The Genesis Project

Let’s get it out there right now, "Our Customer Service department has issues."

There… I said it.  Phew, I feel better… But what’s more important is that our VP said it as well and addressed it to you.

I’d encourage you to download the small PDF and give it a thorough read. While it’s nice to hear that a corporation can apologize, it’s better that the letter points to a better result in the future.  It also gives you a source to solve your problems in the interim if you’re not getting the results you need.

Posted by Dennis Radeke on August 31, 2009 7:37 AM | Permalink | Comments ( 1 )

Get all of the details at the AENY site

Posted by Dennis Radeke on August 27, 2009 12:23 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 0 )

Hey there everyone.  Blogging away on supposed vacation time – I need some help. We’ll keep this one brief.  Episode #25 is online and available for your perusal.  It’s pretty short and to the point, so it’s easy to digest and consume.  In it, I take our Photoshop texture and quickly create a 3D box by utilizing a script from AEScripts.com

From there, we’ll put it all together in the next episode and hopefully the result is something you like. 

Read on for the embedded version of the tutorial.

Continue reading “Adobe Beginner Classes Episode #25 is live!” »

Posted by Dennis Radeke on August 26, 2009 1:49 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 0 )

The next AENY meeting is coming up this Thursday, August 27th and has a terrific line up as usual.  We’ve (and by ‘we’ I mean Jim and Aharon) got two artists lined up including the Mixtape Club and a director from Psyop.  Both of these should be really fantastic.  I hope that you’ll join us.  You can get all of the details at the AENY site

Posted by Dennis Radeke on August 25, 2009 7:29 AM | Permalink | Comments ( 0 )

If you’ve looked with envy at particular textures and wondered how they were created in Photoshop, then this is the episode for you!

Photoshop,Adobe TV,Painting,Brushes,Textures

Continue reading “Adobe Beginner Classes Episode #24 is live!” »

Posted by Dennis Radeke on August 20, 2009 10:34 AM | Permalink | Comments ( 0 )

I’ve been cleaning up email this morning and while doing so, I came across one from Logic Keyboard.  It reminded me of one of my strongly held personal beliefs: the very best editors, the ones who work quickly, always know their keyboard shortcuts.

Continue reading “Keyboard shortcuts: vital to working quickly” »

Posted by Dennis Radeke on August 19, 2009 10:29 AM | Permalink | Comments ( 1 )

These days there are all kinds of interesting technology that is put out on the web for our prognosticating and input.  Below is one that I’ve seen before and a new one.

Continue reading “Interesting videos on image technology” »

Posted by Dennis Radeke on August 18, 2009 11:14 AM | Permalink | Comments ( 1 )

Yes, I know…. a shamelessly provocative title. 

I came across Mr. Soule’s latest offerings which offer some insight into our current workflow with the RED camera as well as how similar workflow videos with Apple’s Final Cut Pro and Avid’s Media Composer software.

Adobe Presentations 2009

However, I think the most interesting one could be the sneak peak of Adobe’s Story application which was first shown as a technology preview at NAB 2009.  That one is embedded below.  Enjoy.

Posted by Dennis Radeke on August 17, 2009 3:50 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 0 )

They’ll probably pop up on Adobe TV over the next few weeks.  I’ve started to add some text elements in the video to help the tutorial along and to support what I’m saying. You’ll see that one really start to show up on the last one (sorry, too lazy to go back and add them to the others!)

Continue reading “Three more Adobe Beginner Classes episodes are done” »

Posted by Dennis Radeke on August 14, 2009 10:00 AM | Permalink | Comments ( 0 )

I’ve held true to my promise to not do everything about After Effects! Huzzah! 

In this one, I go in and show you how easy it is to create gradient wipes for use in Premiere Pro.  We don’t always use transitions, but when we do, it’s nice to have something new and fresh. Custom gradient wipes can be the ticket!  I hope you’ll give it a view and tell me what you think.

Continue reading “Adobe Beginner Classes Episode #23 is live!” »

Posted by Dennis Radeke on August 14, 2009 9:23 AM | Permalink | Comments ( 0 )