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Review: MAXON Cinema 4D Studio R12
My review criteria fell within a set of initial questions I ask of any new package before I invest in it: 1) Were the features in the new release worth an upgrade for those who have a previous version of the software? 2) Was Cinema 4D a viable package for doing the kind of work we do as 3D artists? 3) Was there a good reason why a studio using other software might add Cinema 4D to its toolset? 4) What were Cinema 4D's advantages and disadvantages once you sat down and actually started using it?
Review: Digieffects Delirium v2
Nino Del Padre reviews Digieffects Delirium v2 and finds it's far from the package he first used ten years ago.
Video Tutorial: Sharpen Depth of Field in After Effects with One Click
In this video tutorial, Digieffects' Dustin Klein shows you how to create a depth map with one click while working in After Effects. Using the company's recent plug-in, Depth, he shows you how to add more accurate and photoreal results to your comps than you can create with the default tools inside AE.
Video Tutorial: Use Digieffects Depth+CameraMapper to Add Stereo Depth to a Van Gogh Painting
In this stereo 3D tutorial, you'll learn how to add a 3D camera move and apply rack focus to turn a classic work of art into a 3D anaglyph image. Once again, 3D glasses are required to watch your progress and see the final result.
Video Tutorial: 3D Stereo Displacement with Digieffects Freeform AE
In this video tutorial, you'll earn how to translate 2D motion and set up cameras within stereo 3D files for full 3D displacement
Video Tutorial: Learn Advanced Tracking Techniques in Imagineer Mocha
Learn how to capture and export adjusted tracking data, use various features to set optimal reference points, and eliminate tracking drift in a rotospline in this advanced tutorial from master trainer Steve Wright.
I can say without reservation that Avid Media Composer 5 is an upgrade that truly deserves the "Hot" rating from our product review ranking index. Media Composer has been a top nonlinear editor as long as there have been NLEs. In fact, it pretty much jump-started the whole NLE revolution. Version 5 contains a ton of new features (several quite earth-shattering, if you're a longtime Avid editor) that answered many previous customer requests and complaints.
How to Get a Lock-Down Stabilization Effect with BCC in After Effects CS5
Paul Ezzy at Boris FX demonstrates how to use Boris Continuum Complete's Optical Stabilizer filter in Adobe After Effects CS5 to get a lock-down stabilization effect on some very shaky footage.
Review: HP EliteBook 8740w Mobile Workstation
Editing video on a laptop computer has always been something of a kluge. If you do find a good solution, it’s likely to weigh more than you’ll want to carry and have too-short a battery life. It won’t have the processor and display needed to do more than a cursory edit. For most projects, it’s a desktop computer or nothing at all. That may change with the introduction of the HP EliteBook 8740w Mobile Workstation.