Tuesday, October 30, 2007 Filed in:
Windows
| Conferences
I
just got back from the PowerPoint Live Conference
in New Orleans. The show was a lot of fun and I
got to meet some great folks who are trying to
make PowerPoint more useful. Here are the
materials from my sessions.
• Video in
PowerPoint | PDF |
PPT
• Putting Your
Presentation on DVD | PDF |
PPT
• Broadcast
Graphics with PowerPoint | PDF |
PPT
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Adobe is
offering a free class that you can take on
using Photoshop with their video products.
It's a live online seminar and I highly
encourage you to sign up in
advance.
EVENT
DESCRIPTION:
Working with Photoshop Extended
to use with Premiere Pro and After
Effects
Join Richard
Harrington, author of Photoshop for Video and
Understanding Adobe Photoshop, contributing
author for After Effects On the Spot, After
Effects at Work, and Broadcast Graphics on the
Spot, to learn how to prepare your digital images
for video. Using the best professional
techniques, bring your still images to life using
Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 and Adobe After Effects
CS3. Richard is also the host of the weekly show,
Photoshop for Video and runs a blog with the same
name at www.PhotoshopforVideo.com.
When: Thursday,
November 15, 2007 10:30 AM-12:00 PM (GMT-08:00)
Pacific Time (US & Canada).
Where: online &
telephone
Sign Up: www.adobe.com/go/dveseminars
Sunday, October 28, 2007 Filed in:
Apple
The
website ArsTechinca
has
posted an in depth
review of Leopard (a full 17 pages, in fact).
The review takes a very deep look at the new
features and the core technology. Of interest
to designers is the effect Leopard will have
on Adobe and future developments for 64-bit
computing.
If you are a Mac user, take the time and give it
a read. You'll learn a lot about some of the less
obvious changes.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
I just had
a great time at the New York Post|Production
conference. For three days media pros
gathered in New York movie house for the
latest in digital media tools. I had the
opportunity to teach a lot of new classes as
well as show some of my favorite techniques.
Here's the notes and a few demo files to
play with.
01 Photoshop CS3 for Motion
Graphics and Video |
Book |
DVD
Available
02
Apple and Adobe
– A Great Toolbox | Project X
|
Resizer
Template
03 Beat the AE Render
Queue
04
Media Management
in Final Cut Pro | DVD
Available
05
How to Sell Podcasting Services
to Your Clients
06
Things You Might
Not Know About After Effects CS3 | Puppet Tool
Files | Vanishing Point
Files
07
Multicam Editing Strategies in
Final Cut Pro
08
Field Production Strategies for
Video Podcasting
09
Creating a Graphical Identity
for Your Video Podcasts (enhanced
PDF)
10 Motion Control 3D
|
Demo Files
|
VPE Demo
11
Advanced Color Correction in
Final Cut Pro |
DVD Available
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 Filed in:
Personal
| Windows
Sci-Fi
Network has a very cool series that "re-imagines"
the Land of Oz. The show is called
Tin Man, and while
the show looks fantastic, it is an amazing
promo site that deserves mention. They have
created a really unique sub-site called
The Infinite Oz
which offers
a virtual reality experience. What I like is
how immersive and creative the website is. It
also features the work of several up and
coming 3D artists. Go take a look...
really!
Monday, October 22, 2007 Filed in:
Education
| Apple
| Training
Products
The
official Apple Training Series titles for iLife
08 and iWork 08 are on their way. The iWork book
will hit first, but both books are on the
printing press. There are a wealth of new
features and changes in these two suites of
applications (you can see videos
here and
here). These apps have
a lot to offer for both consumers and media
pros. You can find out more on the iWork
book here, and the iLife
book here. Enjoy!
Thursday, October 11, 2007 Filed in:
Adobe
| Resources
Seems many folks
are confused by the wealth of Photoshop
choices on the market... (Do I need Elements
or Extended?) With five different products
baring the Photoshop name, a little bit of
sorting is in order.
Fortunately Adobe has all five products
compared on one single
page to make your
shopping process a little easier. What's nice
is that they clearly break down the features
as well as the target industries and
activities for each program.
While you're there, you can read a quick blurb
on Photoshop’s 20 year
history.
Tuesday, October 09, 2007 Filed in:
Apple
| Training
Products
Hey
all.... seems like I've been on a nonstop writing
streak (5 books this year...). The latest update
is about to ship on iWork. The book has four new
chapters and all of the chapters have been
updated. The iWork ’08 update is
significant as it adds a new application called
Numbers. Plus the apps can all read and write
Office 2007 files. To be honest, its pretty hard
to beat at only $79 for the software.
Book
DescriptionApple's enhanced iWork
productivity suite is poised to allow Mac users
to create, present, and publish their work with
style. iWork '08 offers three powerful
applications—Pages ’08, Keynote
’08, and the brand-new spreadsheet program,
Numbers ‘08—for creating everything
from newsletters and stationery to polished
business presentations to graphics-rich
spreadsheets. This self-paced
learning guide, which includes a companion
CD jam-packed with practical media files, takes
readers step-by-step through essential, real-life
tasks for home and office that cover all aspects
of iWork '08. The book is both a self-paced
learning tool and the official curriculum of the
Apple Training and Certification Program, used by
schools and training centers worldwide, and is
ideal for users of all levels.”
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 Filed in:
Apple
| Education
The
Insomnia Film Festival is back—and while
the world sleeps, you could be making film
history. Calling all high school and college
filmmakers.
At
9:00 a.m. on October 13, you’ll get the
green light: The requirements for the 2007
Insomnia Film Festival will be posted at
www.apple.com/go/insomnia,
and your team will have 24 hours to write, cast,
shoot, edit, score, and upload your movie.
Once the films are in, your friends, family, and
adoring fans will be able to watch them online
and rate their favorites. The 25 entries with the
highest rating on November 9 at 12:00 a.m. EST
will be screened by industry professionals,
including Barry Sonnenfeld, James Mangold, and
Nora Ephron.
If your film is the biggest hit with either the
public or the pros, each member of your team will
receive a MacBook Pro, Final Cut Studio 2, Logic
Studio, and Shake so you can get started on that
first sequel. How’s that for a Hollywood
ending?
Tuesday, October 02, 2007 Filed in:
Motion
Graphics | Adobe
| Training
Products
The
downloadable bonus chapter on Photoshop CS3
Extended is available to those who’ve
purchased “Photoshop for
Video.”
You will need the password found in the back
cover. This code is unique
for
each book, so be sure to register your code.
If you have your code ready, please visit
http://booksite.focalpress.com/Harrington/
and
start to download. You'll find a full-length
chapter plus all of the source media needed
for the exercises. It’s a big download,
so be sure to have a fast Internet connection
handy.
For problems or suggestions concerning the site,
please contact: Technical
Support.
Monday, October 01, 2007 Filed in:
Adobe
Have an
iDisk? They are a
useful part of a .mac account
that allow
you to store and backup files to an Internet
hard drive. If you use an iDisk with clients,
it can get a little tricky for clients to
figure out how to access your iDisk using
Apple's iDisk utility. An easier way is
through a web browser. Just have your client
type http://idisk.mac.com/your
iDisk name and they'll
be connected.
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