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:
Based on a tip from Motion user Zak Peric, Mark shows us how to use Optical Flow in Motion to morph between images.
Based on a tip from Motion forum contributor "Special Case", Mark shows us how how to create the effect used in a recent music video.
MBS welcomes Wendi Berman Gary - documentary filmmaker and photographer, to discuss how Aperture 3 is a boon to her productivity
Diana Weynand shows us what every AVID editor should know when learning FCP.
Steve shows off Color's powerful secondary color grading tools to isolate specific colors in the frame for punching up a sky.
MBS welcomes compression guru Andy Beach to discuss tips and tricks on using the free utility MediaInfo Mac to reverse engineer a previously encoded movie.
Mark shows some tricks to working with fonts in Motion, including changing the color of LiveFonts, finding free fonts for commercial use, and even creating your own font.
MBS welcomes Peachpit author and Apple Master trainer Diana Weynand to the set to show us how FCP users might jump-start their project and find their story faster.
How to easily create panoramas using Photoshop CS4 PhotoMerge feature that you can then animate in Final Cut Pro.
Mark Spencer shows an incredible tip from Motion author Patrick Sheffield on how to make your Master Templates in Final Cut Pro adjustable. This one will blow your mind.
Steve shows Mark how FCP handles EPS artwork downloaded from iStockphoto.com. You'll also learn a quick way to modify the artwork in Illustrator using the Re-Color artwork feature.
Brian, Mark & Steve look at Cinemak's Storyboard Composer for the iPhone.
Want a specific keyboard shortcut that does not exist in Motion? Mark will show you how it's done.
Steve demonstrates better ways to create multi-frame video effects in the Motion Tab and how to save your animations favorites.
Cinema 4D is commonly used for 3D broadcast graphics. Mark shows Alex how Motion 4 now can read C4D's camera data.
