Powered by FxFactory; Stereo3D Toolbox is a plug-in designed to work with Adobe After Effects CS3 / CS4, Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion and Apple Final Cut Express applications. With Stereo3D Toolbox, artists can easily output their media to a wide range of Stereoscopic 3D formats (side by side, over/under, checkerboard, interlace, anaglyph) as well as manage the demuxing of side by side, interlace and over/under formattingBeth Marchant talks with Tim Dashwood, creator of the Dashwood Stereo3D Toolbox plugin.

You had some help from Noise Industries' FxFactory architecture.

Yes, I was using the FxFactory suite of tools for other projects. For those who don't know, FxFactory Pro allows the end user to design plug-ins in a simpler way than a programmer would do it. Basically, you don't write code because you're using Apple's Quartz Composer, their node-based visual programming language.

• Read the interview at Studio Daily
• Buy Dashwood Stereo3D Toolbox
• Download a demo

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In this video hosted by Studio Daily, Red Giant's Sean Safreed shows you how to create a custom cartoon style and compares ToonIt's feature set to the bundled cartoon effect inside AE CS4.

If you don't have ToonIt and would like to try it out, download a free trial here. If you'd like to buy ToonIt, save 5% with Toolfarm's everyday discount!

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Harry Frank has a nice tutorial up at Studio Daily about making a lens flare in AE CS3 and Trapcode Shine. Of course, Harry will use some expressions.

• Download a free demo of Trapcode Shine
• Buy Trapcode Shine and save 5% with Toolfarm's everyday 5% discount.
• Learn more about Trapcode Shine in our Plug-in Finder

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Studio Daily has a Q&ampA with Sean Safreed, co-founder, owner and manager of Red Giant Software. Sean discusses the acquisition of the Digital Anarchy video plug-ins and the future of Red Giant. Read it now!

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Studio Daily has an interesting user story about managing multiple workflows that use FCP, Avid and After Effects!

The film, a romantic comedy called The Other End of the Line, directed by Jim Dodson, was shot in both the U.S. and India.

"We were really under the gun with this project," says Dodson. "But with Automatic Duck Pro Import AE, we were able to import 250 layers from Final Cut into After Effects with all the stacks in place and in the right order. Without the plug-in, we wouldn't have made it in time to Cannes."

The Duck also saved Dodson time when creating an HD online in Final Cut Pro of the trailer, originally created by an outside shop on the Avid. "Automatic Duck Pro Export FCP read in the Avid timeline and gave us a flawless Final Cut sequence," he says.

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Scott Simmons has an article up at Studio Daily, Adobe fires another shot across Apple's bow, about Premiere Pro's latest update to version 4.0.1. It's a HUGE update for just a single point, as Scott says, it should be Premiere Pro 4.1. I was taking with David Helmly from Adobe a couple of weeks ago and he was telling me about the new features in PPRO 4.0.1 and I agree, its a huge update.

What are the biggest new features?

• Adobe's RED support.
• The ability to import a Final Cut Pro XML
• Export audio to OMF

Labels: Avid, Premiere Pro, Red Camera, Studio Daily

Harry Frank has a video up at Studio Daily about Using expressions to speed up lower third creation in After Effects. He explains how to create a document that links to the text document with corresponding scene numbers... a very cool way to speed up simple but tedious work. It's not difficult, but this is definitely not something you'd figure out yourself, unless you're a javascript programmer, or a whiz with expressions.

Also, Harry's Complete training for Trapcode Particular from Class on Demand is half price this week. (DVD | Download), during our One Day Sale. Also, if you haven't heard, Trapcode Suite is 50% off today only!

Labels: After Effects, Harry Frank, Particular, Studio Daily, Trapcode, Trapcode Suite, Tutorial

Studio Daily interviews Peder Norrby, Trapcode's founder and developer. Read the interview here.

Peder says, "There is also a business-perspective: our goal is for our customers to wow their clients and make more money using the products than the cost of the products themselves, so it is turns out to be a very good investment for them. Good investments are always popular, and news of them tend to spread." So, that's his secret!

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Toolfarm invites you to subscribe to a new bi-monthly electronic newsletter, The Plug-in Post, brought to you by the same people who publish Studio/monthly magazine, StudioDaily and Film & Video.

The Plug-In Post, launching in late July, will bring you breaking plug-in product news as well as creative ideas on how to extend your editing, effects and animation software, streamline your workflow or simply infuse a project with a novel effect.

Also inside every issue:

• Where to find and download the latest plug-ins or version upgrades (Hint: It starts with a T and ends in 'farm')
• Power Plug Tips: How to use a popular plug-in in a completely new way
• Host software news and updates that relate to plug-in operability
• Project Spotlights on cool effects created with plug-ins
• Q&As with plug-in developers and product managers
• Special offers on trial versions, upgrades and training

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CE Raum, product designer for Imagineer Systems, demos the first part of company's new VFX architecture mogul, mogul review. At NAB, CE gave me a walk through of the product also. It is really going to change the way people work. Watch the video at Studio Daily.

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Marc Franklin over at Studio Monthly reviewed Boris Continuum Complete 5 and gave it mad props.

...BCC 5 is a sophisticated and fast answer to your workflow. It has a high-end feature set that lets you create top-notch results within minutes.

Read the BCC5 Review at Studio Monthly

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StudioDaily has a new tutorial, Simulate a Videoconference Open in Final Cut Studio 2 with FxFactory Pro. In this tutorial, they explain how to simulate the opening of a videoconference by customizing a preset found in FxFactory Pro, a terrific plug-in from Noise Industries.

Learn more about FxFactory Pro in our Plug-in Finder or try a demo of FxFactory Pro.

Labels: Final Cut Pro, FxFactory, Noise Industries, Studio Daily, Tutorial

Studio Daily has a Click-thru Tutorial: Gridiron Nucleo Pro 2. Great timing, with it being ON SALE TODAY ONLY. You could call it a One Day Sale.

Toolfarm Specials - click that link to buy GridIron Nucleo Pro 2 or an upgrade at today's special price.

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Kai Pederson and Studio Daily "look at the new features Enhanced Open GL in version 10 of Cinema4D and its capabilities for accurate viewing and creation of color, shading, lighting and textures, as well as the new interactive rendering region."

Check out the tutorial

Maxon Cinema 4D is an incredible tool for motion graphic artists who mainly use After Effects and would like to start using 3D software. C4D and AE play well together and the learning curve isn't nearly as steep as it would be for something like Maya. Anywhoo, if you don't believe me, try a free demo of Cinema 4D.

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Studio Daily has posted video of Stu Maschwitz previewing Magic Bullet Looks from Red Giant Software and it is really incredible. You can still get Magic Bullet Suite 2.1 while you wait for the new version to come out.

Watch the Magic Bullet Looks video tutorial

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