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Diana's Top 10 FCP 7 Features #8 - iChat Theater Preview

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:00:00 PST

In the past, if you wanted to share some portion of your work with another set of eyes, it was a somewhat time-consuming business of exporting a QuickTime file or transferring a sequence or a portion of a sequence to another drive or server for someone else to access. That's no longer the case. Welcome to iChat Theater Preview-the quick and easy way to share and discuss your sequence with someone down the hall or around the world in real time.

Tonal Sets Uplifting Mood For A&E's Recovery Project Campaign

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:00:00 PST

Following the success of the Emmy-winning series "Intervention," A&E has created The Recovery Project, a multimedia and community based outreach program designed to raise awareness about addiction and how it is treatable and recovery is possible. A key component to the project are two moving TV spots featuring a powerful, anthemic score composed by Alex Lasarenko, Creative Director of music/sound design house Tonal.

Sorenson Squeeze 6

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:00:00 PST

These days, it seems as though every company has an application for taking your edited files and processing them for the web, and many of those applications are included with the editing bundle you purchased. Adobe has Adobe's Media Encoder, Final Cut Studio has Compressor, and there are the standalone applications such as Episode, and even QuickTime can do it as well.

Creating Effective Reflections in Sony Vegas Pro

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:00:00 PST

Here's how to add a mirror reflection that makes your titles and logos stand out. It's quick and easy inside Sony Vegas Pro and it looks great.

Diana's Top 10 Final Cut Pro 7 Features #9 - The Timecode Viewer

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Look at the image below. Something new has been added in FCP 7. It's the Timecode Viewer, a floating time code window, which will really come in handy as you share your screen or sequence with others. And taking notes by jotting down time code as you view your footage has never been easier.

C4D QuickTip : MoSpline 01

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00:00 PDT

MAXON's CINEMA 4D R11.5 is full of new features, including several new tools that you'll find in Mograph. In addition to the spline tools that were introduced earlier, MoSpline is a dynamic way of introducing creative spline data to your scene. For some projects, a little tweeking may be necessary. Here's how...

Diana's Top 10 FCP 7 Features: #10 - Color Coding Tabs

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00:00 PDT

The ability to utilize the operating system's color-coding capabilities for organizing and easily identifying bins, clips and sequences has been a standard feature in earlier versions of the software. However, Final Cut Pro 7 now raises the bar by implementing the color-coding of bins, clips and sequences to their respective tabs in the Timeline, Canvas and Browser windows.

Buster Design Creates Show Open for DJ AM's MTV Series, "Gone Too Far"

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:00:00 PDT

MTV's "Gone Too Far" documentary series features the late Adam Goldstein, aka DJ AM, counseling other addicts in recovery, as he, himself, had dealt with his own addiction problems. "I got so lost in my disease, I was gone," he once said.

SUPERFAD SENDS MESSAGE FROM WYCLEF JEAN & VOILA FOR AGENCY GLG

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:00:00 PDT

The Garrigan Lyman Group recently tapped Superfad to create a branding commercial that would embody the spirit and beauty of Haiti for Voila a Haitian telecommunications company. At the heart of the campaign is Haitian-born superstar Wyclef Jean from whose hands spill the paint that creates an animated and colorful representation of the essence of Haiti.

Asylum Helps Draw The Porsche Family Tree

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Asylum, in collaboration with ad agency Cramer-Krasselt/Chicago and @RadicalMedia Director Jeff Zwart, completed a major VFX feat for a new TV spot introducing the Porsche Panamera - the first four-seat sports car from the iconic carmaker. The elaborate, technically challenging commercial was the perfect showcase for Asylum's vast VFX capability.