Digital Production Buzz — July 21, 2011

July 20, 2011, 08:46 AM

http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/2011/07/19/di...

This is a great show. Converting Transformers from 2D to 3D, creating stock art and stock music, creating custom music, and understanding music copyright issues. All this, plus Pick Our Brains, on this week’s show! This week's episode of the world's only interactive talk radio program covering Digital Production, Post-Production and Distribution is filled with information and entertainment designed for the independent filmmaker or industry professional.

Colored Light Strokes and Streaks

July 20, 2011, 08:45 AM

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Thoughts on Lion

July 20, 2011, 08:43 AM

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We are all looking forward to the release of Lion on Wednesday this week. So I thought I'd dust off a few thoughts from operating system upgrades from year's past – just to prevent any problems.

Motion 5 and FCPX: 53 built-in fonts

July 20, 2011, 08:41 AM

http://alex4d.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/motion-5-fc...

To showcase the template features of Motion 5 and Final Cut Pro X, Apple shipped them with a range of fonts to suit every mood.There are 28 font families, as some families have more than one variant there are 53 fonts in total. They are built into each app so that they're are always available if projects include any Motion templates.

AE Basics 6: Previewing Your Work

July 20, 2011, 08:39 AM

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AE Basics -- A Creative Cow series for new users of Adobe After Effects. 6 -- In this sixth tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through the options for previewing your compositions in After Effects. Andrew shows how to listen to audio layers as well as how to set up the RAM previewing options while giving some keyboard short-cuts for navigating your timeline. He also shows how to set a layer marker while listening back to some audio to give you a visual point to synchronise your other layers.

FCP X – MORE MUSINGS

July 19, 2011, 09:53 PM

http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/news/2011/07/fcp-...

Since Aesop the fable has been told of the snake or scorpion whose life is being saved by a farmer, turtle, or frog, and who then turns around and inflicts a mortal bite or sting upon its benefactor, perforce sealing its own fate too.

Secret FCPX: Windows, Tools and Audio

July 19, 2011, 03:23 PM

http://alex4d.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/secret-fcpx...

In the Final Cut Pro/Contents/Frameworks/LunaKit.framework there is evidence that the window layouts were or will be more flexible than they are in version 10.0...

The Avid Assistant Editor's Handbook Cover

July 19, 2011, 03:18 PM

http://avidassteditor.com/2011/07/19/the-avid-assi...

I'm in the final stages of finishing up the book and wanted to give you a little preview of the book cover. I wish I could give a timeline of exactly when the book will be out but I can confidently say "Before the end of the year!". I will keep you updated on the

10 Things wish I knew when I opened CS5.5

July 19, 2011, 03:17 PM

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I wrote a version of this for FCP 7 last year in 2 parts that is on the La FCP Users Group site.AS FCP 7 is EOL and I am working mainly with Premiere Pro and Avid these days, I decided it was time for an update.

Rocking out with ToonIt

July 19, 2011, 03:14 PM

http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/blog/2011/07/19/ro...

Formed in 1976 Accept is one of Germany’s most renowned heavy metal bands with over 27 million albums sold worldwide. When Mark Tornillo (former T.T. Quick front man) joined in 2009 they attacked the industry with fresh ideas and a matured outlook...