Following Your Own Photo Editing Code of Ethics

Earlier today Scott Kelby posted his Photo Editing “Code of Ethics” on his blog found here. When I first read it this morning I just thought it was an interesting article, but as I’ve gone through the day I’ve thought about the 7 points he lists numerous times… and I’ve come to one really interesting […]

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No Comments »Filed under: PersonalPosted on October 29th, 2007

Mac OSX Leopard and Adobe Video Apps Compatibility

Last night Apple released Mac OSX 10.5, affectionately known as Leopard. While Apple has posted a very nice video tour on its site, as well as a list of 300 features in Leopard, most of us using our machines for work aren’t going to even consider upgrading until we know it won’t break any of […]

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5 Comments »Filed under: News, Support, TipsPosted on October 27th, 2007

Not Getting Adobe Production Premium Updates

I’m continuing to have trouble getting the Premiere 3.1 upgrade on my MacBook Pro. So I thought I’d post a quick note about what I know so far in case it helps someone else figure out what is going on with their system.
First, I have a desktop Mac Pro with the full CS3 Production Premium […]

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2 Comments »Filed under: SupportPosted on October 25th, 2007

Wilhelm Scream on ABC News

Last night ABC News ran a story on the famous Wilhelm scream that is used in so many movies. This pretty much takes the most inside joke in Hollywood (among audio editors) and “outs it” for the whole world to enjoy… which is actually kind of a bummer if you were part of the inside […]

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1 Comment »Filed under: NewsPosted on October 15th, 2007

Jaiku Acquired by Google closes New User Signups

A guy named Don (who is now my new best friend ) wrote a nice comment on my article about the Power of Good Audio for Video. So I went to check out his blog and saw this interesting post about Jaiku being acquired by Google. Now I had heard the name Jaiku before, […]

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3 Comments »Filed under: News, TipsPosted on October 11th, 2007

Native Panasonic P2 support in Premiere Pro 3.1

I’ve got big, big news (and you heard it here first )… Adobe is about to release version 3.1 of Premiere Pro that has full native support for the Panasonic P2 format. What does this mean? Unlike other solutions that take the P2 files and wrap them in a Quicktime or AVI wrapper to […]

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7 Comments »Filed under: NewsPosted on October 9th, 2007

Scott Kelby’s New 7 Point System

A year ago my buddy Scott Kelby told me he had come up with a brand new way to teach Photoshop. He’d taken all of his past 15 years of experience teaching tens of thousands of people the art of producing better images in Photoshop and distilled it down to 7 basic tools. Then he […]

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5 Comments »Filed under: NewsPosted on October 8th, 2007

The Power of Good Audio for Video

One of the best examples of the power of audio to transform a video clip from something mundane into something extraordinary is the little internet video sensation known as Dramatic Hamster or Dramatic Chipmunk. If you’re one of the 10 people on planet earth who hasn’t seen this yet, here it is:
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5 Comments »Filed under: Silly, TipsPosted on October 5th, 2007

Energy Blast (Dragon Ball Z) in After Effects

Have you ever wanted to make an energy blast like the kind you see in games like Dragon Ball Z? Yeah, me neither. But if you’re under the age of 24 and this sounds like fun to you, I found a 17 minute tutorial on You Tube that shows you how to achieve the same […]

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1 Comment »Filed under: TipsPosted on October 3rd, 2007