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In Depth: Vignettes
A background on vignetting, examples, tools and tutorials.
A vignette is something that is so common in photography and video and can really give your image a dramatic effect. Here’s a rundown of the tools to create vignettes as well as some interesting ideas and tutorials on this ubiquitous effect.
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The Foundry CAMERATRACKER 48 Hour SALE
Get your hands on a CAMERATRACKER license with over 40% off the list price!
That’s node-locked CAMERATRACKER for just $165, OR for a floating license for just $245, for just 48 hours.
From June 24th 2014 at 7am through June 26th, 2014 at 7am PST Only!
Current Time in San Francisco
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Burning Question: What the Heck is OpenFX?
OpenFX opens the door for plug-in support on more hosts!
More and more developers are developing with OpenFX, or OFX, a standardized software interface supported by numerous hosts such as Nuke, DaVinci Resolve and Sony Vegas. Here’s the low-down on OpenFX!
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What's on Sale Right Now
Boris RED
Details: First-time buyers of Boris RED save 50% off purchases! Upgrades only $295.
Ends: June 30 2014
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Boris Continuum Complete for Sony Vegas Pro
Details: 10% off Full and Upgrades of BCC OFX (Reg: $695 SALE: $625.50)
Ends: June 30 2014
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iZotope Ozone Advanced audio mastering
Details: Special Pricing on Ozone Advanced Through June 2014 (Reg:
$999.00 SALE: $599)
Ends: June 30 2014
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NewBlueFX Titler Pro v3 3D Video Titling Design for After Effects and NLEs
Details: OnAir Lower 3rds Design Pack - Free with Titler Pro Purchase ($59.99 Value!)
Ends: June 30 2014
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Waves Audio Platinum Bundle and Abbey Road Collection
Details: Platinum Bundle (Native Reg: $1,600 SALE: $749) Abbey Road (Native Reg: $600.00 SALE: $480)
Ends: Through June 30 2014
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BZP Pro Smart Skinner Professional for Maya Reduce your Rigging Time
Details: $495 Introductory Special (Reg: $995)
Ends: Through September 01 2014
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Next Limit RealFlow 2013 Fluid and Body Dynamics Software
Details: Pre-order RealFlow 2014 at 15% Off (NL Reg: $2,500 SALE: $2,125 FL Reg: $3,995 SALE: $3,395.75)
Ends: Through Release of 2014
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Chaos Group V-Ray for Maya 2.0 Professional Rendering Engine for Maya
Details: Discounted Pricing plus a free upgrade to v3 on release. (Reg: $1,380 SALE: $1,180)
Ends: Through v3 Release
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What's New at Toolfarm
Makes movie blockbuster style type animation in After Effects easy - over 1000 combined presets, leveraging the real-time render engine of Element 3D. |
Users will love the new filters and workflow solutions designed to make editors work more creatively and efficiently - New Chromakey Studio, FX Browser, Transitions, Image Restoration tools and more. |
Reduce rigging time from days to minutes with the BZP PRO Smart Skinner! Smart Skinner changes the way organizations approach development and scheduling.
Intro Special Through 09/01/14. |
Quickly add animations to any element on your FCPX timeline by simply choosing an option from a drop-down menu. |
2k Seamless Textures developed for Vray for CINEMA 4D, compatible with R13-R15. Over 200 textures in all. Paint shaders from 22 of the biggest automotive manufacturers. |
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A workhorse renderer and cebas’ next generation movie quality rendering, now made possible with hardware accelerated (GPU) rendering. |
Renaissance delivers the warmth of vintage analog hardware with the precision control of digital software. Meter Collection:: Surround meters engineered especially for surround production environments. |
New features for Cg destruction! Shattering of objects is now 20% faster, a new preview mode for shattering, and more. |
Ideal for designers, engineers, product visualization specialists and 3D generalists who need to bring specific industry-standard CAD data formats into MODO for visualization or design.
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Product Updates
Red Giant Color Suite v11.1.1 - Update for Media Composer v8 Support, MBLooks dual monitor support, bug fixes.
Boris RED 5.5 - The successor to Avid FX with green dot filter (RT) and transition for real-time preview in Avid Media Composer. First-time buyers of Boris RED save 50% off purchases.
CoreMelt TrackX and SliceX Updates -
Update makes it easier to perform multi layer compositing with multiple plug-ins.
Avid Pro Tools 11.1.3 - Now compatible with Mac OS X Mavericks
RE:Vision Effects DE:Flicker v1.1.2 - Several bug fixes.
RE:Vision Effects ReelSmart Motion Blur to 5.0.2, Twixtor to 6.0.8 - Several bug fixes.
Muse Creative Designer Shaders for Vray4C4D Diffusion Pack - 10 beautiful shaders added!
Photoshop Camera Raw 8.5 on Adobe Labs - Features new camera and lens profile support.
Sorenson Squeeze 9.0.3 - Several bug fixes.
Grass Valley EDIUS 7.3 - New features including I/O support for Matrox editing devices.
Noteworthy News & Reviews
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The Art of Flight - Plexus Matte Tutorials
Pro Video Coalition has a great article up written by ChrisZwar. Its an overview on the power of the ability to create 3D layers and work with them using AE's Camera tool.
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After Effects Shape Layers
If you are just getting started in shape layers for After Effects, this will be the video you need to watch, also, you can make a cool final piece.
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NewBlueFX Titler Pro - Quick Edit, Normal Maps, Elastic Timeline Features
NewBlueFX has kicked off a new :60 series of quick tips for Titler Pro. Learn about the new Quick Edit feature, using Normal Maps, and Elastic Timeline, all new in version 3.
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Three Hidden Gems in Adobe Media Encoder
Here’s an Adobe Media Encoder tutorial, posted by Aaron Williams on the site Premium Beat.
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Model A Microphone With A Wire Mesh Texture in Cinema 4D
In this Greyscalegorilla tutorial by Chris Schmidt, he will show you how to uses dynamics, modeling, and texturing to create a 3D microphone in CINEMA 4D. |
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Sculpting a White Walker in ZBrush
In this tutorial from “Flippednormals” author discuss the process involved with sculpting a white walker from Game of Thrones in ZBrush.
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The Forgemaster - Game Character Masterclass - Chapter 11-15 of 31
Ben Douglas of The Forge has a series of videos about using Pixologic ZBrush in video game creation. Here is the third group. |
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INSPIRATIONS
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New Inspirational Works on our Blog!
Stephen King's Mr Mercedes - Hodder & Stoughton - Stephen King has a new novel, Mr. Mercedes, and there are some intriguing book trailers created for the release on June 3, 2014, created by the publisher, Hodder & Stoughton.
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A Game of Social Thrones - This video for Hootsuite was inspired by the gorgeous opening sequence of the popular HBO show and portrays some of the world’s biggest social networks as kingdoms. You'll want to watch this one a couple of times!
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