Bidirectional interoperability between After Effects and 3DSMax

AE product manager Steve Forde notes an Autodesk announcement of some cool interoperability between AfterEffects and 3DSMax. Here’s some quotes from Autodesk and two video demos: “3ds Max artists whose creative toolsets include Adobe® After Effects® software can now enjoy a level of interoperability that sets a new standard for 2D/3D data exchange. With bidirectional […]

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Easing the transition to Adobe Premiere Pro: Ask a CS Pro session with Al Mooney

More and more Final Cut Pro editors are switching to Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 to take advantage of its workflow and performance features. In this week’s “Ask a CS Pro” session, Al Mooney will review some of the most important workflow tips and tricks to help editors new to Premiere Pro to get up to […]

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Upgrading to After Effects CS5.5?

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As Adobe and their various vendors have been offering a variety of discounts and incentives this year (as well as floating the idea that you’ll need to own at least CS5 to get discounted upgrade pricing on the next Creative Suite), we’re guessing a lot of After Effects users who have been getting by with […]

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Apple USA unfortunately segregates Mac Mini’s keyboard options

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Apple is the most flexible of all computer manufacturers in the USA with its wonderful policy of offering all of the Apple computers with whichever keyboard the customer wants with a new BTO (built-to-order) computer purchase. Well, I should say almost all of them. The fact is that when ordering a BTO Mac from Apple […]

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Mac Mini w/Thunderbolt: preferred platform for many new editing systems

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Whether they are planning to edit video with software from Adobe, Apple, or Avid, the new Mac Mini with Thunderbolt has become the preferred platform for many people, including several of my consulting clients who are tired of waiting for new MacPros to be released and can’t stand the glare from the ultra-glossy iMac. The […]

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