24f and P2

Splice, a blog with great links to other great links, has a good post on using FCP Tips: Using P2 Technology With Final Cut Pro (via Flippant News).

Studio Daily notes a DNM article Final Cut Pro 6 Techniques: Editing with Canon’s 24F.

Adobe Share beta +more @ Adobe MAX

Adobe’s latest online offering was announced at the Adobe MAX conference in Chicago. Codenamed "Share," it's a free web-based service that allows you to easily share, publish and organize your documents. A free Share account has 1 GB of storage space.

Web and Video is liveblogging coming from the Adobe MAX conference. There's a even a text version of AE product manager Michael Coleman's presentation at Interactive video with After Effects and Flash - session at MAX 2007.

Maltaannon extrudes AE Shapes

Note: an updated roundup at PVC has a ton of other methods for 2013; see Creating 3D Text in After Effects.

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VideoCopilot notes a new method by Maltaannon (Poland's Jerzy Drozda) to extrude any vector based layer to give it real 3D looks and control (along with Shape Layer modifiers) inside After Effects.

In addition to a video explanation, he provides CE ShapeExtruder, one of his CustomEffects (installation instructions here), and a project and FFX. His custom effects (there are others) combine presets with expressions to look and behave like standard plug-ins, and requires a DLL install. Jerzy's stuff is also on Creative Cow.

Update: I'm just bumping this back to the top from 9/30/07 since it's cool.

Update 2: Maltaannon now has a YouTube channel, so here's his videos:

Adobe Media Player in prerelease beta

Just in time for YouTube to get Adsensed and the Joost launch (promising a set-top), Adobe Media Player is now in prerelease public beta. AMP attempts to bring the best of both the broadcast television and web video worlds to your desktop. Not sure about that, but ads and metrics are features for producers as noted in previous posts; see Online players again (especially the Deeje Cooley video) and Adobe adds H.264 support to Flash; AMP delayed.

I'm still wondering Will Adobe address Joost Copycats? Will AMP keep up with the smaller innovators (UI, etc...) and will CS3 users benefit from integration? More at Mashable's Adobe’s New Media Player Launches with Several Partners.

Update: Adobe's Edge newsletter go deeper with Adobe Media Player: A new way to deliver high-quality content.

If you want more on Silverlight vs. Flash check out the many thoughts at JD on EP.

Motion graphics open 'The Kingdom'

Motionographer notes motion design aspects of 'The Kingdom' Main Titles. I actually remember someone in the 1970's asking why the Arabs wanted to control 'our' oil.

Covert Camera Inside Glasses

The DV Show, a tips blog/podcast covering basics and some Flash stuff, notes Covert Camera Inside Glasses:

"A very stylish pair of sunglasses with a color camera brilliantly hidden within the frame to give color pictures and exceptionally clear audio, all recorded on to a personal video recorder." Frames size is 510x492 (NTSC) or 500x582(PAL).

More Photshop video: Russell Brown, Layers, & on

John Nack notes several locations of new Photoshop video tutorials including Xtrain, a new service with some freebies.