NAB Roundup: Rampant Design Tools on PostPerspective

Stefanie and Sean Mullen of Rampant Design Tools also spoke with Randi Altman of PostPerspective at NAB 2016. These two are the hardest working people in VFX I know, and they were at NAB talking about 14 brand new products! In addition to that, they've homed in on the Final Cut X market with some …

NAB 2016 Roundup: Divergent Media on PostPerspective

NAB 2016 is already two weeks behind us, and the coverage from the show is starting to roll out. In case you couldn't make it to Vegas, I'll be posting some highlights and interesting interviews from the show floor. Here's Divergent Media's Mike Woodworth talking to PostPerspective's Randi Altman about EditReady and ScopeBox and how …

A Quick Introduction to 360 Degree VR Video Editing

Yesterday I had the opportunity to reconnect with an old friend who is creating some great new content for the production and post production community; Marcelo Lewin of DigiMediaDude. We got to talking about 360 and VR video, so I (re)connected him with Tim Dashwood of Dashwood Cinema Solutions to talk about Tim's newest tools …

The 15th Annual SuperMeet, NAB 2016

  The agenda is set for the 15th Annual SuperMeet at NAB 2016. It promises to be the largest single event during the conference, and having attended a few myself, I agree it's a must-attend. Tickets are still available here. From Dan Berube and Mike Horton of CPUG: Agenda set for Fifteenth Annual Las Vegas …

Y’know All That VR360 Video? Someone Has to Edit It!

NAB 2016 is right around the corner. I, for one, am looking forward to it. There will be a lot to see, a lot to talk about. And there's one topic that just about everyone is talking about - VR and 360 Video. I'm excited to see some of the new rigs - people are …

Clean Up Your Audio? Give Me 5 Seconds…

Have you seen these plugins from CrumplePop? You need to. We all deal with echoey rooms, background noise, microphone hiss. It's annoying, and unless you're a sound editor, you probably don't have the time or the wherewithal to deal with it. Then there's CrumplePop EchoRemover and AudioDenoise. Check out these short clips. Trust me, you're …

Filmmaker Friday: Divergent Media

  I'm not sure if Filmmaker Friday is a thing...maybe it should be... Regardless, it's Friday, and if you're a filmmaker and you don't know what's going on with Divergent Media, you should. Mike Woodworth has had a long career in filmmaking. He's seen a lot, done a lot, and has worked through his share …

Color Constancy for Video; 10 Years in the Making

"The Color Constancy algorithm on which Xe8472 is based, was first presented in 2002 for use with still images. It took more than a decade of R&D to perfect the technology and optimize it for professional video imagery. Xe8472 represents the world’s first presentation of this groundbreaking algorithm in a commercial product for professional filmmakers." …

Divergent Media: Great News for Filmmakers

So I have a couple of pieces of cool news. First, I'm really pleased to share that I've just begun working with Mike Woodworth of Divergent Media. Mike's been creating some powerful software for filmmakers for a few years now, but just recently he's decided to turn up the volume a bit and share a …

Rampant Design: Background Check

Rampant Design Tools is still at it, cranking out new libraries of Style Effects for editors, motion graphics artists and VFX artists. Today, they've announced new libraries of 4k looping backgrounds; simply called "Backgrounds for Editors." Another collection of visually stunning, hand crafted background elements (all in 4k!) by president and lead designer, Sean Mullen …