2009 was an excellent year in the video industry with the introduction of the Video DSLR revolution. Now amateurs and pros can get their hands on video techniques and looks that were previously only able to be achieved at $30,000 and above mark using complicated and expensive cameras.

Congrats To The Digieffects Atmosphere Winners!
Feb 6th in News by Adam Everett MillerThe Winners for the Digieffects Atmosphere Plug-in have been selected at random and we would like to congratulate them!

Announcing The VCP Optical Flare Giveaway Winners!
Feb 5th in News by Adam Everett MillerThe Winners for the Video Copilot Optical Flares Plug-in Giveaway have been selected at random. Since there was such an interest, Andrew decided to give away 3 more licenses bring it up to 5, plus 2 VCP gift cards!
Giveaway Sponsored by Video Copilot! – Contest Over
Feb 3rd in News by Topher WelshOur generous friends at Video Copilot decided that along with our review of their newest product, Optical Flares, our loyal readers would love a chance to win a couple prizes courtesy of Andrew Kramer himself! Check out our newest giveaway to win some awesome Video Copilot prizes!
Video Copilot’s Optical Flares Review
Feb 3rd in In-Depth by Topher WelshFinally! Optical Flares is here and the behemoth of a lens flare plugin could not be more worth the months of hype! I decided to run through all the features, poke around and try out the plugin and give my exclusive opinion on how fantasmically AWESOME this thing is! Trust me, it has been well worth the wait.
32 Fantastical Demo Reels
Jan 29th in Roundup by Topher WelshI know you were itching for another Demo Reel Roundup… I could just feel it from the innermost cockles of my being. Well I got 32 more for you to take a good gander at, get some ideas, and go out and make some AWESOME! That’s right I just used ‘awesome’ as a noun. Now do it!
Create a Jelly-like Text Animation in Cinema 4D and After Effects
Jan 26th in News by SkellieLearn the tools necessary to create interesting and captivating motion graphics in this exciting look into modeling, rigging, animation, materials, lighting, rendering and compositing using Cinema 4D and After Effects.
Digieffects Atmosphere Introduction & Giveaway!
Jan 22nd in News by Topher WelshI know how much you all love new plugins, and I know how much you love free stuff as well! Well, I figured I would combine the two and show you DigiEffects’ new plugin, Atmosphere! It’s a handy little tool that aids you in creating some nice looking hazy atmospheric looks to your compositions with hardly any steps. Oh yeah… did I mention were giving two licenses PLUS we have an exclusive coupon code.. oh yeah… good stuff.

15 Companies That Make After Effects Plug-ins
Jan 15th in Roundup by Jorrit SchulteOf course it’s always nice when you can create something in After Effects that looks great… but sometimes we need a little extra help to to get that perfect result. We talk about plug-ins all the time and there are a ton to choose from! Hopefully this roundup can provide some clarity to know who makes what.

“12 for 2010″ Winners
Jan 12th in News by Adam Everett MillerIt’s taken a while to hear back from the winners and solidify their prizes, but we are proud to announce the winners of the “12 for 2010″ Giveaways!











