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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted here… thought I should make an announcement here, if you haven’t received an update through RSS lately. I’ve been busy wrapping up the final production on my latest book, The Green Screen Handbook (Wiley, pub.) – due out in Feb, ’10 – just in time for speaking at Macworld! [...]

I want to thank all those attending my Motion Tracking with After Effects sessions at Adobe MAX 2009 this year. Since they’re Hands-On Lab sessions, the projects were pre-loaded on the machines in the room before you come in, and if you weren’t able to complete one of the projects during the session’s allotted time, [...]

I’ve developed some projects for a hands-on lab session that I’m doing for two days at Adobe MAX 2009 in LA on Oct. 11 & 12. You can register for Adobe MAX by clicking here: Here’s a sample of one of the projects I’ll be taking you through at the Adobe MAX sessions this year: [...]

This was first demonstrated live at NAB this year and I’ve been waiting to post it on my Blog until after the release of the step-by-step tutorial was published on the ProVideo Coalition web site. Instead of trying to stabilize the footage first and then track it, I decided I wanted the bouncy/shaky camera movement [...]