In this video tutorial, learn how you can easily create a Star Wars-inspired opening title using Adobe After Effects. It seems that Disney is producing a new Star Wars movie every year since they acquired Lucasfilm. As the Star Wars storyline continues to expand, filmmakers and VFX artists c

How editor Kevin Tent, ACE, maintains his highly regarded editing career while balancing his first time directing a motion picture. There is something to be said about a friendship that has spawned several Oscar nominations, but that just the type of relationship Kevin Tent has with Alexand

Check out these simple techniques you can use to incorporate digital zooms into your next 4K video footage editing project. In the world of 4K video, videographers and filmmakers are finding ways to work with footage in creative new ways. One of the coolest aspects of shooting 4K is the fle

Apple gives a peek into new VR tools, powerful color controls, and updated capabilities for Final Cut Pro and the iMac Pro. Apple recently demoed its Final Cut Pro 10.4 update, along with the iMac Pro, showing new features and capabilities that might just bring this once popular NLE back fr

Looking to streamline your workflow? Here’s everything you should do to prepare your footage before you edit. For those looking to improve their video production workflow, there are plenty of resources online with actual production tips for pragmatic filmmaking. There are also lots of

  DaVinci Resolve’s new Fairlight Audio Page includes some great new features. But if you still need to control audio on the edit page, here’s how. The Fairlight Audio page is undoubtedly one of the most exciting new features in the latest version of Resolve. However, the au

Last week Microsoft released The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, and there is a new feature that can be very useful for DIY and low-budget productions. Curious about the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update? Let’s get started with this video. Mixed Reality Viewer Perhaps one of the bette

Whether it’s for a trailer or the opening sequence of a film, these assets can help you create attention-grabbing text slates or character introductions. Any filmmaker or editor needs the proper skill-set and assets to create engaging graphics. You can use slate-style graphics for a nu

Need to remove blemishes or smooth skin textures in your footage? Check out this tutorial to see how it’s done in After Effects. Knowing how to retouch skin in a photograph is truly an art form. Retouching skin in a video, however, is a completely different ball game. You’re not

Learn how to make sense of the Lumetri Scopes in Adobe Premiere Pro for more control of your images with this video tutorial. Video scopes provide a more detailed look at a video image. Editors use them to abide by broadcast standards and perform more precise color correction. Knowing how t

Check out these four techniques to precisely position and align graphic elements in your next Adobe After Effects project. If you’re relatively new to Adobe After Effects then you might not feel completely comfortable with the interface. You can quickly get lost if you don’t know the i

Looking for more control over your film grain effects? DaVinci Resolve 14 Studio gives you fully customizable options to mimic film stock. With the rise in accessibility of HD cameras, there’s one digital asset that has grown tremendously in popularity over the last decade, and that is

Looking to add some character to your video footage with film grain overlays? Learn how to correctly apply them to your project in this video tutorial. Film grain overlays are easily the best way to bring cinematic nostalgia to your video without breaking the bank. In this video, I use Rocke

Adobe offers a sneaks peek at its new Cloak technology to intelligently erase and replace content in your film or video edit. All images via Adobe. Adobe Max is here, and the film and video production world is trying to keep up with all the new announcements and updates to the cloud. However

Need to improve the montages in your next project? Check out the technique in this video tutorial to improve the flow of your edit. This is by far one of my favorite editing techniques for creating montages, and it’s super easy to do. By using this simple scale in (or scale out) technique, y

Download 17 FREE look-up-tables for color grading LOG footage. Inspired by the search for creativity, these LUTs quickly add vibrance to your videos. Wanderlust: the desire to travel. Get these 17 free LUTs for LOG footage, perfect to accentuate your footage from abroad — or even from near h

Harness the power of keyboard shortcuts with Logickeyboard’s new keyboard shortcut covers for the Apple Magic Keyboard. All images via Logickeyboard. Logickeyboard’s new keyboard shortcut skins rest atop your Apple Magic Keyboard. Made from the best high-grade Japanese silicone, these covers

ARRI’s New SkyPanel S-360 is a large-scale LED light that outputs enormous amounts of light with new advancements in LED lighting. In just the last couple of years, we’ve seen drastic improvements in light quality and output with LED fixtures. The latest ARRI SkyPanel S-360 will be one of t

Access the entire Shutterstock video library without ever leaving Premiere Pro with the Shutterstock Plugin for the Adobe Creative Cloud. The brand new Shutterstock plugin for Adobe Premiere Pro gives you access to over 8 million 4K, HD, and archival clips from the Shutterstock library. Prev

Working with stills in your video project? Check out DaVinci Resolve 14’s dynamic zoom tool to add some life to your images. There are countless editing tasks that eat away at our precious time, even though the operations themselves are relatively small. For example, setting keyframes