As you are probably aware by now, we’re going to go through our book Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects 5th Edition (“CMG5” for short) and pulling out a few “hidden gems” from each chapter. These will include both essential tips for new users, as well as timesaving gems that experienced users may not be […]
Month: December 2010
Society of Camera Operators Announces Camera Operator of the Year Nominations
The Society of Camera Operators (SOC) has announced the nominees for the Camera Operator of the Year competition and the Lifetime Achievement Award recipients. The awards ceremony – a black tie fundraising event to support the Vision Center at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles – will be held on February 5, 2011 at the Warner Brothers […]
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SONY CREATIVE SOFTWARE ADDS VEGAS PRO 10 COMPATIBILITY
Sony Creative Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio editing applications, announced today that stereoscopic Blu-ray 3D™ subtitling application Z Depth™ is now compatible with Sony Vegas™ Pro 10 non-linear editing software, adding several new features and performance improvements to Z Depth for Blu-ray Disc authoring professionals. The Z Depth 1.5 subtitle offset […]
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Can We Stop Piracy? Should We?
Philip and I were asked to talk about piracy. This is a favorite subject of Philip’s and his passion shows through. Whether you agree or disagree, his arguments are strong. Check us out on Episode 16 of The Terence & Philip Show. […]
My Server Got Run Over by a Cloud App
My Server Got Run Over by a Cloud App – Hectic Pace. (to the tune of “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer, clickhere if you dare and need a refresher) My server got run over by a cloud app Quicken, Word, and CRMs all grieve I’m lovin’ Google, Mint-dot-com, and Salesforce Like Zuckerberg and […]
From Snapshots to Great Shots
Now that you’ve bought an amazing new DSLR, you need a book that goes beyond the camera manual to teach you how to take great shots. One key component to that is understanding composition–the creative arrangement of elements in the shot, and the way a viewer’s eye travels through an image.With Composition: From Snapshots to […]
Advice to My Friends with 100 Grand
100 thousand U.S. dollars is, objectively speaking, a lot of money. Its enough money for a single person to live, comfortably, albeit modestly, in a major US urban center for half a decade without having to work. And every year, untold hundreds of people will blow that amount of money making a low budget feature […]
FXFACTORY DEVELOPMENT PARTNER PHYX INC. RAISES THE VFX BAR WITH NEW PLUG-IN
Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, announced that development partner PHYX Inc. has released PHYX Stylist for the FxFactory® platform. PHYX Stylist is a brand new collection of generators and filters designed to work inside Adobe® After Effects®, Apple® Final Cut Pro®, Apple Motion®, and Apple Final Cut® […]
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Your Brand is Now Mostly Digital
Your Brand is Now Mostly Digital | North Plains Blog – DAM Insider. The implication of this is that your brand is now mostly digital, defined and elaborated by your digital assets– the images, graphics, videos and layouts your customers interact with throughout most of their buying process. This is very different then a few […]
Resolution and screen size
The screen corners are rounded, the viewing distances are inexact and the angles aren’t accurate. Still, this early SD versus HD diagram was prophetic. I’m holding a Sony white paper on the proposed 1125/60 international HDTV standard for studio origination and program exchange. You say that standard doesn’t sound familiar? It was the forerunner of […]