Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Photoshop CS4 Sneak Peek Video – Adobe Output Module

Richard Harrington | 09/23- 06:57 PM

Create websites, slideshows, and Contact Sheets in Seconds

Watch video #2 in our series on Creative Suite 4.  Richard Harrington shows you how to use the Adobe Output Module in Bridge CS4 to make websites, contact sheets, and PDF slideshows of your images.

Want the videos in HD?  Then check out our iTunes version.

Monday, September 22, 2008

3D Objects from Photoshop in After Effects CS4

Mark Christiansen | 09/22- 09:47 PM

A short overview of what to expect with After Effects’ implementation of Photoshop 3D

Monday, September 22, 2008

After Effects CS4

Chris and Trish Meyer | 09/22- 09:01 PM

A quick tour of the new features that will be of interest to motion graphics artists.

Adobe has announced their Creative Suite 4, in which they have aligned the schedules of virtually all of their products to be updated at the same time. One of these programs is, of course, After Effects, which we have based our business around since its release in 1992. As a result, we obviously go over each new release with a fine-tooth comb, looking for which new features will make our lives easier, will give us new looks, and which may open up new avenues of business for us. That last point has become particularly interesting in light of Adobe’s acquisition of Macromedia, plus their focus on integrating functionality across the various programs in the Creative Suite.

In this article, we will give a brief overview of many of those new features. Then in the coming weeks and months, we’ll focus on some of these features individually, relating what we found interesting about each one, with tips on how to use them (and what might trip you up). These additional articles will be posted on our CMG Keyframes channel on PVC.

In addition to articles up here on ProVideoCoalition, there are several other places where you can glean additional information:

• Later Tuesday afternoon (the 23rd), Adobe will be placing the"live help” file for After Effects CS4 online. When it is up, you can access the entire Help file by clicking here, and search for features of specific interest. Click here to jump straight to the New Features page; click here to jump straight to the page that describes changes in the User Interface between CS3 and CS4.

• We’ve created an hour of video training on using the new features in AE CS4 for Lynda.com’s Online Training Library. The course is called After Effects CS4: New Creative Techniques; when it goes live, it can be found here. Two of the movies are scheduled to go online at the same time as the CS4 announcement; the remaining ten will go live once CS4 ships. Lynda.com will also be posting New Feature previews for Illustrator CS4, Flash CS4, and Photoshop CS4, plus plus full courses for the new features in Fireworks CS4, Soundbooth CS4, and Dreamweaver CS4 (these last three are available as public betas from the Adobe Labs web site.) If you don’t already have a Lynda.com subscription, you can get a free all-access 7-day trial on us by clicking here.

• We’ve also written an article about the new features in AE CS4 for Focal Press, which appears at www.CMG4CS4.com. That article also outlines our plans for our books in relation to CS4.

On to our hit list of interesting new features in AE CS4:

Monday, September 22, 2008

Photoshop CS4 – User Interface Changes

Richard Harrington | 09/22- 07:32 PM

New UI is Accelerated with Open GL

Learn about important changes to the Photoshop CS4 user interface. - Refined workspaces – Freely rotatable canvas – Greater zoom levels - Enhanced controls with panels - Tabbed documents

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Sunday, September 21, 2008

Motion Graphics & Visual Effects

Chris Meyer | 09/21- 08:52 PM

The first in a series of new channels we’re launching.

We’re very proud of the line-up of users and experts we have writing for PVC. However, not all potential writers have the time to fill an entire channel of their own. Therefore, in the coming weeks we’ll be launching a series of “themed” channels, each containing a rotating cast of several additional writers.

The first such new channel is Motion Graphics & Visual Effects. Among the writers we have slated to share their expertise are:

John Dickinson of Motionworks

Jonas Hummelstrand of General Specialist

Alan Shisko of Motion Graphics ‘n Such

Mark Spencer of All About Motion

David Torno of AE I Owe You

All of these guys are well-known users in the community, and as witnessed by the above sites, have already been sharing information with others. We’re happy to have them sharing information with you up here on PVC.

Additional channels we have planned include Editing & Post Production, Cameras, Lights, Action, and Web Video & Beyond.

If you are interested in writing for PVC, please contact me at cmeyer @ this site’s domain. Tell me your expertise, what you’re interested in writing about, and show me a few examples of your writing. If you’re accepted, you’ll share in the ad revenue generated by PVC based on your traffic. Help us make PVC an even better resource for all who visit.

Best Regards -
Chris Meyer
PVC Editorial Director

Friday, September 19, 2008

TED Talk: The Truly Soft Side of Software

Chris Meyer | 09/19- 08:59 AM

Golan Levin uses his software skills to create improvised audio-visual performances.

The annual TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) conference is a place where Big Thinkers gather annually to inspire and be inspired. I’ve been going through their online archive of talks for my own amusement and education, and sharing with you ones I found to be particularly interesting.

Back in June, I highlighted Jakob Trollback’s talk on Rethinking the Music Video. This time around, I want to highlight a “music video” that’s considerably in the more abstract domain. In this presentation, Golan Levin discusses the custom performance software he writes which allows him to improvise music with accompanying visuals. We’re strictly in the experimental realm here (the soundtrack is 60s-era avant-garde electronic music - listen with your speakers on to annoy your cubemates), but sometimes, great inspiration comes from the very fringes of an art. Note: The visuals are initially very simplistic (the piece is titled “Scribble"), but become much more complex about 4:40 into the video.

Aside from Levin’s TED Talk, I strongly recommend you check out the Flong Interactive Art site (pictured above) which contains a number of interesting audiovisual works by Levin and his friends - there’s lots of cool interactive visual pieces on there.

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