I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Michael Ray Dresser for his online radio program “Dresser After Dark” to discuss my book, “The Green Screen Handbook”. Mr. Dresser is known to interview experts and authors over a range of topics and took interest in my book for the technology. The interview airs tonight at [...]

Learn how to use Sonicfire Pro 5 to create and edit music scoring for your motion graphics projects in After Effects CS5 I’ve broken these tutorials down into three videos, using some real-world examples of how I work using SmartSound Sonicfire Pro 5 with Adobe After Effects CS5 projects, creating short production videos and motion [...]

I’ve had the distinct pleasure of working with the folks at iMatte (the makers of Ultimatte) while they launch this incredible technology in their first iPhone App! The real technological power of the App is all under the hood, while it’s ease of use and fantastic results make it a delight to play with. In [...]

On May 13, 2010 I had the pleasure of joining Digital Production BuZZ Radio hosts, Larry Jordan and Mike Horton, for an interview to discuss my latest book “The Green Screen Handbook”. It was a short but informative exchange and they have provided an edited version of the night’s show that features just my interview. [...]

I recently wrote a review for Macworld Magazine online, for Adobe After Effects CS5. The review can be read in its entirety here: Macworld AECS5 Review My impression of this release in general are much better than the CS4 release overall, with serious productivity enhancements (64-bit optimized, memory allocation/management) and much-needed production tools such as [...]

One of the “Documercials” that I produced for client Joe Sohm – a quick tour through his incredible book on photographing America called Visions Of America, has received a 31st Annual Bronze Telly Award in the Professional Infomercial category. The category was open to online distributed videos this year, and with the beautiful imagery and [...]

Along with my other conference sessions this year, I’m doing a LIVE Green Screen shoot at my 1/2 day session for the NAB Post-Production Conference on April 13.

Adobe TV is currently hosting several video clips from my two DVDs with PhotoshopCAFE: “Learning After Effects CS4″ and “Photoshop CS4 Video & Animation”. This video segment is from the “Photoshop CS4 Video & Animation” DVD and shows you how to convert a video layer in Photoshop CS4 to a Smart Object so you can [...]

The long-awaited how-to book on all things green screen is finally HERE! “The Green Screen Handbook” (Sybex/Wiley, pub) is finally shipping from the warehouse and hitting the bookshelves. *Note that we are NOW accepting online orders from the PixelPainter Online Store at a 30% discount off retail! A sneak preview of the book was presented [...]

Adobe TV is currently hosting several video clips from my two DVDs with PhotoshopCAFE: “Learning After Effects CS4″ and “Photoshop CS4 Video & Animation”. This video segment is from “Learning After Effects CS4″ and shows you the difference between simple “chroma keying” and a real matte extraction/creation tool. Keylight is a plug-in that ships with [...]