After Effects

Review of Silhouette: A versatile tool for vfx work

by Joe Herman January 3, 2012

Joe Herman takes a look at the latest version of Silhouette, a dedicated app that tackles high-end rotoscoping, painting, and keying challenges…

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Gear & Software

Crucial Sony and Adobe Moves Highlight IBC 2011

by Dan Ochiva September 28, 2011

Among the announcements at the show, Sony’s F65 camcorder and Adobe’s announcement of the purchase of the Iridas IP stand out as bellwether developments…

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Gear & Software

Review of Blackmagic Design’s
HyperDeck Shuttle

by Joe Herman September 9, 2011

Top-quality, uncompressed, 10-bit file-based recording for even tight-budgeted productions…

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Gear & Software

HP Z800 Workstation & ZR30w Review:
A Great Combo for Adobe Premiere

by Joe Herman July 26, 2011

In this article, we take a close look at Hewlett Packard Z800, the most powerful and expandable machine in HPs Z series of workstations. We’ll also check into HP’s ZR30w high-performance 30 inch display, and see how both relate to changing trends and recent developments in post-production.

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Gear & Software

Make Way for Adobe Creative Suite 5.5

by Dan Ochiva May 6, 2011

We’re starting a multi-week mix of reviews and reports on Adobe Creative Suite 5.5, an important upgrade to an indispensable creative tool…

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Getting More Out of After Effects CS5

by Dan Ochiva July 4, 2010

(Chris and Trish Meyer) are true pioneers of employing desktop apps in pro productions, and are probably the best-known AE trainers in the biz.

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Gear & Software

Adobe’s Current Woes, Coming Glory

by Dan Ochiva February 26, 2010

If you’ve kept track of the tech details related to Apple’s iPad announcement, it’s been pretty hard to miss Steve Job’s dismissal of Adobe Flash for the new device…

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Classes & Events

Manhattan Edit Workshop Offers Intensive Adobe, Apple, Avid Course

by Dan Ochiva February 23, 2010

…you’re promised a five-day, 10 to 5 regimen that over six weeks teaches those software apps that seem to be the basic toolkit of choice for today’s editor.

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After Effects Master Class at Manhattan Edit Workshop

by Dan Ochiva January 12, 2010

This Saturday, January 16th, Manhattan Edit Workshop offers an “intensive” one-day class “A Filmmaker’s Guide to After Effects”.

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Media Biz

At the New York Post Production Conference

by Dan Ochiva October 7, 2009

Now moved from its first years at a West 34th Street multiplex, this annual production and post training session now feels more intimate. Besides, it just gets better each year with the quality and variety of courses made available.

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