Final Cut Pro 6 Basics Video Tutorial 06 Sample: Crystal Blocking Parts of Image

Nowadays, we spend quite a lot of time investigating cyber crime scenes and making documentation videos. And we are often forced edit scenes containing pornographic images. Editing still images with sexually oriented content isn’t so hard. And we use Adobe Photoshop. For example, Screenshot 01 is an example of an edited image from a fake PornTube website where one is forced to download malware software.

So which filter can we use to edit moving images with Final Cut Pro? If you have seen some of basic video tutorials we have here, you should have no problem blocking some parts of video, right? In this 5-minute video tutorial, we show how to block multiple areas of video.

Keywords: Video Filters, Matte, Mask Shape, Invert, Stylize, Crystalize, Speed, Feathering Continue reading →

The following QuickTime video introduces basic functions of BeLight Software’s Art Text 1.2.4 (Standard edition). This QuickTime overview video comes with no audio commentary. Continue reading →

The following video overviews basic functions of JS8 Media’s ReelBean Pro 2.98. It comes with no audio commentary. Continue reading →

Adobe After Effects – Simple Creativity #28: Laura Bush with a Frankenstein Mask

This video tutorial shows steps to track facial movements, using Adobe After Effects CS3. The purpose of this tutorial is to coordinate the position of a 2D image to model’s facial movements. The video clip used in this tutorial comes from Internet Archive. We acknowledge our special thanks to First Lady Mrs. Laura Bush for her helping us complete this tutorial despite her busy schedule. A sample movie is presented at MacHouse Forums. Continue reading →

Apple Motion Basics Video Tutorial 18: Motion Tracking and Hiding a Small Area Dynamically

Last week, we had a visitor from New York City. He said that he was a taxi driver in New York. And he showed me a QuickTime movie to prove it. Then he goes, “You see what the problem is?” Well, I didn’t. He said that he wanted to hide the license tag of his taxi. I thought I could blur the number plate dynamically by placing key frames but that it could take hours to do the job manually. “Wait! Perhaps, I could do it with Apple Motion,” I said. So I launched Motion 3 on my iMac. In a matter of 8 and a half minutes or so, I managed to hide his license tag. After seeing the edited movie, the taxi driver looked content and went back to New York City.

The following video tutorial shows how to use Motion 3 to place key frames and hide a small area dynamically by using a motion tracking function. The original video clip (Producer: Scott McReynolds) used in this tutorial comes from Internet Archive. A sample movie is presented at MacHouse Forums > Video Showcase. Continue reading →