Topic Tag: advanced
π‘π¬ Log
Now that you understand LUTs and gamma, let’s talk about log. First of all, log is a very exciting thing for several reasons. It’s an efficient way to capture a lot of high quality detail and maintain a huge amount of post production flexibility. It is not designed as a visual aesthetic but rather a…
π‘π¬ Export for Color & Conform
I spend a lot of time preparing projects from editorial for delivery to sound editors and colorists. Getting a project from one NLE to another audio or color application is varying degrees of painful. No applications have identical features or a single rock-solid format for translating between them. However, remember that it’s much easier for…
π‘π¬ Multi-Cam Sync
If you’ve shot multiple cameras on the same action, you’ll want to get that lined up. Resolve’s Cut Page Avid is still important to learn if you want to assistant edit in Hollywood, but after seeing the simplicity of Resolve’s cut page these options feel unnecessarily complex for many projects. Pick the right tool for…
π‘π¬ π· Other Useful Software
Daisy Disk Daisy Disk is a great tool for a quick look at what’s taking up space on your hard drive visually. Media Info This is a great free and cross-platform tool for reading video metadata. FFMPEG FFMPEG is an excellent resource for a non-GUI approach to modifying video files. Terminal Mac OS’ command line…