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March Sales at Toolfarm: Recorded Live!

2010-03-16T15:22:00.001-07:00

In case you're not subscribed to our newsletter (which you should be, because it's GREAT!), Michele Yamazaki from Toolfarm gives you the rundown on the sales at Toolfarm this month. We're just trying something a little different today with live streaming video. What do you think? Worth 4 minutes or not? It's completely unscripted (obviously). Normally we don't have nearly this many sales!

Contest: Motionworks and Digieffects Team Up for Animation Challenge!

2010-03-16T08:57:00.000-07:00

Showcase your skills and win cool tools

Call for entries! Create your most eye-popping animation using Digieffects Plug-ins. The top three entries will win the entire suite of Digieffects Plug-ins worth over $1,000!

The deadline is April 1st 2010. Learn more at http://www.motionworks.com.au/

Sale: Digieffects "Environmentally Responsible" Bundle

2010-03-16T05:00:00.000-07:00

Get the Digieffects Environmentally Responsible Bundle of three for $99- that's nearly half off! ($177 if purchase separately).

Includes:

Camera Mapper: Simulate a 3D scene from 2D still images or video footage. The Camera Mapper plugin allows you to isolate one or several objects in your footage, creating the visual illusion of the object floating in front of the original footage. Free Trial

Falloff Lighting: Digieffects Falloff Lighting provides an enhanced lighting system to After Effects built-in light. Falloff Lighting is much more like that of the real world where light naturally decays or “falls off” as surfaces increase distance from the After Effects light. Free Trial

Atmosphere: The Atmosphere plugin for After Effects realistically simulates atmospheric conditions such as haze and fog in your composition. Free Trial

Sale runs Tuesday March 16th through Thursday March 18th 2010.

Event: Boris FX Visual Effects and Motion Graphics Expo This Week

2010-03-15T21:28:00.000-07:00

Here is this week's live webinar schedule:

Tuesday, March 16th at 1pm Eastern Time: Boris Continuum Complete's 3D Objects Filters - More Info
Wednesday, March 17th at 1pm Eastern Time: Boris Continuum Complete and Boris XML Transfer - More Info
Thursday, March 18th at 11am Eastern Time: Boris New Technology Preview - More Info
Thursday, March 18th at 4pm Eastern Time: Boris New Technology Preview - More Info

Boris Continuum Complete's 3D Objects Filters
Join Michele Yamazaki of Toolfarm as she demonstrates Boris Continuum Complete 6's 3D Objects filters in Adobe After Effects. The webinar takes place on Tuesday, March 16th at 1:00pm Eastern Time.

Boris Continuum Complete and Boris XML Transfer
Kevin P McAuliffe will show you how to seamlessly export Final Cut Pro timelines to After Effects using Boris XML Transfer. The webinar takes place on Wednesday, March 17th at 1:00pm Eastern Time.

Boris New Technology Preview - 11:00am Eastern Time Session
Be the first to preview all-new Boris visual effects technology! This live webinar will be hosted by Boris FX Senior Product Managers Peter McAuley and Dirk de Jong on Thursday, March 18th at 11:00am Eastern Time.

Boris New Technology Preview - 4:00pm Eastern Time Session
Be the first to preview all-new Boris visual effects technology! This live webinar will be hosted by Boris FX Senior Product Managers Peter McAuley and Dirk de Jong on Thursday, March 18th at 4:00pm Eastern Time.

New Training: Curious Turtle Creative Color Grading with Apple Color

2010-03-15T20:48:00.000-07:00

Take your Apple Color skills to the next level with Curious Turtle

Curious Turtle is happy to announce the immediate availability of their new training course, Creative Color Grading with Apple Color.

Color grading is an essential part of every project and Apple Color brings you the toolset to give your footage the final shine. You deserve more than "button pushing" training, so Creative Color Grading with Apple Color takes you beyond the basics of "how" and into the "what" and the "why" of color grading.

Update: SmartSound SonicFire Pro v5.5.2

2010-03-15T18:03:00.000-07:00

The SmartSound SonicFire Pro v5.5.2 Update includes the following features:

Improved recovery of failed updates on Windows
Fixed mood transition limitation
Protected export file names from failing due to special characters
Improved the speed of the Variation generator
Corrected specific variation limitations that caused problems
Improves functionality in Windows 7
Corrected issues with Mac crashes in Express Track
Numerous bug fixes
Much Much More...

Download the Trial/Update

New Templates: Professional Video Templates ScratchScreen 2 and 3D Tower

2010-03-15T06:54:00.000-07:00

Check out these 2 new templates from Professional Video Templates: ScratchScreen 2 and 3D Tower. Both templates work in After Effects CS4 and higher and are 1920x1080. Both are 50% off through March 22 also!

ScratchScreen 2 from Professional Video Templates on Vimeo.

3D Tower from Professional Video Templates on Vimeo.

User Group Meeting: Toronto FCP March 16, 2010

2010-03-15T05:44:00.000-07:00

Next Meeting Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - Giveaway Extravaganza - Fuze Movie, Boris XML Transfer & Sorenson Squeeze 6

For our March meeting, longtime TOFCPUG exec member Kevin McAuliffe will give us a real editor's perspective on 3 great tools: Fuze Movie, Boris XML Transfer & Sorenson Squeeze 6. Kevin P McAuliffe is a senior level Final Cut Pro and Media Composer editor working in the Toronto and surrounding area. When he is not editing, he's producing online tutorials for companies like Boris FX and Digital Juice, teaching at the Toronto Film and Media College and writing for online publications like Digital Media Net and Pro Video Coalition.

This meeting may also break the record for the most giveaways in one night, so break your raffle ticket piggy bank and bring your lucky charms with you for an exciting evening.

***Please note we will be in a different room - lecture hall V204***

TOFCPUG March 16th Meeting

Agenda

6:30 Complimentary pizza reception & raffle ticket sales
7:00 Announcements & updates
7:05 1. Live Demo - Fuze Movie

Fuze Movie is an innovative, QuickTime-based media player that plugs into Skype, the free Voice-over Internet Protocol conferencing software that has gained huge popularity around the world. Simply download Skype (available for both Microsoft® Windows® and Mac®), create your free account, and you’re good to go. Fuze Movie even adopts your Skype buddy list as its own, allowing you to collaborate with anyone on the Skype network. See a live demo with the developers in San Francisco live at the TOFCPUG.com.

We will be giving away licenses of Fuze Movie at the meeting

2. Demo - Boris XML Transfer

Boris XML Transfer is an Adobe After Effects plug-in designed for seamless transfer of Apple Final Cut Pro program sequences to Adobe After Effects. Boris XML Transfer preserves all aspects of a Final Cut Pro project including effects, audio, media clips, transitions, and geometric transformations.

We will be giving away 4 licenses of XML transfer at the meeting

3. Demo - Sorenson Squeeze 6

Free yourself from mundane tasks and your desk. With Squeeze 6, your workflow just got easy: Set it and forget it! Leave your desk and get back to what matters most, your editing, your business, your life.

We will be giving away 3 licenses for Squeeze 6.

9:00 Open floor Final Cut Q&A

As usual we meet in the Rogers Communication Centre Room, Ryerson University, 80 Gould Street, Toronto but will be in lecture hall V204 for this meeting. All are welcome and feel free to bring a friend.

Btw, if you are on Facebook you can join us on our group there TOFCPUG's Facebook page.
Follow our streaming video from this link: rtsp://spiritlive.net/TOFCPUG.sdp

Sale: Save 25% on all Vicon Boujou Products and Upgrades This Week

2010-03-15T04:00:00.000-07:00

boujou5- Emmy Award-Winning Matchmoving software that engages you to add computer generated effects seamlessly into your film or video footage. Building on its industry leading automatic toolset boujou software, boujou 5 allows you to solve complex shots even faster and to step in and work directly with the data. boujou 5 has a unique way of solving which radically accelerates the way you work, you can now solve even more shots in less time. Learn More

boujou silver bullet shares the same robust and accurate feature tracking and camera solving engines. silver bullet offers major enhancements over previous versions of bullet while maintaining the same levels of automation and ease of use. Learn More

boujou bullet SD shares the same robust and accurate feature tracking and camera solving engines. bullet SD offers more functionality to more people than previous releases of bullet, whilst still providing the easy to learn, easy to use, single click, wizard based workflow. Learn More

Save 25% on ALL Vicon Boujou software and upgrades through Saturday March 20th 2010!

Press Release: Boris FX Announces Visual Effects and Motion Graphics Expo

2010-03-10T11:12:00.000-08:00

Online Trade Show Featuring Live Webinars and New Technology Previews

Marlborough MA - March 10, 2010 - Boris FX , the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, announced that the Boris FX Visual Effects and Motion Graphics Expo, an online trade show, will take place from Monday, March 15, 2010 through Thursday, March 18, 2010. The Boris FX Visual Effects and Motion Graphics Expo will feature:

Live Webinars
New Technology Previews
Partner Presentations
Daily Raffle Prizes
Q&A with Product Managers

The live webinar schedule includes:

Boris Continuum Complete's 3D Objects Filters

Tuesday, March 16th at 1:00pm Eastern Time
Presented by Michele Yamazaki of Toolfarm
Demonstration of Boris Continuum Complete's 3D Objects filters in After Effects

Boris Continuum Complete and Boris XML Transfer

Wednesday, March 17th at 1:00pm Eastern Time
Presented by Kevin P. McAuliffe of Pro Editing @ Home
Learn how to seamlessly export Final Cut Pro timelines to After Effects

Boris New Technology Preview

Thursday, March 18th at 11:00am Eastern Time or 4:00pm Eastern Time
Be the first to preview all-new Boris visual effects technology

For more information regarding the Boris FX Visual Effects and Motion Graphics Expo, including webinar access details, please visit http://www.borisfx.com/events.php#expo

About Boris FX

Founded in 1995, Boris FX is the leading developer of integrated graphics and effects technology, delivering 3D compositing and vector graphic products for broadcast, post-production, film, and multimedia. Boris products have grown to serve millions of artists worldwide. The company's success lies in its ability to integrate and leverage technologies through strong partnerships with industry-leading developers such as Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Avid, Grass Valley, and Sony.

New Products: GeeThree SlickFX PhotoMotion, Fusion Factory HD, and Essentials for Final Cut Pro

2010-03-10T08:05:00.000-08:00

GeeThree believe in creating simple and elegant products to make life better for Mac users. These products have garnered numerous awards, including the prestigous "Best of Show" honor from Macworld Magazine for 3 times!

View all GeeThree Software Titles | Bundle Options

GeeThree SlickFX PhotoMotion
Professional Pan & Zoom and Slide Show plug-in for Final Cut
Generate a sequence of individual PhotoMotion clips Control animation, duration, and transitions of individual slides Customize with other Final Cut transitions, filters, titles. GeeThree SlickFX PhotoMotion

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GeeThree SlickFX Fusion Factory HD
Soft and Organic Dissolve plug-in for Final Cut Pro
Includes 750 HD "atoms"-  Virtually endless varieties of organic and directional soft dissolves at HD quality. GeeThree SlickFX Fusion Factory HD

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GeeThree SlickFX Essentials for Final Cut Pro
Over 60 versatile plug-ins
Includes plug-ins for Titles and Text, Transitions, Generators and Effects Filters. GeeThree SlickFX Essentials for Final Cut Pro

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Event: AENY Meeting March 25, 2010. Digieffects & Imagineer Presenting

2010-03-09T12:32:00.000-08:00

If you're in the NYC area, come on out to the AENY meeting on March 25, 2010 from 6:45PM-9:00PM at PS 41.

Robert Sharp, president of DigiEffects
Want the inside scoop? Robert Sharp will discuss the DigiEffects product roadmap for the next year as well as some of the new AE Plug-ins that recently came out (Camera Mapper, Atmosphere, Falloff Lighting).

Ross Shain, Imagineer Systems
Imgineer Systems, innovators of planar tracking vfx tools will be previewing the newest version of mocha. Optimized for 64 bit and many new user interface enhancements! Ross Shain will be on hand to present some tips and give a first look at the new features. For more info on Imagineers' product lineup visit: http://www.imagineersystems.com.

Someone Else From Somewhere Else
Soon… Soon…

Tutorial: Creating a Music to Light Effect Using Trapcode Particular 2

2010-03-09T12:28:00.000-08:00

Red Giant TV Episode 38: Creating a Music to Light Effect

Episode 38: Creating a Music to Light Effect from Red Giant Software on Vimeo.

In this episode of Red Giant TV, Harry Frank shows you how to re-create the Music-to-Light effect (seen last season on Heroes), using Trapcode Particular 2. He'll also use Mojo to alter the color, and Knoll 3D Flare to add to the effect.

Product(s) Used: Knoll Light Factory Pro, Magic Bullet Mojo, Trapcode Particular- download free trials and follow along!

News: Toolfarm Sponsoring This Month's motiontv motion+connect Session Tonight

2010-03-09T09:50:00.000-08:00

In this month's motion+connect, Legendary Disney Animator, Dan Haskett shares his views and insights on the current state of animation. How has computer animation helped the industry- and how has it hurt. Register now to attend this special motion+connect session. http://motion.tv/

Mini-Session: Giving Life to Still Image Composites. Join Alicia VanHeulen {Toolfarm} for this quick 'up-to-speed'.

Enter your reel: The top two reels will be shown on motion+connect.

WIN THIS: Toolfarm Expert Series: After Effects Camera Training

Learn More/RSVP Here

Tutorial: Outputting True 3D Video Graphics with Apple Motion and Final Cut Pro Using FxFactory Dashwood Stereo3D Toolbox

2010-03-09T08:30:00.000-08:00

3D is the new in vogue buzzword for film & television. Avatar and Alice in Wonderland have helped bring this old technique back into fashion. So can you use Apple's Motion and Final Cut Pro to make true 3D graphics? We find out with a bit of an experiment, get your red & blue glasses out!!

Check Out the Full Tutorial

Learn More/Purchase Stereo3D Toolbox | Download a Free Trial

This is a very simple tutorial, well maybe more of an adventure with Final Cut Studio to see if it is possible to make graphics in true 3D. Actually the type of 3D that you will need glasses for to see the effect.

News: Boris FX Visual Effects and Motion Graphics Expo Next Week

2010-03-09T08:07:00.000-08:00

The Boris FX Visual Effects and Motion Graphics Expo is an online trade show that will take place from Monday, March 15, 2010 through Thursday, March 18, 2010. Here is the live webinar schedule:

Boris Continuum Complete's 3D Objects Filters
Tuesday, March 16th at 1:00pm Eastern Time- Access Details
Join Michele Yamazaki from Toolfarm as she demonstrates Boris Continuum Complete's 3D Objects filters in After Effects.

Boris Continuum Complete and Boris XML Transfer
Wednesday, March 17th at 1:00pm Eastern Time- Access Details
Kevin P McAuliffe will show you how to seamlessly export AE timelines to FCP using Boris XML Transfer.

Boris New Technology Preview
Be the first to preview all-new Boris visual effects technology!

Thursday, March 18th at 11:00am Eastern Time- Access Details
Thursday, March 18th at 4:00pm Eastern Time- Access Details

Mark your calendars! Webinar attendees will be eligible for raffle prizes and exclusive discounts.

Press Release: GenArts Sapphire 5 for Autodesk Now Available

2010-03-09T06:37:00.000-08:00

Next Generation of Award-Winning Visual Effects Software Enables Performance and Productivity Improvements for Linux Flame, Inferno, Flint HD and Smoke HD Users

CAMBRIDGE, MA, Mar 09, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- GenArts Inc., the premier provider of specialized visual effects software for the film, television and video industries, announced today the availability of GenArts Sapphire(TM) v5 for Autodesk systems users. Announced in November, Sapphire 5 promises to unlock artists' creativity with marked improvements to performance and productivity, all while significantly reducing infrastructure costs.

Sapphire 5 enables a completely interactive user experience at HD resolutions, thanks to full GPU-accelerated render speeds up to 700 percent faster than version 4. Now, batch jobs once requiring overnight processing can be processed in a fraction of the time. Sapphire 5 also uses full floating point for all internal processing, which improves visual effects quality - even on 8-, 10- and 12-bit footage -- and offers photorealistic image quality with the highest possible dynamic range. Sapphire 5 can also handle 16-bit floating point footage natively on the desktop and in batch, without clamping. By removing these performance limitations of versions past, Sapphire 5 enables artists to explore the full range of their creativity without the worry of incurring additional infrastructure costs.

"I've been testing Sapphire 5, and I must say I'm impressed with the speed of the plug-ins," said Victor Wolansky, Flame artist from e3 Post. "In addition, the full float support offers a huge difference in effects like blurs or vignettes where I used to see banding. Now they're absolutely perfect, and there is no speed impact. My Flame would not be complete without them."

In addition to performance and productivity improvements, Sapphire 5 also offers 15 vibrant new effects, including TVDamage, TVChannelChange, Technicolor and many new transitions. (A full list of new effects can be found at http://www.genarts.com/product/sapphire/autodesk/whatsnew)

New parameters are also offered in this release - many from customer requests:

All Threshold controls now go beyond 1 to support high dynamic range (HDR).
ZBlur and ZDefocus support Boost Highlights to give an "HDR look" even to normal footage.
New Blur parameters are included in Glint and Glare for improved realism.
Glow now has options for Show Threshold and Combine Mode to enhance flexibility and give new looks.

"Sapphire 5 for Autodesk is a critical component of our strategy to grow GenArts via innovation, as well as through acquisitions and alliances," said Steve Bannerman, CMO of GenArts. "Sapphire has been completely re-architected to not only deliver dramatic performance, usability and image quality enhancements today, but to serve as a platform upon which we can deliver entirely new classes of innovation in the future. We're extremely pleased with the feedback we've received from our early testers, and we're confident that Sapphire 5 will empower visual effects artists in completely new ways as they push the envelope to thrill and amaze audiences around the world."

Sapphire v5 for Autodesk Pricing:

A new Sapphire v5 license for Linux Flame, Inferno, Flint HD and Smoke HD is priced at $8,499. (This price represents a $1,500 decrease from Sapphire 4.) Sapphire v5 for Flint SD and Flame SD is available for $5,099. In addition, new Sapphire v5 floating licenses for Burn are available for $499. Upgrades from v4 are also available.

Introduction to Sapphire v5 for Autodesk

Since the company's founding in 1996, GenArts software has been utilized in thousands of films, television broadcasts and commercials, including more than 20 Oscar-nominated pieces such as Titanic; I, Robot; Armageddon; Star Wars Episode I, II and III; The Matrix trilogy; The Lord of the Rings trilogy; Pearl Harbor; Spider Man; Pirates of the Caribbean; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; Transformers; The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Avatar and many more.

About GenArts GenArts, Inc. is the premier provider of specialized digital visual effects for the film, broadcast and video industries. As visual effects have become essential to the art of storytelling, GenArts' tools have emerged as the standard for creating high-end visual effects at leading studio, broadcast and post-production facilities around the world. GenArts' products have been used extensively to create an array of breathtaking effects for not only countless feature films, but television shows, commercials and music videos as well. GenArts enjoys the unique distinction of having been a key component of an Oscar-nominated film for the past 13 consecutive years.

The GenArts Sapphire(TM), Monsters(TM), Raptors(TM), Tinder(TM) and particleIllusion(TM) portfolio equips digital artists with a collection of state-of-the-art visual effects tools such as glows, light rays, lens flares, film, fire, fluid and particles that seamlessly integrate as software plug-ins into leading editing and compositing systems. GenArts was founded in 1996 in Cambridge, Mass. www.genarts.com.

Sale Through New Release: Next Limit RealFlow v4 and v5 Upgrade Option

2010-03-07T19:44:00.000-08:00

Next Limit RealFlow v5 is scheduled for release soon, and we have two special offers for customers through the v5 release date (TBA):

Option 1: Full RealFlow 4 License 4CPU (Plus V5 Upgrade Included)

RealFlow 4 licenses for 4CPU are now available for only $2000- a massive reduction from the original price of $3400! Licenses under this promotion also include a free upgrade to V5, when it is released. You will automatically be sent a free RealFlow 5 license text on the release of RealFlow 5 with this option.

Option 2: Full RealFlow 4 license for 2 CPU (v5 upgrade NOT included)

RealFlow 4 licenses for 2CPU for the absolute bargain price of $1000- more than 50% off regular prices! Please note that this option does NOT include a free upgrade- standard upgrade pricing will apply if you wish to purchase an upgrade to RealFlow 5 license at a later date.

Sales apply to new licenses only. All other licenses remain at regular pricing. Please note that free upgrades will only apply to Option 1 licenses purchased between March 8th and the release of RealFlow 5 (to be announced) View all Next Limit RealFlow products.

Beta Testers Needed: Shapeshifter AE Plug-in from Digieffects

2010-03-04T21:23:00.000-08:00

This looks pretty sweet! We'll be at the Digieffects headquarters next week and we'll find out more. In the meantime, from Chris @ Mettle:

Shapeshifter AE - New 3D plug-in for Adobe After Effects.
We are busy working on series of plug-ins for Adobe After Effects and we would really love to have your help. We will need Beta testers to help us make these products the best that they can possibly be. This is a sneak peak of the first product; Shapeshifter AE. This... plug-in goes way beyond basic text extrusion but enough said... for now :) We will be posting a URL where Beta testers can submit their info shortly. Stay tuned.

Tutorial: How to Make the 2010 Winter Olympics Ice Cube Event Bumpers Part 1 + 2

2010-03-04T09:17:00.000-08:00

Tutorial: How to Make the 2010 Winter Olympics Ice Cube Event Bumpers Using Maxon Cinema 4D and Adobe After Effects: View/reference at greyscalegorilla.com

How to Make the Winter Olympics Ice Bumpers with Cinema 4D and After Effects from Nick Campbell on Vimeo.

"In this tutorial, I show you how to make the ice cube bumpers that have been popular on the NBC’s presentation of the olympics. I show you how to build an ice cube using material displacement, refraction, transparency, reflection, and specular highlights. I also cut out a photo of a snowboarder to add to the ice cube logo. Then, we animate the rotation of the ice cube and prepare it for After Effects where we will add the rest of the elements for the final piece."

Tutorial: How to Make the 2010 Winter Olympics Ice Cube Event Bumpers Part 2

How to Make the 2010 Winter Olympics Ice Cube Event Bumpers Part 2 from Nick Campbell on Vimeo.

GLBC Trade Show: Live Video from Lansing, MI.

2010-03-04T08:07:00.000-08:00

Yes, we know the video and audio quality are not the best, but first let me tell you about how this video was made. Technology is amazing. This was streaming live from my iPhone from the Lansing Center yesterday. They had video blocked at the convention hall so I couldn't go straight from my computer. This was recorded over 3G. Knowing that, it's not too bad, eh!

Alicia from Toolfarm is demoing Magic Bullet Looks and Video Copilot's new one, Optical Flares, from our table at the show. I finally got to see the video today. Yes, that is one extreme close-up on me! I needed a monitor on the front of the phone.

We are hoping to do some more live broadcasts from future events, like NAB. Hopefully we can work the bugs out by then and have better quality. I know we will not have wifi at NAB. It costs entirely too much.

Sorenson Squeeze 6 March Madness Promotion! Save up to $100!

2010-03-02T20:44:00.000-08:00

From now until the end of the March, save up to a $100 on Squeeze 6 purchases (upgrades and full versions, commercial and EDU/Gov).

$100 off Squeeze 6 full version and upgrades

Squeeze 6 - $699 ($619 EDU)
Upgrade from Pre-version 5 - $499
Upgrade from Squeeze 5 for Flash - $549
Upgrade from Squeeze 5 for Flash Pro - $449
Upgrade from Squeeze 5 standard - $299
Upgrade from Squeeze 5 Pro - $199

$50 off Squeeze 6 for Flash and upgrades to Squeeze 6 for Flash:

Squeeze 6 for Flash - $449
Upgrade from previous Flash version - $399
Upgrade from Squeeze 5 for Flash - $299
Upgrade from Squeeze 5 for Flash Pro - $199

Squeeze 6 provides a number of powerful features, including:

1-year complimentary review & approval account - Squeeze 6 is tightly integrated with Sorenson 360 which is powered by Amazon Web Services. Benefit from cloud storage & hosting, video analytics, player customization, SMS & Email notifications, real-time review & approval of content, syndication to YouTube and Twitter plus iPhone delivery - directly from a Flash Player!
Best-in-class H.264 and Flash encoding - Squeeze 6 utilizes enhanced On2 VP6 technology and the latest H.264 codec from Main Concept providing the highest quality video compression.
Powerful filters to “fine-tune” picture quality - No one does this better than Sorenson Media! A variety of fliters to watermark, time-code, and enhance the overall quality of the encoded video are included.
Apple Final Cut Pro integration - Squeeze 6 presets are now available right from within Final Cut Pro providing users with better workflow and the power of Squeeze encoding.

Special Promo: modo intro pack!

2010-03-02T19:51:00.000-08:00

The modo intro pack includes:

modo 401
modo 401 spotlight video
subdivision surface modeling video
ShaderTree Essentials video

This is everything a person new to modo will need to get a fantastic learning introduction to modo. We have hand-picked the most popular videos for people new to modo for this promotion. This is over 6 hours of instruction.

It is also a great value. modo is already one of the best values in the 3D software market. This collection of software and learning materials represents a total combined value of $1090. Get it at the special price $919.

This special bundle will disappear on March 31st, 2010, so get it while it's HOT!

Toolfarm in Lansing, MI Wednesday, March 3

2010-03-02T10:42:00.000-08:00

Come out to the Great Lakes Broadcasting Conference at Michigan MAB and stop by Toolfarm's table. Michele Yamazaki from Toolfarm will be presenting at 8:30am on Creating Great Keys and at 10:15am on After Effects Plug-ins that you need now. Come out and meet Michele and Alicia and get some questions answered about plug-ins. The conference runs today and tomorrow. More info on the conference.

The Redesigned Wacom Cintiq 21UX

2010-03-01T14:26:00.000-08:00

The newly-redesigned Cintiq 21UX (DTK2100) incorporates Wacom's most advanced pen technology in a sleek new industrial design. The combination of a color LCD with industry-leading pen input capabilities allows photographers, designers, animators and other creative professionals to work naturally and intuitively directly on the surface of the large-format, 21.3" screen.

16 Programmable Express Keys
2048 Levels Of Pressure Sensitivity
Rear-Mounted, Finger-Sensitive Touch Strip

More info here