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Unlocked Beta of 5DtoRGB Now Available
I’ve covered a forthcoming DSLR post-production plugin known as 5DtoRGB before here (be sure to read the comments on that post for more info), but I would still call the plugin “little-known.” This is...
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Canon Updating EOS E1 Plugin for 60D, Multi-Core Support
How are you transcoding your DSLR video these days? If you’re editing in Premiere Pro CS5, are you even transcoding at all? No matter your NLE, there are several options for transcoding, like Magic...
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Reducing Video Noise with Magic Bullet's New Denoiser Plug-in
Anyone who’s read the expanded PDF of the DSLR Guide knows that I use Neat Video for noise reduction. While the results are top-notch, I do have some issues with the plugin: namely, that it doesn’t...
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How to Get Rid of Minor Aliasing and Moiré Problems in DSLR Footage
Aliasing and Moiré. The bane of many HDSLR shooters’ existence. Many have tried and failed to defeat the jaggies and discoloration that reveal the ugly, line-skipping truth about our DSLRs. But now...
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Get 33 Final Cut Pro and After Effects Plugins from CoreMelt for Free
CoreMelt makes post-production plugins for Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, After Effects and Motion. V2 of their extensive plugin bundle ships with 219 GPU-accelerated plugins and costs $399, but...
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Top-quality DSLR Plugin 5DtoRGB Goes Version 1.5 for Both Mac and Windows
About a year ago I was one of the first to call attention to an HDSLR plugin in development named 5DtoRGB. 5DtoRGB was designed to suck the utmost quality out of HDSLR files by transcoding them in 10...
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Video Copilot Releases Their Stunning New After Effects Plug-in: Element 3D
If you thought the new 3D capabilities in Adobe After Effects CS6 were impressive, you haven’t seen anything yet. Andrew Kramer of Video Copilot just released the Element 3D Plug-in for After Effects...
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Element 3D Tutorial Round-up: Environment Maps, Particle Replicator, 3D...
Last month I wrote about the new Adobe After Effects plug-in from Video Copilot: Element 3D. The initial demo videos were pretty amazing, but Andrew Kramer is delving deeper into Element 3D’s...
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Element 3D: 3 New Tutorials and How to Start Making Your Own 3D Content
This past summer I wrote about the release and initial tutorials for Video Copilot’s awesome Adobe After Effects plug-in, Element 3D. Andrew Kramer has been slowly but surely releasing new tutorials...
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Element 3D After Effects Plug-In: Free 1.5 Update Released, Plus a Tutorial...
If you thought Video Copilot’s Adobe After Effects plug-in Element 3D couldn’t get any better, then check out the new features the free 1.5 update is sporting: support for importing animated 3D...
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Dark Energy, the Plugin that Helped DSLRs Look Great in 'Act of Valor',...
Cinnafilm’s Dark Energy plugin for After Effects is arguably one of the best noise reduction and grain emulation tools on the market today. Most notably, Shane Hurlbut turned to Dark Energy in order to...
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Hawaiki Color Brings Traditional Color Correction Interface Back to FCPX
Apple threw us a major league curveball when they introduced FCPX a couple of summers ago. Not only did they re-conceptualize the notion of the timeline, they also completely changed the way we apply...
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A Comprehensive Guide to Making the Most of Adobe's Warp Stabilizer
Digital post-production has come a long way since the Avid machines of the early 90′s. Among the myriad post production tools that have surfaced in the past few years, none is more of a potential...
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Red Giant Unveils Universe, a Tool that Might Just Revolutionize the Plugin...
Here at No Film School, we love Red Giant. Their lineup of filmmaking tools, from PluralEyes to the Color Suite to BulletProof, has made the lives of countless filmmakers so much easier and more...
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Dark Energy, the Powerful Noise Removal Plugin is Now $300 Cheaper
We’ve talked about the Cinnafilm Dark Energy de-noising plugin on several occasions. Most notably, Dark Energy played a crucial role in the post-production workflow of Shane Hurlbut’s DLSR-shot film...
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Red Giant Announces GPU-Accelerated Magic Bullet Looks 2.5 & New PluralEyes 3.5
Earlier in the month, Red Giant software introduced Universe, a new plugin platform that is also its own community. The biggest thing about Universe is that it is free to sign up, so you can get an...
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mus.iD is an AMA Plugin that Simplifies Working with Licensed Music
Avid editors and assistants working in long-format television or feature films know dealing with music can be cumbersome. Pulling large volumes of music tracks and tracking them through the licensing...
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