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Hollyland Mars M1 Wireless Transceiver Monitor, now enhanced

I love talking about gadgets around the holidays! Recently, I was sent the Hollyland Mars M1 Enhanced Wireless Transceiver Monitor to review. As you may know, transceivers can transmit or receive signals. In the case of the M1, it can transmit and receive from the Mars 300 Pro, 400S Pro

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Track Motion in After Effects

Track Motion is a powerful and useful feature in After Effects. You can track data from part of a clip and then apply it to another layer so that it follows the motion of the tracked layer. During this short video tutorial, I’ll show you how to apply Track Motion

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Green screen on-the-go

A green screen kit is handy for many video projects, but you may not own one because it seems costly to purchase or a pain to set up.  I thought the same thing when starting out, but after the expense of renting time at a local studio and renting kits

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Taking the leap with a Milky Way time-lapse

Video can tell a story very different from the one that is a still frame. When you put a whole bunch of still frames together, a time-lapse is born. Capture I set the camera up in a vertical orientation to capture more stars and a taller Milky Way. I originally

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Finding your niche in video

I work in medical video production. Whenever I tell someone that, the response I receive most often is, “Cool, I didn’t even know that was a thing.” To be honest, I didn’t either. Working in the video production industry, I knew about the excitement of being on a TV show

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Two ways to stabilize motion in After Effects

There are two great ways to stabilize shaky video footage in After Effects. One way is to use the Track Motion feature, while another is to apply the Warp Stabilizer effect to your footage. Both options work well but can yield slightly different results. This article features two video tutorials

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Enhance your video skill set with Post|Production World

Like other conferences, Post|Production World (P|PW) is being held online this year. What a great opportunity to improve your skill set by learning from the best of the best in the comfort of your own home from May 17-19! What is P|PW? P|PW is a world-renown training conference for anyone

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Q&A: Harness the power of video with Brightcove

Brightcove is a leading video platform that makes video work for you. Founded in 2004, the company provides technical and innovative ways to deliver a great video experience to your clients that helps grow your brand and revenue. As a Brightcove customer myself, I wanted to see how beneficial the

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Creating fog with Fractal Noise in After Effects

Fractal Noise is a loaded effect within After Effects that creates grayscale noise, and can be used for numerous things, such as creating patterns and textures, transitions and effects, and displacement maps. I’m talking amazing textures ranging from rocks to wood to fire to water. It can create light wipes

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The Wiggle Expression in After Effects

After Effects allows you to write expressions. Expressions are kind of like code, but don’t be scared! I’ll show you one of the simplest yet most useful expressions there is — the Wiggle Expression. This expression can be applied to many layer properties to create movement. You can control this

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