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The Vendor Client relationship – in real world situations

Michele Yamazaki — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:07:44 +0000

I don’t normally put stuff like this up on the site but I thought a lot of you would really appreciate this! Thanks to Mark Coleran for the link:

The Vendor Client relationship – in real world situations

I’m Presenting at the Ferris Video Festival April 3

Michele Yamazaki — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:31:55 +0000

I’ll be running a session on Greenscreen and Keying (mainly keying tricks) at the Ferris video Festival on Friday, April 3.

The Ferris student chapter of MCA-I is hosting its 9th Ferris Video Festival on Friday, April 3. The event begins at 10:00 AM with a keynote presentation by Angela Prater, a graduate of the program who will speak on Diversity Online. She will present the awards for the high school award winners. Following the ceremony, there will be concurrent training sessions from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM on a range of topics including the RED camera, Animation in Video Production, Copyright Issues, Special Effects Makeup, Greenscreen tricks, Music Video Production, After Effects, the HD Workflow, and Women in Film and Television. Members of the MCA-I Mid-Michigan chapter will be among the presenters. Everyone is invited. Admission is free. The event will be held in the IRC building which shares a parking lot with the football field on the mother campus in Big Rapids, MI.

Here’s the full schedule of the breakout sessions, from 11am-1pm.

Copyright Issues — Denise Glassmeyer, Young Basile Attorneys
Special Effects Makeup — Dawn Butler, fxmakeupbydawn & MCA-I
Red Camera Demonstration— Jeff Hamlin, Lansing Community College
Animation in Game Design – David Baker, Ferris State University
Green Screen – Michele Yamazaki, Toolfarm & MCA-I
Women in Film and Video – Serenity Sherie, Detroit Women in Film and TV
Music Video Production – Chavell Crofford, Vellis Productions
HD Workflow – going Tapeless – Glen Okonoski, Ferris State University
After Effects – Andrew Tingley, Creo Productions
Unions in a Production Environment – William Minihan, IATSE

On Saturday April 4, also in the IRC building room 120 on the Big Rapids campus, the Television and Digital Media Production Program will host a PA Bootcamp from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. The P.A. Boot Camp will provide more than just an overview of what is expected of production assistants on both film and video sets. MPA instructors Jax Baker and Mitch Nyberg will engage students with demonstrations, hands-on activities, form usage exercises, and give a review of set/client etiquette. Students will gain job search tips from a panel of production professionals during an informative discussion on local production companies, unions and film organizations, and the resources they offer. The training session is open to the public for $40 and for students at a reduced rate of $35. Seating is limited.

Toolfarm Twitter Account

Michele Yamazaki — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:43:45 +0000

Do you Twitter? Follow Toolfarm on Twitter.

I’ve had a personal account on Twitter that I’ve been posting sales information, new products, and that kind of thing, but now get updates from Toolfarm without hearing about my cats or my daughter’s birthday parties .

Now, get lightning fast updates on sales, just as they’re being announced, new products and updates, live microblogging from NAB and even some product gossip (When is Final Cut Studio 3 coming out anyway?). We can also answer quick questions you might have via Twitter (with a limit of 140 characters of course!)

Most Common Animation Mistake In After Effects and How To Fix It – Wobbly Keyframes

Michele Yamazaki — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:51:36 +0000

Nick Campbell has some advice up at his blog Greyscale Gorilla. Most Common Animation Mistake In After Effects and How To Fix It – Wobbly Keyframes. This is a problem that we all come across at one time or another and if you’re a newbie, you may not know how to get around this. Watch carefully!

Nick’s advice?

Step One: Select the offending Wobbly Keyframes.
Step Two: Right click and select “Keyframe Interpolation”
Step Three: Set Spacial Interpolation to “Linear”

Examples of Wiggling in AE

Michele Yamazaki — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:38:56 +0000

Dennis Radeke has some examples of Wiggling in AE on his blog, The Genesis Project.

Download Wiggling AE Project File

Red Giant TV Trapcode Form Training Video

Michele Yamazaki — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:42:09 +0000

Maltannon has put out the latest episode on Red Giant TV. Create a slick push pin toy effect as seen in the Radiohead ‘House of Cards’ video. This tutorial shows you how to combine regular footage with Trapcode’s popular Form plug-in to create an eye-popping 3D effect.

AE Tutorial: Camera Shake motion graphics

Michele Yamazaki — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:07:39 +0000

Dennis Radeke and his Genesis Project blog have a new tutorial up about creating Camera Shake.

Download the project files here

12 Days of Freebies: Toolfarm’s Holiday Gift to our Loyal Customers

Michele Yamazaki — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:40:11 +0000

If you haven’t stopped by Toolfarm in a few days, you’re missing The 12 Days of Freebies, our gift to our dear customers. We want to know how much we have appreciated your business in 2008 and we hope that our relationship will continue long into the Millennium.

Toolfarm will be unlocking a new freebie each weekday until December 24th, kind of like an Advent Calendar, minus the chocolate all over your fingers.

Download some free holiday schwag here!

Freebies will include templates, project files, stock footage, and more; stay tuned!

Day 1 – an After Effects CS3 template for a 3D Greeting Card
Day 2 – a fantastic holiday tree template from LME.
Day 3 – a gorgeous tree ornament created with Conoa 3D.
Day 4 – Eye Scream Factory Binary Code DVD Template.

We will have lots of other goodies lined up, including freebies from Pond5, Professional Video Templates, free presets for plug-ins and more. Day 5 will be uploaded on Monday. What will it be? Is the suspense killing you?

Free AE Projects from Dean Velez

Michele Yamazaki — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:54:13 +0000

Hello Video, Film and Web guys and gals,

I thought I’d put up a few free After Effects Projects for download to help celebrate July 4th ( I’m a sucker for good fireworks ). They’re only up until July 4th.

You’ll find them on my website under the Ani Elements section labeled Ani Elements Batch 1. There are 20 assorted AEPs ranging from Flames, Bubbles, Water, Blood, Glows and a whole lot more.
As usually they are fully customizable and royalty free.

Enjoy!
DeANVELez

Free Presets from LME: Card Dance

Michele Yamazaki — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:54:50 +0000

Here’s a free Card Dance preset/comp set from LME. Download the free presets here (.zip).

Buy LME 30 Super Card Dance Projects & Matching Presets. The presets works in After Effects 7.0 and higher on Mac or Windows. They are set up for SD and a few flavors of HD. Enjoy!