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For one week only, get the Boris Motion Graphics Pack for Adobe for just $995. Normally $1,595.00- Save $600! Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro CS5, CS4, and CS3 Compatible.

Post by by Peder Norrby/ Trapcode: “Actual images of nebulas taken with the Hubble space telescope were combined in After Effects with CG gas clouds and stars made using Trapcode Form and Starglow.”

Post by Chris Schmidt at Greyscalegorilla. “Ingredients: Star Spline, Circle Spline, Cog Spline, Loft Nurbs, Displacement Deformer, 5 Lights, About 20 nulls, And a dash of Subsurface Scattering. Render and Enjoy!”

20 Video Production-Themed Models for Maxon Cinema 4D at an affordable price. Camera cranes, director’s chair, studio lights, film reels, TV cameras, News sets and more.

Join Maxon today for a free streaming seminar on Dynamic Thinking Particle FX: Thinking Particles + MoGraph Dynamics.

Get quality training for After Effects for just $49! Regularly $225! Toolfarm is reaching out to help support the cause of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder. All proceeds from this training bundle will go toward helping a child get the medical treatment he needs.

Free Update- Fixed Opacity and Depth of Field Bug. Create Stunning Generative Art with ease in After Effects.

Learn Cinema4D Dynamics is a comprehensive introduction to mastering dynamics within Cinema4D. With a proven track record as one of the worlds leading tutors in Cinema4D, Tim Clapham takes you through this incredible feature rich toolset. Explore the techniques and processes of working with Dynamics as you create five unique projects from the ground up.

Written within days of the London riots in August 2011 and recorded under a railway arch where the band rehearse in Clapham Junction, literally metres from Lavender Hill. Already played on twice on BBC Radio Newcastle (94.6 fm) and numerous times on BBC 6 Radio.

Red Giant’s (Almost) Free Fridays Deal: Free Training, Presets & Great Deals. Red Giant Magic Bullet Frames Over 60% Off; Freebie Tutorial and Preset.

Save 30% Off Full Unit MSRP with the MAXON Sidegrade Special! Through April 30, 2012 you can save cash money when expanding your 3D toolset or by switching to CINEMA 4D R13.

Post by Tibor Miklos at AEtuts+. Hello everyone! In this tutorial we’re gonna show you how you can create 3 awesome circle animations with a few simple steps and default plug-ins such as CC Circle and Radio Waves.

LumenRT is e-on software’s revolutionary 3D technology for the interactive visualization of architectural projects. Create high quality real-time visualizations of your models and explore them with your mouse!

Shot Test for Pipelines by Daniel Gies. “This is a quick lighting and post production treatment test for the main set of the pipelines animation.”

Todd Kopriva of Adobe goes over changes in the CS5.5 version of Adobe After Effects. 1 hour 25 minutes.

An Avid editor recently inquired regarding how to do a chroma key with a drop shadow inside of Avid Media Composer. Boris FX Senior Product Manager Dirk de Jong responded to the question with this screencap that illustrates how to accomplish this effect using Boris Continuum Complete AVX.

In this video taken straight from the laptop of Adobe’s Senior Product Manager, Bryan O’Neil Hughes, get an early look at some of the things the Photoshop team is working on for Camera Raw.

Post by Joren Kandel / The Pixel Lab. “In this quick Cinema 4D and After Effects tutorial I’ll show you how to set up your C4D render to export shadows to AE. I’ll also go over how to composite the multipasses correctly in After Effects.”

The following are products that work in Avid MC v6/ 64 bit compatible. We will keep this list update as new products become available.

An “oldie but goodie”, I thought we’d repost just in case you missed this one from Greyscalegorilla. More freebies for After Effects and Cinema 4D.

Imagineer Systems’ product specialist Mary Poplin, created this tutorial to show how mocha Pro and Adobe Photoshop can be used to remove objects from scenes when there is no clean footage.

We are pleased to announce that after working with Apple these last few months, Red Giant has fixed the bug in FCPX, and, as of today, Magic Bullet Looks is now available for FCPX.

Post by Elliott.G.Montello on Vimeo. “After much demand, I have released a tutorial explaining how I used RE:Vision Effects Twixtor to create the interpolated slow motion in the short film ‘Incendium’ by Danny Cooke and myself.”

The following is a list of updates by Plug-in vendors in regards to current or future support of Final Cut Pro X. We will keep this page updated and post new info as we receive it.

A stunning sci-fi short film, taking place in Russia with 20 full CGI shots.