I am a big Photoshop junkie. I think it’s a great way for people working in video to gain a deep understanding of color and composition. After coming up with some cool new effect in Photoshop, my first thought is, “Wow, how do I get this effect in video?” Granted, there is a lot of overlap between the filters provided by Photoshop and those in most standard video software, but there’s still a lot of stuff that your average video software just doesn’t do as well as Photoshop. AfterEffects comes close but it still can’t do everything. That’s why I was really happy to find this great little tutorial describing how to apply a set of Photoshop effects to your video.

One effect I can’t wait to try out with technique is to fake miniature macro photography. To make this look extra cool, have the people in the scene move at half speed. Then play the video at double speed so everyone looks a little twitchy like hand crafted stop motion.

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