As part of MGFest, I'm teaching a one-day hands-on class on Mastering Motion's Camera this Friday in San Francisco. 10 spots only! Get the nitty gritty here and come have some fun!

Motion 4 - Using Angle of View (Movie)

If you are a Final Cut Pro user who has yet to dive into the other applications included with Final Cut Studio, have I got the class for you. For the fourth year in a row, I'm teaching a one-week intensive Final Cut Studio Integration class for Digital Media Academy at Stanford University this summer. Dates are Monday July 12 to Friday July 16. There are only a few spots left. Check out the details here.

On MacBreak Studio I show Brian a cool morphing effect you can do in Motion using Optical Flow. Thanks to Zak Peric, who runs the very cool site Embryo, for this tip. See it in iTunes here, or on the web here.

Back on MacBreak Studio, I show Brian Gary how to create the effect used in the OK Go Video. to see it in iTunes click here; to see it in a browser, click here.

The smart folks at finalcutprotemplates.com have released a new pack of templates - called Drop Zones Volume 2, they are "in and out" templates that work as transitions. Very cool. Check them out here.

If you are brand new to Motion and want to get a good grounding, this may be just the class for you - if you live in the Bay Area, anyway. Use discount code "Motion" at checkout - take advantage of it.

Today Ripple Training has released our newest Motion template called "Screenplay" - it is our first true 3D template - this means that Final Cut Pro editors can add a customizable 3D template to their project without opening another application - truly incredible. The template comes in 5 different animation styles and 3 different formats for each. Check out the details here.