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JULY 17 . dmala RECAP

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If you're a member of our Adobe Group (http://dmala.groups.adobe.com), you can get in free this month. Just check in at the group, claim your free passcode and get your ticket with your login. Check discussions for July 17

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ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS!
JOINING US THIS MONTH :

ZAX DOW (Zaxwerks Software)

LUCKY WESTFALL (Quiet Earth Studios)
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WARREN'S STUDY MONTH

THANKS TO WARREN AND TO ADOBE: THIS MONTH IS FREE FOR MEMBERS OF ADOBE GROUPS AGAIN THIS MONTH.

AE Tricks with Warren Heaton, Project Demo from Lucky Westfall, ProAnimator6 from Zax Dow at Zaxwerks

*** 7pm to 7:30pm - Doors Open, Check-In, Q&A, News and Announcements

*** 7:30pm to 7:55pm - AE Tricks

AE Trick One - Adobe Illustrator Text Layers to Adobe After Effects Text Layers

While AE CS6 brings even more ways to bring vector based AE artwork into an After Effects project and animate it, it didn't add support for converting AI text layers into AE text layer. As such, you can't edit the text in AE, nor can you use the amazing text animation features of AE text layers. With this AE trick, you'll learn how to turn AI text into AE text.

AE Trick Two - Range Selector Shapes

Speaking of animating text in AE, how that Shape parameter (Animator > Range Selector > Advanced > Shape) affects your animation visually can be a little confusing. With this AE trick, you'll learn how to make few changes to the other Advanced parameters that make the visual affect of the various shape choices (Square, Ramp Up, Ramp Down, Triangle, Round, or Smooth) very obvious.

AE Trick Three - Render Settings for Final Cut Pro

Time permitting, Warren will show the two ways he renders content for FCP edits and the settings to change in FCP to make sure the edges of your transparent areas look as expected when superimposed in the FCP Timeline.

*** 8:00pm to 8:30pm - Lucky Westfall

*** 8:30pm to 8:50pm - Break

*** 8:50 to 9:30pm - Zax Dow from Zaxwerks showing ProAnimator 6

http://zaxwerks.com/blog/2012/07/09/announcing-proanimator-6-start-living-in-the-future-today/

*** 9:45pm - Door Prizes

JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEW DOOR PRIZES!!:

As if fun creative jobs aren't enough of a prize, we'll also have some door prizes to give out at the end of the meeting.

We've connected at least 5 members to jobs at each meeting this year. In March, we helped over 20 artists find work. Bring your business cards!! This meeting isn't just about learning about animation, vfx, and the industry.

ARTBEATS FOOTAGE YOU CAN USE:

This month SPECIAL PRIZE DRAWING FOR $500 worth of footage!
HERE'S HOW:
1. Register, and download a free clip of footage from Artbeats.com (https://www.artbeats.com/register);
2. Tweet a link to it with #dmala #artbeatsinc

That's it! You're in the door prize pool for the Artbeats prize. You must be present to win.

DON'T FORGET TO CHECK THE FACEBOOK PAGE FOR LOTS OF J-O-B-S.
If you are a designer, and/or know After Effects, CINEMA 4D, Maya, Photoshop, FinalCut Pro, PremierePro MochaPro - companies are looking for you.

Did you know you can add/approve your friends for the FB Group?
INVITE A FRIEND: http://dmala.eventbrite.com

SPECIAL THANKS TO VOLUNTEER MEMBERS
Steve Toyama and Paul Lujan

ADOBE USER GROUPS!

If you've ever been to one of our meetings before, you know that we're also an ADOBE USER GROUP, which means that there are even more benefits for you online. http://dmala.groups.adobe.com.

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AWE INSPIRING WORK

• BALLISTIC MEDIA http://ballisticpublishing.com #ballisticmedia

Ballistic Publishing has books that will inspire you to design the next awesome work. You'll

RESOURCES FOR THE COMP:

• Artbeats - Footage you can use. http://artbeats.com #artbeatsinc

SOFTWARE for PROS:

• Imagineer Mocha & Mocha PRO http://imagineersystems.com #imagineersystem

Track it. Replace it. Roto. Clean up. You may have mocha AE, but check out mochaPRO for some heavy hitting features. Once you start using mochaAE, you'll be glad you did.

• Toolfarm http://toolfarm.com #toolfarm

The animation PRO SHOP. You don't even need to be a pro to shop there.

• Red Giant Software http://redgiantsoftware.com #RedGiantNews

Red Giant Software. Everyone jsut says "REDGIANT" year - because everyone knows - trapcode / magic bullet / knoll light factory / colorista /... and most think of RedGiant for the plugins you purchase from them - but did you know that Aharon is also running tutorial videos at the site (the many superstar guest hosts). Check it out.

• Video CoPilot http://videocopilot.net #videocopilot

It's Andrew Kramer. Plugins, Tutorials, Apps. Check it out.

GET SMARTER - READ UP

• Class on Demand http://www.classondemand.com
Tons of classes for Adobe software. DMALA members know their Photoshop and After Effects front and back.... but do you know all of Production Premium? How about Adobe Premiere Pro? Class on Demand is giving away special online prizes this year! Check them out

• Peach Pit Press http://www.peachpit.com #Peachpit
With tons of eBooks to choose from (as well as physical paper), you can fill your melon with tons of tech. Many of the offerings have Safari Books Online subscriptions attached as well. ADOBE CLASSROOM IN A BOOK? Peachpit makes it - check out their iTunes podcasts as well.

• Focal Press http://www.focalpress.com #focalpress
Publisher of Steve Wright's books on compositing, Focal press has given readers a resources for their library mainstays. Whether you're an animator in After Effects, Nuke, Flame or other software, you'll want to check out how Steve can help you improve the look of your digital comps.

*Thanks to Our Supporters*

• ADOBE SYSTEMS http://www.adobe.com #adobe

Each meeting is made possible by Adobe. Whether your a beginner or a veteran Adobe user, you should probably check out their site again. Did you know that there is a Community Page at the Adobe site for tips/tricks/FAQs about their software?

Also: Save 15% on Adobe Software through the store.
-Visit http://www.adobe.com/go/cspartners
- Enter your info and the validation number : 72360

Until then, please be sure that you're part of our growing Adobe groups page (over 500 members already this year!): http://dmala.groups.adobe.com

So get 'em while they're available (seats are first-come basis)
Not on the list, or can't bring your ticket? Bring your wallet / Tickets $10 door!

SPONSORS

I'd like to thank our annual sponsors for giving us amazing product - to give to you! You can thank them too by checking out their websites. Many have new tutorials / tips / project files for their end users. http://www.dmala.org

SPECIAL THANKS to Adobe Systems for providing a space for us to meet.

ARE YOU ON FACEBOOK? Update your wall with our meeting
Twitter users too! Check link buttons on this page!

*Must be registered with Eventbrite and be present to win, other restrictions may apply

If you've signed up before - it doesn't matter - please sign up again. We'd like to know if you're coming. If you have a friend who wants to come along - great, but please have them sign up for their own ticket.

Share your pictures with us: http://www.flickr.com/dmala

More info...

www.dmala.org

Registration does not guarantee you a seat! Be sure to show up early.

Doors open at 6:30PM.

PLEASE REGISTER FOR THIS MEETING
We will be issuing doorprize tickets to registered attendees when you come in.You MUST BE REGISTERED here for a doorprize ticket.

See you there.

Ko & Warren

Special thanks to Adobe Systems for providing space for you to join us each month!

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April 2013's Summary

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