Training OverviewTraining Overviewhttp://www.wiltshirevideo.com/training-overview/2011-02-23T15:41:59ZSquarespaceWeddings and Events presets for Magic Bullet Lookshttp://www.wiltshirevideo.com/training-overview/weddings-and-events-presets-for-magic-bullet-looks.htmlAlex Walker2011-02-23T15:40:52Z2011-02-23T15:40:52ZSimon Walker, Creative Director of Wiltshire Video, has recently released a Looks pack for Magic Bullet Look entitled "Simon Walker's Weddings and Events".

 

Weddings and Events for Magic Bullet Looks from Simon Walker on Vimeo.

 

The presets are aimed at videographers and photographers of Weddings and special events. They are a collection of carefully crafted pre-set grades which enhance the video or image “look” without taking you away from your editing software.

The “Weddings and Special Events for Looks” features a set of thirty presets, which are designed specifically with certain images and footage in mind. As any videographer or  photographer will know, filming for a wedding or special event is likely to produce a certain kind of image with regard to colour, lighting and subjects. These presets are designed to enhance and soften skin and hair, saturate colour for flowers or clothes, add sparkle to jewellery and glass or add stylistic flourishes.

Features:

  • 30 original Look presets to enhance wedding and special occasion footage.
  • Great for both Video and Print Photography.
  • A fast, simple and easy way to add emotional depth to event footage.

Requirements:

  • Requires Magic Bullet Looks, Magic Bullet Quick Looks or Magic Bullet PhotoLooks for render output.
  • Not compatible with Quick Looks Limited, which ships with Adobe CS5.
  • Any host app that can run Magic Bullet Looks, Quick Looks or PhotoLooks. This includes some versions of After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, Avid, Motion and Photoshop.


Alongside the pack of thirty looks, I've has made five looks available for free download and use: 

http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/blog/2010/08/16/new-free-looks-presets-from-simon-walker/

Additionally, he has made a tutorial video explaining how to use them.

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- create titles, lower thirds and animated graphics 
- import Motion projects into FCP 
- locate the tools required in the Motion interface 
- animate display text graphics quickly and easily 
- quickly create unique graphic backgrounds 
- identify the 3 basic principles of animation 
- discuss the use of different fonts for display text 
- apply the virtual camera to screen elements in 3D 
- use blend modes to enhance footage 
- re-time footage and create speed changes 
- identify when to use FCP for titles and when to use Motion 
- practice these new techniques in a learning situation

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Optimizing and Compressing Video for Multiplatform  

Technical: 
Which programs to compress with? 
The limitations of your editing software (for compression) 
The easy method vs the quality method 
Using software that compresses video well (e.g. Sorensen Squeeze, Apple Compressor) 
Exporting for mpeg video, DVDs, Desktop playback (PC & Mac), iPhone, m4v, Flash (FLV), iPods (multiple formats), Windows Media Video format. 
  
Compression workflow:
How to work more quickly 
When to de-interlace footage 
Why use un-compressed formats? 
How to export your master clips 
Types of compression 
Compression settings (e.g. Bitrate mode, keyframe interval, IBP frames, GOP structure) 
Altering compression settings (according to content) 
When to use which codec (e.g. H.264, Cinepak, M_JPEG) 
File size vs image quality 
Playback on mobile devices 
Creating templates 
  
Creative: 
Shooting strategies for multi-platform media (what to advise when asked by the camera-person/producer) 
Solving problems before they happen 
Creative choices for exporting  
Exporting entire programmes 
Creating and exporting idents, clips and stings 
Re-framing & cropping video (incl. best programs to use & settings) 
Practical methods of increasing the quality of your compressed videos
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