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Product Review: By Ko Maruyama

Toolfarm's Professional After Effects Camera Training
Rob Birnholz demystifies AE's 3D Camera

The 3D world in After Effects has always been a difficult composition space to navigate. Even if you are familiar with world navigation in a 3D application, working with the camera in After Effects may not behave the way you might expect. Like any application, there is a workflow which will make working with these tools easier to understand. Toolfarm's new training shows you how. Read More

Hewlett Packard, one of the most widely respected company's in the history of computing, and a true technology innovator (versus marketer), has blown the whole notion of computer design wide open with the latest version of its Z 800 workstations. The system is unique in that not only does it sport the latest Intel technology; the engineers have created a workstation that is both highly functional yet elegant in its form, inside and out. Read More

Product Review: By Kevin McAuliffe

Adobe After Effects CS4

I'm really going to be dating myself by saying this, but I have been an After Effects user for a long time, since version 3.1. At the time, the coolest feature anyone had ever seen was the RAM Preview, which we all now take for granted. With the advancement of After Effects over the years, we have seen many amazing new features like 3D space, 32-bit float, Open GL support and expressions to name a very, very few. Read More

Tutorial: By Kevin McAuliffe

Three Great Overlooked Features of After Effects

I use Adobe's After Effects alot and I always find myself showing other editors great little hidden features (and sometimes not so hidden) that really help me speed up my workflow. Here are three great ones I use all the time. Read More

Interview: By Ko Maruyama

Star Ranger 7's four year journey

In the 23rd century, Star Rangers are the peace keepers of the galaxy. For now they are under the power, Marc Kimball and Michael Harnois. It actually started back in 2004 - a whopping 4 years ago when Marc and Michael decided that they would take on a film production - - IN ADDITION to their regular gigs. They jumped, feet first into the project, enrolling friends and several feet of greenscreen. Read More

Video-Based Tutorial: By Jerry Leer

After Effects CS3 Level 1: Adding a movie with a mask

In this training video, host Jerry Leer how to add a movie to a composition and adding a mask in After Effects CS3. He shows how to drop the movie onto the timeline in full screen and then goes about showing how to add a mask with the mask tool. Read More

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Imagineer Update

Imagineer Systems (www.imagineersystems.com) today announced new software point releases of its popular planar tracking and rotoscoping software mocha and mocha for After Effects v2. Most notably with this new release, mocha v1.6 and mo... Read More

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Bay Bridge Facelift : modo style

A massive project is currently underway to replace the eastern portion of the 73-year-old Bay Bridge. But architect and Luxology® LLC modo® user Ronald Rael sees the bridge as a treasure, envisioning it as a public space with parks, houses and spor... Read More

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iLuv's iMM183 Weather band radio for iPod and...

The iMM183 Hi-Fi Dual Dock Alarm Clock ($149) features NOA/S.A.M.E Weather Hazard Alert system, and can dock iPhones and iPods simultaneously. So when you are snoozing in bed and that impending foul weather comes bearing down, you'll know it th... Read More

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