After Effects – Leftover Plugins (part 2)

In amongst the 400+ plugins that come with a native installation of After Effects are a few rough gems.  These are plugins that are useful and valueable tools but are too often neglected, or forgotten completely. In part 2 we examine the following plugins: remove colour matting channel combiner linear colour key CC glass caustics […]

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After Effects – Leftover Plugins (part 1)

Have you ever checked to see how many plugins you’ve got?  You might be surprised to know it’s almost certainly well over 400, and it only takes a few purchases to clock up the 500 mark. While some plugins get used every day, others sit in the dark, dusty corners of your hard drive in […]

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Encore CS6 & Creative Cloud

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Abode Encore reached its end-of-life with CS6, but you can still install it with Creative Cloud, with a few extra steps. You can download all CS6 apps from the Creative Cloud Download Center on the Adobe website or click More information inside the CC app, as noted in Creative Cloud Help/ Download previous versions of […]

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Blackmagic Design Releases Support for Adobe Creative Cloud

Blackmagic Design today released Desktop Video 9.7.5 software update which adds full support for Adobe® Creative Cloud™ software across its desktop video products. The Desktop Video 9.7.5 software update allows users to take advantage of many new features in the Adobe Creative Cloud desktop applications, such as powerful new editing timelines and shortcuts and audio […]

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The Adobe CC apps go live. Some people are still angry I’m sure but it’s time to move on

Last night the Adobe Creative Cloud apps went live. They are there, ready to download right after you sign up for the new monthly Creative Cloud membership. Adobe’s new licensing model has been causing quite a stir. Some folks love it, some folks hate it. There’s no doubt that this debate will probably be rekindled […]

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Dalet Sales Soar in Russia

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Dalet Digital Media Systems, a leading developer of Media Asset Management (MAM) solutions, software, and services for content producers engaged in news, sports, program preparation, archiving and radio, today announced several recent sales to broadcasters in Russia. Dalet experienced a strong surge in new business in the past year as it secured more than 10 […]

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Animating Layered Graphics in Final Cut Pro X

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This week on MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin from Ripple Training shows us a cool trick for animating layered Photoshop files in Final Cut Pro X. While you may know how to use the Ken Burns effect on an image, did you know it also can be applied to individual layers of a multi-layered Photoshop file? […]

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New Adobe Creative Cloud Applications Now Available

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The wait is over: the new Creative Cloud applications are now available. Creative Cloud members can download all the latest Creative Cloud video tools including After Effects CC, Adobe Audition CC, Adobe Prelude CC, Adobe Premiere Pro CC, SpeedGrade CC, and Adobe Story CC Plus. Creative Cloud members will also have access to all the […]

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