you're super lazy (like me) you can download a clip with all the light leaks I used in the film. Drop it above your footage in your timeline, set the blending mode to screen or overlay, and season to taste. I used an LED light to make these clips so the footage is in the blue/magenta spectrum. Try putting a yellow tint on the footage for a more authentic look. Have ...

January 31st, 2011 | 41 Comments | Trackback | Tags: ,