elaine montoya » motion graphics

speaking at NAB Post|Production World 2011

elaine — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:20:34 +0000

I’d like to take this opportunity to invite you to join me April 12-15, 2010 in Las Vegas for NAB Post|Production World. I’ll be presenting several session including Adobe® Dynamic Link: Getting More Done in Less Time 2011, a three-hour In-Depth Flash and After Effects Integration session, and one of my favorites – When Time [...]

NVIDIA Quadro 4000: Great News for Mac Premiere Pro Users

elaine — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 02:37:19 +0000

Great news for Premiere Pro Mac users! NVIDIA just announced the Quadro 4000 - it's latest addition to its award-winning line of NVIDIA Quadro professional graphics cards. This new card officially brings the insanely fast computational power of the NVIDIA Fermi architecture to Mac Pro users.

join me at motion 2010

elaine — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:47:13 +0000

I'd like to take this opportunity to personally invite you to attend motion 2010.

motion is an annual two-day event that I co-produce with Becky Padilla. motion is known for bringing together the brightest and most creative minds in the motion graphics, visual effects {VFX}, and animation industries. Hundreds of brilliant minds come together every October to discuss trends, address relevant industry issues, and share their skills, work, and creative insights.

screen designer mark coleran on NPR

elaine — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:46:43 +0000

Futuristic screen design has a interesting effect on it's audience. For most people, it goes unnoticed. It fits with the era the motion picture is depicting, and isn't given a second thought. This means the screen designer did their job.

join me at motion 2009

elaine — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:16:21 +0000

I’d like to take this opportunity to personally invite you to attend motion 2009. motion is an annual two-day event that I co-produce with Becky Padilla. motion is known for bringing together the brightest and most creative minds in the motion graphics, visual effects {VFX}, and animation industries. Hundreds of brilliant minds come together every [...]

motion09 speaker Mark Coleran: Gridiron Flow

elaine — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:01:41 +0000

motion09 speaker Mark Coleran develops innovative interface for Flow

Chris & Trish Meyer on Cartoonification

elaine — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:07:06 +0000

In Cartoonification at Artbeats, Chris & Trish Meyer have tips for getting better results from the “much-loved” cartoon looks plug-ins. Just slapping these plug-ins at their default settings onto any piece of footage rarely gives satisfying results. In this article, we will discuss which clips are better candidates for cartoon treatments, walk through using the [...]

Motion Design @ Cut&Paste Competition

elaine — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:12:27 +0000

Motion Design is becoming more prevalent in the public eye – and I love it. As the co-producer of motion – an annual motion graphics, animation and vfx show, it’s exciting for me to see the increased interest. Ok – let’s be more specific. It’s nice that some people have heard the term ‘motion graphics’ [...]

New After Effects Apprentice Tutorial

elaine — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:04:47 +0000

Chris & Trish Meyer just posted a new tutorial on their Pro Video Coalition blog that provides an introduction to the new After Effects CS4 interface. The 2nd edition of their book, After Effects Apprentice, will be released by Focal Press shortly. After Effects Apprentice is designed for those new to After Effects, including students [...]

Autodesk acquisition of softimage completed

elaine — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:02:21 +0000

Autodesk’s acquisition of Softimage is now complete. Formerly owned by Avid, Softimage will provide Autodesk users more complete and efficient games, film and television pipelines. Additionally, Autodesk is working on new, real-time interactive 3D technology for runtime applications. You will still be able to choose your favorite 3D modeling, animation and rendering solutions – whether [...]