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DIGITAL MEDIA ARTISTS \ Los Angeles (DMA\LA)
*** Next Meeting ***
Tuesday, May 19
Gallery Theatre at http://www.laparks.com/dos/historic/barsndall.htm
Barnsdall Art Park
Hollywood, CA
6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
(theater seating @ 6:30 p.m.)
Cover charge: FREE
courtesy of Adobe Systems

We’ll be around with another meeting on TUESDAY MAY 19!

What’s in store this meeting:

• TIPS & TRICKS: More Tips and Tricks from the gurus: Warren is going to show you how to make a smarter After Effects workflow with some other software you might already have lying around.

• NEWS FROM NAB: There is a bunch of local talent I met at NAB, and news from the show as well.

* SHINE STUDIOS : Deconstructing Design. Notes from the frontlines of making movie titles (feat. Kung Fu Panda, Taking Chance, Grey Gardens)
Shine is a creative design and production studio specializing in film and television main titles, feature film marketing, network branding, and commercial design. With its roots in Hollywood, the Shine team leverages its conceptual thinking and deep experience to help some of the biggest names in the entertainment and advertising worlds communicate their message. The company mission is to fuse smart conceptual ideas with the cutting edge crafts of full-motion electronic media in an effort to distinguish brands, identities, stories and experience.

Hey – we’re on Twitter too – are you? We’ll follow you. Don’t worry about us clogging your feed. I’ll only post during the days around meeting week; unless something really tweetworthy comes along. Tweetworthy? Is that a word? Ugh.http://www.twitter.com/dmala

NEWSLETTER NEWSY NEWS:

(Are you at NAB? I’ll put you in the http://www.twitter.com/dmala feed)

*Check out some new sponsors for this meeting!

! AHARON RABINOWITZ: RedGiantTV.com now features tutorials from Aharon.  You probably already know him, but if you want to get familiar with him and his work again – check out his website @ http://allbetsareoff.com/

DMALA MEMBER SPECIALS!

STASH DVD -GET STARTED (http://www.stashmedia.tv)
Plus get special offers, discounts on multiple issues and deals when you contact them directly. When you call or email Christine or April, be sure you tell them you’re part of the DMA Los Angeles Group.
April Harvey: +1 778 737 2123 ah @ stashmedia.tv
Christine Stead +1 778 737 2100 cs @ stashmedia.tv

Some of our awesome door prize sponsors:

* Ballistic Books (http://www.ballisticpublishing.com)
The finest international collection of Digital Art Celebrate the World’s finest new digital art. Exposé 6 is our latest Digital Art Yearbook featuring ‘the best of the best’. With 334 inspiring images prepared by 257 artists from 43 countries, you will discover the very best work across 20 different categories. We’ll have a special book from Ballistic Publishing for you to check out!

* Artbeats: Footage you can use: Your Choice of a clip or package (see me) (http://www.artbeats.com)

* STASH DVD(http://www.stashmedia.tv)
Sit back, open your cranium and let Stash take you on a high-altitude tour of the planet’s most innovative and outstanding animation, VFX and motion design companies and projects.

* DigiEffects Damage (http://www.digieffects.com)
Digieffects Damage harnesses the destructive power of lame rabbit ears, bad BNC cables, tree branch-obstructed satellite dishes, poorly tracking VHS machines, scratched DVDs, low fidelity security cameras, micro-datarate cel phones…the list goes on

* Focal Press: Steve Wright’s Compositing (http://www.focalpress.com)
…leads the reader through the entire process and techniques used to create blockbuster effects, but makes the journey easy for the layperson. This is a MUST-HAVE book for anyone who wants to know the magic that digital compositing is. – Jeffrey Jasper, VFX Compositor, New Deal Studio (The Good Shepherd, X-Men 3, Pirates of the Caribbean 3)

* Video CoPilot Pro Training (http://www.videocopilot.net)
DUDE – It’s Andrew Kramer. Okay, if you’re new to After Effects, may need to tell you that Andrew has a ton of great tutorials for VFX artists on his videocopilot website. He also makes DVDs of some of his most popular design elements. EVOLUTION may have been the first he created; it’s surely the first we’ll give away at DMA. If you don’t win, you can purchase or download it at his site.

* GoMedia Hooladanders (http://www.gomedia.us)
Hooladanders • Hoo-la-dan-ders. Say it with me. Check out the new vector art and more clip art from GoMedia at their website. Also, be sure to follow JEFF on Twitter – he has some great graphics links and tutorial tips just about daily:http://twitter.com/jeff_finley

* Red Giant Software’s Knoll Training DVD (http://www.redgiantsoftware.com)
There are several different QuickTime training lessons on Red Giant’s site. But if you really want to learn how to master Knoll’s Light Factory, the best way is to go straight through Falcon’s Maze. The DVD training doesn’t have the KLF Pro plugin, but if you’re a pro user, you already have it in your arsenal. Here’s how to use wield it like a master.

* Harry Frank’s Expression Lessons from Toolfarm (http://www.toolfarm.com)
Harry Frank has just released the second Expression Series lesson pack. You’ll have to let me know whether you think you can handle the second set of lessons, or you want to start out with the beginner lessons.

* DigiEffects Delirium (http://www.digieffects.com)
Delirium contains 40 visual effects. It also contains tools for creating particle-based fire, smoke and bubbles. These particle effects enhanced with built-in turbulence processing to create realistic imagery without resorting to complex 3D programs. Everyone uses COPBLUR and MUZZLEFLASH from this one.

* PixelCorps: 6-month membership to the PixelCorps Guild (http://www.pixelcorps.com)
The Pixel Corps is a guild for the next generation of craftsmen… digital craftsmen. We are dedicated to delivering much of what was provided to traditional guild members hundreds of years ago, all of which is needed now.

* Joel Holland’s Footage Firm (http://www.footagefirm.com) Another great CD Clip of DV footage! http://dvprofessionals.comand is giving away footage clips to members there and at dmala! Thanks Joel.

* Ribbit Films: Greenscreen Stock Footage (http://www.ribbitfilms.com)
Skateboarding, BMX, Surfing, Snowboarding, Ski, Judo and Karate Greenscreen footage. This is the motion graphics sports greenscreen DVD you’ve been waiting for.

* Working on MORE, but you’ll have to show up to find out.

CHECK THE WEBSITE FOR MORE – - AND DRIVING INSTRUCTIONS TOO!

* This meeting is presented in association with the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre, a facility of the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs *

Warren, Ko, Tony, Tom & Ed

-Ko
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More info: http://dmala.org/