NEWS - October 11, 2021
One of the big changes in moving to New England is rediscovering the different seasons. Fall means cooler days, longer nights and glorious fall foliage. But, even with the weather as a distraction, there's still a lot going on.

My lead story is from Tony Fleming about YouTube sending video take-down notices based on fraudulent copyright claims. YouTube is taking the easy way out and assuming all media creators are guilty. Worse, appeals are determined by the people making the fraudulent copyright claim - which makes no sense whatsoever. Here's the link - I'm interested in your comments.


In the news this week:

Adobe announces that its acquisition of Frame.io is complete. First announced in August, all the paperwork is now processed. With the close of the transaction, Frame.io co-founder and CEO Emery Wells will continue to lead the Frame.io team, reporting to Scott Belsky as part of the Creative Cloud organization. Both companies stressed that Frame.io will continue to support non-Adobe applications such as Final Cut, DaVinci Resolve and Avid.


The folks at Yoyotta reminded me that LTO 9 was just released. Each tape holds 18 TB of data which is 50% more than LTO 8. Yoyotta makes software focused on archiving and file management. Here's more about what's new.


Thinking outside the box, Canon announced their first lens for virtual reality capture. (Remember VR?) The new RF5.2mm F2.8 L Dual Fisheye lens is the world’s first digital interchangeable lens capable of enabling stereoscopic 3D 180° VR shooting to a single image sensor. Canon’s new EOS VR System streamlines virtual reality production. 


One other Adobe note. This last week, Adobe announced Auto Tone, which is available in the latest beta version of Adobe Premiere Pro. Auto Tone is AI-assisted color correction and extends the existing automatic grayscale correction in the Lumetri color panel. Here are more details.

All the links are finally go for this week's webinar: "Ask Larry Anything." With my move to the East Coast, I've changed the presentation times to 10 AM EDT / 7 AM PDT and 1:00 PM EDT / 10:00 AM PDT. Let me know if you prefer different times - these are still in flux. Please email your questions so that I have time to prepare demos. It will be fun to get these restarted and start chatting again. As always, registration to our live events is free.

Registration link: Larry's FREE Weekly Webinar

Finally, I have a new tutorial this week, sparked by an animated open to a Marvel Comics promo. In it, each letter of 3D text has a different video moving inside it. It is a very cool effect and we can create something similar using Motion. In this tutorial, I show you how to create the basic effect - at which point, you can turn your imagination loose.


As we wait for new upgrades from both Adobe and Apple, let me know if there are other tutorials you'd find useful. I always welcome to your suggestions. 

In the meantime, stay safe. And, until next Monday, edit well.
TUTORIALS & REVIEWS
» YouTube: Filmmakers Presumed Guilty... (Commentary)
   » YouTube handles fraudulent copyright take-downs badly - appeals are worse.

» Adobe Releases Auto Tone - AI-driven Color Correction (News)
   » Latest beta release of Premiere has new automated color correction.

» LTO 9 Tape Drives Released (News)
   » The latest version of LTO holds 18 TB / tape. Read the details.

» Insert Moving Video into 3D Text in Apple Motion (Tutorial)
   » This very cool technique brings 3D text to life.
Ask Larry Anything!
Let's get fall started right - by answering your questions. Email them to me ahead of time so I can prepare some demos. Questions on Apple and Adobe welcome.

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Exploring Affinity Photo for Video Editors

This session compares using Affinity Photo with Adobe Photoshop to edit and repair still images for video projects.

* Image editing
* Image repair
* Image export and format conversion

Everything you need - all in one place!
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