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M2 Generation Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation conference Jan 20, 2010. Results released on use of new media by 8-18 year olds

As a photographer with a new DSLR, you might be trying your hand at video production. Most people completely overlook audio and they shouldn't. If a video sounds cheap then in most people's minds, it is cheap. If you don't have enough money to afford fancy lav mics, don't worry, you can record clean audio with a number of devices that you may already own.

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A production company uses Second Life to create a previs for the client. Rexona for men.

The intention of this research was to closely analyze a few scenes from Pixars "Toy Story" to see how they were using the principles of animation. The principles of animation I've listed in this page is not restricted to the ones outlined in "the illusion of life". I went through a few other books and articles to come up with this list of principles an animator has to look out for while animating. So I've included blinks, dialog anticipation/follow-through and some other issues which has to be kept in mind while animating. Also, while analyzing the scenes from "Toy Story" I realized that its not a good idea to try to use all these principles in each and every scene in your animation.

A great video demonstrating how to create an 8-ball. 

An interesting case of copyright infringement. Also follow the link near the bottom of the article to see the NY Times' article about the issue.

Take a step past storyboarding. Previs is the new technique for planning video shoots.

A series of an lessons and assignments to teach students Inkscape. 

Video blog about photography and photoshop. You can follow Aaron and Avery at http://twitter.com/#!/AaronandAvery

Numerous Photoshop video tutorials - excellent for class! 

Unfortunate story about flickr deleting a photo because of a false copyright claim. According to the requirements in the DMCA, they had no choice. (this could happen to anyone)

John Bredar, executive producer of National Geographic Television and three-time Emmy Award winner, talks about his new book.

This program follows the President's photographer inside the Obama White House. 

Learn the basics of photography in 77 minutes…..Guaranteed. This downloadable step-by-step video series covers the basics of photography, from how your camera works, exposure, shutter speed and aperture, all the way to what inspires you and how to compose your images for maximum impact. Brent goes into detail and demonstrates each essential photographic ingredient in these fun, casual and easy-to-learn videos. Join Brent as he photographs portraits in the studio and outdoors as well as go on location to capture landscape and sunset pictures. You will never have to shoot in auto mode again, GUARANTEED (or your money back).

Buying an iPad and this version of Photoshop is almost cheaper than buying the regular version of Photoshop! I'll have to read some reviews first, but I may buy myself a copy. 

These videos, along with Brent's commercial videos (http://www.brentmailphotography.com/essential-skills-videos) and eBook are forming the basis of a "Photography Activity Pack" being developed by a student as part of her TGJ4M independent project.

Learn how to create a button, work with basic functions, link a button to a webpage, link a button to a frame, work with scenes and create a basic scene selection menu. This tutorial is good if you are completely new to Actionscript.