Make your iMac matte without spending money or applying any screen protector

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For many years, those of us who prefer the Mac platform and a high-quality matte display have had to avoid Apple screens that are glossy (highly reflective) or use an invasive screen protector, which I dislike. Since several years ago, Apple began offering iMac computers exclusively with an ultra reflective screen, many have avoided the […]

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Fujinon Debuts PL 19-90 at NAB 2012

Fujinon had a number of big announcements at NAB 2012 and Thom Calabro, Director, Marketing and Product Development, FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Optical Devices Division, took the time to tell us about the PL 19-90 Cabrio (ZK4.7×19). The item features an exclusive detachable servo drive unit, making it suitable for use as a standard PL […]

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Making a Matte Painting with Elements in Motion in After Effects

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In the days of early motion picture making the art of “matte painting” was a process of actually painting with oils on a plate glass that was then shot in position in front of a scene on location or in the studio where the film would be exposed by the combined images through the camera’s […]

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AE CS6 Global Performance Cache: So Far

The Global Performance Cache, group of time-saving technologies consisting of a global RAM cache, a persistent disk cache, and a new graphics pipeline (along with the Cache Work Area In Background command), is considered the best new feature of After Effects CS6. The explanation by Chris and Trish Meyer in After Effects CS6 (P)Review is […]

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: how Creative Suite Production Premium was used

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For The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, David Fincher reunited the post team from The Social Network: Academy Award-winning Editors Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, Light Iron Colorist Ian Vertovec, Assistant Editor Alex Olivares, Post-Production Supervisor Peter Mavromates, and Assistant Editor Tyler Nelson. The team refined the workflow from The Social Network for The Girl […]

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Free Photo Contest/Exhibit Clearing House

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Entering photography contests can be an enhancement to prestige and CV. It’s always a boost to me to get a print accepted in a show or win a juried exhibit. Working toward professional society awards is another venue, long kept separate, but there’s no reason today’s artistic photographer… …can’t be a player in both the […]

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A More Intuitive 3-Way Color Corrector for Adobe Premiere Pro CS6

The 3-way color corrector gets a lot more powerful and easier to use in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. See the whole brand new PP training course is live on Lynda.com. http://bit.ly/HJnIby If you aren’t a member, sign up for a free 7 day trial and watch the whole thing. www.lynda.com/trial/rharrington? ? Richard Harrington derives part […]

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