Click on the plugin names for more info.

ImageFlow FX: Multipop Forward, Filmstrip, Carousel, Continuous Random Pan, Image Grid

[read more →]]]> http://www.dvcreators.net/coremeltfree-33-free-plugins-for-fcp-fce-motion-and-ae/feed/ 0 http://www.dvcreators.net/why-are-my-titles-and-graphics-pixelated-in-final-cut/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-are-my-titles-and-graphics-pixelated-in-final-cut http://www.dvcreators.net/why-are-my-titles-and-graphics-pixelated-in-final-cut/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:51:33 +0000 http://dvknowledgebase.org/?p=19 This is a common question and there are several answers:

First, the Final Cut Pro Canvas usually shows titles and graphics more pixelated and lower quality than the actual quality. Render a title and play it on a real monitor – or render and export a 10 frame test to disk and view to see the true picture.

Read these articles on monitoring: http://www.dvcreators.net/tag/monitoring/ for more info.

If you are rendering to the DV codec, you will see an instant drop in quality.  [read more →]]]> http://www.dvcreators.net/why-are-my-titles-and-graphics-pixelated-in-final-cut/feed/ 9 http://www.dvcreators.net/how-does-motion-compare-with-after-effects/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-does-motion-compare-with-after-effects http://www.dvcreators.net/how-does-motion-compare-with-after-effects/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:27:47 +0000 http://dvknowledgebase.org/?p=73 After Effects is the software from whence a new art form, motion graphics, was born.

Motion offers many advantages and disadvantages to AE. The two can work together, AE users can use Motion to generate layers for their AE compositions.

Owners of both, before starting many projects, will have to pause and consider which program to use.

So when would you use Motion?

• projects involving interaction between elements (attracting, repelling, orbiting, bouncing much easier in Motion)
• users needing something cool-looking quickly without having to create  [read more →]]]> http://www.dvcreators.net/how-does-motion-compare-with-after-effects/feed/ 7 http://www.dvcreators.net/after-effects-powerstart/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=after-effects-powerstart http://www.dvcreators.net/after-effects-powerstart/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:41:26 +0000 http://www.dvcreators.net/after-effects-powerstart/ After Effects 7 PowerStart is the world's best learning experience for mastering After Effect's unique and sophisticated motion graphics creation environment, whether you are a professional graphics artist, video or film editor, or new to digital media. Written by After Effects guru Stephen Schleicher and Josh Mellicker of DVcreators.net.

   

  $79.95

  ]]> http://www.dvcreators.net/after-effects-powerstart/feed/ 5 http://www.dvcreators.net/how-do-i-cut-a-subject-out-of-the-background/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-do-i-cut-a-subject-out-of-the-background http://www.dvcreators.net/how-do-i-cut-a-subject-out-of-the-background/#comments Sat, 14 Oct 2006 19:38:20 +0000 http://www.dvcreators.net/how-do-i-cut-a-subject-out-of-the-background/ To separate a subject from a background, you can either: 1. shoot in front of a greenscreen/bluescreen, then key out the background in postproduction

  You can also key out a background that is much darker or brighter than your subject, but it usually takes a little more work, because often your subject will have pixels that are darker and/or lighter than the background, so there there will be holes in your subject that must be “patched” with a garbage matte. If your  [read more →]]]> http://www.dvcreators.net/how-do-i-cut-a-subject-out-of-the-background/feed/ 1 http://www.dvcreators.net/optimizing-after-effects-7-for-intel-macs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=optimizing-after-effects-7-for-intel-macs http://www.dvcreators.net/optimizing-after-effects-7-for-intel-macs/#comments Wed, 13 Sep 2006 23:46:41 +0000 http://www.dvcreators.net/optimizing-after-effects-7-for-intel-macs/ If you’ve had any problem with After Effects and Intel Macs, this article might help.

  ]]> http://www.dvcreators.net/optimizing-after-effects-7-for-intel-macs/feed/ 0 http://www.dvcreators.net/where-can-i-read-reviews-on-after-effects-7/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-can-i-read-reviews-on-after-effects-7 http://www.dvcreators.net/where-can-i-read-reviews-on-after-effects-7/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:35:13 +0000 http://dvknowledgebase.org/where-can-i-read-reviews-on-after-effects-7/ creativecow.net review

  creativemac.com review

  Demos at MGLA (Motion Graphics Los Angeles) meeting, courtesy of the Pixel Corps:

  After Effects 7.0 intro

  After Effects Graph Editor

  After Effects HDR Demo

  ]]> http://www.dvcreators.net/where-can-i-read-reviews-on-after-effects-7/feed/ 0 http://www.dvcreators.net/how-did-you-get-the-cool-light-rays-in-the-dv-enlightenment-dvd-titles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-did-you-get-the-cool-light-rays-in-the-dv-enlightenment-dvd-titles http://www.dvcreators.net/how-did-you-get-the-cool-light-rays-in-the-dv-enlightenment-dvd-titles/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2006 22:58:03 +0000 http://dvknowledgebase.org/how-did-you-get-the-cool-light-rays-in-the-dv-enlightenment-dvd-titles/ For the light rays (and you can see them in the demo movies here), we used After Effects and a plug-in called Shine. Check it out here.
  ]]> http://www.dvcreators.net/how-did-you-get-the-cool-light-rays-in-the-dv-enlightenment-dvd-titles/feed/ 0 http://www.dvcreators.net/where-can-i-find-free-stock-photos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-can-i-find-free-stock-photos http://www.dvcreators.net/where-can-i-find-free-stock-photos/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:52:51 +0000 22-02-1989 http://dvknowledgebase.org/where-can-i-find-free-stock-photos/ When moving footage is not available, don’t forget about still photos! You can animate still photos with motion and scale, crop them, apply filters (like sepia, B & W, color tint) and sometimes stills can fill empty spots in your timeline as well or even better than a video clip. Also, many stock photos are automatically HD res!

  http://tutorialblog.org/25-places-to-find-awesome-stock-photos-%E2%80%94-free-and-cheap/

  Here is a monster list of sites with free photos:

  Wikipedia Commons Stock Exchange Morguefile [read more →]]]> http://www.dvcreators.net/where-can-i-find-free-stock-photos/feed/ 9