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Adobe CS6 Products Now Available at Toolfarm. News and Information on the CS6 Lineup- including FAQ, Buyers’ Guide and Creative Cloud Information. Toolfarm is your CS6 Resource!

Luca’s FilmFx 1.0, FilmFx 2.0, Leaders Collection 1.0 and Light Transitions 1.0 are a selection of effects and transitions including film burns, light leaks, grunge wipes, classic and freely interpreted leaders and countdown and a lot more. We have so far made available a collection of nearly 100 visual fx specifically designed for editors, filmmakers and videographers alike.

Tonalizer|VFX is a tonality enhancement- and fine-tuning tool that differs from conventional color grading tools. For Final Cut Pro 7/X, Final Cut Pro Express, and Motion 4/5. Ends May 31 2012.

Nick Campbell revealed at NAB: Transform, “A New Build and Destroy Plug-in for Cinema 4D”.  Update - “It has really become a more powerful tool than we ever expected.” See more examples of no-keyframes animations using Transform.

Create the photo animation style made popular by Ken Burns. Compatible with Final Cut Pro 6, 7 and X, Motion 3, 4 and 5, After Effects CS3, CS4, CS5, CS5.5 and CS6.

In this episode of Red Giant TV, director Seth Worley shows you how to create a Spider-Man Web Slinging Effect with Trapcode Particular.

EJ Hasssenfratz shows how to adjust the intensity of lighting in Cinema 4D using Effectors.

Adobe announced last week that there are eight vulnerabilities, security bulletins and advisories, for Photoshop CS5 and earlier, and Illustrator and Flash Pro CS5.5 and earlier.

Titler Pro: An Amazingly Sophisticated 3D and 2D Titler Built for the Professional Editor’s Schedule- Now for Mac and Win. Purchase Titler Pro and Get Light Blends Free Through May 31 2012.

Integrated 2D and 3D Title Animation- Easily create sophisticated title animation including type on text, text on a path, jitter, and randomization. Create 3D text with bump maps and reflections.

The official music video for I Do (Come True) by Swimming, a sci-fi music video from Polymathematics in the UK.

The description translates to “Discover new ways to extrude in After Effects CS6.”

Looklabs is proud to announce its first digital film stock. SpeedLooks 3529 is now in production in the lab and is soon to be released! SL-3529 will be released in 6 distinct palettes - Clean, Punch, Gold, Blue, Noir and Bleach.

Tiffen, maker of the DFX Digital Effects Suite, has free Weekly Webinars.

An abstract 3D sculpture of a woman dancing and moving, recorded by three depth cameras.

In this special episode of Unplugged, John Dickinson of Motionworks chats with Zax Dow of Zaxwerks about After Effects CS6 and what the introduction of the 3D ray-traced features means to Zaxwerks flagship products 3D Invigorator and ProAnimator.

An intriguing showreel from Gidd Media of Norway. Lots of variety, including work created with Cinema 4D and After Effects, lots of compositing, and some motion graphics.

Simulate and customize the EAN-13 barcode used worldwide for FREE with Yanobox Barcode, available through FxFactory

The PixelLab has a free tutorial using a free plug-in called Nitro 4D Magic Slow Motion, a time remapping plug-in for Cinema 4D.

Two New Touch Apps for iOS and Adobe Muse Also Shipping

Mike Seymour of fxguide has lots of great info on Stereo Conversion, discussing issues, the keys to good conversion, and interesting case studies.

Post by Chris Schmidt at Greyscalegorilla- a great introductory video for newbies to Cinema 4D.

A boy with horrible parents owns a robot named Blinky. I wasn’t expecting THAT twisted of an ending!

Via Joren Kandel and Remco at the Pixel Lab. Product box models for Cinema 4D R12 and up.

V-Ray Latest Update Now Available with Support for 3ds Max 2013 and Major Feature Enhancements