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Steve Martin
Steve Martin is the president and founder of Ripple Training. Steve has over 16 years of experience as an editor, producer and trainer. He has taught workshops at NAB, Macworld, DV Expo, and the American Film Institute. He is also a post-production consultant for Disney, Fox Sports and Canon to name a few, and is a lead instructor for Apple's Certified Training (ACT) program. 
Brian Gary
An award winning writer, producer and director, Brian Gary is founder and CEO of Flying Chaucer Films LLC of Los Angeles and Flying Chaucer Productions LLC in New Orleans. Under those shingles, Brian Gary has created a wide array of content for television, theatrical release and the Web. Accomplished editor rounds out his filmmaker's skill-set and he lectures nationwide as a certified Final Cut Pro instructor. 
Mark Spencer
Mark Spencer is a bay area-based producer, editor, teacher and writer. He runs a website dedicated to Motion users (www.applemotion.net). Mark is also an Apple-certified instructor teaching regularly at BAVC, Stanford University and MacWorld. Mark is the author of the Apple Pro Training Series book Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Studio, contributing author of the APTS Motion book, and author of the Motion Visual Quickstart Guide, all from Peachpit Press. 
Andrew BalisAnrew Balis is a cinematographer, editor, post production consultant and Apple certified instructor teaching classes in Final Cut Pro to industry professionals at Moviola Education. He is the author of Ripple Training's Color Correction in Final Cut Pro and Color Grading in Color DVD-ROM. 
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Billy Fox and MotionHow a Feature Film Editor uses Motion for VFX
Billy Fox returns to MacBreak Studio, and I talk with him about how he used Motion to create a shot “out of nothing” for the feature film Traitor starring Don Cheadle. The movie is embedded on the next page - click the Play Video link below, please give the movie a moment to load. Click to PLAY VIDEO »Using Motion for VFX on a Hollywood FeatureBilly Fox on MacBreak Studio Veteran Hollywood film editor Billy Fox shows us how he uses Motion to create a VFX shot for the international thriller Traitor. Click to PLAY VIDEO »Animating Text Highlights in MotionQuick Animated Glints
A short video tutorial that shows a quick and dirty way to create nice animated “glints” for your text. Click to PLAY VIDEO »Designer Templates for Final Cut StudioProfessionally designed templates for Final Cut Pro and Motion
Students, customers, and colleagues have been asking me for years to design templates for Motion and Final Cut Pro. I always resisted, because I didn’t want to do it unless I could do something that would really stand out. Over the past several months I have been working with Ripple Training and a professional design team to do just that. more »Advertisement Keyframe Stretching in MotionScaling Keyframes to Retime Your Animation
So you’ve created a great animation in Motion. You’ve tweaked every motion path, set each keyframe interpolation, and pulled and pushed on every bezier handle to get the timing and flow just right. Then your client tells you they love it but it needs to last 2 seconds longer. Before you pull your hair repositioning hundreds of keyframes by hand, check out this video for a quick tip on a handy keyframe editing tool that could save you load of time - and hair. Click to PLAY VIDEO »Getting the Most out of Motion12 Tips for Improving Motion’s Performance
One of the most enjoyable features of Motion is its ability to play back even moderately complex projects in real time - allowing for a type of interactive development process where you can add and animate layers while the project plays back. In fact, the real-time playback feels so intuitive and natural after only a short time that it becomes quite addictive - to the point where it can be really annoying when the performance begins to slow down. more »Don’t Forget AppleIf you are looking for Motion training, Apple’s own website is a great resource Apple has recently revised the entire Final Cut Studio section of their website, adding a large amount of descriptions, images, and video training on Motion. You can see some short videos on key Motion features here. more »It’s All In the CardsWhat’s the best graphics card for Motion? Right now, the choice is clear.
Motion is a GPU-based application, which means that the graphics card you choose makes all the difference in the world: the better the card, the better Motion’s realtime performance. There are a myriad of cards on the market, but if you have a Mac Pro, your choice is a simple one: you want the Radeon HD 3870. It’s quite simply the best card out there right now for Motion on a Mac Pro, it works on all Mac Pro models, and it’s surprisingly inexpensive at about $200. more »
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