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iStudio Lighing application.

Beta version of free online lighting application - kinda cool

a fine review of the new book Luis Buñuel: The Red Years, 1929 - 1939

review of 3 online video editing applications

free light leak footage

Looks like Adobe is pushing Premiere Pro to be built for speed. Good idea!

What is there yet to be said about The Shining, let alone the mastermind behind it, Stanley Kubrick? Not much, so I talk instead a little about the technique used creating this animation, which is Camera Mapping

great to create backgrounds, etc

Video which demonstrates Photoshop CS6 enhanced video editing tools. Not sure how this would fit in one's workflow if you're already using an NLE but Photoshop may offer some color correction tools that your may NLE lack.

Abel Gance's epic NAPOLEON will be screened March 24, 25, 31, April 1 the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, CA.

fairly advanced After Effects tutorial using Trapcode Particular

Pretty basic but includes useful info

"The fact that Adobe's customer support is lacking is not a well-kept secret. "

the filmmaking and exhibition process, from pre-production through to marketing and distribution.

"Literally every day, someone is being arrested for doing nothing more than taking a photograph in a public place. It makes no sense to me. Photography is an expression of free speech."

HowSound is the bi-weekly podcast on radio storytelling produced by Rob Rosenthal for the Public Radio Exchange

This isn't a film making resource but then again, maybe it is. How Sound is an audio podcast that discusses storytelling strategies for audio documentary and journalism.

There are many more things the mouse can do than left-click to move and select things or right-click to bring up context menus.

"For almost every big software name, there's a great free (or even open-source) application alternative. Photoshop has Gimp. 3D Studio Max has Blender. "First place" is debatable, but it's undeniable that a lot of these applications are operating in the same league, and provide the same functionality-the same artistic potential-to creative individuals around the globe. The same is true for video editing software. "

For almost every big software name, there's a great free (or even open-source) application alternative. Photoshop has Gimp. 3D Studio Max has Blender... The same is true for video editing software. - sort of

"Rolling Shutter is the way that most DSLR are shooting video. (and point and shoots and iPhones too). For 95% of the time it does not really matter what type of shutter is used for capturing video, in the other 5% it matters a lot"

Rolling Shutter is the way that most DSLR are shooting video... For 95% of the time it does not really matter what type of shutter is used for capturing video, in the other 5% it matters a lot

LR4 looks like a good tool to organize and catalog video clips but I wouldn't recommend it for color correction.

A critique of the new "Smart" Default for Trimming Behavior in Premiere 6.