| | | | Member Since: March 7th 2005 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah | | | | |
Friends:  Abraham Chaffin  Alex Udell  David Roth Weiss  David Scandlyn  dimitris harelis  Fernando Battle  grinner hester  Mike Park  Patrick Bronte  Robert Mitchell  Ronald Lindeboom  Scott Roberts  Stefani Rice  Stephen Underwood  Thomas Miller | | | | |  | Motion 4 questionby Michael West 6 hours agoI'm using the "underwater" behavior on an object, but as it moves, the front edge and the back edge "disappear" under the border of the object. How can I make it move but not be cut off Thanks. Michae | Re: Motion 4 question
by Stephen Smith 5 hours ago
I tried to re-create your problem with the Underwater filter and I can't get the edge to disappear. What are your settings. Have you tried it with another clip to see if it is the clip Can you zoom in
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| | | |  | Kickstarter to Fund Films with Celebsby Kylee Wall 2 weeks agoZach Braff's film hit its funding goal quickly a while ago (which is like a hundred years in Internet time) but I still wanted to ask the forum dwellers what they think about this. There has always be | | | | |
| | | | | The Matrix Retold by Momby Stephen Smith 3 weeks agoThis is a funny one: http: www.youtube.com watch v=OMf9GlLXouA Stephen Smith - Follow me on Behance Utah Video Productions Check out my Motion Training DVD Check out my Vimeo page | Re: The Matrix Retold by Mom
by Stephen Smith 3 weeks ago
I know the Star Wars: Retold was posted a while ago but still funny, especially since they used the wilhelm scream: http: www.youtube.com watch annotation_id=annotation_280953&feature=iv&src_vid=OMf9G
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| | | |  | Rollerx watch moviesby Mark Suszko 2 years agoI love Rolex watches, can't afford one, so I do happen to have an imitation I wear to formals. You know the web is rife with imitation Rolexes, some of them very close copies, others, less so, with th | Re: Rollerx watch movies
by Stephen Smith 3 weeks ago
To add to the list of movies that come out in doubles: Olympus Has Fallen just came out and then I watched a trailer for White House Down thinking it was the same movie. Also: The Incredible Burt Wond
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| | | |  | How is this effect done!?by John Peruso 3 weeks agoBeen racking my brain ever since I saw this commercial trying to figure out how they achieve this effect of the start line rolling over stuff, as well as underneath items, sort of like the first down | Re: How is this effect done!?
by Stephen Smith 3 weeks ago
John, Locked down shots will be easier, but if you want to have to move the camera be sure to watch this tutorial on Motion Tracking: http: www.videocopilot.net tutorials magic_tracking Best of luck.
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| | | |  | I need a camera op in Dallasby Steve Martin 4 weeks agoHi all, I'm producing a corp event shoot in Dallas in a few weeks and need to hire a local camera operator. Nothing too complex: Shooting some seminars (audience POV) and simple man-on-the-street inte | Re: I need a camera op in Dallas
by Stephen Smith 3 weeks ago
Check out the Services page here on the COW. It could be very helpful. Stephen Smith - Follow me on Behance Utah Video Productions Check out my Motion Training DVD Check out my Vimeo page
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| | | | | Canvas size of paper.by Lewis Hill 3 weeks agoHey there. Does anyone know how to make the canvas size of Motion 4 the dimension of a standard Canadian piece of paper 8.5 x 11 in inches I believe. Thanks, Lewis | Re: Canvas size of paper.
by Stephen Smith 3 weeks ago
Happy to help. Best of luck. Stephen Smith - Follow me on Behance Utah Video Productions Check out my Motion Training DVD Check out my Vimeo page
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| | | | | Star Wars Pancakesby Stephen Smith 3 months agoWe mentioned Star Wars Pancakes a while back. I finally was able to make the Millennium Falcon thanks to Jims Pancakes. I think they turned out so good I added Pancake Artist to my list of Skills on L+2 | Re: Star Wars Pancakes
by Stephen Smith 3 weeks ago
Cool pics, they really seem to be into kissing :-) Stephen Smith - Follow me on Behance Utah Video Productions Check out my Motion Training DVD Check out my Vimeo page
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| | | | | Granite Flatsby Stephen Smith 4 weeks agoAs you know I'm a fan of things filmed locally in Utah so I'm definitely biased. I started watching a TV Drama called Granite Flats which has been very interesting. I really liked the feel of the seco | | | | |
| | | |  | Questions about the editing industryby Ian Fitch 4 weeks agoAlthough this isn't the only and sole reason I've joined this forum, I'm doing a statistical research for math class. Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability: 1. What is your | | | | |
| | | | | Animation. How?by Randy Hansen 4 weeks agoI'm a corporate video department newbie and I've been tasked with creating many, many new videos in the next few months. Problem is, they want the majority of them to be animated and I have no idea ho | Re: Animation. How?
by Stephen Smith 4 weeks ago
Projects like this can be created or completed in After Effects or Motion. Take a look at this example that I did in After Effects for a Book Trailer. If you aren't an artist check out stock sites suc
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| | | | | Creating text effect in fcpby Ewan Maccormick 3 months agoHi there, I have been trying to find out how to create this effect in FCP or in motion, but I cant even seem to articulate it enough to search for it. Basically, if you watch this at 5 seconds in the | Re: Creating text effect in fcp
by Stephen Smith 1 month ago
Mark, Thanks for the kind words. Yes, this is easy to do in Motion 4. I would recommend that you check out this tutorial: http: www.digitaljuice.com djtv detail.aspx sid=470&sortby=&page=1&rpid=0&rvid
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| | | |  | Oblivion and Front Projectionby Jeff Breuer 2 months agoFirst of all, I love the use of old school filming techniques in the age of all things vfx. Secondly, I just love having things accessible during the shoot instead of asking everybody to play make-bel+1 | Re: Oblivion and Front Projection
by Stephen Smith 1 month ago
Here is another Oblivion behinds the scenes videos: http: www.youtube.com watch v=wD9keeVD-Uc Stephen Smith - Follow me on Behance Utah Video Productions Check out my Motion Training DVD Check out my
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| | | |  | Blog: NAB 2013 Wrap-Upby walter biscardi 1 month ago Flamingos at the Flamingo of course.... Well another year has come and gone at the National Association of Broadcasters and here's some of the things I saw this year. Wasn't able to get around as muc | @walter biscardi
by Stephen Smith 1 month ago
Thanks for staying on top of this. I'm disappointed. This seems to be the one thing that is holding me back from working 100% in PPro. Can't wait to read your report on the new PPro and DaVinci. Steph
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| | | | | Thumbs & Ammoby Jeff Breuer 1 month agoHas anyone else seen this blog where they replace guns with thumbs up Great fun no matter what your stance on gun control is. http: www.thumbsandammo.blogspot.co.uk Here are some of my favorites: +1 | Re: Thumbs & Ammo
by Stephen Smith 1 month ago
When I first read your description I was thinking what in the world is this. Then when I looked at your favorite pictures I started laughing so hard. Stephen Smith - Follow me on Behance Utah Video Pr
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| | | | | Need after effects solution!by dimitris harelis 1 month agoi'm new to after effects and i just finished a video for an exhibition company. The video will play in a 32 inches hd tv. what is the best rendering settings The exhibition will take place in Greece. | | | | |
| | | | | Green Screen Subject Shifts and Floatsby Don Balch 1 month agoI shot some footage of a subject supposedly on a subway, holding a vertical pole to maintain balance as the sub moves. After keying the footage and getting the color right, I noticed that although the | | | | |
| | | | | creating a demo reelby tom edwards 1 month agoquick question regarding creating a demo reel. let's say my demo reel will be 2:00 and will feature graphics that lead to and introduce short snippets of videos i've created. do i create a comp that's | Re: creating a demo reel
by Stephen Smith 1 month ago
I agree with the advice you have already received. All you need is some sort of title that says this is a demo reel and then let your work speak for itself. Much easier to do in a NLE system. Take a l
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| | | | | Creative and Stylish Pic in Picby Luis Artigas 2 months agoGreetings and salutations I am Producing, shooting and editing a project for a client that works in the health sector and at several points in the video I am planning on using pic in pic to create col | Re: Creative and Stylish Pic in Pic
by Stephen Smith 1 month ago
If we are talking about Picture in Picture take a look at this video I worked on: http: reels.creativecow.net film sundance-2013-governors-office-of-economic-development-goed Best of luck. Stephen Smi
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| | | | | Garbage Matte Featherby Stephen Smith 11 months agoI did a garbage matte and want to feather it. How do you do that In FCP that option is with the garbage matte filter and is super easy. Stephen Smith Utah Video Productions Check out my Motion Trainin | Re: Garbage Matte Feather
by Stephen Smith 1 month ago
George I know I'm late to the show...but, really ! It's this hard to do a feathered garbage matte I agree. Something so simple really needs to be in 6.5. George I think I'll NOT upgrade OSX and keep
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| | | | | Using Motion image sequencesby Allan Rentcome 2 months agoHi everyone Fairly new to motion but I am stuck trying to use an image sequence. I have exported from Aperture 70 images which include both landscape and portrait ratio images. I import them into Moti | Re: Using Motion image sequences
by Stephen Smith 2 months ago
I was going to say, this sounds like an Aperture question and not a Motion question. Stephen Smith - Follow me on Behance Utah Video Productions Check out my Motion Training DVD Check out my Vimeo pag
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| | | | | Missing Waveformby Stephen Smith 2 months agoWorking on a project and the audio waveforms don't show up. The timeline is set to show Waveforms. Here is a still grab of my timeline. The Panasonic P2 footage is the clip with no waveform. The clip | Re: Missing Waveform
by Stephen Smith 2 months ago
Thanks Greg! Re-opening the project did the trick. Stephen Smith - Follow me on Behance Utah Video Productions Check out my Motion Training DVD Check out my Vimeo page
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| | | | | lost render files over networkby Stephen Smith 2 months agoWorked on a project that had multiple editors working on it on multiple machines over our network. For some reason the Render files didn't show up when it goes from computer to computer which makes it | Re: lost render files over network
by Stephen Smith 2 months ago
Michael, I agree. They really need to add the ability for PPro to try and find your clips for you, or at least tell me where it was last located. Sometime we move stuff to different hard drives and se
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| | | |  | Final Cut Pro 7by Bill Johnson 2 months agoIs it possible to upgrade existing FCP 7 "academic" to regular commercial version Or must one buy an entire new install in order to start earning money Currently want to keep using FCP7 which have now | Re: Final Cut Pro 7
by Stephen Smith 2 months ago
Can you just right click on the new Empty Audio Track and select Delate Track Right click by where you hit the enable disable audio speaker button. Stephen Smith Utah Video Productions Check out my Mo
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| | | | | Timeline to Timeline Editingby Erin McConnell 2 months agoHello community, I'm running into a time-slog wall in a project I'm editing. I'm working with two synced lines of video and 8+ lines of audio. The only current way to keep all the audio available for | Re: Timeline to Timeline Editing
by Stephen Smith 2 months ago
You can increase the amount of audio tracks that will play in real time. Go to Final Cut Pro, User Preferences and then change the Real-time Audio mixing from 8 to what ever. Hope this is what you are
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| | | | | Best way to import filesby Stephen Smith 2 months agoI have hundreds of Quicktime files placed in well organized folders on a hard drive. When ever I drag a folder into Premiere it only maintains the first folder and all sub folders don't exist any more | Re: Best way to import files
by Stephen Smith 2 months ago
Ann You can do that from the Effect Controls. Highlight the clip in the EC and copy the effects you want. Select clips on timeline and paste. I new you could do that with filters but didn't realize y
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| | | | | stereo audioby Stephen Smith 2 months agoIn PPro stereo audio is in one track. Sometime we record one channel boom and the other Lav. I would like to separate them or even better, be able to adjust the audio level for both the left and right | Re: stereo audio
by Stephen Smith 2 months ago
Still not ideal but here is a cool answer from Jeff Pulera: When I record stereo in camera, with a different mic on each channel, I just leave the audio as stereo in Premiere and use the "Fill Left" o
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