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Tuesday Feb 09, 2010
PHOTOSHOP's 20th Birthday Party!
 

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 NAPP’s 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.
 
It’s 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.
 

 
Monday Feb 08, 2010
DMALA: Another Group Site
 

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


 
Monday Feb 01, 2010
EditShare for FCP users / at BVE
 

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;

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Tuesday Jan 26, 2010
Photoshop 20th Anniversary & NAPP
 

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

 
Monday Jan 25, 2010
Adobe and Avatar
 

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.

more soon

Luxology : Modo on PXC
 

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.

 
Friday Jan 22, 2010
Twisted Tracks - 25% off your music purchase
 

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.

 
Wednesday Jan 20, 2010
Ambient Design released ArtRage Studio and ArtRage Studio Pro.
 

Ambient Design released ArtRage Studio and ArtRage Studio Pro.

Ambient Design released ArtRage Studio and ArtRage Studio Pro.

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Tuesday Jan 19, 2010
Codeworkers Lehmann project for C4D
 

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

Be That Woman.org animation
 

Be That Woman.org animation

Shoot Online recently featured   “Be That Woman” video for the Washington Area Women’s 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:



 
Monday Jan 18, 2010
New Sapphire Spark (5) from GenArts
 

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.

 
Friday Jan 15, 2010
stash #64
 

stash #64

Stash brings it again... #64 is out!  Get out there and get it...




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Thursday Jan 14, 2010
Samy's Adobe Sessions
 

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.

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Wednesday Jan 13, 2010
Finally: Be.ez makes a wacom sleeve!
 

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.  

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Tuesday Jan 12, 2010
Adobe's online education / Jan 13 / Jan 20
 

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

 
Monday Jan 11, 2010
Finally particleIllusion on After Effects
 

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 industry’s 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.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezrcQVzs0KA


 
Friday Jan 08, 2010
Stash: Where to look for others' work and work for you
 

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/


 
Thursday Jan 07, 2010
BeautyBox filter from Digital Anarchy
 

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...

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Wednesday Jan 06, 2010
Independent Filmmakers in LA
 

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)


 
Tuesday Jan 05, 2010
David Stripinis talks about Avatar with Brad Peebler
 

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/.