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How to make seamless whip transitions in Premiere with Generative Fill

Sep 8, 2023 by John Aldred Add Comment
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Whip-pan transitions have been a staple in TV and movies for decades. They’re when the camera rapidly moves to the side, switching from one shot to another. We’ve covered how to shoot whip-pan transitions in-camera here on DIYP before.

But what if the footage wasn’t shot that way? What can you do? Well, if you’re Kyler Holland, you can get a little help from Photoshop’s Generative Fill feature.

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How to defy convention and shoot in harsh light

Jul 27, 2023 by John Aldred 1 Comment
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For many photographers, harsh light is the worst. Whether you shoot landscapes or portraits, we’re told one of the worst times of day you can shoot is noon when the sun is up high in the sky.

Photographer Roman Fox, however, is here to change your mind. In this video, Roman shows us how we can take advantage of the harshness of bright daylight sun and how we can utilise it better when everything is fully lit.

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Five essential tips for shooting in new locations

Jul 24, 2023 by John Aldred Add Comment
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Most of my photography is outdoors. As such, I’m always looking for new locations. Sometimes I spend a day location scouting, specifically to find new places to photograph. Sometimes, I just get lucky on a random day out somewhere.

When you’re going somewhere new, it’s difficult to know what to shoot. It’s easy to miss the good stuff. Here’s five essential tips from Adam Gibbs that can help make your new location blues disappear.

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How to get rid of that pesky Generative Fill warning

Jul 24, 2023 by John Aldred 5 Comments
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I don’t know if Adobe technically classes it as a bug, but there’s a bit of an annoyance with Photoshop’s AI-powered Generative Fill. Occasionally, It will pop up with a message telling you something has violated user guidelines.

You’ve no idea what it is or how they’ve violated them. You’re just told that it’s happened. Well, Unmesh at PiXimperfect has a solution for you to get around it.

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Five common landscape photography mistakes and how to fix them

Jul 5, 2023 by John Aldred Add Comment
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With good weather in full swing across the northern hemisphere, landscape photography is high on the activity list for many photographers. After all, who doesn’t want to be out there enjoying their camera passion in the sunshine?

Shooting landscapes seems fairly straightforward, but there are some easy mistakes you could be making. Fortunately, they’re easy to correct, and here’s landscape photographer Andy Mumford to show us how in his newest video.

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Everything you need to know to shoot macro in just 10 minutes

Jun 23, 2023 by John Aldred Add Comment
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The bugs are out in force as we enter summer. And this makes it an excellent time of year for taking up macro photography. Macro photography is a fun activity that allows us to get closer to the little elements of the giant world that surrounds us. When you’ve never done it before, though, getting started can be difficult. Where does one begin?

There’s a whole wide range of lenses, flash brackets and gimmicky doohickies out there for macro, and it can all feel a bit overwhelming. Well, here’s Micael Widell with his video to teach you the basics of macro photography in just 10 minutes.

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Four ways to shoot epic stop motion hyperlapse with a smartphone gimbal

May 26, 2023 by John Aldred Add Comment
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There are a lot of gimbals on the market these days – with two more announced this week – but often, the humble smartphone gimbal can be the easiest to work with. This is especially true if you want to shoot hyperlapse videos for social media or YouTube. Sure, you can do these with a DSLR or mirrorless camera on a bigger gimbal, too, but they’re less strenuous with a lightweight gimbal and your phone.

There are many ways to shoot them, but in this video, content creator Winga shows us how we can make some using the Insta360 Flow (buy here). The video begins by showing us the final hyperlapse result he created, which uses a combination of stop motion and video, followed by breakdowns showing four methods used to create the different shots.

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AI audio processing vs mixing it yourself – which is better for your videos?

Feb 17, 2023 by John Aldred Add Comment
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There’s been a lot spoken about AI when it comes to photographs and video. Deepfakes are rife, and the situation isn’t looking great. There’s also images being generated based off the work of people who didn’t provide permission for their work to be referenced. But what about audio? What if you’re using AI to tweak something you’ve already created? What if it’s simply modifying or enhancing what you’ve already done?

Both Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve have added a number of AI-powered tools for enhancing audio in your video edits. But are they any good? Do they really compare to mixing it yourself? Is it better than doing it the old fashioned way? Should you even bother learning to mix? The team at Syrp Lab attempts to answer these questions and more in their new video, with a guest appearance by professional audio engineer Alex Knickerbocker.

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Six composition mistakes you didn’t know you were making and how to fix them

Feb 15, 2023 by John Aldred Add Comment
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Composition is one of the things that many photographers struggle with. The technical side of photography is pretty straightforward, and while there are “rules” to composition, it’s a largely subjective and artistic aspect. This makes it more difficult. We don’t always see the best composition right away. Sometimes, we ignore elements of the image that we don’t notice until we get back home and see them on our computer screens.

But how can you fix it? In this video, photographer Saurav Sinha takes a look at six common composition mistakes you could be making and how you can fix them.

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How to shoot and edit a hyperlapse in DaVinci Resolve from start to finish

Feb 14, 2023 by John Aldred 2 Comments
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If there’s one name that often springs to mind when we come to the topic of hyperlapses, it’s Matthew Vandeputte. He’s been making content about hyperlapses for years and even shoots them for a living. In the past, he’s made tutorials on how he creates his hyperlapse sequences, but they’ve generally been Adobe based, in either Premiere Pro or After Effects. This is for good reason. They’ve been the best tools available at the time.

Lately, though, it appears Matthew’s been making the transition away from Adobe. So, he’s back with a new twist on an old tutorial showing how he creates his timelapses with DaVinci Resolve. It’s a complete start-to-finish tutorial, beginning with how to shoot the sequences so that you have a good starting point, all the way through to being ready to render the final sequence.

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