|
What's New on www.stevengotz.com
|
|
|
Premiere Pro 1.5 as explained and demonstrated by me! Check it out!
|
| 7/24/08 |
|
| kuler |
Get help with colors for your web site. How colors go together. |
| Top 10 Video Lists |
The best lists, brought to you in video |
| NewBlueFX |
Check out AVCHD UpShift if you want to edit AVCHD in Premiere Pro CS3 |
| lmrser |
Tutorials on After Effects, Encore and Photoshop |
| CoreMelt |
Collection of plugins with Free trial, and two free plugins for AE and FCP |
| The Levelator |
Adjusts the audio levels within your podcast or other audio file
|
| 6/30/08 |
|
| Adobe Ultra Tutorials |
Ultra tutorials from Serious Magic, now on the Adobe site |
| Training Connection |
Chicago based training, with training at your site anywhere in the USA. |
| Layers Magazine |
The How-To magazine for everything Adobe |
| Chad and Todd Podcast |
All things Adobe Podcast on Youtube |
|
2/24/08
|
|
| Jeff Schell Premiere Pro Podcast |
Take a look at Jeff's tutorials. Really great stuff. For free. |
| My Music Source |
Buy and Sell music - where producers, bands and fans connect |
| Magnatune |
Royalty Free music - a slightly different concept |
| Soundsnap |
Free sound effects and loops |
| After Effects Scripts |
Tips, tricks and tinkering in After Effects CS3.
|
| Adobe Scripting |
Blog about everything Adobe Scripting |
| Little Men Entertainment |
Tools and Resources for Animators and Broadcast Designers |
| Zacuto |
Lightweight Support (LWS) System for Attaching Accessories to High-Definition Video Cameras
|
| FXHome |
After Effects plug-ins. Check out MuzzlePlug and PowerPlug. |
| Royalty Free Classical Music |
For use in Podcasts, Multimedia Web Design and background music for film and TV.
|
| Loopsound |
Royalty Free Music Loops, Classical Music Library and Background Sound Effects for Flash Multimedia Web Design, Game Developement and Broadcast Professionals
|
|
8/14/07
|
|
| Camera Farm |
Australian company that specialises in digital cameras, digital SLR cameras, video cameras and their accessories
|
| Whitebeetle |
Royalty Free Music - The ultimate source for maximum impact, cutting edge royalty free music. Available for instant download.
|
|
7/23/07
|
|
| Media College |
Time Remapping in Adobe Premiere Pro. Nice and simple. |
| Lead Codecs |
MJPEG (Motion JPEG) codec at half the price of some others. |
| jamendo |
Creative Commons (free) music for your videos |
|
DAV's TechTable
|
A discussion with Dave Helmly on Digital Audio Video hardware solutions for Adobe's video and audio applications.
|
| 2Writers |
Eddie Lotter's utilities (free) |
| Instant HD |
Red Giant Software designed to up-convert DV to HD |
| ReSizer |
Digital Anarchy software designed to up-convert DV to HD
|
| Elecard |
Movie file conversion from AVCHD to MPEG-2 HDV and MPEG-2 DVD compatible formats
|
| LoveToVoice |
Trish Bell. A very talented and very professional female voiceover artist. |
| Pixel2Life |
Tutorials Site. Learning made Simple. |
|
5/03/07
|
|
| Erik Haddad Production Music |
Unique instrumental production music and flash music loops! Erik Haddad is a Chicago area musician, teacher, and composer. His music is available at a very low price for Non-Profit and Non-Commercial use, and isn't expensive at all for commercial use. Check it out. I use his music for my UWOL Challenges.
|
| Music Tracks Library |
They offer a high quality library of royalty free music suitable for films, video, multimedia, Web, etc.
|
| Reality Sets |
The next step in chromakey backgrounds. Volume 3 puts your talent in the set, not on it. |
|
4/14/07
|
|
| Scopes Tutorial |
How to use Scopes in a NLE |
| Maltaannon Tutorials |
After Effects, Photoshop and Audition Tutorials |
| Music for Video |
a different step in library music |
|
3/4/07
|
|
| Plug-in Pavilion |
One-stop source for all of your favorite plug-ins |
| Conoa |
Plug-ins for After Effects, Premiere Pro and FCP |
| 2b-royaltyfree |
Home to the hottest Royalty Free Production Music on the web |
| Studio Monthly Tutorials |
Check out Making Old Plug-ins Work in Premiere Pro 2.0
|
| GoToAndLearn |
Cool Flash tutorials and more |
| GeoVid |
PowerPoint Presentation to Video Converter |
|
2/7/07
|
|
| RevoStock |
Stock footage - SD, HDV, HD as well as Music and Sound FX. Check out the freebies |
| Student Filmmakers |
Check out these forums. There are some discussions that seldom take place elsewhere. |
| EFP/ENG Lighting Tutorials |
Free instructional web site dedicated entirely to fundamental lighting techniques.
|
| Make an inexpensive Light Tent |
Tutorial on constructing an Inexpensive Light Tent
|
|
12/25/06
|
|
| XSPro |
Free Movie Looks. Actually projects with clips that you can copy from then paste the attributes. Very clever. |
| Alpha Plugins |
Photoshop and After Effects plugins. Check out the free ones and then see if you need any they charge for. |
| Future Design |
Stock Animated Video Backgrounds - SD and HD |
| Free Photoshop Textures |
Useful texture library |
| Brushes.net.tc |
Free Photoshop Brushes |
| Google Video |
Videos of all types |
| Yahoo Video |
Videos of all types |
| YouTube |
Videos of all types. I recommend clicking on the button that sets the size back to the original size to keep the quality at it's best. |
| KnuckleHead Video |
A National Lampoon video site. You must be 18 years old. Or lie. |
| Feedback Video |
Looping Animated Stock Footage - check out the flags. |
| LearnPhotoShopNow |
Master all the basic functions of Photoshop in just 2 hours
|
| ClearCutPro |
UK based equipment suppier. Mostly Mac but lots of useful items for UK customers |
| SmartFlix How-To Videos |
Are you smart enough to create product for them? |
| Bohoc Productions |
A Guide for Indie Filmmakers Who Know Nothing About Indie Filmmaking
|
| Digital Media ME |
Adobe User Group for the UAE and Middle East |
| Adobe HD Primer |
Understanding and Using High-Definition Video (PDF file) |
| iPowerWeb |
Web Hosting with lots of bandwidth allowance |
|
Andreas Wannerstedt
|
Inspiration site by a freelance artist |
| Sound Loop Studio |
Royalty-free Music Loops for Multimedia Projects |
| KeyText |
Shareware for repetitive typing tasks. Great for frequent forum posters. |
| EventDV Tutorials |
Tutorial on using SmartSound Sonicfire Pro 4 and more. |
| bobyte |
The home for freeware AviTricks, AviScreen, AviSplit, and more. Sometimes a professional NLE is overkill. |
| Alpha Plugins |
Filters and plug-ins for Photoshop and After Effects |
|
9/27/06
|
|
|
Max
Tutorial
|
Photoshop
and Flash tutorials
|
|
HDV
underwater footage
|
Great
underwater HDV footage
|
|
Bali
Diving Videos
|
Cool
videos
|
|
9/24/06
|
|
|
Royalty
Free Store
|
Royalty-free stock footage collections for video professionals |
|
Ousted
Productions
|
Royalty
Free Loops. Check out
the free ones.
|
|
9/17/06
|
|
|
DJTV
|
Tutorials
from Digital Juice covering
many topics, not just
their products.
|
|
DVFilm
Raylight
|
RAYLIGHT
is an HD codec for Windows
that is compatible with
the Panasonic HVX200
camera
|
|
HandsOnHDV
|
Instructional
videos for Sony HDV camcorders
|
|
Trapcode
People
|
The
natural place for motion
graphics and vfx people
to meet and share tips,
ideas and resources.
|
|
Cineform
Unplugged
|
This
is the place where some
of the technical goings-on
at CineForm will be uncovered.
It will have a particular
focus on some of the
film projects that are
taking CineForm Intermediate
to some interesting places.
|
|
Groovy
Loops
|
High
quality fresh sounding
royalty free music tracks,
music loops and Sound
Effects
|
|
6/22/06
|
|
|
Foto
Search
|
Stock Photography and Footage.
Huge collection of stock
photo and footage libraries. |
|
6/06/06
|
|
|
Sony
M10U with Adobe Premiere
Pro
|
Using the Sony M10U HDV Deck with Adobe Premiere
Pro |
|
5/22/06
|
|
|
The
Anvel
|
After
Effects tutorials, AEP
files and training
|
|
5/10/06
|
|
|
Ants.tv
|
Motion
Graphics for the Spanish
speaking market
|
|
5/3/06
|
|
|
Gray
Machine
|
After
Effects and Maya tutorials
by a professional animator
for NBC
|
|
Stock20
|
Royalty
Free Music for Media
Professionals at a price
it is hard to pass up.
|
|
4/21/06
|
|
|
CameraStore.com
|
A
camera store down under.
Australian owned and
operated.
|
|
It's
Jerry Time
|
2006
Emmy Award Nominee for
“original entertainment programming created specifically for non-traditional
viewing platforms”
|
|
4/9/06
|
|
|
Bert
Monroy
|
Digital
Photo-Realist Artist
- these are not photos!
|
|
Creative
Cow Podcasts
|
After
Effects Podcasts hosted
by Aharon Rabinowitz
|
|
Creative
Cow Podcasts
|
Premiere
Pro Podcasts hosted
by Aanarav Sareen
|
|
Photoshop
Tips
|
30
free Photoshop lessons.
Lots more on his DVD.
|
|
Clip
Shack
|
A
place to view and post
videos. Free.
|
|
Dubtastic
Design Labs
|
Free
Photoshop Brushes and
more
|
|
Candlelight
Stories
|
Some
interesting movies
|
|
SendSpace
|
"SendSpace
- The Best Free File
Sharing Service!"
(so they say) Works fine
as far as I can tell.
|
|
Chris
Watson
|
Supercharge
Your Raw Footage - Microsoft
Word doc. Great reading.
|
|
Adobe
Production Studio Resource
Center
|
New
features, free tutorials,
Podcast.
|
|
Updates
for Premiere Pro 2.0
|
Get
the updates if you are
going to use Clipnotes.
|
|
Manuals
Paradise
|
Need
to buy a manual? These
people probably have
it. Even the service
manuals!
|
|
Moviola
Digital Education Center
|
The entertainment industry's premiere resource for post-production, motion
graphics and digital arts training. |
|
Lobo
|
Flash
Inspiration as well as
3D and After Effects.
Check out the reel.
|
|
Opuzz
|
100% Royalty free music. Immediate downloads, CDs, DVDs and Loop Collections. From
$0.40 |
|
The
Timewarp
|
Stephen
Schleicher's tutorial
on After Effects 7.0 Timewarp.
|
|
What's
My IP
|
I
always need to know my
address as the rest of
the world sees it to
use NetMeeting.
|
|
Microsoft
KB 885222
|
Performance
of 1394 devices may decrease
after you install Windows
XP Service Pack 2
|
|
Multimedia
Wiki
|
This
Wiki is a collaborative
effort to document as
much information about
multimedia technology
as possible
|
|
Sony
HDR-FX1 broken down into
parts
|
This
page shows the FX1 broken
down into the servicable
parts.
|
|
In
the Can Pictures
|
MySpace
for Chris Thompson, Filmmaker.
|
|
The
Premiere Pro Collective
|
A
place where Premiere
Pro editors can get together
to discuss issues and
workarounds, share tips
and other advice, or
network, or whatever..
|
|
Digital Content
Producer
|
Film
and Video in a Multi-Platform
World
|
|
Chromakey
Setup & Lighting
Tips
|
Some
great Chromakey (Bluescreen)
tips.
|
|
Fresh
Music Library
|
Quality
Royalty Free Music at
a great price
|
|
Fresh
Loops
|
Not
the same as Fresh Music.
These are loops for a
generation different
than my own.
|
|
Graphic
Xtras
|
After
Effects Plugins
|
|
MassiveTracks
|
Royalty
Free Music and Loops
for Immediate Download
|
|
1/10/06
|
|
|
Sterling
Ledet & Associates
|
Invest
in your future. Insure
your success. They say
"We Teach The Cool
Stuff!"
|
|
VFX
Talk
|
Interviews,
tutorials, forums - all
VFX, all the time!
|
|
1/1/06
|
Note:
Today's additions are
only on this page. They
never made it to the
individual pages they
are supposed to be on.
There are just too many
this time. Another day
perhaps...
|
|
EventDV.net
|
The
Event Videographer's
Resource
|
|
Frameshots
|
Video
Frame Capture Software
|
|
Sony
FX1 Under Water
|
Check
out "The Ningaloo
Reef"
|
|
Good-Tutorials.com
|
Photoshop
Tutorials
|
|
HDV
Underwater
|
Great
underwater clips
|
|
Maintaining
a Healthy System
|
An
article by Aanarav Sareen,
an Adobe Certified Expert
in Premiere Pro.
|
|
Global-DVC.org
|
HDV
Stock Shots (accepting
submissions)
|
|
Art
World
|
Photoshop
Tutorials
|
|
Neo
Sounds
|
Royalty
Free Music tracks, Music
Loops, Production Music
and Sound Effects
|
|
Comprehensive
WM9 HDTV Encoding Guide
|
This guide only concerns itself with encoding HDTV sources to Windows Media 9
format. |
|
Deinterlacing
|
Facts,
solutions, examples
|
|
12/31/05
|
Note:
Today's additions are
only on this page. They
never made it to the
individual pages they
are supposed to be on.
There are just too many
this time. Another day
perhaps...
|
|
Popcast
|
Internet
TV made by you
|
|
Urban
Fox
|
One-to-one camera
training and some online
manuals
|
|
Thunderstruck
|
A collection of Sound
Effects from a member
of the WrigleyVideo forum
|
|
Photoshop
TV
|
Featuring "The
Photoshop Guys"
- watch the videos and
learn
|
|
HandsOnHDV
|
Instructional videos
for Sony HDV camcorders
- HC1, Z1U and FX1
|
|
EliteVideo
|
Instructional videos
for Sony HDV camcorders
- HC1, Z1U and FX1 as
well as other camcorders
|
|
ShowMePhotoshop
|
Photoshop Tutorials
|
|
In-D-TV
Network
|
A source of networking
for independent producers
and industry professionals.
|
|
How
to set up a Matrox Parhelia
APVe
|
From the DVInfo forum.
If this link dies, I
have a copy on my hard
drive I can substitute.
|
|
Fly
through the clouds
|
Very
cool - move the mouse
to change directions
and speed
|
|
Free
File Hosting
|
A
list of 50+ free file
hosting sites
|
|
CD/DVD
packaging templates
|
Front
panel and tray cards,
inserts and sleeves
|
|
Q-Music
|
Royalty
Free Production Music
|
|
Crazy
Talk
|
Create
virtual animated actors
from digital photos
|
|
Canon
XL H1 site
|
Download
the manual and more
|
|
SendMeFile
|
the
fastest and most reliable
way of hosting files
for free (they say)
|
|
Poynton's
Gamma FAQ
|
In video, computer graphics and image processing the "gamma" symbol represents a
numerical parameter that describes the nonlinearity of intensity reproduction.
Want to know more? Look
here! |
|
The
Magnoli Collection
|
Prop
replicas from the Indiana
Jones series, Lord of
the Rings, The
X Files, and more
|
|
fxhome
|
Sound
Effect Downloads
|
|
Interactive
Depth of Field Tutorial
|
Learn
all about Depth of Field
|
|
Ko's
After Effects Tutorials
|
Tutorials
by Ko Maruyama
|
|
VideoGears.com
|
Your place for DVD menus, buttons, plug-ins, presets, and other helper files |
|
AdobeFX
|
The
big collection of plug-in
modules for Adobe(R)
company products
|
|
Audio
Network PLC
|
Award
winning production music
|
|
beWebmaster.com
|
Check
out the free Photoshop
CS tutorials
|
|
Canaca.com
|
Web
Hosting with big bandwidth
allowances - they
even have a toll free
(USA) number
|
|
CGSociety
|
44
Photoshop tips for as
long as the post remains
active
|
|
Cinematography.com
|
Professional
Motion Picture Camera
People, News and Resources
|
|
Colorvision
|
Calibrate
your PC monitor
|
|
DesignsByMark
|
Photoshop
Video tutorials
|
|
freshloops.com
|
Download
Royalty Free loops -
priced reasonably
|
|
Type1
and Type2 AVI
|
Read what
Microsoft has to say
about them.
|
|
Plasma
Window
|
Make
money with your HDV camera
|
|
Embedded
Media HTML Generator
|
Ease the burden of inserting video and animations into web pages |
|
Top
10 DVD authoring nightmares
|
How
to avoid DVD authoring
problems
|
|
DVD
Demystified
|
DVD
Frequently Asked Questions
|
|
10/17/05
|
|
|
Spotkit
|
Check
out the freebies first.
Then keep them in mind
if you need to buy something
special.
|
|
Artworld
|
Photoshop
tutorials
|
|
What
is Deinterlacing?
|
What
is Deinterlacing? Facts,
solutions, examples.
|
|
10/11/05
|
|
|
Canaca.com
|
Inexpensive
web hosting with lots
of bandwidth per month
|
|
Audio
Network PLC
|
Award
winning production music
library & Hollywood
sound effects archive
for the media professional
|
|
ColorVision
|
Calibrate
your monitors - and more
|
|
Frame
Shots
|
Video
Frame Capture Software
|
|
HDV@Work
|
Optimal
Exposure - first of four
parts.
|
|
DesignsByMark
|
Photoshop
Tutorials on DVD
|
|
Cinematography.com
|
Professional
Motion Picture Camera
people, news and resources
|
|
BeWebMaster.com
|
Photoshop
tutorials and tips
|
|
TutorialFinder.com
|
DMO
tutorial finder portal
|
|
Type
1 and Type 2 AVI explanation
|
Learn
the difference between
AVI Type 1 and AVI Type
2
|
|
Premiere
Pro Wiki
|
Answers
to many Premiere Pro
questions
|
|
The
Ningaloo Reef
|
HDV
shots and picture gallery.
Articles and loads of
cool shots
|
|
The
Vinci Shot
|
Sony
Vegas Tutorials for beginners
|
|
ProductionTrax.com
|
Royalty
Free Music and Sound
Effects
|
|
8/14/05
|
|
|
Nine
Inch Nails Videos
|
Lots
of music videos for your
enjoyment
|
|
Cinema
and its Ancestors
|
The
origins of film - a quick
video, but very interesting
|
|
8/02/05
|
|
|
Zero
to HD in Sixty Seconds
|
Ben
Waggoner discusses encoding
to WM9
|
|
RoyaltyFreeHD.com
|
High Definition, royalty-free footage. Digitally mastered from exceptional
sources: 35 mm film, high-def video, or sophisticated computer renderings. |
|
Broadband
Reports
|
Check
out the Speed Tests -
How fast is your connection?
|
|
Absolutely
Andy
|
Some
of Andy's favorite UK
television commercials
|
|
Carlton
Draught Big Ad
|
It
is OK to accept the security
question. This is a great
ad.
|
|
Titling
Tip for DV
|
From
GreatDV.com, why you
need fuzzy titles and
a good codec
|
|
LookAtEntertainment.com
|
Really
bad videos, lots of them
|
|
Cinesaddle
|
The
Cinesaddle is an
innovating camera support
system designed by cameraman
Mike Young
|
|
7/16/05
|
|
|
Video
Copilot
|
A
resource for visual effects
artists and talented
visionary's seeking all
the benefits of digital
post production. After
Effects Tutorials, resources,
and helpful products.
|
|
The
Freesound Project
|
The
Freesound Project aims
to create a huge collaborative
database of audio snippets,
samples, recordings,
bleeps, ... released
under the Creative Commons
Sampling Plus License.
|
|
7/9/05
|
|
|
Russell
Brown
|
Adobe
Photoshop Tips and Techniques
- Video tutorials and
more
|
|
Ascend
Training
|
Hands
on training in the Chicago
area for Adobe Macromedia,
Flash, Photoshop, Avid
& Quark
|
|
Hyperbolic
Films
|
Shot
on HDV.
|
|
Resellerrattings.com
|
Compare
prices and see the reseller
ratings. B&H Video
is almost a 9 out of
10, and Broadway Photo
is under a 2. Which one
do you want to do business
with?
|
|
Send
Help Productions
|
Send
Help is a two man comedy
show where reality takes
a half-hour hiatus.
|
|
Pure
Motion
|
The
Pure Motion Noise Reduction
Plugin is a perfect tool
for the video user who
wishes to produce movies
of the highest technical
quality. Available for Editstudio 5, Adobe Premiere Pro and Premiere Elements
|
|
Unique
Tracks
|
Royalty
Free Music - improves
communication with your
target audience by strengthening
the emotional impact
of your production
|
|
Grocery
Store Wars
|
Join
the Organic Rebellion
|
|
Darcy's
Journal
|
Darcy
used to moderate the
Adobe Premiere forum.
Ever wonder what happened
to him?
|
|
I-O-Data
Forum
|
For
the owners of the AVeL
Linkplayer
|
|
High
Def Forum
|
Get the Latest High Definition News & Informative Articles |
|
Model
Releases
|
All
bout Model Releases for
your videos
|
|
Plasma
Window
|
Sell
your HDV footage!
|
|
HP
TV ads
|
Innovative
stuff. Take a look.
|
|
5/31/05
|
|
|
Ryan-W.com
|
Special
Effects tutorials and
more. Read "The chronological Ryan story".
|
|
Mapie's
Funny Movies
|
A
collection of funny stuff.
Includes the ping pong
guys.
|
|
Designer
Drugs
|
Photoshop
tutorials
|
|
DV
Date / DV Subtitles
|
DV
Date is getting
good reviews on the Adobe
forums.
|
|
Twixtor
Tutorials
|
They
are 217MB, but worth
downloading if you use
Twixtor.
|
|
Epic
Camera Housings
|
Underwater
casing at a reasonable
price
|
|
AE
Enhancers
|
A
forum for AE Scripts,
Expressions and Presets
|
|
GiftSongs.com
|
Need
a song for a personal
video. With personal
information in it?
|
|
5/15/05
|
|
|
Scotch
Productions
|
Need
a voiceover done? Want
to learn more about doing
your own? Need to make
a demo? Let Gordon help
you.
|
|
5/08/05
|
|
|
Sony
Picture Profiles for
the FX1/Z1
|
A
page dedicated to Picture
Profile Settings. Send
me yours with an explanation
of why they are set like
they are.
|
|
HDV
Uncovered Tour
|
Adobe
Presents: The HDV Uncovered
Tour - May 17 through
June 9 - FREE!
|
|
4/30/05
|
|
|
Stock
Video Page
|
I
added a new page for
Stock Footage and moved
all of the Stock Footage
links to that page. Then
I added a bunch of new
ones taken from the April
issue of Videography
magazine.
|
|
4/24/05
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HighDef
Information Library
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From
HighDef magazine. Subscribe
(for free) while you
are there.
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4:2:2, 4:4:4 and 4:4:4:4 Video Explained |
From
the Support library of
Blackmagic Design
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Straight
Advice on Loop-Based
Music
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From
Chris Meyer of http://www.cybmotion.com/
- the After Effects gurus.
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Star
Wars Fan Film
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Panic
Struck Productions did
a GREAT job on this one.
Huge download, but worth
every bit of it. George
Lucas could turn the
franchise over to these
folks and we would get
great episodes 7 through
9!
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4/20/05
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Computer
Training Software
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These
folks have a large selection
of training courses for Dreamweaver,
Flash, Illustrator, Lightwave,
you name it. Of course my
Premiere Pro tutorials are
better, and more up to date,
but check out the rest of
their materials. And check
out the free samples.
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4/16/05
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Anime
Spoof Productions
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Lots
of spoofs, music videos and
general teenage goofing around.
No actual Anime though.
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Lady
X
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A cooperative global indie film project |
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4/13/05
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Topaz
Labs
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Topaz Moment V2.0, inexpensive video frame capture and enhancement
software. Take a look at what it can do for you. |
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8nero
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Free
and Original Photoshop brushes
- 209 of them at last count.
And a tutorial on how to
make your own.
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Dropload
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Send
a large (up to 100MB) file
to their server for someone
else to pick up. Useful when
YouSendIt isn't working right.
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DV
/ Photo Time Stamp
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Visual
DV Time Stamp and Visual
Photo Time Stamp are
tools to add date and/or
time stamp to the captured
DV AVI files or JPG files.
Very affordable.
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4/4/05
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Sony
HDR-FX1 Manual online
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The FX1 manual
in PDF format
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Sony
HVR-Z1U Manual Online
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The Z1U manual
in PDF format
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The
Project Studio Handbook
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The web's largest
directory of recording-related articles
and links
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Mastering
with Ozone
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Related to some
of the VSTs in Audition, only more so. Good
reference material.
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4/1/05
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Microphones
for Post
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A new page listing
some popular microphones. Gleaned from an
article on www.postmagazine.com
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3/30/05
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A
Luna Blue
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Stock Footage and
Image Library. A Luna Blue provides highly
creative royalty-free stock footage and
photography. Digitally produced for
broadcast, desktop video and all new media.
Discount available
to my visitors until June 30, 2005. 10%
off on all purchases. Enter the coupon code
PREMPRO
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Adobe
Desktop DV
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From uncompressed
HD video on the high end to the increasingly
popular and economical HDV format, Adobe
provides a tightly integrated, comprehensive
workflow solution with virtually everything
you need to excel in HD video production.
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3/29/05
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HDV
Cafe
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Lots of HDV links.
If I don't have it yet, they might. I decided
not to copy all of their links. Just consider
the HDV Cafe links page to be sort
of an extension of mine - or the other way
around.
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3/28/05
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Audio
Masters Forum
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The Original Cool
Edit & Adobe Audition Community
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Color
In Motion
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An Interactive
Experience of Color Communication and Color
Symbolism
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Art
of Foley
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A Foley artists
talks about Foley effects. What it is and
how it is done.
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Amazon
Theater
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Short Film Competition
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3/19/05
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Royalty
Free HDTV
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Being on location to shoot is difficult, costly, and time consuming. They
will
travel to those sites or events, climb those mountains, camp out in freezing
rain, and lug the equipment to deliver to your door those broadcast quality
Royalty Free HDTV shots you need to complete your project AND at one affordable
price.
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The
Recordist
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The Recordist presents
a collection of free sound effects in MP3
format
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Seacam
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Underwater housing
for the Sony HDR-FX1
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Markertek.com
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This tripod fascinates
me.
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HDV@Work
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Steve Mullen -
an introduction to 1080i postproduction.
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Depth
of Field
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An interactive
tutorial - free
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Footage
Firm
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Royalty Free Stock
Footage - check out the free samples.
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Amphibico
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A PDF showing off
a new, full-featured marine housing for
the Sony FX1 and Z1.
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Experience
Pro Tools
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Crazy Adobe Photoshop
Plugins + Free Filters - 7 & CS
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3/4/05
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Automatic Duck
is pleased to announce Pro Import PPro a
powerful add-on for Adobe® Premiere® Pro
1.5 that allows for exciting translation
from Avid® and Final Cut® editing systems.
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3/2/05
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Footage
Bakery
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Affordable - video clips are well photographed and supplied in generous portions. None of
those teenie, tiny snippets you'll find on other sites
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3/1/05
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Editors
Keys
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Increase productivity,
discover all the tools and give your keyboard
the professional work station look with
Editors Keys for Avid Xpress, Apple Final
Cut, Adobe Premiere and Adobe Photoshop!
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2/28/05
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The upgrade for Premiere Pro 1.5 to Premiere Pro 1.5.1 is now available: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=98&platform=Windows
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2/27/05
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Canopus
HDV Education Site
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Read all about HDV. You might even decide to buy some Canopus
tools.
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2/20/05
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OptikVerve
Labs
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virtualPhotographer. A free plugin for Photoshop.
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2/13/05
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Par-T-Com
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The thrift store of video production - check out the projects area for
videos
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Putfile.com
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A free video and image hosting site. I am trying it out for my personal
videos to save bandwidth.
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2/11/05
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undergroundfilm.org
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Undergroundfilm.org is dedicated to using digital
distribution to bring filmed entertainment to audiences throughout the world. |
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The Window
Channel
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New video image company that deals exclusively in
long-play, native high definition, ambient scenic footage. Sell your HDV or HD
footage. |
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Digital
Director
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A series of guides to demonstrate the ease with which footage can be
transferred from your DV video camera to a CD or website.
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Buena
Software
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Camera Flash Plugin (free) for After Effects
(purchased by toolfarm
- no longer free)
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Le
Repaire
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Tutorials in French - Many products including Premiere Pro, Vegas, Encore,
Edition, etc. toute l'information sur la réalisation vidéo numérique
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BBC Motion
Gallery
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Easy access to thousands of shots from the vast and diverse archives of the
BBC and CBS News.
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Hypereye
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Royalty Free Animation and FX for broadcast production. Loops and other
backgrounds.
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2/6/05
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IPhotoVideo
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Chromakey Studio Backgrounds, Virtual Sets, Lower third Animations, 3D
Animations etc.
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2/3/05
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Sony HDR-FX1 Review
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HEXUS.NET has a review from the DV Doctor
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2/2/05
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Post
Production Humor
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Very funny stuff. Check it out.
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1/28/05
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Article - Cycore FX in After Effects 6.5
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DV.com article - Written by Trish and Chris Meyer
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1/27/05
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Backstories
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Editing a Feature-Length Film on a PC. Post-production of the documentary
film "Dust to Glory"
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Edit This
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Article: Dust to Glory redefines desktop HD editing
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1/24/05
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New HDV
Page
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Check out my new HDV page!
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I-O Data Linkplayer Review
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Review on my Linkplayer. Decent review, and well worth reading if you are
looking at a HD DVD player for only $249.
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The Link TV
Network
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Various videos
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The Film
Link
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Online resources for the film industry. Links to online films, and
more.
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Chuck's
Films
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Films by Chuck Brownley
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12/10/04
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Digital Media
Training Series
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The award-winning Digital Media Training Series offers a fast, easy way to
master creative software. Take a look at their offerings for the Video
Collection as well as training for the Canon GL2 and Panasonic
AG-DVX100
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12/05/04
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-18dB
Reference Tone
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Craig Howard supplied an -18dB 1KHz tone for use in Premiere Pro
projects
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Sony HDV
Info
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Discussion forum for the Sony HDV camcorder
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Oculart
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Amazing Flash site. Not video exactly, but certainly
interesting
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Larry
Carlson
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Flash Animation. Some material for mature audiences only.
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Videogears.com
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Encore DVD templates. Some free, others just very inexpensive. Contribute for
credit towards purchases.
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CineForm
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Real-time, online editing workflow for HDV within Adobe Premiere
Pro
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Cycore FX
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The creators of Final Effects and Cult Effects are back!
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11/30/04
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After Effects Paint Tutorial
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Artbeats sponsors an After Effects Paint Tutorial
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AE
Flame
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Free After Effects plugin for making animated flame fractals.
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Smiley-Smuggz
Productions
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Videos. Lots of videos.
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The MANN
Project
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Somewhere between Charlie Chaplin, Harold
Lloyd and Buster Keaton, Mann is the epitome of the common man struggling to do
that which is set out before him. |
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Scott
Spears
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Indie film tech tips (video) and articles. Some articles from Sonnyboo as
well.
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Sonnyboo's
online movies
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Comedy, drama, all kinds of stuff. Also check out his Movimaker
Downloads.
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EventDV.net
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Lots of articles to read.
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11/26/04
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| Royalty Free Music - Beatsuite |
Royalty Free Production Music and Sound Effects. Check out the free samples.
Buy just what you need. Get out of copyright danger and use Royalty Free
music.
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11/24/04
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Doog's Tutorials
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Free Adobe Encore tutorials. He is a wee bit Scottish, but you can understand
him.
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Tutorialized
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Lots of free tutorials. Photoshop, Maya, HTML, and some old Premiere
6.x.
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Pixelcorps Free Training
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A great Photoshop tutorial. One hour of free training on alpha channels and
selections. Huge file - but worth it.
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KnowItAllVideo
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Put your videos online - for FREE. Do you know something? Make an
instructional video about it. Join the community of self helpers. Also has room
for vacation vids and more.
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Notebook9
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Every adventure starts with an idea. Need help with a project? Check out his
reel. Dave attends the Dallas Motion Graphics meetings.
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DigitalTelevision.com
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Want to know what's happening in the HDTV production and broadcasting field.
Read about it here.
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DVD Video Bit Budget Calculator
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Free - When planning your DVD project, you need to know
the optimum bitrate for your MPEG-2 video encoding |
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ObviousFX
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Free After Effects Plug-in. A simple utility that copies the current
composition image to the Windows Clipboard, allowing easy pasting into other
image applications (such as Photoshop). It bypasses the task of saving the
current frame to an image file and then reopening.
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Hesido.com
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Free Photoshop tutorials
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Terragen
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Terragen™ is a work-in-progress scenery generator for Windows and the Mac OS.
At this stage of its development, Terragen is free for personal non-commercial
use.
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Absolute Sound Effects
Archive
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Largest collection of free sound effects on the Internet
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Tools for
Television
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Automate Photoshop for a video design environment like never before. The
premiere tool for video professionals working in Photoshop.
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Dependant
Films Tools and Utilities for Filmmakers
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Script formatting, Call sheets, Release forms, Continuity Synopsis sheets,
Storyboard tools and much more.
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Learner.org
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American Cinema, a video instructional series on film history for college and
high school classrooms and adult learners
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NOT5150
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Pictures and videos. Check out the one from November 15th, 2004 - Serious
stuff from Iraq.
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SiteSled
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Free web hosting. Lots of space and lots of bandwidth. What's the catch? I
can't find one.
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11/9/04
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Outerspace Software
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A place to buy BluffTitler, a cool, inexpensive 3D title program. Their home
page is here.
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Photospin.com
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Thousands of photos
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Easy
Estimates at Sizzling Web Design
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Enable visitors to quickly and easily create an estimate of the cost of
services that you provide
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Optical Illusions and
Visual Phenomena
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Not video related exactly, but a cool site
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Historical Nuclear Weapons Test Films
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Movies of various nuclear explosions
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CinemaNow
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Watch movies online
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Sticky Pod
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Stick your camcorder to the outside of a car - safely!
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CatDV
Pro
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Media asset database and clip logging utility from Square Box Systems Ltd.
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Virtual
Photographer
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Free Photoshop Plugin
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Graphicxtras.com
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Free Plugins for Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator and more
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Little
Ink Pot
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Free Photoshop Plugins
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Reindeer
Graphics
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Free Photoshop Plugins
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Richard
Rosenman
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Free Photoshop Plugins
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Nikonians
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Free Photoshop Plugins
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Jordi Gonzalez Boada
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Free Photoshop Plugins
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www.slosh.net
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The Photo Killer - also available as a Photoshop plugin
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Acro
PDF
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Photoshop Speedup - why run plugins you don't need?
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Cybia
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Plugin Switch - organize your Photoshop plugins
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Art
Rage
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ArtRage is a painting package designed to provide a realistic and fun
simulation of using paint on a canvas, along with pens, pencils, crayons, and
other tools.
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Matton.com
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Provider of Royalty Free Music Clips, Royalty Free Songs
and Royalty Free Sounds. From techno and hip hop beats to classical and Hawaiian
music, as well as Royalty Free SFX (sound effects). All available for immediate
purchase and download. Also, Hi-Res images, footage, fonts, maps and clip-art. |
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GSpot
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FREE -- Codec information appliance. Establishes what video codecs (audio
and video) are required to play an AVI file. And it determines whether these
codecs are installed on your system.
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11/6/04
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Premiere Pro 1.5 as explained and demonstrated by me! Check it out! The
first chapter is free.
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10/8/2004
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Focal Press
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A great Premiere Pro book by Tim Kolb, and so much more.
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Wicked Wavs
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Royalty free music, sounds & voice for multimedia
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9/26/2004
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Scripts
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After Effects Scripts Page - donations accepted
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Gak
Pak
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Effects for animated background and structural elements. From Profound
Effects
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CameraPOV
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Through-the-lens photo and video camera simulation effects. From Profound
Effects
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9/17/2004
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Digital
Media Net - After Effects
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News, features, reviews, techniques, and forums
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Digital Media
Net - Digital Video Editing
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News, features, reviews, techniques, and forums
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Digital Media
Net - Premiere
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News, features, reviews, techniques, and forums
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9/7/2004
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Grinner Hester's Pearls of
Wisdom
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He writes it in a forum, I put it on my page. Read this stuff. It is quite
interesting.
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9/5/2004
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Cult Effects
Tutorials
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These are old tutorials, but if you believe that they have value, please use
them.
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8/26/04
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The Adventures
of Seinfeld and Superman
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Outstanding live action and animation done in Flash
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The
Burly Group
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Photoshop and Premiere Pro tutorials
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8/24/04
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Gradware.com
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Academic Software & Student Discount Software. The guaranteed low price
leader for academic software and student discount software.
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Prior to 8/13/04
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Tutorial
Collection
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Tutorials for Photoshop, 3ds Max and Flash - Hundreds of
tutorials
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Bluff Titler
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BluffTitler is the easiest way to add 3D text animations
to your digital photos and videos. Note: Yes, I get a commision if you buy it. But I use
it, so I don't feel it is wrong to recommend it. |
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freeimages.co.uk
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Free stock photos
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Post
Magazine
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I enjoy reading this every month. Check it out.
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DV Time
Stamp
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Add a Date / Time stamp to your videos
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Detonation Films
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Free explosions, muzzle flashes, fire, and other useful stuff
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DebugMode
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Freeware - Wax is a high performance and flexible video compositing and
special effects software.
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Lynda.com
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Learning at your own pace - take the tutorials online or buy the
CD/DVD
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Keying and
Mattes
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An article by Alan Steward
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Making Digital Home Movies Part 1
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Part One of a series
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Making Digital Home Movies Part 2
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Part Two of a series
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Sonnyboo
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Free downloads, paperwork, screenwriting and video/film tools. Lots of
resources.
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Dan Ebberts' Expressions
Lab
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The master of After Effects Expressions shows you how it is
done
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Digital Producer
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A review of Particle Illusion 3.0 from Stephen Schleicher
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Kodak Glossary
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Kodak's Glossary of Film and Video terms
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AudioVideo101
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Features an AudiVideo dictionary
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Adobe Premiere Pro FAQ
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From the Adobe Premiere Pro forum
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Links to making video look like film
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Mike Gunter collected a whole lot of links on this very popular
subject
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MPEG Encoder Bitrate Table
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Mike Velte put together a table to help you determine how much video you can
put on a DVD, and at what data rate.
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Alpha and
the History of Digital Compositing
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Ever wonder why is is called an "Alpha Channel"?
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Scenalyzer
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You want to edit video. Why do you waste so much time capturing
it?
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The Link TV
Network
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Music, Comedy, Film, Dance, Travel, Theater, How-To & More
...
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After
Effects - Effects Documentation
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This is a direct link to a 3.2MB PDF file. It is for AE5.5 but still applies
to all of the AE6 effects.
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