Music choices are very subjective and can often be the most difficult part of finishing a production. There is no replacement for a true custom score that’s right on the money, but rarely do clients have a budget to support that, especially in the world of corporate video. I’ve frequently built videos with music changes [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Scoring with Sonicfire Pro
Posted in Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, editing, tagged editing, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, music, plug-ins, workflows on June 27, 2009 | Comments Off
PluralEyes- Help for that Syncing Feeling
Posted in Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, editing, workflows, tagged editing, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, music videos, plug-ins, workflows on June 20, 2009 | Comments Off
If you’ve ever edited multi-cam shows where the production crew’s attitude seemed to have been, “Sync! We don’t need any stinkin’ sync!” – then this software is for you. Without a doubt, every editor friend I ran into at NAB that happened to pass by Singular Software’s booth raved about this product. “You have GOT [...]
More Grunt with CoreMelt
Posted in editing, graphics, tagged After Effects, editing, Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, graphics, plug-ins on June 14, 2009 | Comments Off
In the world of plug-in effects filters, CoreMelt might seem like the new kid but that would be incorrect. CoreMelt is the brainchild of Roger Bolton, an accomplished Flame artist and visual effects veteran with numerous film credits, including Kingdom of Heaven and The Lords of the Rings trilogy. Bolton started out as one of [...]
Loader
Posted in Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, graphics, workflows, tagged Final Cut, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, graphics, plug-ins, workflows on June 6, 2009 | Comments Off
The last 6 – 12 months have seen a bumper crop of new Final Cut plug-ins and utilities that extend its power and functionality. Quite a few have come to light since this year’s NAB. I’m going to spend the summer highlighting a number of these throughout the next series of posts.
The first isn’t really [...]