MacBreak Studio show

MacBreak Studio

Summary: Join Steve Martin, Mark Spencer, Brian Gary, Alex Lindsay and friends as they reveal the ins and outs of video production on the Mac. From 3D to audio, video, and compression, learn from the experts how to add advanced techniques to your production workflow and a professional touch to your video content.

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  • Artist: Alex Lindsay, Mark Spencer, Steve Martin, and Brian Gary

Podcasts:

 Depth of Field in After Effects and Motion | File Type: video/quicktime | Duration: 09:01

Mark Spencer and Steve Taylor share and compare notes on how depth of field works in both Motion and After Effects.

 DSLR Media Utilities | File Type: video/quicktime | Duration: 10:51

Brian Gary shows us three utilities for managing DSLR video files.

 iSlate | File Type: video/quicktime | Duration: 8:18

MacBreak Studio has reached a milestone. This is our 100th podcast! In this special podcast Alex and Brian look at the iSlate for the iPad.

 Time Remapping in After Effects and in Motion | File Type: video/quicktime | Duration: 08:32

Mark Spencer and Steve Taylor share and compare how to speed up and slowdown pieces of a clip and not change the length in both After Effects and in Motion

 Link Selection in Final Cut Pro | File Type: video/quicktime | Duration: 06:13

Steve shows us how to use the link selection properly in Final Cut Pro.

 Final Cut Pro - Markers as Annotation Tools | File Type: video/quicktime | Duration: 6:31

Adding markers on the fly is the fastest way to annotate a long clip in FCP. Granted, it's not speech recognition, but this technique will work in a pinch.

 Motion - Custom Shape Styles | File Type: video/quicktime | Duration: 9:37

How to create your own "brushes" for painting in Motion.

 Motion - Kinetic Text | File Type: video/quicktime | Duration: 10:18

Learn how to create this popular animated type effect in Motion.

 Track Mattes | File Type: video/quicktime | Duration: 7:07

Steve Taylor shows Brian how Track Mattes work in After Effects.

 Putting the Pro back in QuickTime | File Type: video/quicktime | Duration: 8:24

Don't abandon QuickTime 7 just yet! There are some powerful editing features in QuickTime pro that are conspicuously absent from QuickTime X.

 AE & Motion - "Share & Compare" Null Objects | File Type: video/quicktime | Duration: 9:44

Mark Spencer and Steve Taylor share and compare notes on how null objects work in both Motion and After Effects.

 AE - Creating Tilt-Shift Effect on Video | File Type: video/quicktime | Duration: 9:22

After Effects artist and guru Steve Taylor shows us how to "miniaturize" video in this cool tutorial on creating the popular "tilt-shift" effect.

 FCP's Wacky Coordinate System | File Type: video/quicktime | Duration: 8:15

Steve shows us how to use anchor point coordinates to precisely control the scaling of a video layer. But be warned, Final Cut Pro's math is not what you learned in Algebra class!

 Using Aperture to Manage & Archive Video | File Type: video/quicktime | Duration: 7:23

Brian explores the possibilities of using Apple's Aperture 3 as an archive and management tool for VIDEO.

 Diana's Favorite Production iPhone Apps | File Type: video/quicktime | Duration: 10:03

Diana shows off some of her most utilitarian iApps for production and gives us a grand tour of her own iApp, iKeys to Go for Final Cut Pro.

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