In this training video, host Jerry Leer covers motion blur and reducing flicker. He discusses how text might act upon the screen and how to reduce flicker of text by adding a blur to the text. He says that anything that moves should have a little bit of blur on it. He discusses several options to soften the text, including applying blur to all the layers in the project or turning on motion blur which is built into After Effects.
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As editors know, half of completing your show is the video, and more and more, sound design is becoming a huge part of small to full size productions. In the good old days, editors used to have to sift through tons and tons of CDs, and a very large catalogue to find just the right sound for an element in the show they are working on....Read More »
The 29th American Film Market (AFM) will present 513 motion pictures in 35 languages, including 102 world premieres and 375 market premieres, film industry seminars, conferences, networking events and parties during its eight-day event, scheduled to take place from November 5 -12 at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel and Le Merigot Beach Hotel, located in the seaside city of Santa Monica, California. ...Read More »
In this Lynda.com video training series, host David Rivers takes the lessons a step furthur by showing how to import audio into a Keynote presentation, whether it be for one slide or the entire presentation, as well as movies. He starts with adding an audio file to a specific slide in the presentation, by accessing it via iTunes. ...Read More »
Burning PowerPoint to DVD is a good solution of preserving PowerPoint presentations and preventing them from being edited by others. Also, by burning PowerPoint to DVD is ideal for viewing PowerPoint presentations through various media. But have you ever thought that you can create DVD menus for your presentations to be viewed on TV with a DVD remote control just like a movie? ...Read More »
In this training video, host Jerry Leer discusses preferences, projects and sequences. The preferences in FCP have been sub grouped in different headings, making it easier to find things. He shows the FCP menu and goes over each of the preferences in the menu, starting with the Audio Video settings. he also covers preferences under the General tab, editing, Timeline, Render control, and Audio outputs....Read More »
In my " Quick Look " at Left 4 Dead I hadn't yet played the Player vs Player mode in my little review, but I have since been to the dark side as the infected and my laughter could not be contained.
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Surprisingly, Apple has released the iPhone 2.2 firmware in the middle of the night. The latest update is available in iTunes for existing iPhone owners. The update contains: Enhancements to Maps - Google Street View - public transit and walking d...
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The company unveils the Storm, a device that lets users take pictures,
play movies and music and visit Facebook and MySpace pages with ease --
and has the 'world's first "clickable" touch screen.' CHECK OUT THE PHONE HERE
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While its original camera has been out for a year - the newest offering in the Flip line up is now HD. And, while this tiny camera offers a simple version of the HD spec, the 1280 video does give you the option to easily feed the clips into your HD timeline without difficult scale manipulation.
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I just finished testing the new Canon prosumer DSLR, 50D and its one nice camera. It offers many improvements over the previous model, the 40D. Its easier to use than the 40D, is the same size, actually weighs less yet outperforms it in almost every category. For the price ($1,399- just $100 more than the list price of the 40D when it was introduced last year) the 50D offers a a whole lot more bang for your buck.
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Altec Lansing has been building iPod speaker systems for quite a while now, and before that was a purveyor of PC speaker systems in various price ranges. As Apple has offered multiple generations of its iPod music and video player, Altec Lansing has offered a speaker system to take advantage of what the iPod can do.
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