An attempt at creating a similar effect: coloured light, low key lighting with reflection in the computer screen.
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Lighting: Creating the Effect
A still from the thriller film Drive
An attempt at creating a similar effect: coloured light, low key lighting with reflection in the computer screen.
An attempt at creating a similar effect: coloured light, low key lighting with reflection in the computer screen.
Friday, 16 January 2015
Capturing stills from a DVD has changed on a mac
Simply taking a screen shot while the disk is playing with the built-in DVD player will result in this:
From the Mac users forum:
Apple has been pulling on the Digital Rights Management (DRM) reigns really hard.
It's a definite no go for any DVD Screen capturing (anything) using iTunes or their DVD Player.
Best bet is to use VLC.
Using VLC to play a DVD:
You will then be able to play through the disk and take screen shots as usual, using:
Cmd+3 for a shot of the whole screen, or
Cmd+4 for a target mode screen shot
screen capture using VLC player to play the DVD
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
Friday, 9 January 2015
If you don't label your clips you won't be able to find them again
One editor writes:
"There are two major concerns which I address in my system:
- MEDIA MANAGEMENT Files should always have unique names, and never be renamed after capturing. FCP reconnects clips to any QT file, not checking for tc, length or tape number. Reconnecting when you got several identical file names – or if you don’t even know the file name – you bring chaos to your project.
- EDITING Files should be easy to find, but also easy to backtrack – where are clips from the same situation? In large projects, I find a search takes far to much time, and the “Reveal Master Clip” doesn’t always work – especially if a clip is moved or copied to another bin.
I always log the clip before capturing. I make one bin for each reel."
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