TACTIC 2.0 Nice Assets – Protect Them

Southpaw Ships Digital Production Workflow Solution, TACTIC 2.0Only Single Software System for Streamlining Project and Asset Management TORONTO, October 6, 2008 — Southpaw Technology Inc., makers of TACTIC, a leading digital asset management system, today announced the immediate availability of TACTIC 2.0, the next generation of its easy to use, fully customizable workflow infrastructure. Available […]

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Motion Tip: Blend Modes and Pass Through

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When working with blend modes in Motion, it’s important to understand how groups of layers interact with each other so that you get the result you are looking for. Here’s a simple example of three shape layers: Notice that the blue and green rectangles are in one group called “Top Group”, and the red rectangle […]

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Creating Custom-shaped Vignettes in Apple Color

This video tutorial is one of more than two dozen video tutorials I created for the revised edition of “Color Correction for Video” which I originally wrote with Jaime Fowler back in 2002. The revised edition will be out in December and is almost completely re-written. I’ll be posting one of these tutorials each week. […]

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Can I Use This In My Video?

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Copyright law is complicated, and it can be difficult to determine if a certain song, image, or video can be used without obtaining the copyright holder’s permission. I’ve come across an interesting site that does a great job at simplifying the process of determining if a certain work is covered by copyright or not. Just […]

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