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Whether you are a Final Cut Pro user, Avid Media Composer user, or Premiere user, we'd like to introduce you to Adobe On Location.  In our opinion, this is an incredible application that is sometimes overlooked in the professional video industry.

It ships with the Adobe Creative Suite Production Premium. Trust us on this one, this software is really a nice addition to any video production professional.

Do you own a HDV camera which records to MiniDV cassette tapes, and have wondered what to do about it? I have given my Canon XHA1S the evil eye for some time now, but have not decided to upgrade to another model. The technological advances come so fast that it is difficult to make a reasonable choice, and waiting a few months may be priceless.

Adobe On Location may be the tool that helps you improve your footage until you are certain of what to do after HDV.

Some of the best color correction tools are plug-ins themselves.  This powerful little tool group comes from one of my favorites, Noise Industries, and can be used with Final Cut Pro, Motion, and After Effects.  PHYX Color is a simple set of five color correction/grading filters:  Bleach Bypass, Glow Dark, Selective Saturation, Shift/Suppress and Techni2Strip.  Check out their demo video using this handy toolset: 



I love the Selective Saturation feature in this plug-in that lets you precisely sample a single color and control its saturation.  The Techni2Strip is also a super easy way to help you achieve that "old Technicolor, Gone with the Wind" style.

Here's a short tutorial on basic navigation techniques in Adobe After Effects CS5.

Learn how to use Adjustment layers to color correct video footage within Adobe After Effects.

Check out this video tutorial for learning how to keyframe in Adobe After Effects. You may want to view Part1 of this After FX keyframing tutorial before watching this video.