Paulo
de Andrade is an award-winning television
producer/writer/director/editor with over 19 years of experience. He
has written dozens of articles on film, television and computers for
leading trade publications. These days he mostly spends hours in front
of monitors acquiring enough radiation to glow in the dark. But
whenever he can, he takes breaks to spend time with his family and ride
his Triumph motorcycle.
Paulo de Andrade is an accomplished video effects artist whose work includes 19 years in broadcast television where he has worked on hundreds of major international series and films. In this article, Paulo looks at the importance of digital color correction and explores some of the ways that he uses to create visual magic in his own work. As the founder of MacProNet.com, a site dedicated to Macintosh media professionals, Paulo focuses on tools like Final Cut Pro and Discreet Combustion in this article.