Robert K. Baggs at Fstoppers has a report that Adobe is removing all 3D features from Photoshop.
I guess this was inevitable with Adobe creating a second revenue stream for it’s 3D apps, but it is complete horseshit. Removing features that we have had for years so Adobe can make more money is beyond crap. Adobe should include everything in it’s one subscription.
Chadwick Shoults of Creative Video Tips has another great tutorial. This is a fast one and one you really need to know.
Adobe has updated it’s Auto button in Premiere Pro Beta’s Lumetri Panel to now be Auto Tone.
It is great to have an improvement as the old version was completely useless, but will have to see how well it works as a jump off point for grading.
Using a Gimbal is much harder than you think, so if you are going to be using one, you need some hints to learn to get the most cinematic shots.
Rich Young at the ProVideoCoalition has his September After Effects Roundup for September 2021. Always worth a read, especially on recent updates in the beta.
MotionIsland has a blog post about 5 Free After Effects Chart Animations.
These are very useful for commercial or coroporate graphics work. Check them out and download them and donate if you use them!
Now it is time for me to give Cavalry a try, with the update to remove the Watermark and increasing resolution to 1920×1080 for the free version. Of course some features will now be behind the paywall, like Forge Dynamics, Dynamic Rendering, Lottie Exports, Google Sheets Asset, Control Center, Command Line Interface, and all Beta Features.
Randi Altman has an extensive round table with many participants talking about current state of editing, with a whole lot of focus on remote editing. This is talks with editors and people on the technology end of post and it really does show that the future of editing is remote and hybrid, though of course some people will always prefer in person.
Personally, I am for fully remote at this point, but hybrid at some point, but since I have recently set up a real time remote workflow so I can live stream my cuts with ZOOM, and have the real-time viewing and feedback, while still staying remote.
I can honestly say I would not to be in an office all day with a mask on, but even with masks and vaccinations I wouldn’t feel safe, especially with the bathrooms in most office buildings. And the time I have spent with my wife and my dogs during the pandemic just shows me how much I don’t want to have to drive in Los Angles traffic anymore.
Well worth the read. I have delved into DaVinci Resolve myself, at first just for it’s coloring, but then I have also done editing in it.
And I tend to agree with what he says that is better in premiere, basically the interface itself, the ability to control the interface, the integration with After Effects, and the Essential Graphics Panel. I would of course also add the Essential Sound panel as it is a great start for a mix.
The interface control for me is huge. I love how in Premiere like AVID before it there are so many ways to do the same thing, keyboard shortcut or using the mouse, while I feel like DaVinci is much more forcing you a single way with many commands only available through keyboard shortcuts. And you can’t add your favorite controls to the interface, what they chose is what you get.
The article doesn’t talk about it, but I also want to talk a little about the Cut Page. It is a very Final Cut Pro X addition to DaVinci, for quick cutting a rough cut with smart edits and transitions and it is what their Speed Editor interface is totally focused on. While I do like that it will take a folder and string everything together so I can zip through footage quickly, I can do that in Premiere with Stringout sequences. And I spend so much less time on the initial edit than on the actual edit, that I would much rather focus more on the edit page than the damn cut page. Sorry, end of rant on the cut page.
DaVinci is so powerful, but you have to learn their way to do everything, and that is my complaint with Final Cut Pro X. I would much rather have multiple ways to do things, and you can find the way that suits your editing style. I feel like the engineers win here over the actual users. And I hate that.
