FilmEditingPro has a good article on how and where to install Keyboard shortcuts on all the major editing platforms. Most useful for those of us who are constantly on different machines.
Well worth a quick read if you have 8 Bit Footage that shows banding and you need to get rid of it. I often have the issue with graphics and ramps, so this is always good to know.
What this sounds like is it takes a sequence from DaVinci Resolve and then can quickly match it to a look that you show it, and it does it with standard corrections that can be sent back to Resolve without using XML at all and it puts the grade on nodes.
It is supposed to be perceptual matching of shots to reference shots. Obviously I need to try it out before I can comment on how it works, because I have just watched a few videos on it for now. And most impressively is how it creates 8 versions of the match so you can pick your favorite.
The video above is pretty long winded, but very interesting. I certainly want to give it a try.
Blackmagic has updated it’s DaVinci Resolve software to 17.3.
The big feature is 3x faster with Apple Silicon M1 enabling 8k editing and grading. As well as H.265 encoder enhancements.
It also includes the ability to rotate garbage mattes.
Another great sounding free update. Can’t wait to give it a try.
You can also read about these 4 plugs in at 4K Shooter.
OK I haven’t used these yet, but I want to try them all out.
I use Optical Flares from Video Copilot for flares in my motion graphics all the time, so I do love having access to flares and $39 for LensMaster Flares is ridiculously cheap.
And I have to admit to hating doing audio mixes and cleanup, and though I do use Essential Sound in Premiere it doesn’t do as much as it looks like Alex Audio Butler does. And I really want to get my hands on the ERA 5 Bundle. I don’t really mess with EQ and compression unless I have to, so these tools would be amazing to have.
And I just installed Reactor from We Suck Less. I haven’t delved too deep into Fusion as of yet, but I have played a bit. And to have this amazing set of tools for free. Wow! I can’t wait.
Neat Video the creator of the best Noise Reduction software out there has updated it’s software to version 5.4.6.
It has expanded AMD support, optimization for Apple’s M1 chips, and support for the latest Adobe releases. You can read about the changes here.
Neat Video is incredibly good and they keep getting better and faster, the only rival is noise reduction in the Studio version of DaVinci Resolve, but I have found they are great companions, and tend to work on software that the other doesn’t do well on. I try out one and then switch to the other if that one isn’t working as well. And I have Neat for Premiere Pro and After Effects as well.
I stumbled across this video and was literally blown away. Great tips, and a must listen.
And you can check out his site Creative Video Tips, and his tutorials are awesome, you can also see his videos directly on YouTube. Well worth the time to check out if you use DaVinci regularly.
The software for the Elgato Stream Deck has been updated to version 5.0 with the addition of a store. Jose Antunes at ProVideoCoalition has a great article on it.
Now it is great for them to have a store, but the store is pretty useless to me if it doesn’t have SideShowFX in it, because they make the profiles for pro video users. Now you can find software for streaming in the store, but the Stream Deck really works for Pro Video users, and to not have that software represented seems like a huge mistake.
I still plan on doing an article on Steam Deck and SideshowFX, but have been so busy I haven’t had the time.
Fstoppers has an article with a video on the awesome X-Rite Color Checker (why doesn’t Premiere support it?) of which I personally use the Passport edition.
I do find that sometimes it doesn’t work (and I have yet to figure out why) but when it does it gives an awesome baseline for every shot. You just have to convince the camera department to shoot it every time the lighting or setup changes.
Still this is an awesome tool and one everyone should shoot with.
