Lens Correction For GoPro Video Footage Has Never Been Easier!

I love my GoPro camera.  It takes amazing pictures and captures incredible videos, and can get into some extreme situations that other cameras probably would not survive – no wonder it is one of the best selling cameras in the world.  I also love the fisheye lens, but there are times when the fisheye effect […]

Improving The Quality Of Your Video Compositions With Creative Cloud

I’ve been spending a lot of time with Adobe video tools lately… everything from videos for the blog, to promotional videos, to help/technical videos.  Here are a few topics that beginners in video production need to think about… audio processing and color correction. First, you can make so-so video look great with a few simple […]

Time-Lapse Photography with Creative Cloud

In addition to my addiction to aerial photography, I’m also fascinated by time-lapse photography. With time lapse photography, you set up your camera to take pictures on an interval. This could be every few seconds, every few minutes, every few hours, or heck, once a day. It’s really up to you how you want to […]

Color Key/Green Screen Video Techniques with Creative Cloud

In my last post, I talked about masks in After Effects, specifically the new motion tracking feature for rigid masks. In this post, I’m again focusing on video composition, but instead of compositing using masks, I’m going to talk about keying. Keying is a technique for selectively removing areas of a video based on content […]

Video: GoPro Cameras, Quadcopters & Creative Cloud

Last week I had the opportunity to present an incredibly fun topic to the DC/MD/VA Creative Professionals user group… GoPro Cameras, Quadcopters, and Adobe Creative Cloud.  Thanks to everyone who attended.  This topic is a personal interest of mine, and I had a great time.  There were great questions and great conversations all around. For […]

Creative Cloud Helps Me Fulfill My Creative Vision

In my last post, I proclaimed my love for Adobe Creative Cloud. This post will show you the reason why. I was playing around with some of the aerial footage I captured last week in San Francisco. Just for fun, I wanted to create a HUD (heads up display) to add to the first-person experience […]

A Crash Course in Video Editing with Adobe Premiere Pro CC

Adobe’s video production tools are among the best in the industry. These tools (Premiere Pro, After Effects, SpeedGrade, Photoshop, Audition, and more) have been used in countless videos and movies, including theatrical releases such as Avatar, Iron Man 3, Oblivion, Life of Pi, and many, many more. Just because these tools are often used in making […]

My Favorite New Feature: Multi-Clip Sync in Premiere Pro CC

The latest version of Premiere Pro CC is seriously awesome. There are tons of new features and performance improvements… everything from cloud synchronization of settings across computers, to the new Mercury playback engine, to asset browsing, editing improvements, closed captioning, and more. However, I think my absolute favorite feature in Premiere Pro CC is the […]