Filmmakers Podcast

Parke Gregg, editor, color-grading and DI artist, talks to us about ASSIMILATE'S SCRATCH DI tool and how he manipulated color to help realize Director Jeff Nichols' vision for the award-winning feature, Take Shelter from Sony Pictures Classics.

In this episode, Ben Brownlee talks about FCP X's new interface from a color grading perspective. He also talks to us about the precision of scopes and provides tips and techniques for color correcting and grading inside FCP X.

In this edpisode, Brent shares with us some great tips and techniques for managing media and assets inside the new Final Cut Pro X NLE. He also covers some of the shortcomings and provides workarounds for them.

Kevin McAuliffe, editor and motion graphics artists for MIJO, shares with us some great tips and techniques for working with effects inside Final Cut Pro X. He also explains how to integrate Motion effects inside of FCP X.

Steve Wright answers the many questions about the complex process of converting 2D movies into Stereo 3D using Nuke. He also explains what Ocula is and how it's used during a Stereo 3D production.

In his 9th appearance in our show, Ben Brownlee, this time, talks to us about how to use cameras and lights inside of After Effects CS 5.5 to create some amazing 3D scenes and effects, covering what you can and can't do and some workarounds.

In this candid interview about Final Cut Pro X, Steve Kanter talks to us about what's new, what you can and can't do with it today, what's different in this version from FCP 7 and explains some workarounds.

Scott Simmons talks to us about the newest NLE from Apple, Final Cut Pro X. He speaks about some of the cool features, what's missing for pro broadcast editors and what he hopes future updates will include.

In this episode, Ben Brownlee is back to talk to us about how to create great looking (and complex) titles inside of After Effects using the plug-ins Motype and Nodes. He also shares with us his tips for using them across multiple host applications.

In this episode, Ricardo shares with us several tips and techniques when using Cinema 4D and Adobe After Effects for your 3D compositing projects. He also talks about some must have tools and small apps to complete this workflow.

Kevin McAuliffe, Final Cut Pro & Avid Editor and Motion artists talks to us about Apple Motion's "behaviors". What are they? Why use them and most importantly, why are keyframes dead? Or are they?

Maya talks to us about how to storyboard, how to use some of the tools you already have at your disposal for storyboarding and why it's important to do so regardless of the kind of production you are working on.

Michael talks to us about ways of creating and editing stereoscopic material for both film and video using Avid Media Composer 5.x. He also covers the use of MetaFuse and other applications to make the stereo workflow a painless one.

USC Film School professor and music editor of The Cotton Club, Heathers, plus many other movies, talks to us about how to use music and sound effects to evoke the emotions that you want your audience to feel.

Philip Hodgetts talks about the new features of the upcoming Final Cut Pro X NLE including the new interface, the trackless timeline, plus many other features. He also offers many opinions and has insight into other topics not covered at the Super Meet.