February 2008

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How to create a Star Trek style transporter effect using freeware

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!While working on a video my wife needed recently, I got wondering how one would go about making a realistic Star Trek style transporter effect. After working out in my own mind what the basic steps were, I found a […]

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Filed under: Special Effects and Techniques by Thriell - 14 February 2008, 2 Comments

f-Stop, Shutter Speed, and all that jazz

Shutter Speed and f-stop settings work together in creating the exposure. The best analogy I’ve seen is to think of getting the desired exposure as a filling a bucket. It takes a certain amount of water to fill the bucket. You can pour water very quickly for a short time, or you can pour a […]

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Filed under: The Basics by Thriell - 2 February 2008, No Comments