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Brian Mulligan

Brian Mulligan is a multi-award winning editor, and has a strong commitment to his craft and to broadcast television. Local broadcast television reflects and influences the ideals of a community and for the past 20 years, Brian has helped shape the on-air television culture at WTHR-TV in Indianapolis where his work is seen by 1.2 million households everyday.  Being a broadcast editor often means you are an editor, producer, writer, & graphic designer. His main tool is Autodesk Smoke, and has been a Smoke editor/artist since 2003.  Brian is also comfortable with Adobe CS6 Production tools, so he is ready to handle any creative task that comes his way.

Brian believes that completely understanding your creative tools is the key to using them creatively, efficiently, and effectively.  Brian's blog posts will be focusing on Autodesk Smoke at Premiumbeat.com.  He is active in social media, so feel free to drop him a message on Twitter at @bkmeditor.  And check out his work on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/bkmsmoke

October 16, 2012 Author:

We’ve got the scoop on working with the degrain and denoise nodes in Autodesk Smoke. Discover how to use these powerful tools to cleanup and improve your video footage. Read More

Smoke ConnectFX: Degrain and Denoise

  • August 9, 2012

    ConnectFX Nodes in Smoke: Auto Matte, Average & Auto Stabilizer

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    In this post, we continue our coverage of the new Smoke 2013 ConnectFX nodes. Discover how to implement Auto Matte, Average and Auto Stabilize nodes in yoru projects. Simulate motion blur and stabilize your video footage. Read More

  • August 2, 2012

    Autodesk Smoke: 2D Histogram & 2D Transform Nodes

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    In our ongoing blog coverage of the new Smoke 2013 we explore each of the ConnectFX nodes. In this post, discover how and why to use the 2D Histogram and 2D Transform nodes in Smoke 2013. Read More

  • July 24, 2012

    Free Lens Flare Setups for Autodesk Smoke 2013

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    Smoke 2013 ups the ante with true 3D lens flares. We’ve got 15 FREE lens flares for Smoke 2013 to enhance your video projects! Read More