With spring coming up, don't be surprised if you're hit up to create a Special Occasion Video, such as a wedding photomontage or an anniversary party photomontage.

I'm creating a multi-part tutorial that will explain all aspects of creating a classy photomontage with personality and taste.

The first tutorial discusses the meeting with your client... in my case, the client (victim) is my sister. I'll be preparing a video for her engagement party in March and you're invited to help me along in the process.

Future tutorials will cover

• Color correcting photos in Photoshop
• Managing hoardes of images in After Effects to streamline your process
• Sequencing images in After Effects to make an animated slideshow very quickly
• Creating elements to use over and over in later projects (like templates - because after you make your first amazing video, everyone will want one!)
• Making a beautiful spreading of rose petals, completely digitally, using Photoshop and Particle Playground in After Effects
• Making attractive animating titles in After Effects
• Making animated backgrounds in After Effects
• Putting your project to DVD using iDVD

So, I've got a lot of work ahead of me, don't I!