As a high school media teacher and professional, I rarely have the time I need to do all the bells and whistles I want to create for my projects. First of all, my students have a set number of hours p ...
October 9, 2013
When I took over the animation program at San Marino High School, I was certain of two things: I wanted to teach the kids the basics of Adobe After Effects, and I wanted to teach them a 3D program tha ...
February 4, 2013
I can recall, many moons ago, the first time I saw someone using a Wacom tablet. It was an NAB, and I remember thinking how impressive it looked. I also remember thinking it would never be adopted by ...
October 8, 2012
Red Giant has always embraced the little guy, a.k.a., the indie filmmaker. When they first introduced Magic Bullet years ago, I used it on my very first indie film. It made the distributors sit up and ...
September 7, 2011
When Premiere Pro CS 5.0 came out I really didn’t think nonlinear editing tools could get any better. The new Mercury engine in Premiere Pro was amazing. The ability to edit multiple formats in the sa ...
June 13, 2011
I love companies that continuously push the envelope. Apple and Adobe come quickly to mind. In my opinion, each and every product from those companies get better and better. When Adobe introduced CS5, ...
October 29, 2010