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• Badia Releases Duplica XT 2.0
XTension supports Quark 5, Passport
• Multithreaded LightWorks Ships for OS X
CAD renderer gains 98 percent speed boost
• Nikon Intros Coolpix 4300
4 megapixel digital camera includes 3x optical zoom
• Alias Launches Learning Tools for Maya
Books, DVDs targeted toward beginners and intermediates
• Adobe Releases Photoshop 7 Extensions
Files fix keyboard shortcut conflict, EXIF colorspace problem
• SmartDisk Unveils USB 2.0 Drives
New models to offer 480 Mbit/sec transfer rates
• Adobe Updates GoLive
Free 6.0.1 update resolves more than 100 issues
• MonacoProfiler 4.5 Released
Mac OS X support in the works
• Alien Skin Ships Image Doctor
Plugin fixes blemishes, defects and compression artifacts
• Wildform Ships New Versions of Flix
Pro, Standard and Lite versions now available
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Putting our stream in motion using a layer mask
A couple weeks ago we explored one way to composite a shallow water effect over an existing photograph. As with a number of techniques we've covered this year, the shallow water effect was created with editability in mind, especially for those of you who might want to animate the composite in a program like Adobe ImageReady or After Effects. Today we'll take a look at just how to create this animation in ImageReady, and, later this week, we'll see how this process differs in After Effects.
Video encoding software for vector and Flash animation
Wildform Flix Pro is unique in the video encoding market. Not only does it encode standard QuickTime, MPEG, AVI and other movie file formats into the Flash (.swf) format, but it also has the ability to convert standard video into vector animations. The new version, 3.0, builds upon the virtues of previous releases and also adds a few new touches that make the program irresistible for creating video for Flash.
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Portable system great for low budget productions
Any videographer worth his salt knows shooting on a tripod is the smart thing to do. Unfortunately, you can only do so much with a tripod. There are times when you want to do a dramatic shot from up high and move the camera down to inches above the floor. Or you need an overhead shot looking straight down on a car engine that is being repaired or table where a delicious meal is being prepared. For a few hundred dollars these shots are within reach with the Cobra Crane from ProMax systems.
Which Apple is going to show up in the next twelve months?
Folks, I'm tanned, I'm rested, and I'm ready. (Translation: my usually butt-white Irish skin is a lovely late-summer pink, I've been lazy, and Dave Nagel was about to hand me my rear end on a shiny silver platter garnished with a lovely sprig of parsley if I didn't get him something to publish soon.) I hope everyone out there in Mac-land is doing about the same, because if this summer has been any indication, the next year or so should be a very interesting one for the professional end of the Mac market.
Use the Crop Tool to change perspective
If you are an animator or composite artist, you may have come across the problem a time or two. You need to map and image onto a surface or video layer, but the image was photographed in such a way that the perspective is all off. How can you easily correct the perspective without spending a lot of time doing it? Here’s an Adobe Photoshop Quick Tip that answers the question.
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