I will be doing a 2-part Hands-On Lab workshop, featuring techniques I’ve used for feature films VFX and TV production, at Adobe MAX this year in Los Angeles, Oct. 3-5 Click Here to see the Featured Speaker List Rotoscoping and Compositing Workflows in After Effects CS5.5 – Parts 1 & 2 In this two-part series, [...]

Adobe After Effects CS5.5 mid-cycle update rivals full-scale release by Jeff Foster, Macworld.com Aug 1, 2011 Check out the link above in the title to see my most recent review for Macworld Magazine of the new features of Adobe After Effects CS5.5. Hint: the Warp Stabilizer alone is worth the price of the upgrade, but [...]

I will be presenting again at NAB this year! In addition to presenting material from my newly-released DVD, “Photoshop CS4/CS5 Video & Animation”, I will be sharing some new techniques for creative 3D animated titling effects. Be sure to catch these fun and informative sessions this year! Getting Started with Adobe Photoshop This session is [...]

HANDS-ON KEYING AND ROTOSCOPING WITH AFTER EFFECTS CS5 For all the attendees of my Hands-On Lab workshops at Adobe MAX 2010, I’m providing you a link to download all the project & source files, along with a color PDF of the handouts. Thanks for registering for this course and helping to make this year’s show [...]

Due to the popularity of my hands-on lab sessions at Adobe MAX 2010, they were sold out for the first two scheduled days. Adobe has rearranged the schedule to accommodate a third day for training, so there’s still time to register before those seats fill up! Click Here to see the Featured Speaker List Hands-on [...]

International Press Association Announces their first annual “Not Another Photo Contest, Contest” Contest Begins October 1, 2010 and ends on November 30, 2010 IPA’s first contest includes Amateur and Pro categories and is just in time for the holidays! Almost $8,000 In Prizes! O.K., so it is another photo contest, but unlike so many others, [...]

Learn how to use Sonicfire Pro 5 to create and edit music scoring for your motion graphics projects in Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro CS5 I’ve broken these tutorials down into several videos and two product categories: After Effects CS5 and Premiere Pro CS5. I’ve used real-world examples of how I work using SmartSound [...]

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 [...]