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Asylum Delivers Unwanted Package for Teleflora

Just in time for Valentine's Day, Asylum, under the guidance of lead animator Mike Warner and lead inferno artist Rob Trent, with Go Films Director Tim Hamilton and Fire Station, created a nefarious cluster of anthropomorphic flowers promoting Teleflora's beautifully hand-arranged bouquets. Read More

Confession time. This tutorial's subject remains one of my favorite effects to use with titles. The essential look is to animate a light streak that travels across the surface of the title. You've seen this a million+ times, yet it's still an effective way to add a touch of pizzazz to otherwise static graphics. Read More

Business Issues: By Jason Mollner, J.D. and Robert Wonish, J.D.

The R&D Tax Credit for Game Developers

For years, the video game development cycle has become increasingly difficult to sustain. Many software companies have begun to cope with the rising costs of developing games by outsourcing development, and with the current recession, this trend is continuing. In 1981, this country faced a similar economic downturn, and in order to counteract an increasing movement of jobs overseas, Congress enacted a federal tax credit designed to spur domestic investment in research and development. Read More

Video-Based Tutorial: By Jan Kabili

Photoshop CS4: Layers in Depth: Custom Shape tool

In addition to the geometric tool to create shape layers, Photoshop offers another tool to create shape layers, and that is the custom shape tool. In this clip, host Jan Kabili introduces custom shapes, and shows how to use the combination features that come with the shape tools to create your own custom shapes. Read More

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BOND Edit's Claudia Reda Walker Cuts New International Pantene Campaign Featuring Giselle Bundchen

For Claudia Reda Walker, resident fashion/beauty editorial expert at full-service creative post house BOND, every commercial she works on is a chance to add something new, fresh and exciting to the genre. Her latest project -- a nine-spot campaign for Pantene, featuring supermodel Giselle Bundchen, created by agency Wing, New York (a division of Grey Global Group) -- is no exception Read More

Product Review: By John Virata

iFunia Video Converter Pro for Macintosh

iFunia's Video Converter Pro is an application that converts your video into a wide variety of formats, including AVI, WMV, AVCHD, MKV, FLV, H.264/AVC, MP4, MOV, 3GP and DV. It is straightforward to use and the results are very good to excellent. The application works in three simple steps; Source Setup/Add, Destination Setup, and Start Conversion/Start. Read More

Video-Based Tutorial: By Abba Shapiro

Final Cut Pro 7 Essential Training: Markers

In this clip, host Abba Shapiro explains how to work with markers in Final Cut Pro 7. He explains what a marker is and why you would use it. A marker is a way that you can write a note to yourself when you are editing. He shows how to make a marker as well as how to modify a marker. He then looks at markers in a bit more detail, including how to add chapter markers, compression markers and Scoring markers, and what they do. Read More

Video-Based Tutorial: By Jan Kabili

Photoshop CS4: Layers in Depth: Shape Layers

When you want to add a graphic to a Photoshop composition, creating a shape layer is often the best way to go. The advantage of a shape layer over a regular pixel based layer is that a shape layer defines itself with a vector based outline. In this clip, host Jan Kabili discusses how to create shape layers, concentrating on shapes made with the geometric shape tools. Read More

Product Review: By John Virata

Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3

PaintShop Photo Pro X3 is Corel Corp.'s latest update to its photo image editor. The application has been around in various iterations for more than 15 years and has a fairly large following. It is an image editor targeted at digital camera enthusiasts, and especially those with Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) cameras who want a more robust image editing tool that ships with the camera. Read More

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Brickyard VFX Makes a Hole-In-One for Titleist

Artist owned-and-operated bi-coastal effects boutique Brickyard VFX recently contributed VFX to the 2010 ad campaign for Titleist via ad agency Arnold. The multi-spot campaign was directed by @radical.media's Greg Kohs and began breaking before the New Year, with the last spot, "Yardage Book," breaking on Jan. 30. Read More

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JSM Scores Olympic Gold for CHEIL Worldwide

JSM Owner and Composer Joel Simon, working with CHEIL Worldwide and Crossroads UK, led the music production and sound design teams on a mesmerizing :30 promoting the Internet capabilities of the new Samsung Omnia II smart phone. The spot, which features an Olympic motif inspired by next month's Winter Games in Vancouver, displays the deft skill and artistry of JSM's creatives and talent to perfectly synch an original score and sound design to even the trickiest commercial ventures. Read More

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Canon's EOS E1 video plug-in for Apple's ...

Canon reports that the EOS E1 video plug-in for Apple's Final Cut Pro was released today. This new plug-in allows simple and easy transfer of video content from Canon's EOS DSLR cameras directly into Final Cut Pro. Read More

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Google, NSA may team up over cyberattacks: report

Internet search firm Google is finalizing a deal that would let the National Security Agency help it investigate a corporate espionage attack that may have originated in China, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. The aim of the investig... Read More

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OMG! It's Real - Meet the iPad

Ok, it is now official - the iPad lives! Click here to wattch the video! Read More

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CLO Systems T2 motorized tilt mount will impress ...

When buying a mount for your flat panel TV, one of the most challenging tasks is to get the mount in a position that is optimized for everyone's viewing angle. The CLO Systems T2 motorized tilt mount automatically detects when the TV is powered... Read More

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Our Planet, Our Stuff, Our Choice Video Competiti...

The stuff you use every day affects your environment, your community, and your planet. EPA is sponsoring a video competition to raise awareness of the connection between the environment and the "stuff" people use, consume, recycle, and throw away.... Read More

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