Tutorial: Creating Animated Mattes in Adobe Premiere Pro | No Film School

What are animated mattes, sometimes referred to as “track mattes”? Essentially, they are invisible layers that cover up parts of your video to create shapes that can be used to convey a bunch of different looks and add visual interest to existing videos.

And they are pretty straightforward to use. Thanks to VFX Artist Sean Mullen’s handy video tutorial for Premiere Pro CC 2017, you can pick up the skill.

Mullen is also the CEO of Rampant Design, which also makes downloadable mattes for you to use in your projects. Packages of over 400 mattes for all editing apps start at $99 for 2K editing and you can download them here.

Check out some of Rampant’s mattes in use on the title sequence of the latest season of Project Runway:

Project Runway

Project Runway

Project Runway

adobe Premiere Pro CC animated mattes tutorial

Apple Final Cut Camera 1.1

Capture Log-Encoded HEVC Video With the Upgraded Final Cut Camera 1.1

A look at the video recording improvements coming to Apple’s Final Cut Camera with the latest 1.1 update.

One of the most unique and interesting announcements out of the 2024 Apple Event this year was Apple’s new Final Cut Camera app for iPad and iPhone. And while all the talk today might be about the new Final Cut Pro 11 for Mac (or perhaps the Final Cut Pro for iPad 2.1), Apple’s update to Final Cut Camera might sneakily be the most significant for certain video pros.

Set to bring intuitive new pro controls for all of you aspiring (and already professional) film and video directors, this update features new video recording specs and capabilities. These improvements are set to unlock the full capabilities of the new iPhone 16 Pro and should partner well with importing and editing your footage into Final Cut Pro for iPad to complete Apple’s newly optimized workflow.

Let’s look at this Final Cut Camera 1.1 update and what it’s set to offer smartphone videographers.

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