Recreating Dealey Plaza for Watchmen

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The shot Snyder wanted starts with Kennedy’s motorcade arriving, with the camera dollying around. “It’s a God’s eye view because you actually see Zapruder filming the scene,” Hirota says. “Then you see the impact of the shot, and the camera pans around and you see the limo speed away.” Snyder’s twist on […]

Make Digital Photos Look Like Film B&W With Nik Software Silver EFX Pro

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Even in this digital age, black and white photography remains a touchstone of the art. No wonder every imaging program has simple tools to convert color images to grayscale. However, none of those utilities gave us the kind of accessible creative control over quality, grain, tonality, and dynamic range that we used […]

Create Eye Catching Controls with Visual Studio 2008 and Microsoft Expression 2

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When you are accustomed to writing code with Microsoft Visual Studio and you move to a lesser tool, it can tend to de-motivate you. Despite the fact that I thought Flash had great potential, I walked away. It hurt, too, because I really wanted to do something cool with the timeline. My […]

Free particleView viewer for particleIllusion

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particleView (previously called “ShowIEL”) is the library viewer for particleIllusion library files. With it you can load any particleIllusion emitter library and see the particles in an animated OpenGL window. If you’re familiar with particleIllusion, it’s like having only the preview window — fun stuff, and a great way to preview […]

Avid at the USC School of Cinematic Arts

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Avid Technology has opened a new 137,000 square foot School of Cinematic Arts at University of Southern California.  The state-of-the-art complex features over 260 Avid audio and video systems, the largest Avid workflows in any U.S. film school.

The new facility contains Pro Tools LE and HD systems as well […]

Upgrading from Dreamweaver 8 to CS4

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Lately I’ve fielded a lot of questions from people considering upgrading from Dreamweaver 8 (CS2) to Dreamweaver CS4. While it’s fairly easy to find information about the incremental updates: from DW8 to CS3 and from CS3 to CS4 (links at the end of this post) I haven’t found a source […]

How to Add Depth of Field

Whether you use the lens blur filter in Photoshop or a plug-in, creating or enhancing the depth of field through software helps focus the viewer on the subject of your photo.

The depth of field effect can be added in Photoshop with the lens blur filter according to this Photoshop Tutorial, but there are […]

Lighting and Materials inside 3ds Max Video Tutorial

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Created by artist Giorgio Luciano in 3ds max. These tutorials will throw light from basic settings of Lighting and Materials to final render. This approx. 1 hour series will help you in refining your skills.

3ds Max 2009 Student Superpack Windows (13-month term) is available at an academic discount price of […]

Funding Resources for Education

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Federal funding resources for educational technology software and curriculum-related integration at schools and districts are available through numerous government programs.

See whether your purchases of Adobe education solutions are eligible for one or more of these funding sources. Adobe products are available at an academic discount price from Creation Engine.

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Essential Hip Hop Rhythms with Adobe Audition

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Classic, timeless Hip Hop music is built on a solid foundation of soulful, yet addictive rhythm. So far, at Hit Talk, we’ve addressed many melodic production concepts, taking rhythm and basic beat-making skills as given. Still, many readers have asked for specifics in creating compelling rhythms and beat-making. In this tip […]