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Tuesday
Nov032009

MacBreak Studio: The Link Behavior

I talk with Alex Lindsay about Motion 4's new Link parameter behavior that allows you to drive the animation of one parameter with that of another. Check it out on iTunes here or on the web here

Sunday
Oct252009

MacBreak Studio: Credit Tools in Motion 4

Back on MacBreak Studio, I talk with Steve Martin about the new credit tools in Motion 4. See it in iTunes here or on the web here. For more info on Motion 4, check out Rippletraining.com.

Sunday
Oct112009

MBS: Text Styling and Animation in Motion 4

On MacBreak Studio, I talk with Steve Martin about the new text styling and animation tools in Motion 4. Watch it in iTunes here or on the web here.
Sunday
Sep272009

Learn Motion at AVP and Save $100


I'll be teaching a 2-day in-depth class on Motion 4; Larry Jordan, Phillip Hodgetts, Bruce Nazarian, and Frank Rohmer will also be teaching sessions. Great conference & training workshop Jan 28-30 2010 in LA. Use promo code "MOTIONMAN" to save when you register. Details here.

Monday
Sep212009

MacBreak Studio: The Framing Behavior in Motion 4

I return to MacBreak Studio, where I talk with host Steve Martin about the new camera framing behavior and a few other useful commands in Motion 4. Watch it on iTunes here or on the webhere. If you want to learn about my Motion 4 Up and Running tutorial, that's here.

Wednesday
Sep162009

Motion 4 Up and Running 

After months of effort, we are happy and proud to announce that my newest tutorial, Motion 4 Up and Running, is shipping through Ripple Training

Learn how to work with lights that cast realistic shadows, control your cameras with new framing and focus behaviors and reflect objects onto surfaces and other objects in your scenes. Learn how Motion's new text tools make formatting and animating text easier than ever. 

You'll also learn how to create custom transitions called alpha transitions, which you can use in Final Cut Pro 7. We've included hundreds of tips and techniques that you can instantly put to work in your projects! 

Finally, we’ve included over 50 project files you can use for following along or modify for your own projects.  This tutorial is available for download in iTunes and sells for
 $49.00

This tutorial is for folks who are familiar with Motion 3. If you aren’t yet comfortable with Motion 3, we are offering a very attractive bundle price for both Motion 3 Fast Forward and Motion 4 Up and Running. 

For much more info including sample movies, click
 here. Please let me know what you think!

Wednesday
Sep092009

MacBreak Studio: Depth of Field in Motion 4

On MacBreak Studio, Alex and I continue our discussion of new features in Motion 4, this time with a “focus” on Depth of Field. See it on iTunes here or on the web here.

Monday
Sep072009

Boris Continuum Review

Zak Peric, who’s site contains some interesting Motion tutorials, reviews Boris’ FxPlug-based plug-in package of effects for Final Cut and Motion here. Boris’ product page is here.

Tuesday
Sep012009

Pro Studio World Tour

See for yourself - dates and locations here.

Monday
Aug242009

MacBreak Studio: Using Shadows in Motion 4

Learn about how to turn on and adjust shadows in Motion 4. See it on iTunes here or on the web here.
Saturday
Aug152009

Motion 4 on MacBreak Studio

My first of a series of MacBreak Studio episodes covering the new features of Motion 4 - this one introduces reflections. See it on iTunes here or on the web here.

Tuesday
Aug042009

My New Book - Free Chapter

Should start shipping within the week. Click the picture above or click here to read about it; or, you can download a free chapter, complete with media and projects, click here.

Monday
Jul272009

CoreMelt V2 Upgrade with Free Plugins

CoreMelt has released an upgrade to its V2 package of plugins, V2.2, which is a free upgrade to all V2 users and includes 13 new plugins. Not bad guys. Check it out here.

Thursday
Jul232009

New Final Cut Studio with Motion 4

Just announced today. Includes updates to Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, Color, and Compressor. Apple’s page is here. We have created 19 free movies covering all the new features which you can see here. Great upgrade price too. 

Motion 4 has some great new features, including 3D shadows, reflections, depth of field, a new linking behavior, new text tools, and more. Check it all out here

And here is a review of Motion 4 by Franklin McMahon in millimeter magazine.

Friday
Jul032009

Particle Metrix Plugin

Particle Metrix from Idustrial Revolution (no, that’s not a typo) is a new plugin that lets you create all kinds of particle-based transition effects. Check it out here.

Friday
Jul032009

Particle Metrix Tutorial

Zak Peric on his Embryo site shows us Particle Metrix in action.

Wednesday
May062009

Mocha for Motion

Frustrated with Motion’s tracking behaviors? Check out Mocha for Final Cut - you can use it in Motion! The workflow is a bit kludgy - you have to go from Mocha to FCP to Motion - but you can’t argue with the results. See the video here.

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