I’m torn on these. I mean, I’m satisfied with them, at least for public consumption but not completely pleased with the look. I guess that’s always the challenge though- when to STOP tweaking.

It rather a rush job so being I’m in Ae I didn’t duplicate my layers and apply seperate masking corrections (aka: “windows”- Ae doesn’t actually window that well…or at all ) Anyway, Color Finesse’s primary and secondary adjustments only.

I hereby blame lack of windows for my lack of look satisfaction (boy that was easy.)

Outdoor Before

Outdoor After

Indoor Before

Indoor After

Tags: after effects, color correction, color finesse

This is the first in a three film series on graduates of the Evangelical Theological Seminary of Cairo. Red Futon Films partnered with Overseas Council to produce these as part of an effort to promote and raise awareness for student scholarships online and at events around the world.

This was shot over a two day period in June with the Si-2K Mini tethered to a Cinedeck Extreme and a Canon T2i. The following lenses were used: Canon 17-55mm f/2.8; Zeiss 50mm f/1.4; Canon 70-200mm f/2.8; Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5.

Post was done in three days. Edited in Premiere Pro CS5, visual post in After Effects CS5 using Color Finesse, Optical Flares, and Twitch. The final Cineform master was given a looks pass in First Light before distribution copies were made. Audio post in Nuendo 4. Music from the Free Music Archive.

Tags: after effects, cairo, cinedeck, cineform, color correction, hdslr, nuendo, premiere, SI2K, video

Well, since I’m halfway around the world working from where I usually blog from and just straight busy, I thought I’d post up a couple links to some really good info. I don’t have the time to blog right now and these guys say it way better than I ever could. For what it’s worth (not much if you ask me), I agree with the their assessments:

Mike McCarthy on Premiere CS5

Shane Ross on Media Composer 5

Tags: after effects, avid, premiere, tech, tools