Video editing in Photoshop CS6

NickHope wrote on 5/26/2012, 1:08 AM

Matthew Gore has a great YouTube channel that is well worth subscribing to for photography-related stuff. Yesterday he released this video demonstrating video editing in Photoshop CS6. It's pretty powerful.

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ushere wrote on 5/26/2012, 5:02 AM

looks interesting... still haven't managed to get cs6 to load, but i'm looking to do a clean install of everything on a new ssd in the next few days / weeks, well, when time permits.

i rather like the idea of using some of the ps fx, and some of the ps plug ins i have (esp. noise reduction and nik). anyone tried any 'heavy' fx and had thoughts about render times?

Grazie wrote on 5/26/2012, 5:06 AM

I like the layering. Need to dupe this in Vegas.

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paul_w wrote on 5/26/2012, 5:12 AM

Was watching Lesa Snider doing a CreativeLIVE broadcast and she was demonstrating video in Photoshop CS6. It looked very easy to use but i came away thinking it was a bit too basic and not at professional NLE level. Great for cutting and fading, but thats about it. The audio track adjustments are basic too. A handy feature of Photoshop for some but not Pro. Just my thoughts. This is what Premiere is for.

Paul.

NickHope wrote on 5/26/2012, 6:15 AM

I agree, it's clearly not a substitute for a full blown NLE. The point is it provides access to all those Photoshop effects. I personally don't know how groundbreaking that is, and whether those effects could previously be accessed in AE or even, with more difficulty, in earlier versions of Photoshop.

ushere wrote on 5/26/2012, 6:16 AM

i'm not sure that it's intended as an 'editor' (if it is it's a pretty pathetic one!), but i can certainly see using it for certain fx (thinking animated text especially), and of course accessing all the various ps filters.

only thing to find out is what it'll ingest and what it'll spit out. i suppose for the things i'm thinking dnxhd or mxf?

farss wrote on 5/26/2012, 7:22 AM

I think we're looking at it the wrong way around.
Look at it from a photgraphers POV. Most of them today have a DSLR that also takes video. Now without having to buy and learn some new piece of software they can shoot a lot of basic videos for their existing clients and edit it well enough for corporate videos.

Bob.

Grazie wrote on 5/26/2012, 7:23 AM

+Bob

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Laurence wrote on 5/26/2012, 8:16 AM

What Bob said. Also, photographers do a lot of slideshows these days, especially through services like Animoto and programs like ProShow Producer. In this context it is natural to thin of "videos" as two to three second bits that can be worked into a slide sequence. Photoshop video editing fits right into this type of thing.