Video Editing & Production
Bitrate and Rate Control, Done Properly
How much data per second a video uses, and whether an encoder keeps it constant or varies it with scene complexity. Key takeaways CBR: constant bitrate, common...
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Video Editing & Production
Edits that hold attention — from a single founder interview to a full campaign cutdown set.
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How to Get HLS Streaming Right
HTTP Live Streaming, a streaming protocol that splits video into short segments at several quality levels so players can switch quality as bandwidth changes. Ke...
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MPEG-DASH Streaming, Done Properly
Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP, an international standard for adaptive streaming that, like HLS, delivers video in segments at multiple quality levels. Ke...
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Video Scopes: The Decisions That Matter
Measurement displays used in color correction, such as the waveform, vectorscope, RGB parade and histogram, that show brightness and color objectively. Key take...
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Legal Range and Broadcast-Safe Levels: What Actually Works
The range of video levels allowed for broadcast and many deliveries, where black and white sit at defined code values rather than the full numeric range. Key ta...
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A Practical Guide to LUTs in Video Post-Production
Lookup tables that transform color values, used to convert camera log footage into a standard color space or to apply a creative look. Key takeaways Technical L...
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A Practical Guide to Log Footage
Video recorded with a logarithmic picture profile, which preserves more highlight and shadow information but looks flat until it is color corrected. Key takeawa...
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J-Cuts and L-Cuts: What Actually Works
Edits where the audio and video change at different moments: in a J-cut the next scene's audio starts early, and in an L-cut the previous scene's audi...
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A Practical Guide to Continuity Editing and the 180-Degree Rule
Editing conventions that keep space, direction and action consistent across cuts, including keeping the camera on one side of the line of action. Key takeaways...
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Jump Cuts, Done Properly
Cuts between two shots of the same subject from nearly the same angle, which make time appear to jump and are common in vlogs and talking-head videos. Key takea...
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How to Get Shot Types and Framing Right
The standard shot sizes and framing conventions, such as wide, medium and close-up shots, used to plan coverage and guide viewers' attention. Key takeaways...
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A Practical Guide to Interlaced and Progressive Video
Two ways of scanning a video frame: interlaced video draws alternating lines in two fields, while progressive video draws every line in each frame. Key takeaway...
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