Video Tutorials: Ray of Light Motion Graphic Animation

June 16th, 2009 by Rob Strobbe | No Comments |

Its Senior Editor D. Eric Franks has created another Sony Vegas tutorial for the Digital Juice website. This time, he combines an animation from one of DJ’s Motion Designer Toolkit, Vegas track motion, and the Ray FX from Sony Vegas Pro 9. Of course, you can use any basic animation or still image for the base if you don’t have the animation used in the tutorial. And if you’re on a previous version of Vegas, the track motion Glow or 2D Shadow options will provide something at least similar to the Ray FX.

Link: A Ray of Light with Motion Designer’s Toolkit in Sony Vegas

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News: Create Screenshots with SnagIt for Free

May 30th, 2009 by Rob Strobbe | No Comments |

If you ever need to take screenshots of your desktop, now is a great time to get SnagIt for just that. Until June 5, 2009, TechSmith is giving away SnagIt 7.2.5 for free. Just follow that link to get your registration key. In addition, once that’s downloaded and registered, you can upgrade to the current version 9.1 for just $24.95. Note that 7.2.5 is not compatible with Vista.

The offer’s already been taken down once and re-posted, so you may want to hurry in case they get overwhelmed again.

Reviews: Vegas Pro 8 Companion

May 17th, 2009 by Rob Strobbe | 5 Comments |

With a program as powerful and diverse as Sony Vegas, it helps to have an expert who will not only introduce you to the very basics, but also cover intermediate tools and let you in on the Big Secrets that make editing in Vegas fast and efficient. You could wing it and learn as you go, or you could let someone with years of Vegas experience share his wealth of knowledge. No, I don’t mean me. Flatterer. I mean Gary Kleiner in his set of instructional DVDs, The Vegas Pro 8 Companion.

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