Cinemagraphs in FCP X and Motion

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Final Cut Pro X or Motion? Both FCP X and Motion allow you to perform compositing and animation. How do you decide which to use? This week on MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin from Ripple Training how to approach the same task in both applications. According to Wikipedia, “Cinemagraphs are still photographs in which […]

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MaskTracker+: quick planar tracking inside After Effects

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MaskTracker+, a new AE script from Mamoworld, expands the Rigid Mask Tracker in After Effects, opening up planar tracking capabilities that allow you to do much more than just moving masks. MaskTracker+ includes these features, which are rundown in the MaskTracker+ demo below: Transform layers based on a mask track Create a Corner Pin based […]

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Simplified Accounting For Freelancers With FreshBooks

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A recent survey of PVC readers really underlined just how many of you are freelancers, so I thought it would be a great time to kick off a series of articles that tackle some of the business aspects of freelance creative work. We’re going to start today with a very dirty word for many of […]

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From Still Frames to Fine Art

If you want to get Chris upset, come up to him and profess that you’re not creative. Despite his background as an engineer, we’ve had a very nice 20+ year career as graphic designers, and we’ve both started fine art careers. As a result, Chris agreed to create a webinar for Moviola – From Still […]

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