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We plan to cover the art, as well as the science and business, of motion graphics.
One of our plans for this blog going forward is to not only cover gear, techniques, and business issues, but also motion graphics artists and their art. If you’ve done a cool project recently, and are willing to share inside information on the design as well as how you executed those design challenges, please get in touch with us so that we can potentially cover you here - send email to either one of our first names at cybmotion.com.
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News
JVC Introduces monitor calibration software for its professional HD DT-V Series monitors
Vinten® equips Shanghai Media Group for Olympics outdoor broadcast coverage
“Laid to Rest” thriller shot with Panasonic AJ-HPX3000
Anchor Bay Entertainment acquires project for release early next year
Luxology launches Education Provider Program
Initiative answers demand for modo 3D software by public and private academic institutions
Pond5 makes a big splash in stock footage world
Community-based stock footage marketplace emerges from beta
Zacuto releases Jeep
Universal rod adapter for HD video cameras
Zacuto releases Red One ONE Zdapter
Matrox RT.X2 realtime HD editing platforms now with support for Windows Vista and Sony XDCAM EX
Red Giant Software releases Magic Bullet Instant HD Advanced
Plug-in for Adobe After Effects CS3
Telestream FlipFactory drives down price of HD encoding
Faster than real time HD to HD encoding on single server, new features on FlipFactory 6.1
Here’s a free video tutorial that shows you how to quickly create an engaging animation by arranging the layers of a Photoshop file in 3D space in Motion, and then flying a camera through them. To see it, click here.
more »Why QuickTime is the US Dollar of Digital Video
As the standard is devalued, the world undertakes a slow-motion search for an alternative. What can be done for QuickTime?
How bad are things for the US Dollar these days? So bad that, as reported by the BBC and mentioned recently on This Week in Tech, Gisele Bundchen no longer accepts modeling pay in dollars, nor apparently do many high-end boutiques in the capital of U.S. commerce, New York City. European travel is effectively twice as expensive as it was just a few… more »
Layer Styles in After Effects
The secret to getting better shadows, bevels, and glows.
Adobe After Effects has long featured Drop Shadow, Bevel Alpha, and Glow effects, as well as various ways to fill layers with colors or gradients. However, they’re hardly the fanciest options available. Meanwhile, Adobe Photoshop has long featured a powerful Layer Styles module, which includes far fancier shadows, bevels, glows, and fills, which allow you to create more photorealistic effects such as the badge shown at left.
What… more »
This month, Peas
A famous,funny outtakes tape is worth another listen.
There’s an hilarious tape that’s been making the rounds for decades*. Actor/director Orson Welles is reading voiceovers to picture for some food spots. The copy is bad, the agency direction is worse, and Welles is not suffering fools that day. The third script is so ludicrous he gives up, and storms out of the studio.
Most people know this tape as “In July, Peas Grow There”. The agency gives a particularly bad direction for reading those words. Welles… more »
Leaving Los Angeles
Trading Hollywood for The Land of Enchantment.
