In this Lynda.com video training series, host David Rivers discusses the new image adjustment to now found in Keynote 08 and that is the Alpha tool. He brings in a new logo to show that it is really not blended in with the background of the slide. He then shows how to use the new instant Alpha feature to remove the background altogether.
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A few weeks ago, I was approached to take a look at Roxio's Toast 9 Titanium (T9T), and what first jumped into my head was that my Mac can already burn DVDs and CDs so why would I need a program to do it for me? Needless to say, I really didn't have high expectations for what I was going to be looking at, but let's put it through its paces and see if Toast can impress me....Read More »
As we all know, Adobe's After Effects is the premier tool for motion graphic artists and editors in television and film today. When you have a large company with many editors/motion graphics artists, you find yourself creating and sharing effects and "looks" on an almost daily basis. ...Read More »
In this clip, host Chad Perkins discusses how to work with Audition and Adobe Encore. He begins with a discussion on using the Edit Original feature in Adobe Audition, Adobe's audio editing application. ...Read More »
In this clip, host Chad Perkins discusses the Dynamic Link feature in Adobe Production Studio. It is not a feature of the Encore DVD demo/standalone. It comes only with the premium edition of Production Studio. ...Read More »
In this clip, host Chad Perkins discusses how to work with Photoshop and Adobe Encore. The DVD menus in Encore are essentially just Photoshop files, and Chad shows you how to launch Photoshop from within Encore....Read More »
The software maker plans to announce on Wednesday a price cut for its
flash-based models. The 4GB version will drop to $99, the 8GB model
will drop by $10 to $139, and the 16GB model will sell for $179, down
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Everyone's doing it - - and chances are that you are too. For the new PC (Windows / Vista) users, and uninitiated (there will be more of you than ever this year) - you'll find a world of great gift development/giving photo ideas...
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Joel sent me a notice about the Free Holiday footage / $9 for S&H. Some of it is pretty useful - especially for DV editors who need to put something together BEFORE the holiday decor goes up. DVD of SD clips. (Graphic clips are pretty bad th...
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While its original camera has been out for a year - the newest offering in the Flip line up is now HD. And, while this tiny camera offers a simple version of the HD spec, the 1280 video does give you the option to easily feed the clips into your HD timeline without difficult scale manipulation.
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I just finished testing the new Canon prosumer DSLR, 50D and its one nice camera. It offers many improvements over the previous model, the 40D. Its easier to use than the 40D, is the same size, actually weighs less yet outperforms it in almost every category. For the price ($1,399- just $100 more than the list price of the 40D when it was introduced last year) the 50D offers a a whole lot more bang for your buck.
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Altec Lansing has been building iPod speaker systems for quite a while now, and before that was a purveyor of PC speaker systems in various price ranges. As Apple has offered multiple generations of its iPod music and video player, Altec Lansing has offered a speaker system to take advantage of what the iPod can do.
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Flip Video camcorders are now available with personalized skins. In a recent partnership with Café press, Pure Digital Technologies now offers their popular flip video camera with customized printing on the front. Amazingly, after only one year on the market, Flip Video has sold over 1.5 million camcorders in the United States alone.
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