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December 18 2003
Production News:
• New Automatic Duck Pro Export 2.0 Streamlines Translation of Final Cut Pro 4.1 Sequences to Avid

• BOXX Ships SDBOXX [pro] Editing System

• DVS and Ascent Media Enhancing HD-Digital-Intermediate Workflow

• SALT Media Software Ships Rock Hammer for Shake

• Canopus Announces MPEGcraft DVD

• Matrox Announces Parhelia PCI 256 MB Graphics Card

• Westaim's iFire Technology produces 34-inch color inorganic EL display

• RE:Vision Updates After Effects Plugins

• Panasonic Ships AG-DVX100A Mini-DV Cinema Camcorder

• LG.Philips LCD Wins Display of the Year Gold Award


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DMN Interview: Media 100 Cuts Prices, Adds Mac HD Product
CEO John Molinari gets aggressive with pricing, innovation
DMN Interview by Charlie White
Media 100 announced drastically reduced prices on its 844/X line of compositing and editing systems, as well as the impending release of a Mac G5-based system that’s capable of HD editing using components of the company’s 844/X hardware. DMN’s Charlie White talked with Media 100’s CEO John Molinari about the new developments in this exclusive interview.

Let's Put Some Lipstick on This Pig, Part 1
After Effects and Photoshop team up to smack down the mostest boringest of visuals
by Kevin Schmitt
Every once in a while, some of us are called upon to perform a task so heinous, so unmentionable, so undeniably hideous that the very thought of it is generally enough to send even the atheists amongst us fleeing to the nearest place of worship to pray for our very souls. The task, of course, is to somehow make the average, ordinary screen capture somehow look like the most exciting bit of animation that has ever existed. But never fear. Here's one way to dress it all up, with Photoshop and After Effects as our instruments of salvation.

After Effects 3D: Part 3
Putting it all together to achieve the final 3D effect
by Stephen Schleicher
In this, the last part of our three part tutorial for Adobe After Effects 6.0, we’ll combine the lessons learned from the previous exercises to create our pseudo 3D flying particles.

Surrounded by Codecs
Robert Margouleff on the state of audio surround sound
By Frank Moldstad
Don’t get Robert Margouleff started on the subject of competing audio surround sound formats. Speaking on a panel entitled "The Future Of Surround" at the Surround Conference in Los Angeles Dec. 12, the pioneering producer/engineer/mixer warned in advance that if asked what he thought of the market battles being waged between formats such as DVD-A and SACD, he would probably start waving his arms and flip out. Undeterred, panel moderator Bobby Owskinski asked anyway.

Follow the Leader
Time offset with After Effects expressions
by Stephen Schleicher
I’m not an expert on expressions in After Effects, but I have found over the last couple of years some very handy expressions to help create a more complex looking animation. In this After Effects exercise, we’ll look at an expression that adds a time delay or offset to multiple layers.
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