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Tutorial: Master effects in Aperture
You would expect most tools in Aperture’s repertoire to be about tweaking the image to make it look its best, and certainly adjustments like White Balance, Exposure, Enhance and Straighten aim to do...
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iPhoto tutorial: How to combine multiple photo effects
The current version of iPhoto has an impressive array of tools to help you arrive at the perfect image. The Adjust feature of the Edit pane lets you tweak a selection of parameters including Exposure,...
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How to use and edit GarageBand’s built-in audio effects
So, you’ve figured out the basics of GarageBand – you’ve used software instruments to record some sounds, you’ve hooked up a USB mic and laid down some vocals – what’s next? The fun really doesn’t...
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Add an Indiana Jones-style map to your iMovie project
Let’s face it, we’ve all wanted to be Indiana Jones at some point. Sword fights, gunplay and adventure are vital parts of the film series, but just as important was the travelling that ‘Indy’ and...
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Give your iOS videos a retro makeover with Movie360 – Tutorial
To match the rise in popularity of vintage Lomography cameras, the App Store is now teeming with apps that can apply any number of retro-inspired and image-bending effects to the pictures you take on...
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How to create vintage-style footage in iMovie
There’s a fashion to process modern photographs so that they look like they were captured decades ago. Richly saturated colours are faded with tinted sepia to evoke the passing of time. This...
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Pixelmator tutorial: How to add a new background to photos
It can take some getting used to Pixelmator’s tools, but once you’ve experimented you get complete control of your image. The few remaining errors in this photo can easily be corrected. The streak of...
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GarageBand tutorial: How to use GarageBand’s automation tool
The amazing thing about GarageBand is the sheer breadth of features that lie dormant beneath its unassuming surface, not least of which is the ability to automate almost every parameter of every...
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FCPX Tutorial: How to add freeze frames to your projects
Do you remember playing a game called ‘Freeze Frame’ at school? The idea was to get into groups, create a scene or a pose, and when the teacher shouted ‘freeze’, you would freeze on the spot. No? Just...
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MotionPulse BlackBox review – get hyper-realistic HD sound effects
Works with: Final Cut Pro & Logic Pro Adobe Premiere, After Effects & Audition Avid Pro Tools Cost: £88.35/$149.95 MotionPulse BlackBox is a new library of sound effects from the team at Video...
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How to create a dream sequence effect in iMovie for Mac
Dream sequences often occur in dramas, so we’re familiar with the ways that they can be represented on-screen. One trope is to use a ripple transition that signifies the start of the daydream sequence....
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