Animating with transitions in Final Cut Pro X

February 5, 2016, 01:33 PM

http://www.provideocoalition.com/animating-with-tr...

How to Create an 8K Environment Map in AE

February 5, 2016, 01:31 PM

http://www.mettle.com/how-to-create-an-8k-environm...

Charles Yeager (yeagerfilm.com) shows how to create an 8K environment map—entirely in After Effects—using the SkyBox plugin. This tutorial is also posted on envatotuts+, where you can download the project file and 3 free 8K Environment Maps created using this method.

Updates to Blackmagic Video Assist and DaVinci Res

February 5, 2016, 06:14 AM

http://www.provideocoalition.com/updates-to-blackm...

Blackmagic announces updates to their Video Assist and to DaVinci Resolve. Some of the updates include h265 encoding and DNxHD recoding.

Oscar For Editing Could Go To A Woman This Year

February 5, 2016, 06:13 AM

http://uproxx.com/movies/the-nod-editing-oscar/

When George Miller asked Margaret Sixel, his frequent collaborator as well as his wife, to edit Mad Max: Fury Road, she initially turned down his request, asking, “Why do you want me to edit an action film?” According to this Huffington Post piece, he responded: “Because if a guy did it, it would look like every other action movie.”

Lightworks 12.6 adds Vimeo export plus huge discou

February 4, 2016, 07:47 PM

http://www.redsharknews.com/post/item/3220-lightwo...

A recent update to Lightworks brings native Vimeo export for Free and Pro users, plus steep discounts for subscribers. LightworksLightworks ProBoris FXUpdateprice drop

Updates to Final Cut Pro 10.2.3, Motion 5.2.3, Com

February 4, 2016, 07:47 PM

http://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/news/1769-updates-...

The wait is over! There are updates to all the three main Apple video applications and an update to the Pro Video Formats as well. Yes, it looks like the timecode bug in the dashboard of FCPX has been fixed!

Editing The Big Short

February 4, 2016, 07:46 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/04/movies/oscars-20...

Energetic in its pacing and rule-breaking in its style, “The Big Short” keeps viewers on their toes. Characters break the fourth wall and stock footage is mixed with more traditional scenes to tell the story of the housing collapse, a drama both tragic and darkly funny. To assemble these ideas into a cohesive whole, the director Adam McKay brought in the editor Hank Corwin, who had worked with Oliver Stone and Terrence Malick.

How I feel about deleting media

February 4, 2016, 01:25 PM

http://renderplease.com/post/138681979965

Thursday, January 14 BOSCPUG: Alan E. Bell, A.C.E.

February 4, 2016, 01:25 PM

http://boscpug.org/boscpug_011416/

Don't miss our first BOSCPUG of 2016 on Thursday, Jan. 14th: an evening with Alan Edward Bell, A.C.E. ('The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2') on Performance Enhancing VFX in the Editing Room!

DirectShare offers large, fast file transfers with

February 4, 2016, 01:25 PM

http://postperspective.com/directshare-offers-larg...

Now available from Cloudtenna, a provider of rapid file transfer and collaboration solutions, is its lightweight DirectShare software, which is designed to send large, chunky files quickly. The company says it actually reduces the time it takes to execute transfers to remote offices and outside guests by 10x or more. The solution uses DirectShare’s core Direct Collaboration File Share (DirectCFS) software layer to provide speed and security, making sure data is never copied or moved to th...