Category: Video Editing

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How the Pros Restore our Films

Often when older movies are released on DVD or Blu-Ray, they’re marketed as being “restored”. But what does this even mean? Most movies shot on film have negatives, but with every pass of a negative through equipment, the negative can degrade and become scratched. In order to preserve the negatives to create a new copy of a film from them, a special liquid is used to remove any scratches. After the digital scan is made from the negatives, small issues like camera shakes and movement issues is adjusted to create a smoother film. Colourist also eliminate any colour and contrast […]

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Why you need to Colour Correct your footage

What is colour correction? Colour Correction is the process of using filters, colour gels or post-production computer programs to change the colour of the light in a film. Colour management is also used during the process of filming. Colour can be used to direct an audience’s attention to the action in a subconscious way. Oranges, browns and yellows can convey instability or danger, while colours like blue can convey a cold and unsettling feeling that is commonly used for horror movies. In The Matrix, for example, scenes within the Matrix used a green filter, while scenes outside of the Matrix […]

Video Editing

1 simple explanation of video editing

Video editing is the process of editing segments of motion video production footage, special effects and sound recordings in the post-production process. Motion picture film editing is a predecessor to video editing and, in several ways, video editing simulates motion picture film editing, in theory and the use of linear video editing and video editing software on non-linear editing systems (NLE). Using video, a director can communicate non-fictional and fictional events. The goals of editing is to manipulate these events to bring the communication closer to the original goal or target. It is a visual art. Early video tape recorders […]

Recent News, Video Editing, Video Production

2K vs 4K Resolution

If you’re a flat-panel HDTV owner, you know that you’re offered two choices: 720p and 1080p. These speak to the resolution of the televisions, and when these TVs first became available, 720p was the only choice. 720p means 720 vertical lines of resolution, at the progressive rate (which is where the “p” comes from) between 24 and 30 frames per second. 1080p is considered to be “True HD”, although it’s only recently that certain television channels have decided to start broadcasting in it. Even today, a lot of the true HD content comes from Blu-Rays and online streaming. Now that […]