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Adobe Beginner Classes Episodes #39-44 are live

Dennis Radeke — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:59:30 +0000

I’ve started a couple of ‘sub-series’ in this group: Premiere Pro Basics and Photoshop Basics. I’ve found that many people are still just getting started and are at a lost for where to get some foundational knowledge. Hopefully, some of these episodes will help.

I’m also kind of excited about #44 which is about some hidden gems (at least in my mind) about Adobe Media Encoder. In this one, I show some real workflow productivity within an application that doesn’t have the sex appeal of After Effects, Photoshop or Adobe Premiere Pro.

As you might expect, I’ve also posted the episodes to Vimeo and they’ll be up on the Adobe Beginner Classes podcast soon as well. Always looking for feedback and suggestions for other episodes. I’ve tried to incorporate some of the past suggestions into this batch, so keep them coming!

Dennis

Adobe Beginner Class #36 is live on Adobe TV!

Dennis Radeke — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:33:47 +0000

(UPDATE – The episode is temporarily in limbo as i return from vacation and the Adobe TV team is presumably at Adobe MAX. I’ll get it back up on Adobe TV soon. Until then, check it out on Vimeo!)

This episode is about animating a still, a classic, timeless look. With CS5, we have some new tools that make this work much easier than in times past. To that end, I developed a tutorial in two parts to cover it.

In this part, we dive into the Photoshop aspect to create our separate and distinct layers for animating in After Effects. As always, rate the video via Adobe TV and feel free to make lengthy (or pithy!) comments at the blog here.

Adobe Beginner Classes Episode #35 is live! (and has been for a while)

Dennis Radeke — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:40:27 +0000

Well, I’ve pontificated about the ongoing work of the blog revamp and all of that. Well, I’ve also been working on tutorials and so now the two have collided, I think.…When last we saw our intrepid tutorializer, he was busy trying to finish an episode on animating an Encore menu inside of After Effects… Well, nearly a year later (10 months to be exact) I’ve finally come back to finish what I’ve started. The fruit of that labor is below:

One of the coolest things about this episode after the long hiatus is that it is now HD. Most likely you will see the stream as MED for medium when you view it at Adobe TV. You can change it to HD and it’s at 2MB/s or so. Sweet! Here’s the link: ABC Episode 35

You can also check out the same thing at Vimeo.

Let me know what you think – I’ve already got a few more in the pipeline as a kind of mental catch up…

Cheers,
Dennis

The Traveling Genesis Project (Upcoming locations)

Dennis Radeke — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:06:47 +0000

As I’ve apologized for not blogging repeatedly over the last year, no doubt one of the chief rationales is that I have to travel, do presentations, shows, seminars, etc. While it may come off as a rather boring excuse, it nevertheless is true.

To prove it, I thought I’d quickly outline some of the places I’ll be and much more to the point, I hope to meet many of you over the coming months. I must say I always appreciate it when someone comes up to say, “I read your blog” or “I like your tutorials.” Hey, everyone like a little affirmation, right?

So, without further ado, here’s where I will be:

Boston – RULE Broadcast – 9/8

Seattle – 9/16 event with Apple (details – TBD)

Minneapolis – 9/21 – Event with Apple, I know it’s at or near Digital Pictures

New Jersey – 9/28 – NJ FCP users group – It’s up in North Jersey.

Beyond that, I’m planning on trying to stay home for the month of October in order to develop a bunch of tutorials and blog articles. I continue to welcome ideas or input on either. Thanks!

Adobe Photoshop turns 20 (neat video)

Dennis Radeke — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:37:25 +0000

I have to be honest and say that Photoshop is in a dead heat with After Effects for being my favorite product, but I give the nod to After Effects (sorry John!).

That said, it’s a product that has changed the way we look at images and created an industry and impact that is frankly bigger than Adobe. The more you think about it, the more you say things like, "Wow, Photoshop is huge."

Most of the time, that’s it for me, but with Photoshop turning twenty, Adobe TV has put up a reminiscent view of how it all began with the Knoll brothers and a few others. This video is actually a lot of fun and if you’re inclined, I recommend watching the whole thing.

Happy birthday Photoshop – you’ve been very good to us all!