PHOTOSHOP's 20th Birthday Party!
February 19th 2010 marks the 20th Anniversary of Adobe Photoshop® and Adobe is getting together with the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) to celebrate the anniversary of the software that changed the face of photography and design forever.
The Photoshop 20th anniversary celebration on February 18th at 7:30 p.m. pst will be streamed LIVE and feature Photoshop luminaries including NAPPs Scott Kelby, John Loiacono, Adobe Senior Vice President and General Manager, Creative Solutions Business Unit, NAPP Photoshop gurus Dave Cross and Matt Kloskowski, Adobe Photoshop star Russell Brown, and other key members of the Adobe Photoshop team. This fun-filled night will feature a walk through Photoshop history, a glimpse into the future, and celebrates all things Photoshop.
Its easy to attend! Sign up at http://www.photoshopuser.com/photoshop20th, and come back to that page on February 18th at 7:30 p.m. pst for an amazing history-making night.
Posted at 12:00AM Feb 09, 2010 by ko maruyama in Software | Comments[2]
DMALA: Another Group Site
As though there weren't ENOUGH places to put notices about the meeting, I've gone and signed up for the ADOBE GROUPS page.
If you haven't signed up for an Adobe Membership - you should check it out. It's free and gets you access to all of the Adobe groups from around the world.
http://groups.adobe.com/pages/home
Posted at 12:00AM Feb 08, 2010 by ko maruyama in Events | Comments[2]
EditShare for FCP users / at BVE
EditShare today announced plans to exhibit at the Broadcast Video Expo
(BVE) 2010 exhibition held in Earl's Court, February 16th through the
18th. The 60 sq meter stand located at the front of the exhibition hall
will offer demonstrations of the EditShare Complete Collaboration
product line and the newly acquired Geevs and Lightworks technologies.
Highlights of the technology showcase include;
Posted at 12:00AM Feb 01, 2010 by ko maruyama in Events | Comments[0]
Photoshop 20th Anniversary & NAPP
Photoshop 20th anniversary! Celebrate with Adobe and NAPP
February 18, 2010
Take a walk through history and see a glimpse into the future. Join notable Adobe® Photoshop® gurus, including Adobe leaders and NAPP's Scott Kelby, as we celebrate the software that changed photography and design forever.
http://www.photoshopuser.com/photoshop20th?trackingid=FCGYV
Posted at 12:00AM Jan 26, 2010 by ko maruyama in Events | Comments[1]
Adobe and Avatar
A video featuring Jon Landau, Producer of "Avatar", describing how Adobe software was used throughout the production of the film.
See how Adobe customers approach film-making, digital effects, pre-visualization, and a variety of video techniques using Adobe Creative Suite Production Premium.
Posted at 01:23PM Jan 25, 2010 by ko maruyama in Visual | Comments[2]
Luxology : Modo on PXC
Luxology® LLC, an independent technology company developing next-generation 3D content creation software, today announced a free bi-weekly podcast on the company's 3D modeling and rendering software modo®. Created by Pixel Corps, a worldwide guild of content creators, each podcast will be hosted by Pixel Corps founder and Chief Architect, Alex Lindsay, with Pixel Corps digital effects artist McKay Hawkes as the show's first guest.
Beginning today, the first podcast will focus on realistic rendering and examining the integration of CAD files in modo. Future podcasts will explore additional features within modo and how the software fits into larger visual effects pipelines in a variety of industries. While Pixel Corps has always centered heavily on training and education, this will mark a new initiative to provide software training to the public for free. For more information or to download the complimentary podcast, please visit http://www.pixelcorps.tv/modoshop.
Posted at 12:43PM Jan 25, 2010 by ko maruyama in PR News | Comments[3]
Twisted Tracks - 25% off your music purchase
Twisted Tracks is giving readers 25% off their next purchase by using the code: TwistedReg25
Haven't heard it - check out their library :http://www.twistedtracks.com/
Finding fresh sounding, professionally produced royalty free music and sound effects coupled with the ease and affordability of royalty-free licensing used to be an utterly impossible task. But no longer! Now you have Twistedtracks.com, a production music and sound design resource stocked with only the finest tracks and sounds from a creative collective of global musical talent.
Posted at 12:00AM Jan 22, 2010 by ko maruyama in Music | Comments[1]
Ambient Design released ArtRage Studio and ArtRage Studio Pro.
Ambient Design released ArtRage Studio and ArtRage Studio Pro. 
Posted at 12:00AM Jan 20, 2010 by ko maruyama in Software | Comments[1]
Codeworkers Lehmann project for C4D
For the past few months, coworkers and friends have been asking me about "the Cinema 4D plugin that breaks stuff up". More than just posting it (it's been in several boards), I hope this will help me to remember its name "Lehmann" (aka 'the-voroni-break-stuff-up-into-chunks-plugin')
http://www.codeworkers.de/garage-plugins.html
Posted at 10:00AM Jan 19, 2010 by ko maruyama in Software | Comments[1]
Be That Woman.org animation
Shoot Online recently featured Be That Woman video for the Washington Area Womens Foundation in its Best Work You May Never See section. It's one of those not-so-old links I was looking thru in my animation bookmarks:
Posted at 12:00AM Jan 19, 2010 by ko maruyama in Visual | Comments[1]
New Sapphire Spark (5) from GenArts
Check out the video leaked out(?) about Sapphire. Dunno where the post has come from, but cool speed improvements for the popular spark package nonetheless
Sapphire sparks 5 from Flame774 on Vimeo.
Posted at 09:42PM Jan 18, 2010 by ko maruyama in Visual | Comments[1]
stash #64
Stash brings it again... #64 is out! Get out there and get it...
Posted at 12:00AM Jan 15, 2010 by ko maruyama in General | Comments[3]
Samy's Adobe Sessions
Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 2 software is essential for today's
digital photography workflow. Now you can quickly import, process,
manage, and showcase your images ? from one shot to an entire shoot.
With Lightroom 2, you spend less time in front of the computer and more
time behind the lens.
Posted at 12:00AM Jan 14, 2010 by ko maruyama in Events | Comments[3]
Finally: Be.ez makes a wacom sleeve!
The
freelance artist in Hollywood is called into studios of all kinds -
some with older wacom tablets, some without any wacom support for the
freelance station.
Posted at 12:00AM Jan 13, 2010 by ko maruyama in Apple Computer | Comments[3]
Adobe's online education / Jan 13 / Jan 20
There are two separate online events from Adobe this week and next that will help you get more out of your CS4 software. Check out the webinars on Wednesday of this week and next...
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/event/index.cfm?event=detail&id=860577&loc=en_us
Posted at 12:00AM Jan 12, 2010 by ko maruyama in Events | Comments[3]
Finally particleIllusion on After Effects
wondertouch by GenArts announced the immediate availability of particleIllusion for After Effects (pIAE) for users of Adobe After Effects on Windows. Available as a plug-in for the first time, particleIllusion for After Effects enables artists to create gorgeous particle effects directly within After Effects, producing a more efficient workflow and significantly enhanced productivity. Like its stand-alone sibling particleIllusion 3.0, pIAE is built on the industrys most robust 2D particle generation engine.
As a result, it features the same highly acclaimed speed and ease of use that have made wondertouch products so popular with more than 10,000 compositing artists around the world. In addition, pIAE provides access to the thousands of existing wondertouch emitters -- downloadable presets designed to allow users to effortlessly create natural, high-quality effects such as smoke, fire, explosions, sparkles, fireworks and countless abstract effects -- without ever leaving the After Effects environment.
Posted at 12:00AM Jan 11, 2010 by ko maruyama in Software | Comments[4]
Stash: Where to look for others' work and work for you
Stash: Where to look for others' work and work for you
STASH MEDIA has started to allow employers to list their available jobs for free. If you're a subscriber to the DVD catalog of videos, there may not be a reason to go back to the site often.
Well, if you're a freelancer, or just looking for the new position, you'll want to check it out again.
http://www.stashmedia.tv/
Posted at 01:47PM Jan 08, 2010 by ko maruyama in General | Comments[5]
BeautyBox filter from Digital Anarchy
BeautyBox from Digital Anarchy has just released. In January, I'll have a bunch of new tutorials for you, stay tuned...
[Read More]Posted at 03:00PM Jan 07, 2010 by ko maruyama in PR News | Comments[25]
Independent Filmmakers in LA
Eric Harnden has started a new group dedicated to the topic of independent filmmaking.
http://wordpress.quintessentialstudios.net/?p=255
Eric has connections to people in every aspect of filmmaking - from script to distribution. There are so many people in the Los Angeles area who have a film that they want to finish as an independent producer.
If you're in the Inland Empire, you might have difficulty finding people who are like you. Well, Eric is solving this by setting up a MeetUp group.
Check out his page for more information. If you're in Hollywood (January 19) you might even get a few minutes with him in person at dmala. Don't forget to sign up at http://dmala.eventbrite.com to get your FREE ticket (thanks to Adobe)
Posted at 01:56PM Jan 06, 2010 by ko maruyama in Events | Comments[4]
David Stripinis talks about Avatar with Brad Peebler
Luxology's President and Co-founder Brad Peebler is back on the Web again with a captivating podcast ("modcast") interview with virtual camera operator David Stripinis, currently at Double Negative in London's SoHo. Prior to Double Negative, Stripinis worked alongside Director James Cameron for three years on the recently released feature film Avatar.
In this extensive interview, Stripinis provides insight on the brand-new virtual filming techniques that are blurring the boundaries between pre-viz, production and post. Stripinis discusses how modo was his "swiss army knife" in a suite of CG tools, props and other content that were used daily to provide Cameron with a real-time environment to plan scenes in intricate detail. The challenges and deep benefits of this real-time approach to film-making are monumental, even beyond the obvious implications for visual effects.
To listen to this modcast, or previous weekly installments, please visit http://www.luxology.com/modcast/.
Posted at 12:00AM Jan 05, 2010 by ko maruyama in Events | Comments[2]
