A while back I was awe-struck with Red’s Announcement that there would be a new plug-in that would allow for a RAW 4k Workflow with-in my favorite suite of products!  Well there’s been a long lapse of time from that announcement and there have been a few more “announcements” from Adobe regarding their latest release to the Creative Suite Family (CS4 – if you’re living under a rock has been announced.)  

There are many people that are talking about it – so I’m not going to add to that noise, check out the source for all of your news needs…  But only on thing that I’m rather taken back with all of this news hype, people scrambling to get their hands on tutorials so that they are ready for Mid October (when CS4 is said to be shipping, also note that if you buy CS3 now – you’ll receive CS4 when it ships! But I digress…)

In all of the updates that we all want to discover and learn how to use – there’s talk about the new tape less work flow, and there has been mention of RED’s R3D but nothing that I’ve seen has officially listed R3D on the list.

I know that there was always a lot of talk of CS4 being the answer for all of these – as it would allow 64 bit support for more memory (needed when cutting 4k footage!).  But I recall that there was CS3 support promised for R3D Support.  So what am I missing…  Adobe’s not really talking about RED other than at the first live event for CS4 – no official mentions on their site, as if to say that it’s not a reality – yet.  

Well I guess time will tell, and the new tapeless workflow will lend itself to this addition when it’s ready!!! But I really hope that’s at time of release.

Fresh information hit the REDuser.net forum today that add a bit more light on to what will quickly become an R3D import plug-in for the Adobe Production Suite.  Again these are only a preview (which was heavily underlined by the RED Developers).  For the full scoop check out DAV’s TechTable (direct link to post.) (more…)

Hey – it’s been a wild month!  I’ve been so super busy – but I had to tell you about some things that have been developing, kind of quickly.  First let me back up and tell you about my love for After Effects – I’ve used compositing applications for well over 15 years now, from the dark days of Borris on an *edit box – later to combustion, and now on After Effects (AE CS3).  I love AE!!!  But I’ve found that most editors have no idea what to do within this robust application and use it more for a glorified filter box that they pass video clips to their editor (my friend who’s know for this shall remain nameless!)

I see AE as much more – and this didn’t really come about until I finished reading “The DV Rebel’s Guide” by Stu, that’s when this application became less of a motion graphics world (which I’m still growing as an Mographer) and more of a real ON LINE space, that you can composite in 2.5D.  I feel that if editors could really get beyond their fear of the interface – and dig in to the app as that kind of space, then their productions would really have the shine that they deserve!

So – I’m taking Powered along with me in this journey to help users get to know AE, and get existing users of AE involved in a community so that we can share our knowledge and open doors for more people to become better at using this all important application. Because I live in the Houston area – I have been looking for an AE user group, to find that not only is there no AE group, but there’s no Adobe group for Video / Production users either!  I’m taking small steps to correct this – I’ve started a FreindFeed Room for Adobe After Effects. And I’m planning on attending the Dallas (DFW AEUG) in September to see what happens at an existing group.  I’d also like to make it clear that I don’t really want to be the Head of this group, but I will be until we can assemble some kind of structure and body.

I’m totally open to suggestions regarding locations and times and what kind of topics that you’d like to talk about or see spoken about at a group like this!  Please email me (bradparler @ gmail . com) or follow me on twitter ( @big_b_rad ) and DM me with your suggestion – Please also include your zip code so that I can start mapping intrest in this group and find locations central to people attending…

Thank,
bp