Found this interesting video on YouTube uploaded by Flolight. It does demonstrate the need for minus green gels (this seems to be common with LEDs as they have a green ‘spike’ that needs fixing, doing it in post is not the answer!). Continue Reading
Author Archives: Mark
The (soon to be) TTFN.TV studio and lighting
As we continue to plan for a new studio for ttfn.tv we have been thinking about the required lighting set up. Currently we use Interfit compact fluorescent lights which are primarily designed for photography not video. For the proposed new studio we willnneed to have fixed lighting on a grid, doing away with stands so… Continue Reading
TF14 – Playback Media server from Yazsoft
If you have a growing collection of video, audio and photos on your Apple Mac making this available elsewhere on your network can be very useful. To do this we are using ‘Playback’ media server from Yazsoft (www.yazsoft.com). This inexpensive application ($15, £11 €13) allows you to stream media from a Mac computer to UPnP… Continue Reading
What’s happening at TTFN.TV ?
I have been astonished by the popularity of some of the TTFN.TV techcasts we have published (on youtube, vimeo, blip etc) this year. Thanks to all of you who took the time to email or comment. We have realised that in order to maintain the quality and professionalism we want we need to invest in… Continue Reading
Now on iTunes……
We are pleased to announce that you can now subscribe to Techcast Focus via iTunes. Just click on this link to open iTunes and then click on subscribe! The 13 episodes on iTunes are not in date order but hopefully this will get sorted soon. Mark mark@ttfn.tv Continue Reading
TF13 iPad unboxing and Introduction – 28 May 2010
International launch day:The iPad was made available on 28 May 2010 in 9 countries outside of the USA. This episode covers unboxing of a UK 32GB 3G model and provides an introduction to the iPad including installing the micro sim, downloading applications and the Apple Bookstore. iPad unboxing and Introduction – 28 May 2010 from… Continue Reading
TF12 Introduction to iDVD
An introduction on how to use iDVD (part of Apple’s iLife suite of applications) to create a DVD from a video created with Final Cut Express. This follows on from the 5 episodes on video editing with Final Cut Express. This is a basic introduction for those new to iDVD! Introduction to Apple’s iDVD –… Continue Reading
TF11 Intro to Final Cut Express video editing part 5 – adding title, overlaying text and adjusting brightness and contrast
In this, the final part, of our ‘Introduction to video editing with Final Cut Express’ we look at how you add titles, overlay text and how you can use a filter to fix problems with a dark video clip. This series is aimed at people with no or little experience of video editing with Final… Continue Reading
TF10 Intro to Final Cut Express video editing part 4 – adding effects and exporting
In part 4 of our ‘Introduction to video editing with Final Cut Express’ we look at how you add transitions between clips, add filters to clips and then how to export the video. Intro to Final Cut Express video editing part 4 – Adding effects (transitions and filters) and exporting from Mark Johnson on Vimeo.… Continue Reading
TF9 Intro to Final Cut Express video editing part 3 – workflow and in out points
In part 3 of our ‘Introduction to video editing with Final Cut Express’ series we look at renaming and sequencing clips in the browser, adding in and out points (and why) and adding clips to the time line. This series is aimed at people with no or little experience of video editing with Final Cut… Continue Reading
