Chapter: Video and Computer Technology

Topic: OpenGL and Graphics Cards

OpenGL stands for Open Graphics Library. In general terms, it’s a software library designed to work in compliment with graphics hardware to speed the display of information. In its most basic definition OpenGL is a type of hardware acceleration designed to improve speed and interactivity when working with 3D models. Boris Red 3GL uses this cross-platform standard to speed previews of the manipulation of 3D Planes, Spline Objects, Spline Primitives, and 3D Extrusions.

http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=23944

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Chapter: Titling

Topic: Titling Animation

In this portion of our two-part exercise, we?ll add animated text to our interstitial using the Adobe After Effects 6.0 Text Tool

http://www.digitalproducer.com/2004/02_feb/tutorials/02_23/upnext2ss.htm

TAGS: title, bumper, text

Chapter: Visual and Creative Effects

Topic: Visual Style

This tutorial is designed for the latest version of NUKE. The video will teach you the basics in a seasonal change using stock photography. You should be able to apply this to your workflow, however, I highly recommend you contact D2 software for a demo. Tell them that cmiStudios sent you!

http://www.cmivfx.com/i/mov/nuke_001.mov

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Chapter: Visual and Creative Effects

Topic: Opening, Bumper or Interstitial

A great number of you like the project based After Effects exercises I have done over the years. One area that continues to be a favorite is the station interstitial. Interstitials are those bumper pieces you see between shows that tie everything together. In this After Effects 6.0 Pro exercise, we’ll create an ‘Up Next’ bit for our make believe station. To help us out, we’ll also you an effect from Profound Effects’ Useful Things.

http://www.digitalvideoediting.com/2004/02_feb/tutorials/upnextss.htm

TAGS: Useful Things

Chapter: Visual and Creative Effects

Topic: Opening, Bumper or Interstitial

A great number of you like the project based After Effects exercises I have done over the years. One area that continues to be a favorite is the station interstitial. Interstitials are those bumper pieces you see between shows that tie everything together. In this After Effects 6.0 Pro exercise, we’ll create an ‘Up Next’ bit for our make believe station. To help us out, we’ll also you an effect from Profound Effects’ Useful Things.

http://www.digitalvideoediting.com/2004/02_feb/tutorials/upnextss.htm

TAGS: Useful Things

Chapter: Business

Topic: Scams and Warranties

One of the most common stories in Indie Filmmaking, especially in the feature length genre, is that of the “Promise of funding that turns out to be a dead end” scenario. How many of us have been approached by someone that claims to have access to investors and capital that will fund your movie, and after months of working, for free I might add, that it all turns out to not be true? Or worse, someone has a unique way of raising money, that you come to find out is either illegal, immoral or at the least unethical.

http://www.dvinfo.net/articles/business/pjross1.php

TAGS: producer, fund, money

Chapter: Compositing Tools and Techniques

Topic: Scripting or Expressions

Everyone needs a diversion now and then, so Chris Zwar took some time to write a game in After Effects just to see if he could. Here’s the result: Tanx-AE, the world’s first game written for Adobe After Effects. Take a moment, download the aep and have some fun with this. It’s for version 5.5 and up.

http://www.creativecow.net/articles/zwar_chris/tanx/index.html

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Chapter: DVD Authoring

Topic: Planning and Project Management

How do you create a 30-minute corporate DVD in under two weeks?

http://www.avvideo.com/cgi-bin/getframeletter.cgi?/2004/01_jan/features/crunchtime.htm

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Chapter: Video and Computer Technology

Topic: Operating System Issues

Okay, you have created your master piece and burnt it to DVD using DVD SP or iDVD. As you only want this one copy and need hard drive space, you trashed the entire DVD project. Soon after, you find that you now need extra copies of the DVD (typical). What follows is the process for making DVD copies from DVDs that are not Copyright protected. We will use the Finder in Panther and Jaguar.

http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/making_dvd_copies.html

TAGS: “Finder, cdr, img, dmg”

Chapter: DVD Authoring

Topic: Replication and Distribution

Okay, you have created your master piece and burnt it to DVD using DVD SP or iDVD. As you only want this one copy and need hard drive space, you trashed the entire DVD project. Soon after, you find that you now need extra copies of the DVD (typical). What follows is the process for making DVD copies from DVDs that are not Copyright protected. We will use the Finder in Panther and Jaguar.

http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/making_dvd_copies.html

TAGS: “Finder, cdr, img, dmg”