• Create an illuminating title with color casting in 3D
• Use built-in effects to achieve a nice chromatic glow

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• Create a wispy smoke title with real footage
• Combine video elements with a particle system

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• Cast realistic shadows from a 3D Particle System
• Includes work-flow tips and setup for custom sprites

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• Composite suspended 3D glass into a live action shot
• Use 3D Max to create a particle system and refractions

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• Combine multiple explosions to create a Depth Charge
• Build volumetric light and shadows with 3D passes

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• Build a realistic explosion using Action Essentials 2
• Create a powerful shockwave and track using Mocha AE

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• Create 3D depth from 2D planar tracking with Preset
• Transform corner pin data from Mocha to Null Objects

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• Create realistic smoke trails with Particular particles
• Randomize the look of a cloud texture with 3d turbulence

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• Create a ball transition effect with CC Ball Action
• Use multiple layers to cascade the effect sequentially

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• Create a progressive shatter effect in After Effects
• Composite with Glows and add subtle camera shake

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• Integrate 3D with Live Action footage using 2D tracking
• Includes steps for 3D Max & Cinema 4D or use AE only

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• Add fake movement to a still and animate moving smoke
• Create a real camera movement with a rack focus

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• Sure Target 2 is a plug-in for controlling the AE Camera
• Features Inertia, Auto-focus, Camera Roll and more!

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• Use After Effects to create shiny glass orbs in 3D
• Create a spherical and reflection map from images

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• Create a dynamic bar graph with customizable values
• Streamline graph production without sacrificing quality

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• Download and use our free reflection Plug-in
• Customize the look of the reflection in 3D space

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• Animate a person exploding from a lightning blast
• Composite footage elements from Action Essentials 2

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• Add Rain & Atmosphere then build a Lightning Bolt
• Use Action Essentials 2 and make Sam explode

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• Animate a camera through one surface to another below
• Combine camera mapping techniques with real textures

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• Build a complex particle system using CC Particle World
• Synchronize the particle blast to shatter a title

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• Use normal-map to relight 3d scenes in AE
• Advanced lighting, reflection & Refraction

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• Create an energy-ball that re-lights the road surface
• Use reverse-tracking and build a volumetric point light

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• Create a draw-on blue print title card
• Use the scribble effect and stoke to write

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• Create a DVD menu and export for DVD authoring
• Use Encore to build buttons and loop menus

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• Create particles that only appear in the light beams
• Bevel the title and create a realistic soft shadow

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• Cast soft shadows with a fast-rendering lighting array
• Break up text characters and animate individually

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Come hear how and why to create rich experiences for Silverlight using Expression Encoder using both VC-1 and H.264 CODECs. Learn about video encoding settings, how to encode for Smooth Streaming scenarios and working with player templates for effortless Silverlight experiences.

James Clarke

James Clarke has been a Program Manager on the Expression Encoder team since before V1 shipped. He has an extensive background in digital video and internet media with over 18 years spent in the industry. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2006, he worked first as a Program Manager at Avid Technology, one of the pioneers of non-linear video editing, and later co-founded Soho, London based ROOT6 Ltd where he was architect and principal developer on the successful ContentAgent encoding product. He is currently co-authoring a book on Expression Encoder for Sams Publishing.

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See how to deliver media with the best user experience in a cost-effective, scalable, and highly manageable way. Learn how to expand your reach and improve quality using Smooth Streaming, how to save on bandwidth, and how to maintain control when using Progressive Download. Understand how IIS Media Services and WMS light up the media ecosystem from encoding to playback.

John Bishop

John Bishop is a co-founder of Inlet Technologies and currently serves as Inlet’s senior VP of strategy and business development. He is recognized as a digital video industry expert with well over a decade of experience in the digital media space. Under Mr. Bishop’s leadership, Inlet has grown from industry pioneer to industry leader, and has developed strong partnerships with other leading companies in the space, including Microsoft, Akamai and Adobe. Mr. Bishop’s strategy at Inlet has been to focus on development of products that offer greater automation, higher media production capacity, greater efficiency and an overall higher quality of media experience. He has emphasized the development of software that minimizes an organization’s need for onsite video encoding expertise. Prior to joining Inlet, John served as the Director of Business Development and Product Management for Osprey Technologies (acquired by ViewCast Corporation). There, he identified and developed key market partnerships and opportunities resulting in multiple consecutive revenue growth quarters. He has contributed to numerous digital media publications, and authored white papers and industry presentations.

John Bocharov

John A. Bocharov is a Program Manager on Microsoft's IIS team, with a focus on Smooth Streaming and related Media technologies. After graduating from UC-Berkeley with a degree in Bioengineering, he opted to heed the call of Software and signed on with a small dot-com in San Francisco. He joined Microsoft in 2005 as a part of the Data Programmability team, where he delivered the Data Access Components for Windows Server 2008 and helped define the 1st release of the SQL Server Driver for PHP. John has been in his current Media-focused role for a year. He encourages listeners to follow up on any questions they may have by posting a comment on his blog (http://blogs.iis.net/jboch).

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• Build a furious procedural Disintegration effect in AE
• Use displacement, turbulence and particle world

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See demonstrations of how to fine tune your media for best encoding and Microsoft Silverlight playback performance. Learn encoding best practices to make sure your video playback is as fast and smooth as possible.

James Clarke

James Clarke has been a Program Manager on the Expression Encoder team since before V1 shipped. He has an extensive background in digital video and internet media with over 18 years spent in the industry. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2006, he worked first as a Program Manager at Avid Technology, one of the pioneers of non-linear video editing, and later co-founded Soho, London based ROOT6 Ltd where he was architect and principal developer on the successful ContentAgent encoding product. He is currently co-authoring a book on Expression Encoder for Sams Publishing.

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This short video tutorial will show you how to label song or track sections using Logic's Global Track Markers.

Created by Elizabeth A..

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"Livecut" by Smartelectronix is a VST beatslicer effect. It re-arranges the incoming audio in real time and is a great tool for generating drum'n'bass type drum fills from existing audio or VST drum loops. However, the output can seem a little unpredictable. In this tutorial we're going to look at using Livecut to generate some fills from an audio drum loop. We will then edit the results, and with a bit of cutting and pasting create something more subtle.

Created by Andy Slatter.

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Andy Slatter guides you through the process of creating the tape stop effect using Cubase 4.

Created by Andy Slatter.

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How to use the Maize VST Sampler to create an instrument that is layered by velocity to create added realism and depth.

Created by Andy Slatter.

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In this video tutorial, Johnathan Lewis explains the process of beat matching using the pitch controllers on your DJ equipment.

Created by Johnathan "ellaskins" Lewis.

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Created by Johnathan "ellaskins" Lewis.

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This video outlines the 2nd of 2 techniques for using Reason as a live softsynth.

Created by Matthew Huber.

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This video outlines the 1st of 2 techniques for using Reason as a live softsynth.

Created by Matthew Huber.

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• Create a stylistic 3D city with 2D images in AE
• Built advanced structures and simulate lighting

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Easily add stations to playlists

Want to keep track of your favorite streaming radio stations? On today's Tekzilla Daily, Veronica shows you how to save your favorite stations with just one click

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Now that you've got your movies encoded, we show you how to distribute them over your home network.

We recently showed you how to rip all of your DVD movies onto your PC or Mac in Part 1 of this project. Now that you've finally got all your media stored in a convenient digital format, what now? The obvious next step is stream media to your various set top media playback devices. What isn't obvious is the how.

Especially if you have an Xbox 360 or PS3! Thankfully, TVersity. an amazing free app lets you stream almost every known media format to just about any device out there. It runs on Windows, serves up more than music, photos and videos, and can even handle RSS feeds for your favorite podcasts and video shows.

If you're running an Apple TV, on Windows or Mac, iTunes makes things super simple.

Matter of fact, if you're running a Windows Media Extender, Vista's Media Center makes sharing your media almost as painless.

Got a Mac notebook, or Apple TV? Think that Front Row could use help? Something, maybe, that ties in your friends, tolerates differing encoding formats and supports web based video sites like Hulu and Netflix? You'll love Boxee. It's free if you sign up for an invite, and it is in 'alpha' so it might crash now and then, tho we've found very stable!

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• Build a silver ring in After Effects with a particle wipe
• Use valueAtTime expression to automate over time

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• Fracture layers and manipulate in 3D space with ease
• Use expressions, scripts and create a distressed title

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• Create 3D interface display as seen in Iron Man's helmet
• Build self-animating components and artificial lighting

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• Sure Target has been updated with several new features
• 3D Falloff preset also updated to use with Sure Target

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• Use Sure Target preset to achieve advanced 3d moves
• Learn advanced tips and create "3d-looking" titles

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Broadcast television's analog to digital DTV transition is a technology event touching every American household. On February 17, full power TV stations around the nation will cease over the air transmission of analog television and transmit only digital. Analog TV sets in low-income, non-English speaker, disabled and other households receiving TV over the air will no longer function unless steps are taken to maintain reception after the transition, for example by using a digital converter device. Technical and logistical challenges associated with the DTV transition are expected to impact these households hardest. James Miller, Attorney Advisor at the FCC, will discuss these issues and how this unprecedented technical change offers tech-savvy volunteers an opportunity to share expertise and make a difference to people in need, while learning more about the wireless engineering aspects of broadcast TV.

Speaker: James Miller
Biography James Miller is an Attorney Advisor of the Policy and Rules Division of the Office of Engineering and Technology at the Federal Communications Commission, Adjunct Professor of Law at the American University, Washington College of Law, and past 2004-2006 Mansfield Fellow. Mr. Miller's work at the FCC focuses on with the regulation of spectrum, Internet policy, and emerging technologies. He has rulemaking experience in spectrum matters related to non-geostationary orbit fixed satellite service, terrestrial fixed and mobile services, software-defined and cognitive radio, and part 15 device certification, and intentional and unintentional radiators. He was a member of the FCC's Spectrum Policy Task Force, and has a strong legal background in copyright law and continues research in the area. Prior to entering the practice of law, he worked in Japan and the U.S. in the public sector and private technology sector performing a variety of business development and software engineering functions. He has technical experience in network programming, localization and internationalization, embedded systems, and UNIX administration. As a Mansfield Fellow, Mr. Miller explored Japanese regulatory policies for the information society, particularly focusing on legal and regulatory reforms and spectrum policy, in the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Radio Policy Bureau (MIC), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Office of Senior-Vice Minister Yoshitaka SAKURADA, and the Tokyo District and High Court's Administrative Litigation and Intellectual Property Sections. He is a cum laude graduate of the Washington College of Law, American University, and holds a bachelors degree in Economics and East-Asian studies from the University of Kansas. He is a Japanese-English bilingual and resides in Alexandria, VA with his wife, and two children.

Google Tech Talks
January 13, 2009

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Want to play your video collection on any media extender, console or Apple TV? Step one is to get your movies off of the DVDs and onto your hard drive! Part 1 of our DIY Video Jukebox Series

For Mac owners checkout HandBrake.

For PC owners your choices are bit more varied. Along with the PC version of HandBrake, you can also use the AutoGK. It's a GUI front end for a several different open source video transcoding tools that let you harness their power without the tedious need to jump from one app to another each time. AutoGK is great especially for fans of DivX and Xvid encoding. Finally there's AutoMKV. Like AutoGK, AutoMKV is a GUI front end for various tools that are used. The benefit of AutoMKV is it's higher level of tweakability and output format diversity.

And if you run into unexpected problems VideoHelp.com offers a wealth of resources and advice for any video encoding, transcoding or formatting issue.

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• Create a spinning orb that self animates with time
• Convert to 3D layers and animate the camera with DOF

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iTunes isn't a perfect media manager, and sometimes you just need to refer back to the files on your hard drive. On today's Tekzilla daily, Veronica makes the transition seamless.

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