Mark Christiansen

Mark Christiansen is the author of After Effects Studio Techniques (Adobe Press). He has created visual effects and animations for feature films including Pirates of the Caribbean 3, The Day After Tomorrow and films by Robert Rodriguez. Past corporate clients include Adobe, Cisco, Sun, Cadence, Seagate, Intel and Medtronic, and broadcast work has appeared on HBO and the History Channel. Mark's roles have included producing, directing, designing and effects supervision, and his solo work has appeared at film festivals including L.A. Shorts Fest.

Long a Contributing Editor at DV Magazine during its heyday, Mark has been contracted as a marketing and technical writer on numerous occasions for Adobe Systems Inc. as well as related companies such as Red Giant Software. He has taught at fxPhd.com and Academy of Art University. His career began at LucasArts Entertainment and he is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Pomona College.

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10 (+1) Reasons Revisited: is Scarlet Still Even a Prosumer Product?

3D Objects from Photoshop in After Effects CS4

China, Spectacle, Fakery

Why QuickTime is the US Dollar of Digital Video

10 (+1) Reasons Scarlet Changes the Game in 2009

3D Display at NAB

Apple: Does Denying a Rumor Only Validate It?

NAB 2008 Super Session: A Million Dollar Look on a Thousand Dollar Budget

Here Comes Hulu

Creative License Renewed!

Star Wars Main Title (as if by Saul Bass)

Golden Compass: First Flop to win VFX Oscar in Nearly a Decade

Adobe’s Magic 3D Lens

Recreating 1970’s San Francisco: Contrasting Approaches

Adobe Hacker Effects

Flat Earth VFX

This Revolution Will (by definition) Be Televised

Fun with Gamma, Quicktime and After Effects

Mythbusting