by Matthew Jones | Apr 23, 2019 | Blender, Linux, Video Editing
Opinion This idea has been with me since I was a kid learning card tricks. The purist in me never liked some special custom-made gimmick or some thing that essentially made the trick possible. Because suddenly, now I’m relying on that gimmick everywhere I go....
by Matthew Jones | Apr 7, 2019 | 3D Animation, 3D Modeling, Compositing, Video Editing, Video Portfolio
This is a VFX shot and edit sequence created for a short video in late March 2019. We couldn’t find the ideal location (an open field surrounding a lone tree) for this shot, and I needed too many specifics to match any stock footage. Short on time, I turned to Blender...
by Matthew Jones | Mar 19, 2019 | Linux, Ubuntu, Video Editing, Vlogging
Flowblade 2.0 Released Janne Liljeblad and other contributors released Flowblade 2.0 recently and I thought I’d try it out. I edited a quick 1 minute video from about 10 drone clips shot in 4k. The first impressive feature was how easily I was able to render...
by Matthew Jones | Feb 26, 2019 | 3D Animation, Linux, Ubuntu, Video Editing
The Problem It all started when Premiere Pro started glitching out. When I was trying to import a simple image sequence, like I’d done a thousand times before, it only imported the first 25% of the frames. Everything else was missing. There was no inconsistency...
by Matthew Jones | Feb 12, 2019 | Compositing, Linux, Motion Graphics, Video Editing
Default Experience If you’re like me, you’ve been on a quest to find the best video editing software that you can run on your Ubuntu Linux PC build. If you’ve been in the video world for any amount of time, you’ll probably know that Resolve 15...
by Matthew Jones | Nov 4, 2018 | Video Editing, Video Portfolio
The 24 Before This was a project that started off as raw video. After several layers of After Effects work, we ended up with a final result that mimicked a genuine watercolor video. Somewhat inspired by larger projects like Loving Vincent, the initial...