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I’ve been thinking of the jumpy text thing that everyone was doing for a while. So, a few minutes with the wiggler and some animation presets later and…

After Effects Portal: Tutorials

Nice collection of links to After Effects tutorials on-line.

I heard about Stray Cinema on This Week in Media. They are an “open source” movie: they have all their takes on the site for download, and they are asking people to make their own edits of the film. Sounds like it could be a very fun and instructive exercise for a budding editor or director. Kind of like Panaroma Ephemera, but with more chance of promotion opportunities to the world.

It’ll be really interesting to see the different takes on the film. Hopefully, they will post all of them on the site.

WGBH Lab: Sandbox

This is a small group of clips, but hopefully there will be more. Right now, focused on science animations and little natural clips.

I’ve been following pure:dyne for a while now. It seems like a great thing for live media performers (music or video) or for those who want to get into production but don’t have the cash to purchase a bunch of software.

In a nutshell, it is a version of linux customized around multimedia with a bunch of open source and freeware audio and video production software included in the installation. It can be booted from a CD or memory stick (so you don’t have to install it on your PC or Mac).

From Create Digital Music, I hear that they just hit a stable build, so it might be time to try it out.

xplsv.tv // Forum / General / Motion help list

I like it when other sites create exhaustive lists of cool resources and then promise to keep those lists up to date. Saves me A LOT of time. It is mostly focused on After Effects, but that is the tool of choice for most of us. Works out just fine.

(via CreateDigitalMotion)

AE ENHANCERS :: View topic - BG Renderer

This shows some good and bad things about AE. First of all, it is cool that someone could write a little script that could do something as nifty as this and that the app is extensible enough to make that happen. Secondly, it sure would be nice to have the app take more advantage of the available processor resources in newer machines.

This is a great podcast for digital filmmakers. I particularly liked this week’s episode. They gave their insight into why Apple bought Proximity. Their take was that Apple was looking to counter Avid and Avid’s integration with digital asset management solutions. They also had a great discussion around micro cinemas and social bookmarking of video clips which gave me two great ideas for start-ups. I probably won’t do either of them, but it is nice to be inspired anyway.

This Week In Media

In the spirit of of the Shining Preview Remix, Chris Rule has remixed Mary Poppins into a horror movie trailer. I love these exercises, not only because they are funny, but also because they show the power of editing and soundtrack. This kind of thing would be a great project for a budding filmmaker.

Sites that Pay for Web Video: From CinemaTech

I’m always interested in finding ways to figure out how to monetize content, this is a great resource.