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Harry’s Expression Training is now Available!

Published by Michele Yamazaki on May 14th, 2007 - in Adobe, After Effects, Expressions, Toolfarm, Training, Tutorial

After Effects Expressions

Expressions Demystified… Written for the Designer

Harry J. Frank

Harry J. Frank, freelance motion graphics artist, instructor and Adobe Certified Expert, goes over the basics of Expressions – Expressions for the average designer. Harry teaches you the terminology and the tricks and even explains a bit of basic trigonometry (but don’t worry, it won’t bring back repressed high school math class memories!) Before you know it you will be adding Expressions everywhere. This training will add value to your technique and expand your After Effects skillset.

screenshotAll project files are included, along with a Quick Reference Guide to help you learn Expressions in the most efficient way possible. You’re not going to get this kind of quality training anywhere else and this series is ONLY available at Toolfarm.

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Want the training modules individually or in a bundle?

This 3 part series on After Effects Expressions is available lesson by lesson. The bundle of the three lessons is available at a discount.

Watch the promo video for the series

screenshotHarry has been a Toolfarm Forum Expert from about the time the Forums went up and runs Gray Machine, a very popular motion graphics site with tutorials and samples of work. Harry is also half of the relaunched AE Freemart.

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Three New Plugged-In Podcasts available, recorded live at NAB!

Published by Michele Yamazaki on April 22nd, 2007 - in Adobe, After Effects, Digital Anarchy, John Dickinson, Maxon Cinema 4D, Noise Industries, Podcast, Premiere Pro, Toolfarm, Zaxwerks

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Keith and Alan recorded the podcast live at NAB…. and it’s a HUGE Triliogy of HOT shows!

Podcast 2 recorded at the Toolfarm Party on Sunday night at the MGM Grand

Exclusive interviews with the tops in the industry including Paul Babb, President of Maxon (Cinema 4D), Zax Dow of Zaxwerks, Christoph Vonhreim of CHV-Electronics, Debbie Rich of Digital Anarchy, John Dickinson of Motionworks, Niclas Bahn of Noise Industries, and Jason Sharp, President of Toolfarm.

Podcast 3: Live Interviews at the IMUG Media Motion Ball

Interviews Chris & Trish Meyer, Rob Birnholtz from Absolute Motion Graphics, Wes Plate of Automatic Duck, Frank Capria of Xprove, Brian Maffitt of Total Training.

Podcast 4: Interviews from The Promax Digital Cafe at the Empire Ball Room

Exclusive interviews with Carey Dissmore of IMUG, Phil Hodgetts of the Digital Production Buzz Podcast, Barbara Dehart of Telestream, Jason Levine Sr. Worldwide Evangelist of Adobe Systems or something like that… a really long title, and Dan Hatch of ProMax.

There are two ways to listen to the podcasts in iTunes:

Add to iTunes iTunes

Or Launch iTunes and you’ll be taken to the podcast page, without subscribing.

If those links do not work for you, you can do it manually.

  1. Copy this link to your clipboard.
  2. Launch iTunes. Go to Advanced > Subscribe to podcast.
  3. Paste the URL and click Okay.
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A Conversation with Jim Geduldick on The Wonder Pets!

Published by Michele Yamazaki on March 26th, 2007 - in After Effects, Tips, Toolfarm

The Wonder Pets!The Wonder Pets! is an adorable animated series that airs on Nick Jr./Noggin, aimed at the pre-k audience. It was created by the award-winning team at Little Airplane Productions. Toolfarm chats with Jim Geduldick, who is a Senior Editor but wears a lot of other hats in the production of the show.

Gather the kids around the computer and spend some quality family time! Read the interview and see some cuter-than-puppies-wrapped-in-kittens screen shots.

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Toolfarm to Manage Red Giant Software Forums, Toolfarm Site Redesign

Published by on January 17th, 2007 - in Red Giant Magic Bullet, Toolfarm

New Toolfarm Web Site Launched

red giantToolfarm, Inc., the leading third-party distributor of After Effects plug-ins and visual effects tools today announced that it is now managing the forums for Red Giant Software, including Trapcode plug-ins, and just launched a new web site.

Quick Links to Red Giant Software Forums

Users can log onto these forums to get help from the Red Giant Support Team, Toolfarm, and some of the top motion graphics artists, including: Dean Velez—awarded two Emmy’s for animation and has been nominated seven times for various graphics projects and Matt Silverman—Creative Director at Phoenix Edit, Effects, and Design in San Francisco.

Check out the Toolfarm site for other forums, including Adobe applications such as After Effects, Premiere Pro and Photoshop, and Apple Final Cut Studio, including Final Cut Pro and Motion.

The new Toolfarm web site provides a streamlined look and feel, plus offers a cleaner navigation. There is also a brand new database of tutorials at Toolfarm, which allows visitors to search by categories and see what is new or popular. The tutorial pages have been redesigned for better retention and new tutorials have been added. The free demos area has been re-programmed with stronger security features and updated with new demos. Plus, The Inspirations section is now broken into categories for easier reading. Harry Frank, of Gray Machine, has joined the Inspirations team to post the most interesting, creative and technical videos on the web.

About Toolfarm Inc.

Toolfarm.com, based in San Francisco since 1999, is the leading third-party reseller of After Effects Plug-ins and visual effects tools. Known also for distribution, publishing, service and training, it has become the de facto standard as the one-stop shop for Adobe After Effects Plug-ins as well as motion graphics tools. It also hosts a Plug-in Finder, an online database and search engine of all plug-ins for Adobe After Effects, Premiere, and Apple Final Cut Pro.

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New Motion Graphics Jobs Forum

Published by on September 19th, 2006 - in Toolfarm, Uncategorized

We’ve added a new forum to our forum list at Toolfarm- not for help from our experts – but so you can find a great job or some help for your company…. Voila. We give you the Motion Graphics Jobs forum.

We are hoping that this forum will be populated with great jobs for After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Avid and other video related jobs. The forum is completely empty right now, so employers and job seekers – get to it!

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Toolfarm Acquires Buena Software

Published by on June 28th, 2006 - in Toolfarm

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This is a big announcement for Toolfarm. I redesigned the Buena Logos. What do you think? They went together really quickly.

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA -June 28, 2006 – Toolfarm Inc. announced today the acquisition of Buena Software, a plug-in developer for Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro, and Autodesk’s Autodesk Combustion. Buena’s products consist of Au Naturel, a plug-in for reproducing photographic effects on video, Depth Cue, a set of plug-ins for adding three-dimensional effects to video, and Effect Essentials, a set of plug-ins for enhancing creativity and productivity for working with video. Toolfarm Inc. will continue to develop and support the plug-ins under the Buena brand.

The Buena Software plug-ins for Adobe After Effects and compatible hosts were developed as effective processing tools to pick up on what the prominent software manufacturers overlooked. The plug-ins range from creative image processing and color manipulation to 3D depth effects.

"As a leader in After Effects plug-in distribution, Toolfarm has always been impressed with the Buena product line. Buena’s tools allow videographers to create unique effects that larger plug-in manufacturers simply do not offer,” said Colin Sharp, Toolfarm VP of Sales and Marketing. Sharp continued, “With this acquisition, Toolfarm can expand on the needs and requests of our customers."

Pricing and Availability

All Buena Software plug-ins are available for Mac OS X and Windows.

About Buena Software

Buena Software creates video and image processing tools that offers easy to use, high quality effects. Incorporated in 1996, Buena Software has grown steadily in output and in reputation.

About Toolfarm Inc.

Toolfarm.com, based in San Francisco since 1999, is the leading third-party reseller of After Effects Plug-ins and visual effects tools. Known also for distribution, publishing, service and training, it has become the de facto standard as the one-stop shop for Adobe After Effects Plug-ins as well as motion graphics tools. It also hosts a Plug-in Finder, an online database and search engine of all plug-ins for Adobe After Effects, Premiere and Apple Final Cut Pro.

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