A couple of 3D-oriented After Effects plug-ins have been previewed this week: Element 3D from Video Copilot and Shapeshifter from Mettle. At Aetuts+, Ben Griggs shows the ShapeShifter plug-in soon to be released by Mettle.com. ShapeShifter transforms text, masks, Shapes, and imported vectors into a live 3D mesh right in AE. It appears pretty fast […]
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So it’s been about a week and many are calling Apple’s new Final Cut Pro X a failure. Is this premature? Let’s take a look. To begin, it seems like everyone covering this needs to qualify how they use Final Cut Pro to explain their angle. Here’s mine… Where I’m Coming From I edited my […]
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Since Final Cut X was released a few weeks ago, there have been a large number of Final Cut Pro post-production professionals looking into other NLE options. Final Cut Pro X is a very different animal, and lacks specific FCP7 features that certain users require or demand. It also changes up existing post-production workflows and […]
Sponsored movies of the 70?s and 80?s were the precursor to Branded Entertainment, and it’s a major way of getting funded today. But is it the future? Philip and I discuss examples and why it might be more successful in the new paradigm of commoditized content creation.Click on the link below and join the conversation […]
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The After Effects: Effects A-Z tip series from Motionworks continues with guest host Quba Michalski demoing the CC Bender & CC Bend It effects and their differences in After Effects. By the way, there’s a list of all of the effects covered in the Motionworks series at the AE Portal archive. […]
Ever since the release of Final Cut Pro X I’ve gotten quite a few emails and messages asking about resources for Final Cut Pro editors migrating to Avid Media Composer. While I don’t know of a specific switching book I thought it might be helpful to point out a couple of articles that I published […]
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