Free Webinar — Great Lighting in Production and Post

Production to Post Series- Great Lighting in Production and Post

Join special guest Richard Harrington and learn about great lighting techniques.  Rich will review how he uses Lowel lights as part of his production package.  Other tools like Variable ND filters, reflectors, and more to control the light.  Learn studio and on location lighting techniques for best results.  Once the shot is done, you'll learn how to enhance lighting (and even change it) in post with the  DFX lighting filters.  This is a popular webinar, click here to reserve your space!
 
Registration Link for June 5th  https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/718549206 

Next Free Webinar & Special Offer From Tiffen

 
June 5th 12pm EST   
Production to Post series with Richard Harrington
Great Lighting in Production and Post

Join special guest Richard Harrington again and learn about great lighting techniques.  Rich will review how he uses Lowel lights as part of his production package.  Other tools like Variable ND filters, reflectors, and more to control the light.  Learn studio and on location lighting techniques for best results.  Once the shot is done, you'll learn how to enhance lighting (and even change it) in post with the  DFX lighting filters.  This is a popular webinar, click here to reserve your space !
                                                                                   

Special Discounts

Thank you again  for attending our  Color Grading Webinar last week. We thought it rocked and we hope you enjoyed our event! As a special thank you to you lucky folks, we'd like extend a 30% discount off our newly lowered priced individual Dfx products. And to make it even more special, we extend the courtesy to discount the DFT product- FilmStocks Video Plug-in at 20% off.

Please visit: www.tiffensoftware.com/promos and enter promo code: RHEDDFX13 to get 30% Off the purchase price, but hurry - offer expires on May 24th!

If you own an earlier version of Tiffen Dfx software you may be eligible for a heavily discounted upgrade price. Please visit:http://tiffensoftware.com/support/upgrades

Please send your questions, comments and feedback to:jnoyes@tiffen.com.

PS to see a recorded version- please check our Tiffen YouTube channel-http://www.youtube.com/user/TiffenCompany

Importing a Final Cut Pro Project to Adobe Premiere Pro

Video editing is often a collaborative process. You may need to work with someone else’s editing project that was started using Final Cut Pro. Adobe Premiere Pro is a very flexible editing solution. You can easily import projects and media started on other edit systems. For example, moving a project over from Apple Final Cut Pro is a snap.

1. In Final Cut Pro, mark an In and Out point within a sequence for the range you’d like to export.
2. Choose File > Export > XML. In the dialog box that opens, choose Apple XML Interchange Format, version 4 (or later), and click OK.
3. Specify a location for the new XML file (such as your project folder) and click OK. The XML file is small and references the original media on your drive. It will only take a few seconds to write.
4. Switch to Adobe Premiere Pro and create a new project using a preset that most closely matches the video format you’ve been using.
5. In Adobe Premiere Pro, choose File > Import. Navigate to the XML file you created and click Import.
6. Adobe Premiere Pro creates a sequence and adds the media and a report to the project.
7. Update the edit or work with the imported project sources.

For more Adobe tips, check out Creative Cloud User.

Free Class — Creative Color Grading

Learn how to approach color grading tasks from production to post using Tiffen Dfx v3 and DFT Film Looks Plug-ins. You'll also learn about Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Final Cut Pro X.

Free Webinar on Color Grading with Tiffen

Creative Color Grading – Fast!

Learn how to approach color grading tasks from production to post. Learn important techniques about what to shoot in the field including camera profile, white balance information, and essential metadata. Then in post you'll learn how to create popular looks that clients want. This workshop will explore both general techniques and theory as well as a detailed look at Tiffen Dfx Video/Film tool set.

• Each attendee will receive a 15 day trial as well as a special discount on the software.
• One lucky attendee with receive a give-away of a full license of the software
• To register for Creative Color Grading Webinar, click here

Selecting storage for video editing

When it comes time to edit your video, the hard drives you use are going to have a huge impact on the performance of your system. No matter how much RAM you have or how powerful a video card, you won’t get real-time performance if your drives are a bottleneck.

Important factors

There are three factors when choosing a disk for video editing:

• Speed: The speed of drive is the most important factor in determining what media you can play off it. Drives like internal laptop drives or bus-powered USB drives are generally not fast enough to edit HD video.
• Capacity: When you start to edit HD video, you’ll quickly use up disk space. For example, each minute of video shot on a Canon 5D Mark II is about 320MB. In order to get the storage you need, you may invest in multiple drives or drives that are striped together for a performance RAID.
• Redundancy: To avoid losing their video footage, most video creators choose to back up to two or more drives or to use additional methods like Blu-ray Disc. Look at redundant drives (such as RAIDs)

Drive technology

Be sure to consider your options when looking at hard drives.

• Internal drive solutions: Many computers support multiple drive slots. Consider placing a fast SATA drive internally into your computer as a performance disk. Keep it only as a scratch disk and avoid installing application or system files on it.
• External and portable drive solutions: Several different drives are available once you’ve maximized your internal storage. You’ll find both single- and multiple-drive solutions. Look for units offering connections like FireWire, USB3, or eSATA.
• Networked RAIDs: Several professional drives allow multiple users to connect simultaneously. These solutions are important if you work in a multiple editor environment and need to share projects or assets.

For more on Adobe pro video workflow, check out the new website — Creative Cloud User.

Keynote tutorial: Running a presentation from an iPad to a television via HDMI

Watch more at http://www.lynda.com/Business-Compute.... This tutorial demonstrates how to run an iPad presentation from a television using an HDMI cable and how to interact with that presentation using a touch-enabled "laser pointer."

This tutorial is a single movie from the Delivering Keynote Presentations course presented by lynda.com author Rich Harrington. The complete course duration is 1 hour and 36 minutes and shows you how to successfully deliver a Keynote presentation.

Introduction 1. Getting Organized 2. Rehearsing Your Presentation 3. Using Keynote Remote 4. Connecting Keynote to a Screen 5. Alternate Presentation Techniques 6. Creating Handouts 7. Creating Movies and Graphics from Keynote Conclusion

Get 7 days of free unlimited access to lynda.com.

Save 30% on Tiffen DFX Software

I have a great discount to offer my readers on one of favorite tools. I love using their collection to create fantastic film looks.

You can download a free 15-day trial here: http://www.tiffensoftware.com/products/dfxv3-free-trial-download/dfx-v3-free-trial-downloads

Take 30% off with this unique code: RHEDDFX13
It can be redeemed here: http://tiffensoftware.com/promos

Here ares two tutorials I did that shows the effects in action. One of the things I like the best is that one license gets you a tool that works in every major video editing and motion graphics package. It's also fantastic when working with photos.

I also have a few new webinars coming soon on the software.

Atlanta Post|Production Conference

I'm speaking at a conference offering training for sports TV & post professionals. I hope to see some of you there.

Two full days of expert training sessions for video, TV, film & new media professionals, with a unique track 2-day track dedicated to technical workshops geared for Sports TV production. The Atlanta Post|Production Conference is designed for professionals involved in the acquiring and designing of TV content who seek cutting-edge training to maximize their efficiency and creativity:

• Motion Graphics Designers
• Technologists
• Facility Managers
• DP's
• Photographers
• Producers
• Editors

Features:

• 2 full days of expert training in 2 unique tracks: general post production and Sports TV production
• In-depth sessions for deep immersion in the editing application of your choice!
• Sessions taught by industry renowned experts and Certified Instructors
• Browse the Exhibition Show Floor and network with industry professionals at the SVG College Sports Summit located at the hotel
• Gain tips and techniques you can apply to your very next project

Using Digital Publishing to Distribute Your Photography and Extend Your Brand

Using Digital Publishing to Distribute Your Photography and Extend Your Brand from Richard Harrington

Slides from my Photoshop World class… enjoy

In this session you learn how tools like Apple iBooks Author and Adobe Creative Cloud make it easy to publish your images and creative work. Whether you want to distribute your photos or do work for your clients the topic of digital publishing has never been hotter. This class serves as a jump in point for those who want to start to create digital publications and applications. No coding experience required, this is all about using easy tools and new business opportunities. If you’ve always wanted to publish that book, or reach a whole new audience, this is the session for you.