Second Annual DAMMY Award Winners Unveiled

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Left to Right: Mary Yurkovic, Createasphere; Derek McCracken, Hallmark Cards; Barbara Roshcher, Hallmark Cards; Dagbert Sansen, ADAM Software (accepting on behalf of Pieter Casneuf); Steve Cronan, 5th Kind; Paul Nicholson, Showtime; David Diamond, CANTO Software (accepting on behalf of Thomas Schleu); Kristin Petrovich-Kennedy, Createasphere. All photos courtesy of Createapshere. BURBANK, CA (September 23, 2011) Createasphere’s […]

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LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt Series Now Available

First portable Thunderbolt drives begin to hit the market.   Lacie Press Release LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt™ Series Now Available Today LaCie announced the Little Big Disk Thunderbolt Series is now available for purchase. It is the first portable solution to feature the shocking 10Gb/s speeds of Thunderbolt technology. This next-generation Little Big Disk […]

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Lensbaby Announces its new Movie Maker’s Kit Featuring the Composer Pro PL with Sweet 35 Optic

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Lensbaby announces today the newest addition to the Lensbaby Creative Effects camera products line-up, the Lensbaby Movie Maker’s Kit featuring the brand-new Composer Pro PL with Sweet 35 Optic, for use on PL mount cameras. “The more creative tools filmmakers have at their disposal, the more creative their footage,” Says Craig Strong, Lensbaby Co-Founder and […]

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TV One Issues Price Reduction on the C2-2375A

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TV One is pleased to announces a permanent price reduction on the C2-2375A Universal 3G-SDI Converter. The C2-2375A, which was launched in March of 2010, will receive a new price of $4,900 USD, effective immediately. This is a 29% price decrease from the old price of $6,900 USD. The C2-2375A provides bi-directional up/down/cross conversion between […]

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CMG Hidden Gems: Chapter 40 – Integrating with 3D Applications

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We’re going through our book Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects 5th Edition (CMG5) and pulling out a few “hidden gems” from each chapter. These will include essential advice for new users, plus timesaving tips that experienced users may not be aware of. Real 3D programs have several advantages over After Effects: For example, their […]

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Calibrating Your Lenses With Spyder LensCal From Datacolor

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Not all cameras and lenses equal. To get the absolute best performance out of your combination requires some fine tuning with the lens micro adjust feature that can be found on higher end DSLRs. The Spyder LensCal from Datacolor is one way to simplify this process. First things first, find out of your DSLR has […]

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Createasphere Post Production Master Class Offers Incredible Insights for Professionals

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BURBANK, CA – Createasphere – a global community builder for the entertainment technology industry – is presenting its Second Post Production Master Class this Thursday, September 22 and Friday, 23 at the New Yorker Hotel in New York City. The Post Production Master Class follows an entire week of connection, exhibition, and conferences for entertainment […]

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After Effects Script of the Week: pt TextEdit

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Motion graphics involves strange things sometimes, and in particular, text can animate here, there, anywhere, sometimes en masse. Not only is there no limit to the volume of text you might use in an After Effects animation, many designs are based around a kind of theme and repetition. There might be a single word or […]

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Apple Announces Software Update for Final Cut Pro X

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Apple on Tuesday issued a major update for its recently refreshed Final Cut Pro X video editing software, adding features like Xsan and Rich XML support after users expressed dissatisfaction with the newly rebuilt software. The free update to version 10.0.1 was revealed by Apple in a special page devoted to it its official website. […]

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Litepanels Files Complaint with the ITC

Litepanels, Ltd. and Litepanels, Inc. on August 3, 2011, filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission in Washington D.C. The complaint, entitled In Re Certain LED Photographic Lighting Devices and Components Thereof, DN 2838, seeks to prevent IKAN Corporation and fourteen other companies from the importation and sale of solid state and […]

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