Category Archives: Final Cut Studio (english)

Macro cinematografie: Toylympics

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Sybren

Weer een experimenteel filmpje. Ditmaal een mix van macro opnames en twee slowmotion technieken (overcrancking en optical flow). Gemaakt in twee nachtelijke uurtjes. Muziek ‘Dulcissime’ uit de Carmina Burana van Carl Orff. Te koop in de iTunes Store. / ENGLISH … Continue reading →

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YouTube captions: translations, transcripts and subtitles

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Sybren

Captions, better known as subtitles, are more than just translated text. YouTube’s captions option is a really usefull tool that adds a lot of functionality to a video. It improves the user experience, makes a video better indexed by Google, … Continue reading →

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Fun with Shrinkray tilt/shift

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Sybren

You will never forget the first time you see a good tilt/shift video. The miniature effect is pure magic that amazes you like a child. Expensive as well as the lens that makes it happen is very expensive. You can … Continue reading →

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Music and foley on a budget

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Sybren

Recently I made a short funny commercial. It needed some music and foley effects but since there wasn’t much budget I couldn’t hand it over to a sound designer and had to do it myself. I work on Final Cut … Continue reading →

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How to shoot and edit vertical video

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Sybren

If you have seen my family’s Christmas card video you have noticed that the video is tilted 90 degrees and thus in a vertical HD format. In this post I will explain why and how I did this. Why vertical? … Continue reading →

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In Amsterdam, testing the Canon 5D mark II

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Sybren

After six month’s I finally got to finish the test film for a shoot we did about 6 month’s ago. ‘We’ being me and my friend Marlon Mendonca Dias, a very talented photographer and owner of a Canon 5D Mark … Continue reading →

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Best Compressor workflow

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Sybren

Ever got frustrated about poor Compressor results? Here is how to solve the problem: break up one huge batch in multiple step-by-step batches. Make one change to the settings per batch and leave all the other settings alone. After the … Continue reading →

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Adobe Premiere genius move: video metadata

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Sybren

For some time I have been investigating the possibilities of embedding metadata in video’s. The sad conclusion is that it can’t be done when you use Final Cut Pro and deliver in Flash video: “No, we can’t”. Why would I … Continue reading →

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