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New Plug-in coming from Video Copilot.net

A new plug-in from the team at Video Copilot. This looks like it's going to be a very robust and full featured particle plug-in with some extra Kick. They are an amazing bunch of guys with nothing but special effects on the mind. This one is for sure to be a big seller! Check out more info here 3D Element Plug-in

After Effects 5.5

Latest and greatest version of After Effects. Click the label above or here to find out more info about this awesome and powerful program.

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After Effects Tutorials +
A great market place to learn new After Effect techniques with these great tutorials. They have a lot to offer and they are also part of the Envato network Check them out envato.com

Check out their After Effects Template site too Videohive.net

Visual FX Tutorials

Topher is a great guy and has several sites dealing with After Effects. They have great Tutorials and round ups of similar themed projects. He also has a web site where he sells his services... check it out toe-fur.com

CG Textures

Another Great Place to get Free Textures. You get 15MB worth of downloads every 24 hours. They have a ton of stuff... and they add to it just about every day! Go check them out now!

3300+ Downloads on iStockvideo

Thank you to all who have purchased my Videos. Check out What's New on my Blog page at istockvideo... I've added a whole bunch of new videos... all of them are HD. There will be more than 400 clips to choose from in My Portfolio by mid August, 2008 and it will be growing each week as time goes on.

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Grunge Textures

Check out these cool Textures.
You can use them for free as long as you follow the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License


Great selection of textures.

New Plug-in Available March 10th, 2008

A New plug-in for After Effects from VideoCopilot.net called "TWITCH"
They call it a plug-in for creating Chaos. It's pretty Cool.
Inside After Effects it synchronizes random values to create stylistic video effects for motion graphics and visual effects. Also included are 10 Sound FX, 25 presets and tutorials to get you started. This is a download ONLY product. So Check it out March 10th, 2008

Photoshop User TV

Join the Guys (Scott, Dave & Matt) in their Funny and Informative weekly broadcast. Mostly about Photoshop, but sometimes they talk about other Adobe Products Too!

Wikipedia information about HDV

Helpful information about Hi-Def Digital Video: What are the HDV format limits and what programs can import HDV. More links within this wonderful resource.

Toolfarm offers new MyToolfarm

Win a trip to Hawaii

The competition is open to any and all Adobe Photoshop users, at any skill level. However, employees, instructors, and staff of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP), and their families are not eligible to enter. The Entry Fee is $35.00 (U.S. Dollars) per piece, and you may enter a total of up to three pieces. NAPP members may enter up to three pieces at $25.00 per piece. The Best of Show winner will go on assignment for Photoshop User magazine to Maui, Hawaii to create a cover image for the magazine. Photoshop User will provide round-trip airfare for the winner, and an assistant of their choice, along with hotel accommodations, hotel transfers, and daily expenses. The cover they create will be used on a cover of Photoshop User magazine. So what are you waiting for... get busy and create something! Click here: www.photoshopuserawards.com

Corporate Accounts are available on iStockphoto

A new corporate accounts program which will streamline the iStock experience for large companies. If more than one person in your company uses iStockphoto on a regular basis, you can start your own Corporate Network. Create sub accounts for each member of your team, and manage their credit limits and project budgets from a central credit pool. They have also introduced terms for clients who prefer to be invoiced, instead of always having to pay online. Read all about the new ways of using iStockphoto by clicking on the blog title above.