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• ADOBE SYSTEMS http://www.adobe.com
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AWE INSPIRING WORK
• Ballistic Books http://www.ballisticpublishing.com
The finest international collection of digital art celebrated. Exposé is a digital art yearbook featuring the best of the best - with images prepared by artists from several countries. You'll discover the very best work across different categories
• STASH http://www.stashmedia.tv
Sit back, open your cranium and let Stash take you on a high-altitude tour of the planet's most innovative and outstanding animation, VFX and motion design companies and projects
RESOURCES FOR THE COMP:
• Artbeats: Footage you can use http://www.artbeats.com
There are several HD elements in Artbeats and some graphic clips as well. How will you use them? While we haven't given away an Artbeats prize since April, we've been trying to figure out the best way to see how members actually use the clips. They're a great resource for any compositor or editor. (Of course you know that). Click on their site to find out how you can get your free clip today.
• Video CoPilot http://www.videocopilot.net
DUDE - It's Andrew Kramer. Okay, if you're new to After Effects, I may need to tell you that Andrew has a ton of great tutorials for VFX artists on his website. He also makes DVDs of some of his most popular design and music elements. He's given us some great DVDs to offer as door prizes. But don't leave your project to chance, go buy one today.
• Crowd Control Keyed Footage http://allbetsareoff.com/products/crowd-control
Greenscreen footage is great, if you can hire the actors, buy the gear, rent the set, direct the action and key/roto the footage yourself. But what if you need some stock elements now? Crowd Control takes care of your needs, even providing a clean key for the stock actors.... or chickens. Check out their library and sign up for your FREE ACCOUNT asap.
• Hooladanders http://www.arsenal.gomedia.us
Animated Hooladanders is made especially for motion graphics artists and animators. They were created in Adobe After Effects and the files are available to you so you can have complete control over how they work with your video
PLUGINS for PROS:
• DigiEffects http://www.digieffects.com
DigiEffects Damage harnesses the destructive power of lame rabbit ears, bad BNC cables, scratched DVDs and more. It give you the power to distress your video like you didn't have before. NOW digieffects has just released Camera Mapper which will change the way you look at 3D comps' potential from here out. Check out their site for tons of tutorials and new plugins.
• Red Giant Software http://redgiantsoftware.com
Red Giant Software. Everyone jsut says "REDGIANT" year - because everyone knows - trapcode / magic bullet / knoll light factory / colorista /... and most think of RedGiant for the plugins you purchase from them - but did you know that Aharon is also running tutorial videos at the site (the many superstar guest hosts). Check it out.
• Imagineer Systems http://www.imagineersystems.com
If you want to track elements for After Effects CS4, there is already an alternative to the AE tracker thanks to Imagineer Systems. MochaAE is included in the software purchase, and gives compositors a much stronger planar tracker than you've ever had before. Also, check out the newer plugin mocha shape AE. With the ability to import tracked splines into your scene, it makes rotoscoping a little less painful. Also, mocha Shape AE allows artists to assign PER VERTEX edge feathering.
• EditGroove http://www.editgroove.com
Switch your FinalCut Pro user preferences easily between the different users on the machine. UserMatic can also allow you to set up multiple configurations if you're the only person using the system. It's great if you're trying to manage all of your freelancers or if you just like to work in different setups for different types of projects.
GET SMARTER - READ UP
• Peach Pit Press http://www.peachpit.com
With tons of eBooks to choose from (as well as physical paper), you can fill your melon with tons of tech. Many of the offerings have Safari Books Online subscriptions attached as well. ADOBE CLASSROOM IN A BOOK? Peachpit makes it - check out their iTunes podcasts as well.
• Focal Press http://www.focalpress.com
Publisher of Steve Wright's books on compositing, Focal press has given readers a resources for their library mainstays. Whether you're an animator in After Effects, Nuke, Flame or other software, you'll want to check out how Steve can help you improve the look of your digital comps.
• Lessons from TOOLFARM http://www.toolfarm.com
DMALA regular Harry Frank has several tutorials, including Expression Series lesson pack. See more lessons from experts at ToolFarm.com, including Rob Birnholz's tutorials on AE's 3D camera Work. Toolfarm - also a great place to purchase all of your plugins at a discount!
• MAXON Cineversity http://www.cineversity.com
Dominated by the massive brain library of MAXON's Dr. Sassi (a DMALA member), Cineversity is a compilation of tutorials from top users and educators from around the world. It's a great way to learn all of the new features of C4D, but if you have older versions, you can still take advantage of great projects and lessons.
• PixelCorps http://www.pixelcorps.com
The Pixel Corps is a guild for the next generation of craftsmen... digital craftsmen. They are dedicated to delivering much of what was provided to traditional guild members hundreds of years ago, all of which is needed now. You can find founder Alex LIndsay on the PixelCorps.tv shows.
• The Motion Graphics Lab http://www.theanvel.com
Motion Graphics Lab also offers tons of After Effects projects that are huge in scale and potential, but tiny in cost. Dean has given us so many DVDs as doorprizes, we haven't been able to give them out fast enough. While they are created in older versions of AE, they are still very important lessons. Dean now has new stuff to share with you on the motion graphics lab. Check it out.
OTHERS TOO!!
I'd like to thank unique-month sponsors as well. A few times a year, we get prize sponsors who donate a single item for a specific month's drawing. Their contributions give our meeting a broader scope of what's available for the topic/software. Sometimes we can introduce members to a product or resource they didn't know existed.
There will be an update on the DMALA Website (http://www.dmala.org) as well as regular notices and announcements on my NinjaCrayon blog. (http://www.ninjacrayon.com).
See you at the next meeting!
You must be present to win. 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!
* Warren, Tony, Ed, Tom and Ko
digital projection made possible through the generous sponsorship of
Apple Computer and the Pixel Corps
with additional support from
Adobe Systems,
AJA,
ProMax Systems,
BIAS, Inc,
DigitalFilm Tree, and
Gefen Inc.
This meeting is presented in association with the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre,
a facility of the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
Are you a Final Cut editor? Did you know that Los Angeles' Final Cut User Group meets in this same theater each month? On the FOURTH WEDNESDAY of each month, join the LAFCPUG discussion - you know where! Click below to find out more:
The Gallery Theatre at Barnsdall Art Park
4800 Hollywood Boulevard
(between Vermont and Normandie)
Hollywood, CA 90027
Phone: 323.644.6272
* coming South/East on the 101: exit Hollywood, head East
* coming North/West on the 101: exit Vermont, head North, turn left (going West) onto Hollywood
* coming from the 5: exit Los Feliz, head West, turn left (going South) onto
Vermont, turn right (going West) on Prospect, Prospect becomes Hollywood
Enter through the gate on the South side of Hollywood Blvd. just East of the light at Edgemont, or West of the light at New Hampshire (which is just West of where Prospect and Hollywood come together). The theatre is at the top of the hill, adjacent to the art gallery (they have separate entrances).
Parking is free. There is parking at the bottom of the hill, but first try to find a space around the perimeter of the park at the top. Please park closely together, at an angle (regardless of how the parking spaces are painted!) to allow more cars to park. Click here for a PDF map (300k) of the grounds that points out the parking areas and includes other helpful hints.
Wheelchair access (or if you are carrying a lot of gear): Park in the lot next to the Hollyhock house (you will see a handicap parking sign - there are also spaces for loading etc.), come into the theatre entrance, and take the elevator down. There will be space in the front of the theatre for wheelchairs.
Click here for a Google interactive map, including the ability to get directions from your location to this address. There is also a Metro Red Line station at Vermont and Sunset, about a block and a half from the park's entrance.
Before or after the meeting, there is a fine restaurant row on Vermont between Hollywood and Franklin (just around the corner from the park). There are also a number of great ethic eateries along Hollywood.
