Hidden Tricks in iDVD 5, Part 6 By Dave Nagel
We've explored methods for modifying button highlights in Apple's iDVD 5. But not all highlights are the same. In some cases, themes in iDVD use text-only buttons and supply you with a bullet-style highlight that appears next to the text, rather than over an asset, as with standard highlights. And, just as with standard highlights, it's possible to modify this bullet highlight to suit your needs.
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Custom Patches in DVD Studio Pro 4, Part 3 By Dave Nagel
In the first two parts of this tutorial series, we looked at how to create motion masks and custom highlights for buttons. This time around, we're going to substitute our own motion graphics into the patches--the final step in basic patch-based button creation.
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Hidden Tricks in iDVD 5, Part 5 By Dave Nagel
We've seen now in iDVD 5 that it's possible to create custom buttons and custom highlights and motion-based buttons with motion masks. But it's also possible to do all of these things with drop zones, which is great for when you want to create a series of discs with common background elements without having to go through the hassle of making new motion graphics for each one. So in this latest installment in our "Hidden Tricks" series, we'll learn how to create these custom drop zones.
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Hidden Tricks in iDVD 5, Part 2 By Dave Nagel
In Part 1 of this article series, we looked at a method for changing existing buttons in Apple's iDVD 5 so that you could have your own, custom button styles for your projects. However, that method involved replacing an existing button with your new buttons. This time, we'll look at a method for adding new buttons without replacing old. But we won't stop there. We'll also look at a method to change the physical dimensions of your buttons so that they can be any size you want.
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Hidden Tricks in iDVD 4, Part 3 By Dave Nagel
You've gone to the trouble of creating a graphically rich presentation in iDVD--custom buttons, custom highlight shapes, custom background--only to have the whole thing marred by that awful default yellow highlight color used in so many of iDVD's themes. But there is a way to assign your own custom highlight colors to your project. It's just another of the many hidden secrets of iDVD 4.
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In Hollywood, there is little doubt that MAXON's CINEMA 4D is the 3D motion graphics artist's best friend. For years, I've been telling you about how easy it is to use, what brilliantly stunning images it produces, how quickly it renders through projects, it's offering of dynamic animation, and, most recently, about its increasingly powerful set of motion graphics tools which fit neatly into production pipelines. So, what could possibly be better than all that has come before? Plenty.
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NO...Doesn't have a thing to do with "that" smartphone...or "that" store...or "that" tablet. It's the next generation. Kids and we mean little kids. That's what today's products are being designed for/targeted at. You happen to buy one...fine. Watch a little, little kid pick up a smartphone. He/she just uses it. They've come pre-wired and we're still trying to figure out how to IM. It's the IGen. They want it instantly. They want to use it instantly. They expect their photos, their video, their music, their stuff immediately when/where/how they want it.
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In this clip, lynda.com host Mark Abdelnour takes a look at proxy bidding. He discusses the strategy and how it works. He also discusses the maximum bid, and when to use Proxy bidding.
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The blood, gore, adrenalin challenges that were unveiled at E3 and enjoyed at ComicCon are fun to look at, easy to hold but are they really the games people want to plunk down their credit cards to own or rent time with? Seems as though the investors, the players who control the controllers have a different idea of a "good" game than the kids who develop them. While mobs of people play educational, informational, stimulating games our kid huddles in his room and mumbles "The Few, The Proud, The Gamers."
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Hidden Tricks in iDVD 5, Part 6
We've explored methods for modifying button highlights in Apple's iDVD 5. But not all highlights are the same. In some cases, themes in iDVD use text-only buttons and supply you with a bullet-style highlight that appears next to the text, rather than over an asset, as with standard highlights. And, just as with standard highlights, it's possible to modify this bullet highlight to suit your needs.
...Read More »
Custom Patches in DVD Studio Pro 4, Part 3
In the first two parts of this tutorial series, we looked at how to create motion masks and custom highlights for buttons. This time around, we're going to substitute our own motion graphics into the patches--the final step in basic patch-based button creation.
...Read More »
Hidden Tricks in iDVD 5, Part 5
We've seen now in iDVD 5 that it's possible to create custom buttons and custom highlights and motion-based buttons with motion masks. But it's also possible to do all of these things with drop zones, which is great for when you want to create a series of discs with common background elements without having to go through the hassle of making new motion graphics for each one. So in this latest installment in our "Hidden Tricks" series, we'll learn how to create these custom drop zones.
...Read More »
Hidden Tricks in iDVD 5, Part 2
In Part 1 of this article series, we looked at a method for changing existing buttons in Apple's iDVD 5 so that you could have your own, custom button styles for your projects. However, that method involved replacing an existing button with your new buttons. This time, we'll look at a method for adding new buttons without replacing old. But we won't stop there. We'll also look at a method to change the physical dimensions of your buttons so that they can be any size you want.
...Read More »
Hidden Tricks in iDVD 4, Part 3
You've gone to the trouble of creating a graphically rich presentation in iDVD--custom buttons, custom highlight shapes, custom background--only to have the whole thing marred by that awful default yellow highlight color used in so many of iDVD's themes. But there is a way to assign your own custom highlight colors to your project. It's just another of the many hidden secrets of iDVD 4.
...Read More »
AV-HS450 16+ Input HD/SD Switcher w/ dual screen MultiViewer
