Tag: lighting

How to Use the Essential Sound Panel for SFX and Ambience in Premiere Pro

In this lesson from David Bode’s FREE Ultimate Premiere FAQ course, you’re going to learn how to use the Essential Sound panel to deal with sound effects and ambience. SFX To edit your sound effects, start by highlighting them and tagging them with SFX in the Essential Sound panel. Loudness Next, work your way through the… Continue reading How to Use the Essential Sound Panel for SFX and Ambience in Premiere Pro

OBS Quick Start: How to Create Live Video for Free With Open Broadcaster Software Studio

Open Broadcaster Software Studio (OBS Studio, or often just OBS) is an open-source program that is a fast way to get into live video streaming. Plus OBS Studio is free.  Streaming Software When you live stream, you need either a software or hardware encoder to convert your audio and video into a format that can… Continue reading OBS Quick Start: How to Create Live Video for Free With Open Broadcaster Software Studio

Your next LED panel or TV may contain fish waste

A more efficient, environmentally-friendly LED may be just around the corner thanks to fish scales. Jonathan Kitchen/Getty It may sound fishy but the key to a better LED may be found in the sea. According to scientists at the Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech), fish scales can be turned into surprisingly efficient LEDs with fairly… Continue reading Your next LED panel or TV may contain fish waste

Tips from a pro: How to improve your insect photography

Cuckoo Wasp. John Hallmén shot this preserved specimen in the studio using a full-frame camera and a Mitutoyo microscope objective with a morfanon tube, mounted on a Nikon PB-6 bellows. He made 178 exposures and later combined them in them in post. John Hallmén This post on insect photography has been updated. It was originally… Continue reading Tips from a pro: How to improve your insect photography

Video: How to Establish Motivated Lighting for Natural Looking Interviews

Lighting plays one of the most prominent roles in the visual aspect of a film—no matter if it is an interview, a music video, or a Hollywood production. Here’s a primer for motivated interview lighting. The post Video: How to Establish Motivated Lighting for Natural Looking Interviews appeared first on The Shutterstock Blog.

10 Top Documentary Video Graphics Templates for After Effects

All great documentary videos need eye-catching video graphics that will hold the audience’s attention and help deepen their interest in your subject matter.  When you need great video graphics for your After Effects documentary project, Envato Elements and Envato Market are two sources that won’t let you down. Let’s check out some premium offerings from… Continue reading 10 Top Documentary Video Graphics Templates for After Effects

Choosing a Focal Length for Portrait Photography

If you’re a photographer and you’d like to know more about lenses, then you’ll love our free course, What Every Photographer Should Know About Lenses. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use focal length when making portraits. Picking Lenses for Portrait Photography You can take a photo of anything you like with any lens, but… Continue reading Choosing a Focal Length for Portrait Photography

2022 fall trends to start shooting now!

With the back-to-school season on the horizon, and the fall and winter holidays arriving shortly thereafter, we’re entering a busy time for retail and marketing. What’s more, research from McKinsey indicates that more consumers in the US are trying new brands than they did in 2020 and 2021, meaning that companies and advertisers will have… Continue reading 2022 fall trends to start shooting now!

Karl Features in This WIRED Article on Lighting Like a Pro

WIRED recently asked Karl for his thoughts on the importance of lighting in photography and filmmaking. His responses feature in an article titled ‘How to Light Your Photos and Videos Like a Pro’. The article explains that, whether you’re a hobbyist or a professional, getting the basics of lighting right is essential to creating effective… Continue reading Karl Features in This WIRED Article on Lighting Like a Pro