As we optimistically welcome in a New Year, I can’t help but look back at all the experiences from this past year. I’d love to highlight a handful of my personal best memories that I know I’m going to take away from 2011.

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It’s the end of the week so why not just give away some rockin’ Color Presets made by Titus Prod… Happy “Last Day of Color Grading Week”! See you next week for a fun series of Typography Tips!

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As I’m growing older I can’t help but take a step back and ask myself why I do what I do. We are in an age where our jobs aren’t just decided for us. With that freedom comes the real question of motivation and purpose. Today I’d like to propose the Top 5 Motivators I’ve found most common and pose the question, “Why do YOU do what you do?”

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I had great intentions to put together a thorough recap of our recent Envato Chicago Meetup, but alas… real life takes a lot of time. Instead of just forgetting the idea all together, I figured you’d at least like to see a short montage I put together during our group meetings. It was a treat to meet all the other editors, site managers, and Envato staff that could make the trip. I hope this video will be fun to watch just for putting faces to those responsible for your favorite sites…. enjoy!

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So last night I had the good fortune to go hear Jon Landau speak at a local college. I knew he was the producer of Avatar, but that was about it. Little did I know how many successful projects he’s been a part of. He spoke on ethics in the film industry and how difficult it can be to make the right decision when money is on the line. I was quite impressed with both his ability and humility. I know this isn’t a tutorial and it might be a little random, but I just figured I’d share a few points he made in his talk that stood out to me.

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I had the great fortune this year of attending the NABShow for the first time ever, and I couldn’t have had a better time. I got to meet a lot of the big names in the After Effects world, including a lot of my heroes and people that had a gigantic influence on all of our careers in the After Effects industry, as well as check out some of the new tech, and hot new products that got debuted this year on the show floor.

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We’ve received all the submissions and now it’s your turn to vote! You get to choose which creators will win over $1,000 dollars worth of AE goodies! To view all the contest details, Click Here. Don’t forget to to check out our two sponsor’s pages as well, Imagineer Systems and Toolfarm! You can pick your 3 favorite wallpapers, but please, only time voting per person and all voting will end Saturday, April 10th at Midnight EST.

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In this Best of Tuts+ roundup you’ll learn how to simulate a sniper scope, design and code a flexible website, create an intense movie poster, create a golden vector compass, build a minigolf game with ActionScript 3.0, take sports photos like a pro, create a rocky video game terrain in Blender and get a useful introduction to home recording–among many other things! Let’s take a look.

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I had the pleasure of meeting Harry Frank, the founder of Graymachine a resourceful website filled with various tutorials and many articles related to the industry. He is a popular freelancer and a veteran in Motion Graphics and is extremely popular for his training series “After Effects Expressions” and his training series on Trapcode products.

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I was up in NYC recently to go a conference. Finding myself with a few hours to kill in the city, I took a little train ride across town to visit Aharon Rabinowitz. He was kind enough to allow me to shoot some of our conversation to share with you guys. Make sure to check out his website All Bets Are Off Productions to see everything he has to offer!

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