LME 102 Transition Presets for Apple Motion - The collection includes flashes, light bursts, color and time distortions, zoom blurs, halftone grunge, implosions, color thresholds, funhouse mirror extremes, circular zooms, pixel distortions, broadcast mutations and dozens of others.

Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects 4 ed. - The latest edition from Chris & Trish Meyer's incredible must-have series.

We've added several new Class on Demand titles in the past month, including Class on Demand Basic Training for Final Cut Studio 2.

Red Giant Magic Bullet Looks - Set the mood on any timeline.

• Red Giant Magic Bullet Looks Upgrade from Magic Bullet Suite or Editors
• Red Giant Magic Bullet Looks Crossgrade from Digieffects Cinelook - Save 50% on Magic Bullet Looks when you crossgrade from Cinelook!

Magic Bullet Suite 2007 includes Magic Bullet Looks, Magic Bullet Frames, Magic Bullet Colorista and Instant HD.

• Red Giant Magic Bullet Suite Crossgrade from Digieffects Cinelook - Save 50% on Magic Bullet Looks when you crossgrade from Cinelook!

Zaxwerks ProAnimator Training: Making it Look Great 1 - This one has been out a few weeks, but it's HOT! It's an in-depth video workshop for ProAnimator. John Dickinson guides you through real-world techniques for creating a broadcast promotion with impact. Toolfarm is the ONLY PLACE to get the download! That means no shipping costs for our international customers!

And a few free point updates

• CycoreFX HD 1.6 - The update is free for all current CycoreFX HD owners. It features 7 new plug-ins, extending the HD package to a total of 71 plug-ins with 16 bpc support.
• Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 Updated to 3.1

New Toolfarm Tutorial: Getting Started with the 3D Camera and Layers part 2

Alicia VanHeulen explores Depth of Field in the After Effects camera in part 2 of Getting Started with the 3D Camera and Layers.

Did you miss part 1? Getting Started with the 3D Camera and Layers, part 1 . If you have any questions about the project and the technique, please post to Toolfarm's Expert Forums and Alicia can help.

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Happy Dia de Los Muertos Tutorial

I show you how to make a skeleton dance with the Puppet Tool in AE CS3. It's fun stuff and you'll be surprised at how easy it is.

View the tutorial

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A Conversation with Tomer Bahat

I had the great opportunity to chat with Tomer Bahat, a music video director, producer, post-production guru (he uses After Effects extensively!)... basically, he is the jack-of-all-production trades. Tomer is an extremely talented artist with some very clever tricks up his sleeve. He discusses working on music videos from concepting to the final edit. See several examples of his incredible work, too. Read the interview with Tomer.

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Toolfarm's Plug-in Finder building new content daily

Chris, my assistant, has been going gangbusters on Toolfarm's Plug-in Finder, adding new images. For example, check out GenArts Sapphire Adjust, Blur, Distort Picture Gallery. There are tons of new images this week in the Plug-in Finder and we plan to add thousands more.

Other Industry News

• Mac OS X Leopard is out. Read about Adobe support of Leopard.
• New Free Trapcode Tutorial from John Dickinson
• Tutorial: From Business Card to Extruded Logo with Boris RED 4.1
• DMN Podcast Episode 22: Express yourself with After Effects Expression Guru Harry Frank
• Opening After Effects Projects in an Earlier Version from General Specialist
• NewTek's LightWave v9 Receives Nomination for 3D Software of the Year Award from MacUser Magazine
• Digieffects product release schedule
• Red Giant Magic Bullet Colorista Test