Category: Video

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Video Creators Virtual Summit

If you’re a photographer who also likes to capture or create videos, or even edit your photos into a video presentation such as a slideshow, you can learn more about video editing with the free Video Creators Virtual Summit that starts soon!

If you’re new to video editing, you can sign up for a Free Pass and get access to free mini-courses for beginners!

The Video Creators Virtual Summit is actually two events in one! There is the Premiere Pro Virtual Summit for those who want to focus on video editing, and the After Effects Virtual Summit for those who want to focus on special effects. And of course, you can sign up for both events!

The Video Creators Virtual Summit runs for five days from February 18th through the 22nd, and features 50 classes from 20 instructors.

Get your Free Pass (and learn about the benefits of a VIP Pass) here:

https://timgrey.krtra.com/t/L6WAdO3PvYlF

 

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Pixology Magazine September 2022

The September 2022 issue of Pixology magazine is now available, featuring the following articles:

  • Instant Object Selection – Learn how to use a powerful image-analysis feature of the Object Selection tool in Photoshop to automatically select various objects in a photo.
  • Framing with a Vignette – Get insights into the use of a vignette effect to help frame up, add drama, or otherwise enhance the creative look of a photo.
  • Video in Lightroom Classic – Discover how you can work with videos alongside your still photos in the Lightroom Classic catalog.
  • Assembling an HDR – Learn how to create great high dynamic range (HDR) images using either Camera Raw in Photoshop or Lightroom Classic.
  • Photo Story: Supporting Actor – Get the story behind a photo that reminded me that even a tiny element in the frame can provide support for the key subject of a photo.

Pixology magazine is included in the GreyLearning Ultimate Bundle, and is also available as a standalone subscription here:

https://www.greylearning.com/courses/pixology-magazine

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Webinar Recording: “Questions and Answers on Adobe Lightroom Classic”

I get a lot of questions from photographers, especially via my Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter (http://timgrey.me/greylists). Lately, many of those questions have focused on Adobe Lightroom Classic, and so in my latest presentation as part of the GreyLearning webinar series I focused on those questions.

You can view a recording of the full webinar presentation on “Questions and Answers on Adobe Lightroom Classic” on my Tim Grey TV channel on YouTube here:

https://youtu.be/GMeQypcyhlI

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Webinar Recording: “Top Critical Tips for Lightroom Classic”

Today’s presentation as part of the GreyLearning Webinar Series focused on what I consider to be the top critical tips for working with Adobe Lightroom Classic. In effect, these tips represented the information I wish all photographers understood before they started using Lightroom as the foundation of their workflow for organizing and optimizing their photos.

You can view a recording of the entire presentation on my Tim Grey TV channel on YouTube here:

https://youtu.be/ZIx9wxXE8Vs

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“Stuttering” Video with Fast Shutter Speed

A reader of my Ask Tim Grey eNewsletter recently asked me what I meant about a “stuttering” appearance for videos captured with a fast shutter speed, which I discussed in an earlier newsletter. This is a good example of a situation where a picture (or video in this case) is worth a thousand words.

In the brief clip below, the video is split between a 1/2000th of a second shutter speed on the left and a 1/30th of a second shutter speed on the right. The left side of the video exhibits motion that is not fluid (if you’ll pardon the pun) because of the fast shutter speed.

When you use a fast shutter speed in video, fast motion gets frozen, and the sense of motion gets lost to some extent. Looking more closely at the video above, you’ll notice that the water droplets on the left side of the frame don’t fall with a smooth motion, but rather jump from one position to the next.

In the video on the right side you can see that motion is rendered much more smoothly. Of course, the video on the right also exhibits motion blur to a much greater extent than in the video on the left, which may or may not be a good thing depending on your intent.

The bottom line is that the shutter speed you use when recording a video can have a significant impact on the overall look and feel of your video, so it is worth giving careful consideration to which shutter speed you’re using when establishing your overall exposure settings for video.