Rusty Rogers was once a general building contractor who, over 15 years ago, transitioned out of the construction world and into the world of video production becoming an independent video producer and starting Rusty Rogers Films.
Rusty Rogers
The lessons he learned in the construction business have not been lost in his career move, however. As a general contractor, Rogers learned some valuable lessons but none more so than this:
“A good carpenter can build anything with a dull chisel and a rock; a bad one can ruin a job with a truckload of tools.”
Meet Dan Hastrey, founder of Nightwave Music Media and professional video producer. Hastrey started his career composing music and managing artists. In 2004, he founded Nightwave Music Media and started directing and producing music videos. Hastrey quickly found success creating professional music videos and expanded into documentaries and corporate videos.
Dan Hastrey
After installing Video Essentials II in EDIUS, you can find the plugins in two places:
Keying effects are listed under “Keyers” in the NewBlue Video Essentials II category. There you will find Chroma Key, Lens Correction, Letterbox, Picture-In-Picture, and Vignette.
The remaining effects are located under “Video Filters” in the NewBlue Video Essentials II category. These are Color EQ, Color Swap, Noise Reducer, Rack Focus, and Shadows and Highlights.
Racking focus is the practice of shifting the attention of a viewer of a film or video by changing the focus of the lens from a subject in the foreground to a subject in the background, or vice versa. It dates back to the time when cameras did not have reflex lenses so the operator would have to “rack focus” the camera by looking through the viewfinder, then sliding the camera over so that the shot would be in focus. NewBlue Video Essentials II features this technique in its aptly-named Rack Focus effect.
NewBlue Video Essentials II’s Rack Focus creates a faux depth of field by selectively blurring a portion of the image. This is great for creating a filmic depth of field, artificially controlling the center of attention, or even making a scene look like it was shot with miniatures.
When we introduced our original Video Essentials package last fall, we were astounded (and thrilled) by the response. People loved the utility, ease of use, and even creativity of this plugin collection.
Then we began to receive requests and suggestions like never before:
- "Could you give me something to remove noise?
- "I wish there was an easy way to create a faux depth of field look."
- "Please - I need a good Vignette!"
- "Can you remove camera distortion?"
- "I’d like a fish eye look!"
