In a virtual press conference held last week, Adobe showed new features for Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Audition. Premiere Pro has new features like Scene Edit Detection (powered by Adobe Sensei), HDR for Broadcasters, Quick Export (in public Beta). Other performance improvements for Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Audition include: Improved multicam performance for … [Read more...] about Adobe brings new features and updates to Creative Cloud video and audio apps
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Maxon rolls C4D R23 and Maxon One
The contender has got on its boxing gloves with features for animators, FX, and finishing. Maxon has been making the most of its pandemic. The company’s engineers have been hunkered down and developing. The company’s development teams for Redshift and Red Giant are putting out new releases and according to Maxon’s Head of Community and Customer Experience, Paul Babb, they … [Read more...] about Maxon rolls C4D R23 and Maxon One
Red Giant’s Universe 3.3
Red Giant has released Universe 3.3, an update with two new tools, Quantum and Modes and updated versions of its motion graphics tools Glow, Glimmer, Chromatic Aberration, and Hacker Text. Updates for Universe is a collection of Red Giant’s GPU accelerated plugins for editing and motion graphics. Quantum creates animated light trails in front of or behind a layer, while … [Read more...] about Red Giant’s Universe 3.3
Blackbird makes the case for cloud-based video production
The partnership with Live X focuses on live workflows and the OEM model; both are at the heart of Blackbird. Generating and distributing content from home during the pandemic has been a challenge for the media and entertainment industry, especially monetizing the content. Blackbird claims its professional cloud video editing and publishing platform is the fastest and most … [Read more...] about Blackbird makes the case for cloud-based video production
Make your obsessions pay; Google empowers DIY stock photo
Google Images adds “licensable” badge for photographers. Google has plans to make it easier for people to sell their images online, says Adobe’s John Nack in his blog. Coming soon, images turned up by the Google Search/Images capability may have a “licensable” brand attached that provides information on how the image can be licensed. In general, professional photographers … [Read more...] about Make your obsessions pay; Google empowers DIY stock photo
Registration opens for virtual Adobe Max 2020 conference
Adobe has opened registration for its annual design conference, Adobe Max 2020. The conference will take place from October 20 to October 22. Unlike the past, this year the conference is happening virtually and free to all. Adobe is assuring 56 hours of creativity, technology, and learning. There will be 350+ sessions (live and on-demand) to choose from. The special guests … [Read more...] about Registration opens for virtual Adobe Max 2020 conference
FMX features Phil Tippett in conversation
FMX summer program features interviews and presentations from the past and present. The FMX conference continues this year as a digital production and is combining the greatest hits with new content. Coming up, FMX will feature “A Phantasmagorical Journey with Phil Tippett,” Monday, July 20, 8 PM CET/11 AM PST on www.fmx.de. One of our huge regrets around FMX was … [Read more...] about FMX features Phil Tippett in conversation
Adobe makes major updates throughout Creative Cloud
The company focuses on collaboration, improves selections. Apparently, when you lock a bunch of creative people up, they keep on creating. Adobe has fired out a barrage of updates, blogs, and user stories to talk about the ways in which the world is changing which, to be fair, we did know. What we’re fascinated by are the ways in which Adobe is changing. Adobe’s executives … [Read more...] about Adobe makes major updates throughout Creative Cloud
Adobe Photoshop Camera
A simple application with big possibilities. Adobe demonstrated Photoshop Camera at Adobe Max last year in Los Angeles, which seems like about 4 years ago. And, at the time, it seemed like Photoshop Camera was just another cute little phone app like all the other apps we had to have, played with a while, and then abandoned for the next shiny thing. And, actually, it is exactly … [Read more...] about Adobe Photoshop Camera
The beat goes on… Highlights of FMX 1994–2020
During the hold on everything due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the FMX organization and Filmakademie’s Animationinstitut have put together a program of content from FMX past and some current commentary. The annual FMX conference in Stuttgart isn’t happening this year just like so many conferences and my vacation. The FMX conference focuses on digital content creation, and … [Read more...] about The beat goes on… Highlights of FMX 1994–2020