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Nucleo Pro 2 for $295

Just to let anyone interested know there’s a great special offer on Nucleo Pro 2 right now, $100 dollars off the price reducing it to $295, a great deal.

Background Render Queue  Render in the background and  go back to work.  more >     Pre-Composition Proxies  Effortlessly create proxies  that are always up to date. more >  3D Application Background Rendering  Drag and drop your 3D projects  into the background render queue.  more >  Spec-Preview  Keeps your preview cache  full while you work.  more >  Spec-Render  Build your composition and  render it at the same time.  more >

Commit To Disk  Replace layers with rendered  footage to optimize previews.  more >     Fast Render & Preview  Use your workstation’s full  potential for faster renders  and previews. more >  Cache Manager  Clean up spec-preview and  spec-render cache files. Optimized Performance  Experience the power of  multi-processing in  After Effects CS3 or 7.

Nucleo Pro 2 is the professional After Effects tool that allows you to get a better handle on your After Effects workflow. Instead of just standard AE renders and previews, Nucleo Pro 2 gives you the opportunity to choose how you work best. Nucleo Pro 2 offers After Effects professionals a wealth of new rendering and preview tools that help to optimize your time and customize the way you work. Note: Nucleo Pro 2 is intended for use on single standalone workstations, and does not support render farms or distributed rendering.

My new job with Gridiron Software

 

On December the 8th I start work with Gridiron Software as their European Creative Director. 

It’s all very exciting and scary at the same time. Big changes for me but I’m really ready for a new challenge and this role seems ideal as it incorporates a creative role with software design and development - so it’s right up my street.

I start in December and will be full-time with GI but they are still allowing me to take on creative projects as part of the deal. I will also still be able to offer my services as a demo artist to other companies on a partner basis. 

Part of my job will be promoting a brand-new, revolutionary software product named Flow. I’m very excited about Flow as there’s nothing else quite like it out there and I reckon it will change the people connect with software. 

I’d love to hear some feedback about Flow from anyone in the industry so if you get a chance to check it out please follow this link.

http://www.gridironsoftware.com/Flow

After Effects CS4 New Features movie

 

Angie Taylor IBC 2008

 

Whilst at IBC 2008 I was interviewed by Rick Young of Mac Video regarding the new features of CS4.

 

Here is a link to the interview and a short demo of my favorite new features.

IBC 2008

Wel, just back from another amazing IBC it was a great show and the whole expereience somewhat revived my enthusiasm for my job. 

I decided to split the work this year and worked for Adobe in the mornings, and Gridiron in the Afternoons.In retrospect this was a bit over-ambitious for me, it was very tiring and the costume changes got a bit confusing, I felt like I had a split personality. It also made it harder to catch up with everyone I wanted to but it was good to be busy. Having said that I think I’ll stick to single companies from now on!

On the Adobe stand we showed the new CS4 video products which was really exciting. There’s an online event on the 23rd of September where you can see the new announcements so make sure to check in for that one, you can register here. I also did an impromptu interview and demo for Rick Young which I will post here as soon as it’s up online.

Working with the Gridiron Software team was fabulous. I met with old friends like Steve Forde, Mark Coleran, Daniel Brown. And met some great new people who I had only previously met via email. They are a great team to work with and I hope to be doing more work with them in the future.

We showed Flow which is the most exciting piece of software I’ve seen in years, plain and simple. It has already won industry awards at Macworld and NAB and continues to impress at every showing. It is such a great product to show as everyone I showed it to got the concept quickly and fell in love with it. It truly is revolutionary. If you want to find out more you can see an online demo, and sign up for the public beta here.

Of course there were lots of great parties and social events to attend so I’m feeling a little burnt out right now but have a two week vacation coming up. Can’t wait to kick back for a few days and get some well-needed R&R.

Thoughts

OK, it’s been a while since I posted a blog, I’ve been really busy trying to reinvent myself again! The last year has been an odd one. I decided to take a few months off from doing international events after IBC 2007, due to sheer exhaustion. But just as I was ready to return, Adobe made major changes in terms of events and marketing. Unfortunately, as a result, most of the freelancers in the UK (including myself) have lost a lot of UK-based demo work. Freelancers in the UK region have had to find alternative sources of income to replace this work.

Luckily there still seem to be a few companies in need of freelance demo artists so I am still doing the odd demo here and there;

IBC

 

NAB Europe

But on the whole the slow down in demo work has been a good thing as it has encouraged me to get more involved in the creative pursuits that I have been studiously avoiding due to fear of failure! I’m now concentrating my time on writing my new book (which is not software based but still related to the industry) and teaching at Sussex Downs college and the University of Brighton. I’m also working on my own creative project when I can find time and am still doing freelance After effects work for production companies in the London/South East area.

Anyway, I’m looking for a bit of feedback regarding how many people in the digital media industry have traditional art or design training (art college or similar). Please feel free to respond to this post with a little info regarding the job you do, and how you got into the industry. Thanks for any responses,

Angie x

Adobe Seminar Stockholm and Copenhagen

Well, I’m just back from a whirlwind tour of Scandinavia.

I did a talk in each city on adobe’s production Premium software. The crowds were very nice and friendly and I’m hoping to go back there soon.

Thanks to Max Hagelstam for his wonderful organisation. And thanks to Pierre and Jonas for sharing lunch with us.

I will be posting the “Dancing bottles” tutorial on my website in April for anyone to download.

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all the best!

Angie

Flash on the Beach 2007 - report

Wow, what a great conference, very inspiring. I even got home tonight and started teaching myself processing!! I must say I’m hooked but am trying to decide what kind of scripting/ programming to concentrate on. My choice is Java script, expressions in AE, Action Script or Processing. Any advice would be gratefully accepted!

http://processing.org/ 

my favorite things from FOTB;

http://www.inthemod.com/inthemod.html 

http://www.quasimondo.com/ 

http://www.complexification.net/ 

Enjoy and please feel free to comment,

Angie

MacLive Expo Report

Well I’ve just returned from MacLive Expo in London where I was proud to be demonstrating Wacom’s brand new Cintiq 12 WX which one a “Best of Show” award.

http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/news/index.cfm?newsid=19489

There wasn’t much else on show that was very impressive, sadly the show was lacking in the big players like Adobe and Apple but the show did feel more like a Pro show than in the previous 2 years. I’m hoping that next year it will be back to it’s full glory, it would be a real shame not to have a pro Mac show in the UK.

http://www.wacom-europe.com/index2.asp?lang=en&pid=96

I also demo’ed Luxology’s Modo 3D modelling software;

http://www.luxology.com/whatismodo/

and Corel Painter for the first time;

http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/gb/en/Product/1166553885783?lc=en&pagename=CorelCom%2FLayout&trkid=ukgoogpainterq406

I’m now hooked on both!

New Keylight tutorial posted

This is a sample movie from my book “Creative After Effects 7“.

Click the button on the bottom- right of the movie player to advance the slides.

Flash on the Beach 2007

I am going to go to Flash on the Beach again this year, this time as a guest to take it all in!

What is Flash on the Beach?

Last year Flash on the Beach conference was the first major Flash conference in the UK for over 6 years! This year they have a hard act to follow, but it will be even better!

Over 40 of the world’s most talented Flash designers, developers and artists presenting on 3 tracks over 3 full days, 2 full day workshops to get indepth training. They have added Student pricing, transferable company passes and a place to show off your work at our ’student/sole trader/up and coming talent’ area! Product demos and showcases will have their own mini theatre!

Flash on the Beach has brought together the most creative, technical, inspirational awe-inspiring, educational and entertaining industry leading speakers in the rich media industry.

Add parties, Guy Fawkes night, fireworks and mixer get togethers each morning and evening for essential networking opportunities and you can see why I am so excited about this years Flash on the Beach. Plus, it’s in my home town of Brighton!