Digital Motion dot net » Video Effects Software http://www.digital-motion.net Digital Media Production Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:14:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Great short film: Nuit Blanche http://www.digital-motion.net/2010/02/16/nuit-blanche/ http://www.digital-motion.net/2010/02/16/nuit-blanche/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:50:12 +0000 kevin http://www.digital-motion.net/?p=228

Nuit Blanche from Spy Films on Vimeo.

This is a great little film, wonderful portfolio piece. It does a great job at establishing a look and a mood. I love that Spy Films also put their Making Of on Vimeo as well. It shows exactly how much work went into it.

(via ProVideo Coalition.com)

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Flickermood 2.0 from Sebastian Lange on Vimeo.

]]> http://www.digital-motion.net/2009/04/24/nice-typography-based-motion-graphics-design-work/feed/ 0 Don’t install QT 7.4 on your production machines! http://www.digital-motion.net/2008/01/23/dont-install-qt-74-on-your-production-machines/ http://www.digital-motion.net/2008/01/23/dont-install-qt-74-on-your-production-machines/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:22:38 +0000 kevin http://www.digital-motion.net/2008/01/23/dont-install-qt-74-on-your-production-machines/ [Via Slashdot: Apple QuickTime DRM Disables Video Editing Apps]

According to numerous posts on Apples discussion forums several threads of which have been deleted by Apple, as well as a number of popular video editing blogs, Apples recent QT 7.4 update does more than just enable iTunes video rentals — it also disables Adobes professional After Effects video editing software. Attempting to render video files after the update results in a DRM permissions error. Unfortunately, it is not possible to roll back to a previous version of QT without doing a full OSX reinstall. Previous QT updates have also been known to have severe issues with pro video editing apps.

Of course, you knew never to install any software or OS update (mac or windows) without first waiting to see if there were any reports of problems, right?

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Imagine now that over in Hollywood, they are producing 100s of Gigabytes a day. What the hell do they do with it? This article from the New York times is interesting, but I’d love to see an in-depth interview with a major film studio data wrangler.

The Afterlife Is Expensive for Digital Movies – New York Times

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The last part is my favorite part of course!

via Aral Balkan

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Skill: Intermediate

Discover a new language for image and video processing (developed by Adobe Image Foundation) that will soon be available on Adobe Labs. In this session, we will demonstrate tools for writing and testing the language, explain how to write efficient algorithms, and share examples of the possibilities for development. We’ll also show how these tools were used to create some of the video processing effects shipping in Adobe After Effects CS3.

  • Wednesday, October 3, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
]]> http://www.digital-motion.net/2007/09/25/come-see-my-talk-at-the-max-conference/feed/ 0 speaking of after effects and typeography http://www.digital-motion.net/2007/01/06/speaking-of-after-effects-and-typeography/ http://www.digital-motion.net/2007/01/06/speaking-of-after-effects-and-typeography/#comments Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:24:11 +0000 kevin http://www.digital-motion.net/2007/01/06/speaking-of-after-effects-and-typeography/ 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…

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

]]> http://www.digital-motion.net/2007/01/06/after-effects-portal-tutorials/feed/ 0 extensive resource list for motion graphics http://www.digital-motion.net/2006/12/19/extensive-resource-list-for-motion-graphics/ http://www.digital-motion.net/2006/12/19/extensive-resource-list-for-motion-graphics/#comments Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:48:15 +0000 kevin http://www.digital-motion.net/2006/12/19/extensive-resource-list-for-motion-graphics/ 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.

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