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After Effects CS3 Level 2: Motion blur and reducing flicker
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. Read More

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Product Review:
Manga Studio 4 and website
It has been almost 3 years since I first tried manga studio 3.0 for the PC. At that time it had just been ported from Japan's Comic Studio. Although there were two versions offered by E. frontier, both were extremely feature rich, and required some experience. Now you can get training and online assistance at manga studio online. Read More
Company Profile:
Wacom's Cintiq 21UX
Not that long ago, animators sketched their creations on paper and then ran to the copy machine to scale things up or down. Fixes, revisions, or creating alternate versions were time-consuming chores. Big mistakes meant starting over completely. Starting over meant more paper - with Cintiq, animators and producers can work interactively and quickly. Read More
New Release:
Toon Boom Animate
It's only been a few months since Toon Boom has announced new software for its professional user base. The company's latest creation, Animate, an application that helps animators create professional quality animation in a user-friendly environment, has just released. Although the newest software is a full featured professional package, it also targets newer Toon Boom users and animation students especially. In this series of reviews, we will take a look at the many facets of the latest software from Toon Boom: Animate. Read More
Video-Based Tutorial:
After Effects plugin: BORIS UPREZ
As we look at the archived footage in our data vaults, most of it is in standard definition size (or smaller). Now that most of our animation deliveries are rendered in 1920x1080, it's important for Adobe After Effects users to find easy ways to scale the old footage cleanly. Boris FX's Uprez is a new plugin to help you do it in a few steps. Read More
Project Profile:
Offspring Heeds The Call of Adventure for Ford
New York-based design and animation studio Offspring recently completed an exciting collaboration with agency JWT/Team Detroit to deliver a graphically adventurous campaign introducing American automaker Ford's newly revamped F-150 pickup truck. Read More

Walmart brings blu-ray down to $128
Have you been wanting to get a blu-ray player but have been waiting for the price to go down? The wait is over. Read More
 
Microsoft chopping Zune prices
The software maker plans to announce on Wednesday a price cut for its flash-based models. The 4GB version will drop to $99, the 8GB model will drop by $10 to $139, and the 16GB model will sell for $179, down from $199. READ MORE Also Mi... Read More
 
It's the most photographed time of the year
Everyone's doing it - - and chances are that you are too.  For the new PC  (Windows / Vista) users, and uninitiated (there will be more of you than ever this year) - you'll find a world of great gift development/giving photo ideas... Read More
 
Free Holiday footage
Joel sent me a notice about the Free Holiday footage / $9 for S&H.  Some of it is pretty useful - especially for DV editors who need to put something together BEFORE the holiday decor goes up. DVD of SD clips. (Graphic clips are pretty bad th... Read More
 
Electronic Drum Kit Shirt!
Great googly moogly, this is awesome! Read More
 

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