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Thursday Jul 17, 2008
 

Kung Fu Red by Michael Scott

Kung Fu Red, is a example of simple film shot use a Red camera.

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Monday Jul 14, 2008
 

Matt Wiley's InDesign Day

In a previous post, I showed the super-sped up work of a modo user - now Matt Wiley has done it with his layout design work in Adobe's InDesign for Royal Academy magazine while setting an article about Kahn's British Art Center at Yale in New Haven, CT...

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Thursday Jul 10, 2008
 

Artbeats over Los Angeles

Shoot for the stars and take a trip high above the corporate towers and historic attractions of one of the most famous cities in the United States with Los Angeles Aerials 2 – Downtown and Los Angeles Aerials 2 – Surrounding Area, the newest royalty-free stock footage collections from Artbeats.


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Monday Jun 30, 2008
 

STASH

If you're ready for something different and lots of it, Stash 46 is your beast. This issue packs an hour-long main program, seven Behind the Scenes features and three bonus films into a 90-minute explosion of unpredictable brilliance.

Bonus Films, Behind the Scenes and Free Music!

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Thursday Jun 26, 2008
 

HP TouchSmart Ad

In case you haven't seen the Latest and greatest Commercial from HP. This one blew me away! If after watching you want to check out the Campaign for HP TouchSmart

....check it out

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Monday Jun 23, 2008
 

Tips from Bert Monroy

Free Seminar with BERT MONROY: Creating Reality
Thursday, June 26, 2008
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Keeble & Shuchat Photography Gallery
290 California Avenue
Palo Alto, CA

Meet and learn from legendary digital artist Bert Monroy. A veteran of 20 years in the advertising industry, Bert is a founding partner of the New York firm Incredible Interactivity. He is a regular guest on such television programs as "The Screen Savers," "Digital Gurus," and "MacTV." His film credits include work for Industrial Light & Magic, Pacific Data Images, and R/Greenburg Associates. An accomplished teacher, lecturer, and seminar presenter, Bert has served on the faculties of The School of Visual Arts (New York), The Center for Creative Imaging (Maine), The Dynamic Graphics Educational Foundation (Illinois), and the California College of Arts and Crafts. He currently teaches at San Francisco State University.

 
Wednesday Jun 18, 2008
 

GROW! with Artbeats

The first time that I saw the "Grow!" series in an email notice, it looked like "GROWL" to me.  I thought that it'd be a series of video with lions and tigers... nope. 

More like Dandelions and Tiger Lillies.
It's super slow motion, timelapse footage of several different kinds of footage.  Check out the stuff for yourself at ARTBEATS.COM.


Last year, when Grow! V1 came out, I put together a quick idea for a promo.  Sometimes you don't need anything but the stock footage... wait you NEED an animator - really you do. ;)

 
Tuesday Jun 17, 2008
 

More Compressions Talk

http://realworldvideocompression.com/

Admittedly, there are some of us who talk about pixels daily, hourly, and constantly.  There are so many different types of ways to view video content, it's no wonder there are just as many (more) discussions about how to compress those videos.

Here's yet another for your reference bookmarks... Andy Beach's commentary on the subject.

 
Monday Jun 16, 2008
 

Exposé 6: A stunning collection

The finest international collection of Digital Art

Celebrate the World's finest new digital art. Exposé 6 is the latest Digital Art Yearbook featuring 'the best of the best'.


With 334 inspiring images prepared by 257 artists from 43 countries, you will discover the very best work across 20 different categories.  Judged by industry leaders, Exposé 6 is a truly international collection.

240 pages of amazingly inspiring digital art work.

CHECK IT OUT

 

don't break: glass heart

Jeff & crew make this cool little interactive heart (3D) animation.  *NOT FOR SQUEAMISH* (the muscle textures are really good).

'Gotta love what can be done with Adobe Flash now....

You can see the valves a'flappin.....

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Thursday Jun 05, 2008
 

Ballistic presents new masters: d'Artiste Digital Painters 2

The sixth book in the d?artiste series?Digital Painting 2?features
Master Artists Don Seegmiller, Mélanie Delon, Daniel Dociu, and Marta
Dahlig. For the first time, Ballistic Publishing offers pre-order customers the
opportunity to download the majority of the Photoshop/Painter brushes
used by the Master Artists in their tutorials.

check out these amazing digital images and more.....


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Monday Jun 02, 2008
 

Cooler Kuler - A reminder

I just wanted to send a reminder to all of you about ADOBE KULER.  It seems that every month (at least) I meet someone who has never heard of kuler (maybe I should wear my tshirt more often).

I wear my Adobe Labs tshirt around, and inevitably, someone will ask me: WHAT'S KULER?  Really - there are serious Adobe users out there who don't know about this awesome color tool.

ALSO you can now extract color from an image and use kuler through Adobe AIR!  Check out all of the themes too!

 
Friday May 30, 2008
 

STASH 45: COMING NEXT WEEK

STASH 45 IS COMING:
The premiere DVD review of monthly motion graphics from around the world releases on June 5... next week...

Check it out at stashmedia.tv

 
Tuesday May 27, 2008
 

Netflix

So Netflix sends me a coupon for 1 free month to give to friends and family, but everyone I know is already on Netflix.

I suppose it doesn't matter who collects it.   Oh, and check the news on their new set top box!

free month of movies...

 

Muto on a wall / by BLU

'don't need to say anything....  just watch

               
MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU fromblu on Vimeo.

 
Monday May 19, 2008
 

Shilo's Burma Update

Films really can make a difference. They shape our perceptions for the future. It can reach audiences that political dialogue can’t. Creative dialogue is just as powerful as political dialogue and this film is a fine example of that.-Suki Dusanj, Head of Events, Burma Campaign UK

Shilo creates a Burma Animation for the update: read BTS: http://wemakeitgood.com/article/live/burma
None of Us Are Free: http://www.noneofusarefree.org/


 
Wednesday May 14, 2008
 

Just Do It: Again on a Mac

Cuz if you build it on a Mac, people will make it viral right away....
or at least us Mac-heads will.

..and us Adobe geeks too... hey - Photoshop and Illustrator!

again.


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Thursday May 08, 2008
 

beatboxin' Dave

Anime Studio is from EFrontier, now turned Smith Micro.  There's a bunch of community stuff that you can find around the internet.  Be warned that you can lose hours of your life to some of the bad stuff, but there is a pile of fun animation out there as well. It's amazing what a simple application can do in the hands of some humourous animators... here are a couple entries from Mikedog (no, not Mike Doig: yeah I thought so too)


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Wednesday May 07, 2008
 

ballistic's EXPOSE 6 is out

Ballistic Publishing announces EXPOSÉ 6, the latest book in its groundbreaking series celebrating the World's finest digital art.  EXPOSÉ, the flagship title of Ballistic Publishing, has become an institution in the digital art world. Acclaimed for their high quality, every year the EXPOSÉ books showcase the best digital art from all over the globe. Judged by an International team of industry leaders, this year's edition features 334 inspiring images prepared by 257 artists from 43 countries, as well as boasting a raft of new artwork including that of 135 unpublished artists drawn from a pool of over 5,130 entries.

http://www.ballisticpublishing.com/books/expose/expose_6/index.php

EXPOSÉ 6 showcases the world's best digital art in the categories of: Portrait (Painted & Rendered); Fantasy; Fantasy Femmes; Architecture (Exterior & Interior); Concept Art; Creatures; Environment; Futurescapes; Matte Painting; Science Fiction; Abstract & Design; Product Design & Still Life; Warriors; Conflict; Humorous; Whimsical; Storytelling and Transport. Printed to the highest standards, EXPOSÉ 6 features individually color-corrected pieces of original art with a richness and depth not found in other digital art books.

Entries were judged into Master and Excellence classes by a group of industry experts including:  Lorne Lanning (Co-Founder, President, and Creative Director, Oddworld Inhabitants), Brom (renowned fantasy artist), Christopher Sloan (Art Director, National Geographic Magazine), Stephan Martiniere (renowned science fiction and fantasy artist), David Wright (Creative Director, NVIDIA), Max Dennison (Founder, Matte Painting UK), Phil Straub (renowned illustrator), Ryan Church (blockbuster concept artist), and Jeff Mottle (Founder, CGArchitect.com).

 
Monday May 05, 2008
 

step by step: SPEEDRACER bts

JOHN GAETA TALKS ABOUT SPEED RACER in the VRmag online article...



Below: Watch the exclusive music video for "Go Speed Racer Go" performed by
Ali Dee and the Deekompressors, including lots of action-packed footage
from the movie Speed Racer, starring Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci,
Matthew Fox, Susan Sarandon and John Goodman.

Go Speed Racer Go Music Video