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Mac Industry News:
• RealViz Releases ReTimer SD
Mac OS X version coming in January
• Calendar: Mac Design Launches Conference
Conference to be held in Chicago May 28 to 30
• Extensis Releases PhotoFrame 2.5
New version supports Mac OS X
• Emagic Ships EMI 6|2 m Interface
USB device supports audio and MIDI
• Dolby Surround Tools Supports Pro Tools | HD
Utilities gain sample rates up to 96 kHz
• Apple Updates Final Cut Pro
USB device supports audio and MIDI
• Adobe Updates Premiere
New version fixes capture on the Mac
• Wet Electrics Releases Production Designer Studio
Presentation system syncs audio, video and MIDI
• Adobe Updates InDesign
Mac, Windows version gets bug fixes, performance tweaks
• Macromedia Updates Dreamweaver MX
Web authoring tool gets performance enhancements, integration with Contribute
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When is title safe, not title safe?
I received a somewhat frantic email the other day from an editor who has discovered that the title safe boundaries in Final Cut Pro have a slight error; "I discovered that FCP's title and action safe areas are not correct. Instead of 5/10 percent borders all the way around, it calculates 5/10 percent on the width and provides a uniform border all the way around. Do you know any way to change the title and action safety dimensions in FCP?" While there isn’t a way to change the dimensions in Final Cut Pro, this Baker’s Dozen FCP Quick Tip should help clarify some issues, and give you some information to pass along to your graphics department.
Working with color dynamics to preserve texture and add depth
It's difficult to say which aspect of Photoshop's Paint Engine is the most important. Custom brush tip shapes, textures, shape dynamics: They're all important for creating custom brushes, especially for natural media emulation. But what do all of these matter if you lose the texture and shape of your brush when you're painting?
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Actions for producing lighting effects and manipulating color
Our download this week is another set of actions for Adobe Photoshop 7. This collection focuses on a few aspects of light and color in Photoshop, including six adjustable image effects and one utilitarian action.
Importing entire FCP sequences into After Effects never been easier
In the last Final Cut Pro Quick Tip, I discussed how to import a single clip from the Final Cut Pro Timeline to After Effects for special effects work. The problem with that solution is it only brings in one track. If you have multiple layers, and need to make adjustments to all of them at the same time, you are going to run into issues. The solution? Get the duck... Automatic Duck that is.
Exporting to After Effects
Need to get a clip from your Final Cut Pro sequence into After Effects so you can perform some razzle-dazzle? Here’s how.
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