Need high-quality stock footage, and can't wait for a disc? All Artbeats Stock Footage titles in our store are now available in downloadable versions in addition to shipping on CDs.

Artbeats offers a unique variety of subject matter at a quality that you won't find anywhere else. The footage is royalty-free with unlimited use and licensed for broadcast worldwide. Choose from a vast library including special effects, CGI animations, scenics, aerials, timelapse, lifestyles, archival and much more- in standard definition and HD formats.

Labels: ArtBeats, Stock Footage

High Definition, Royalty-free Aerial Footage Includes Sweeping Skylines, Dominant Skyscrapers and the Picturesque Southern Coastline

(Myrtle Creek, Oregon--July 29, 2008) Take flight down south with Artbeats' newest royalty-free aerial stock footage collections, New Orleans Aerials and Florida City Aerials, featuring unique aerial shots of numerous landmarks including the picturesque southern coastline, commanding skyscrapers and prominent skylines. Shot with the Gyron system for ultimate stabilization, these new titles include superior quality, HD content that has made Artbeats footage a favorite among industry professionals.

New Artbeats footage to our store at Toolfarm.com:

New Orleans Aerials features all the excitement and history one would expect from this famous city, even post-Hurricane Katrina. This breathtaking collection, available in HD and SD resolution, includes the Louisiana Superdome and the dominant towers of downtown; the renowned French Quarter and views of the beautiful St. Louis Cathedral from the Mississippi River.

Florida City Aerials includes soaring high above the scenic Florida coast and dramatic skyscrapers to gliding through water canals and massive harbors. Containing 45 clips in both HD and SD resolution, this collection showcases Florida's most well-known cities, such as Orlando, Jacksonville, Miami, and the state capitol, Tallahassee.

Winter Wilderness Aerials Fly over snow-covered peaks, down icy rivers, alongside jagged glacial seracs, and above vast tracts of unbroken coniferous forests to witness the Alaskan wilderness in its frigid winter drama. HD and SD collections both contain 41 clips.

Sports Ball Elements Balls of five different sports are shown alone on a black ground as they spin, roll, or fly through the air in a variety of trajectories, some in close-up, others in mid-frame. HD and SD both contain 78 clips, 15 of which are seamless looping.

As the industry's leading creative footage resource, Artbeats is also committed to providing a multitude of tools, including tutorials and creative samples, for beginning cinematographers and industry veterans alike, as well as its innovative footage. All of Artbeats' tutorials are presented by professionals in the design industry and are available free of charge at www.artbeats.com/resource.

Labels: ArtBeats, Stock Footage

Info from Ninja Crayon:

Digital Media Artists / Los Angeles (DMA/LA) is an association for professionals creating imagery for video, film, and other media using desktop tools. MGLA was formed in August 1997 through the merger of several previously-existing groups. DMA/LA is an extention of that - continuing in 2008. DMA/LA's area of discussions are not restricted to a specific hardware or software solution, understanding that an artist often has to employ 2D, 3D, and other digital tools to realize their vision - and that artistic inspiration can be universal.

Lineup: Q&A with Tom Luth / SonicFire SmartSound / Trapcode Horizon / Chevon Hicks - HeavenSpot

7:00 - 7:30 Q&A with Tom Luth

In addition to a short Q&A session, DMA's Tom Luth will show off the bit of title design that we missed last month.

7:30 - 7:55 Smartsound SonicFire 5.

With the new version soon to be released, Stephanie Joyce will be presenting a sneak peek for us at DMA/LA. If you're a motion graphics artist or producer, you'll want to be sure to see the new features.

Stephanie will be demonstrating all the amazing new features in SmartSound Sonicfire Pro 5. Building on the recent success of their Multi-Layer Music and the famous Mood Mapping® feature, the new Sonicfire Pro 5 does things you never imagined possible with library music. Want to move a music beat to align with an event in your video? Come check it out.

8:05 - 8:30 Trapcode Horizon

Presented by Sean Safreed of Red Giant Software (site to all Trapcode, Magic Bullet, Knoll Light Factory Pro, Instant HD and more), Trapcode Horizon is the latest offering from Peder Norrby for After Effects users. Taking advantage of some simple steps, AE users can create scenes that, well, stretch to an unending horizon.

8:35 - 8:55 Break

Get to know some of the other members, grab a snack or drink in the lobby, or ask the presenters some of those questions you didn't want to raise your hand for.

9:00 - 9:50 Chevon Hicks : Heavenspot

Chevon will be presenting some of the company's recent work for FOX's NASHVILLE which will incorporate both motion graphics for promo and interactive. It is a great case study on a newly emerging trend, where the website design took an interesting influence on the broadcast look.

Door Prizes will include great prizes from our friends at: Black Magic Design/ Adobe / Artbeats / Red Giant Software / Smartsound / Automatic Duck / Toolfarm / Ballistic Publishing / Focal Press / 12" Design / Gridiron Software And More...

New Members welcome: JOIN (free of course)

If you have any announcements about jobs, projects or other employment opportunities, please contact Tom Luth (tom luth @ aol . com) (remove spaces).

And again, thanks to Adobe's sponsorship of DMA/LA this year, admission is free!

* Tony, Warren, Ed, Tom and Ko
Your co-hosts

Labels: Adobe, ArtBeats, Automatic Duck, DMA/LA, GridIron, Ko Maruyama, Red Giant, SmartSound

Download a free ArtBeats clip each month when you sign up for their newsletter. This month is a lovely field of some sort of yellow and orange flowers that is timelapse. Get your ArtBeats footage at Toolfarm and save!.

Register at ArtBeats and get a free clip per month.

Labels: ArtBeats, Free

Enhance your video productions with incredible footage from Artbeats. Adobe has selected 15 royalty-free stock footage clips from the Artbeats library specifically to expand your creative options. Included are billowing clouds, stunning pyrotechnic effects, water drops, gently falling rain, a spinning globe, and mood-setting animated backgrounds. Available in NTSC and PAL formats. For more information and to preview all 15 of the clips, visit www.artbeats.com/adobeclips.

Buy Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium or Master Collection and get free footage from Artbeats - a $2,895 Value!

Offer Terms and Conditions:
Customers purchase a full retail or upgrade version (does not include Education, OEM or VAB versions) of Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium or the Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection from the Adobe Store or a participating reseller from September 10th, 2007 through November 30th, 2007 to be eligible to download 15 royalty-free stock footage clips from Artbeats ("Artbeats Clips") for free (a value of US$2,895). Offer is available to customers located in the U.S., Canada (excluding Quebec) and Mexico.

Labels: Adobe, ArtBeats, Creative Suite

First, the free clip.

The ArtBeats newsletter if chock full of good stuff. Chris and Trish Meyer's of CyberMotion training have a column in the ArtBeats newsletter, too. Here's an excerpt:

We recommend to folks in the market for stock footage that if they can get the hi-definition (HD) version now, they should - even if their jobs are currently all in standard definition (SD). For one, HD is certainly the future, so buying HD clips now helps prevent your investment from becoming obsolete. Secondly, the extra pixels available in an HD clip open up many additional possibilities when working in SD: You can re-frame the shot, perform pan and zoom moves on it, and also perform creative tricks such as simulating the popular "Kid Stays in the Picture" look.

Hey, look! Tons of ArtBeats clips at Toolfarm.

Labels: ArtBeats, CyberMotion, Free, Stock Footage

We've been adding TONS of ArtBeats videos to our store. The clips are amazingly high quality, come in SD or HD and have so much variety, there's something for everyone and every project.

• Worshippers HD Vol 2
• Timelapse Landscapes 4
• imelapse Flowers 3
• Storm Clouds 2 HD Vol 1
• Protestants
• Mayhem HD
• Code Range HD vol 1
• Catholics HD Vol 1
• Burning House
• Rodeo HD Vol 1
• Nightmare Light
• Tanks
• Road to Baghdad
• Northeast City Arials
• Marines
• Las Vegas Aerials HD
• Tokyo
• Mountain Peaks
• Africa Scenics
• And LOTS, LOTS MORE!

I meant to post this a couple of weeks ago, but you still have a day or two to download the free clip from Artbeats for June 1007.

Labels: ArtBeats