Coremelt Complete V2 By Kevin McAuliffe
You can never have enough plug-ins. Trust me, as an editor/graphic designer you always have clients that want something "cool," but have really no idea what they are looking for, so you end up finding yourself going through the plug-ins on your system to try and put something together to really "wow" them, your plug-in collection needs to have three traits.
...Read More »
Trapcode's Particular 2 By Kevin McAuliffe
As editors and motion graphic designers know, there are a lot (and I mean a lot) of plug-ins out there, and you often find the same type of plug-in across many different plug-in packages, and a very, very popular plug-in is the Particle Generator. Just about every plug-in package has one, and even After Effects itself ships with a few.
...Read More »
300+ Free After Effects Tutorials
After Effects has always been a popular topic for our writers and editors. We thought it would be helpful to list - with direct links to them on our After Effects Channel - the more than 300 different After Effects tutorials we have so far. In this list are After Effects training videos, After Effects hands on tutorials and techniques, and lots of After Effects Quick Tips. All professional quality, and all free! Enjoy!
...Read More »
Complete Training for Boris Continuum Complete: Common parameters and suggested workflow By James Rankin
Boris Continuum Complete 4 contains more than 160 filters that work directly in After Effects and Premiere Pro, BCC works in the effects control window using the standard After Effects Workflow. In this video, host James Rankin covers the common parameters and the suggested workflow for BCC in After Effects and Premiere Pro.
...Read More »
Class on Demand: Basic Training for After Effects 7: Creating the composition By Chris Vadnais
In this video, host Chris Vadnais takes a look at Adobe After Effects 7, start putting together the elements to start creating the composition. He shows how to import the files for the project, putting together the composition complete with music, Photoshop files, and more.
...Read More »
Class on Demand: Basic Training for After Effects 7 By Chris Vadnais
In this video, host Chris Vadnais takes a look at Adobe After Effects 7, giving an overview of the interface in this version, as well as some of the tools the program features, how to create a composition, safe areas, adding text to your composition, and more.
...Read More »
Final Cut Studio's Motion 4 By Kevin McAuliffe
Star Wars Episode 1 and Apple's new Final Cut Studio have something in common, and that is the hype. Final Cut Studio has been hyped for more than a year, and every time someone blogged about its release coming up, nothing happened. Well, mid-way through July, Apple snuck Final Cut Studio (not called 3, just Final Cut Studio) onto its website, and needless to say, the tidal wave began.
...Read More »
Apple updates Final Cut Studio
Apple has updated its Final Cut Studio suite of professional creative applications with more than 100 new features, as well as new versions of its Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, Color and Compressor applications.
...Read More »
Motion Designer's Toolkit from Digital Juice By Kevin McAuliffe
As editors and graphic designers know, time is our worst enemy. Clients want the best looking product (obviously) in the absolute shortest amount of time, and that's where companies like Digital Juice have helped us in the past by providing us with stock elements that we can use to not only spice up our projects, but get them finished a lot faster.
...Read More »
Noise Industries FX Factory Pro, Volumetrix, and SugarFX By Kevin McAuliffe
With all the plug-in packages I look at, there are updates that (seem to) happen on almost a regular basis, so I thought that for this article I would take a look at recent upgrades to Noise Industries' products and partner products including FX Factory Pro, SugarFX, Motype and Volumetrix, as well as throwing in a quick look at Idustrial Revolution's brand new plug-in known as ParticleMetrix.
...Read More »
FreeForm AE for Adobe After Effects By Kevin McAuliffe
These days, 3D in Adobe's After Effects is a no brainer, and most people don't even give it a second thought. I've been an After Effects user since version 3.5 of the software, and when the 3D feature came along (version 5), it was a huge step forward, except for one problem.
...Read More »
Bud Light Lime Serves-Up Summer State of Mind in High-Profile Broadcast Spots from Stardust and DDB Chicago
Bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios is very proud to detail its close collaborations with the creative team from DDB Chicago for Bud Light Lime. For the project, one :30 and two :15 design-intensive broadcast spots entitled "The Summer State of Mind" created by Stardust debuted on May 10 during high-profile U.S. primetime broadcast coverage, like the 2009 NBA playoffs, and continue to air widely.
...Read More »
Stardust Delivers Ice Breakers Spot for ArnoldNYC
Under the direction of EVP and senior creative director Sig Gross and his colleagues from ArnoldNYC, bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios recently produced a colorful spot for Hershey Canada's Ice Breakers Mints.
...Read More »
Graeme Nattress By Heath McKnight
I've known Graeme Nattress, creator of Nattress Filters for Final Cut Pro, Color, and Motion, for a few years now. He has helped me with technical questions (he's one of the smartest people in the world when it comes to video and computer-related tech), we've had conversations about the future of digital filmmaking, and he's just an all-around great guy.
...Read More »
Keying virtual backgrounds for "Hellevator" By Heath McKnight
In the past two to three years, I've been relying more and more on using green screen and chroma keying for my film and video work. After working with visual effects (FX) artists, I began to realize there is nothing complicated when using software to key virtual backgrounds and sets in.
...Read More »
Under Armour "Instinct Fast" Spot from Shilo
The filmmakers from creative production company Shilo recently directed and produced a dramatic new spot for senior creative director Marcus Stephens, art director Brian Boring and brand manager Colin Clark, the in-house creative team of performance apparel originator Under Armour (NSYE:UA). The national :30 ad, in which New York Mets All-Star shortstop and base-running phenom Jose Reyes introduces Under Armour's new Heater lightweight baseball cleat, debuted in Texas last month and recently began airing in the Northeastern U.S.
...Read More »
Introducing the Red Bull Big Tune Webisodic Series and BET TV Special
Innovative motion design and production company Monkeyhead is very proud to detail its opening titles and custom graphics package created for the Red Bull Big Tune documentary webisodic series, and for the forthcoming Big Tune Documentary Special set to air in April on BET.
...Read More »
Adobe After Effects CS4 By Kevin McAuliffe
I'm really going to be dating myself by saying this, but I have been an After Effects user for a long time, since version 3.1. At the time, the coolest feature anyone had ever seen was the RAM Preview, which we all now take for granted. With the advancement of After Effects over the years, we have seen many amazing new features like 3D space, 32-bit float, Open GL support and expressions to name a very, very few.
...Read More »
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Bluetooth headsets have become more and more popular throughout the years and now more and more cell phones have been able to take advantage of this technology. In this review we'll be looking at a brand new Bluetooth headset from iTech, the SolarVoice 908, one of the first solar charging headsets on the market.
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Thank goodness you're a pack rat! You know, have to grab, keep everything that flies by...ok everything except that report or news item or YouTube yuck you saw last week and now desperately need. Can't find it it save your behind. And still you don't have enough storage...there are new worlds to conquer, new worlds to destroy or take home with you. Don't worry Flash will always be there for you Dale!!!!
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On this Veteran's Day 2009, as we honor those who served and gave their lives for America, there are stories about man's best friend being told by those who fought alongside their "War Dogs of the Pacific." Most Americans have no idea that dogs were trained to sniff out the enemy during World War II, 549 to be exact fought with the U.S. Marines on Guam, Saipan, and other battlegrounds of the Pacific Theater.
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Did you hear? Microsoft is releasing a new version of Windows - should you buy it? Windows 7 is here. In this article you will find out if Windows 7 is worth the wait and whether or not you should upgrade. Or is Windows 7 just another Vista?
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Diana's Top 10 Final Cut Pro 7 Features #6 - Apple ProRes Formats
Apple ProRes is not new to Final Cut Pro 7. It was introduced in Final Cut Pro 6. But with FCP 7, the ProRes family has been expanded to include 3 new-and extremely useful-formats.
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Coremelt Complete V2
You can never have enough plug-ins. Trust me, as an editor/graphic designer you always have clients that want something "cool," but have really no idea what they are looking for, so you end up finding yourself going through the plug-ins on your system to try and put something together to really "wow" them, your plug-in collection needs to have three traits.
...Read More »
Trapcode's Particular 2
As editors and motion graphic designers know, there are a lot (and I mean a lot) of plug-ins out there, and you often find the same type of plug-in across many different plug-in packages, and a very, very popular plug-in is the Particle Generator. Just about every plug-in package has one, and even After Effects itself ships with a few.
...Read More »
300+ Free After Effects Tutorials
After Effects has always been a popular topic for our writers and editors. We thought it would be helpful to list - with direct links to them on our After Effects Channel - the more than 300 different After Effects tutorials we have so far. In this list are After Effects training videos, After Effects hands on tutorials and techniques, and lots of After Effects Quick Tips. All professional quality, and all free! Enjoy!
...Read More »
Complete Training for Boris Continuum Complete 4: Working with Basic Controls
In this video, host James Rankin discusses the displacement map filter. He shows how to use the displacement map filter on a logo. He details how to use the layer menu choices, the map menu, and so on to create the displacement.
...Read More »
Complete Training for Boris Continuum Complete: Common parameters and suggested workflow
Boris Continuum Complete 4 contains more than 160 filters that work directly in After Effects and Premiere Pro, BCC works in the effects control window using the standard After Effects Workflow. In this video, host James Rankin covers the common parameters and the suggested workflow for BCC in After Effects and Premiere Pro.
...Read More »
Class on Demand: Basic Training for After Effects 7: Creating the composition
In this video, host Chris Vadnais takes a look at Adobe After Effects 7, start putting together the elements to start creating the composition. He shows how to import the files for the project, putting together the composition complete with music, Photoshop files, and more.
...Read More »
Class on Demand: Basic Training for After Effects 7
In this video, host Chris Vadnais takes a look at Adobe After Effects 7, giving an overview of the interface in this version, as well as some of the tools the program features, how to create a composition, safe areas, adding text to your composition, and more.
...Read More »
Final Cut Studio's Motion 4
Star Wars Episode 1 and Apple's new Final Cut Studio have something in common, and that is the hype. Final Cut Studio has been hyped for more than a year, and every time someone blogged about its release coming up, nothing happened. Well, mid-way through July, Apple snuck Final Cut Studio (not called 3, just Final Cut Studio) onto its website, and needless to say, the tidal wave began.
...Read More »
Apple updates Final Cut Studio
Apple has updated its Final Cut Studio suite of professional creative applications with more than 100 new features, as well as new versions of its Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, Color and Compressor applications.
...Read More »
Motion Designer's Toolkit from Digital Juice
As editors and graphic designers know, time is our worst enemy. Clients want the best looking product (obviously) in the absolute shortest amount of time, and that's where companies like Digital Juice have helped us in the past by providing us with stock elements that we can use to not only spice up our projects, but get them finished a lot faster.
...Read More »
Noise Industries FX Factory Pro, Volumetrix, and SugarFX
With all the plug-in packages I look at, there are updates that (seem to) happen on almost a regular basis, so I thought that for this article I would take a look at recent upgrades to Noise Industries' products and partner products including FX Factory Pro, SugarFX, Motype and Volumetrix, as well as throwing in a quick look at Idustrial Revolution's brand new plug-in known as ParticleMetrix.
...Read More »
FreeForm AE for Adobe After Effects
These days, 3D in Adobe's After Effects is a no brainer, and most people don't even give it a second thought. I've been an After Effects user since version 3.5 of the software, and when the 3D feature came along (version 5), it was a huge step forward, except for one problem.
...Read More »
Bud Light Lime Serves-Up Summer State of Mind in High-Profile Broadcast Spots from Stardust and DDB Chicago
Bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios is very proud to detail its close collaborations with the creative team from DDB Chicago for Bud Light Lime. For the project, one :30 and two :15 design-intensive broadcast spots entitled "The Summer State of Mind" created by Stardust debuted on May 10 during high-profile U.S. primetime broadcast coverage, like the 2009 NBA playoffs, and continue to air widely.
...Read More »
Stardust Delivers Ice Breakers Spot for ArnoldNYC
Under the direction of EVP and senior creative director Sig Gross and his colleagues from ArnoldNYC, bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios recently produced a colorful spot for Hershey Canada's Ice Breakers Mints.
...Read More »
Graeme Nattress
I've known Graeme Nattress, creator of Nattress Filters for Final Cut Pro, Color, and Motion, for a few years now. He has helped me with technical questions (he's one of the smartest people in the world when it comes to video and computer-related tech), we've had conversations about the future of digital filmmaking, and he's just an all-around great guy.
...Read More »
Keying virtual backgrounds for "Hellevator"
In the past two to three years, I've been relying more and more on using green screen and chroma keying for my film and video work. After working with visual effects (FX) artists, I began to realize there is nothing complicated when using software to key virtual backgrounds and sets in.
...Read More »
Under Armour "Instinct Fast" Spot from Shilo
The filmmakers from creative production company Shilo recently directed and produced a dramatic new spot for senior creative director Marcus Stephens, art director Brian Boring and brand manager Colin Clark, the in-house creative team of performance apparel originator Under Armour (NSYE:UA). The national :30 ad, in which New York Mets All-Star shortstop and base-running phenom Jose Reyes introduces Under Armour's new Heater lightweight baseball cleat, debuted in Texas last month and recently began airing in the Northeastern U.S.
...Read More »
Introducing the Red Bull Big Tune Webisodic Series and BET TV Special
Innovative motion design and production company Monkeyhead is very proud to detail its opening titles and custom graphics package created for the Red Bull Big Tune documentary webisodic series, and for the forthcoming Big Tune Documentary Special set to air in April on BET.
...Read More »
Adobe After Effects CS4
I'm really going to be dating myself by saying this, but I have been an After Effects user for a long time, since version 3.1. At the time, the coolest feature anyone had ever seen was the RAM Preview, which we all now take for granted. With the advancement of After Effects over the years, we have seen many amazing new features like 3D space, 32-bit float, Open GL support and expressions to name a very, very few.
...Read More »
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