WD Redesigns My Passport

May 27, 2015, 10:21 AM

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IRVINE, Calif., May 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — WD, a Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) company, and world leader in storage solutions image: http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png , today introduced the new, redesigned My Passport Ultra portable hard drives and My Passport for Mac drives. With the My Passport line now in its 7th generation, the My Passport Ultra and My Passport for Mac portable hard drives are now available in capacities up to 3 TB1 and in four stylish colors2 – Classic ...

Rewrapping MP4 to MOV with CinePlay

May 27, 2015, 04:00 AM

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I recently had a need to rewrap an MP4 to MOV without transcoding the existing H.264 video when it occurred to me that CinePlay for Mac makes an excellent rewrapping tool, despite this purpose not actually occurring to us during development.Here's how to do it:1. Open up the MP4 you wish to convert in CinePlay.2. Go to File > Export.3. Under both Video and Audio, select Don't Transcode (pass-through) and click Save.The movie will be rewrapped to a separate MOV extremely quickly. Depending ...

Sally Cruikshank: A Career Retrospective, Part 2

May 27, 2015, 04:00 AM

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“The more you draw, the more your line expresses who you are.” — Sally Cruikshank ...

Free Virtual Set Editor and LiveText to Schools Wh

May 26, 2015, 04:23 PM

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With TriCaster, you're free to share school news, sports events and other activities—quickly and easily. It's easy to learn and operate. One person or a small team. Broadcast or webcast the action. Stream live to the Web. Deliver to projector. Record for future viewing. Do it all. All at once. TriCaster gives you the freedom and the power to deliver your school's activities to family, friends and fans. Higher learning – it's more affordable than you think. And, if you order before Ju...

POV Shots in the 'Mad Max' Movies

May 26, 2015, 04:22 PM

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Even if you don't like action movies, don't like cars, don't like Mel Gibson, or don't like Australia (or the apocalypse), it would be hard to be immune to the charms of George Miller's original, primal Mad Max films. As the newest installment, 'Mad Max: Fury Road,' blazes a trail of high ticket sales through cineplexes across the land, it's more than worth a look back at these earlier films, which might show up as examples if you were to look up the term "action film" in an encyclopedia. Becaus...

Scene Tectonics: Your Edit and Scene Transitions

May 26, 2015, 12:36 PM

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Everything happens during scene transitions: Characters change and move, plot revelations surface, and the audience is the most engaged. Legendary editor Walter Murch once said transitions are “where the soul of the film is frequently most revealed.” That’s a good starting point when thinking about transitions—as a process of unearthing the emotional core of your story. A scene transition is change: a shift from one emotional state to another, everything in turmoil.

Create Awesome Stingers in Final Cut Pro X

May 26, 2015, 12:35 PM

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Do you need solid logo stingers for your upcoming project? Then check out Pixel Film Studios ProTrailer pack for Final Cut Pro X!

After Effects Hidden Gems: Cropping in the Output

May 26, 2015, 12:35 PM

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One of the most fun and challenging jobs you can work on is a multi-screen projection. The common way to tackle this in After Effects is to create one large composition that represents all of the screens put together, create your animation in that, and then break it into its individual projections when it comes time to render. However, many tackle the rendering phase wrong.

3D Title Plugins for Final Cut Pro X

May 26, 2015, 09:29 AM

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Building fashion brand awareness with a little hel

May 26, 2015, 09:29 AM

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Many more companies are turning to video to help build their business. Jonathan Edwards understands that and uses Final Cut Pro X to make films that get brands exposed on websites & social media. If the images look familiar, that's because Sony picked up his work for for THFKDLF as the background for their media cloud services website.