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Photoshop 20th anniversary: video tribute with PS 1.0.7

gantico — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:08:42 +0000

My video tribute for Photoshop 20th anniversary, made screen-recording Adobe Photoshop 1.0.7 on Macintosh System 6.0.8, emulated thanks to Mini vMac. Best viewed full-screen, enjoy it! Lot of thanks to Adobe and to John Nack for mentioning my video in his blog. Photoshop 1.0.7 on System 6.0.8 screenshot gallery About Photoshop 20th anniversary Other resources [...]

Video Master Class in Malta with Adobe software

gantico — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:35:06 +0000

I’m pleased to announce a Video Master Class in Malta, in collaboration with Digital Arts Expo. It will be fully dedicated to video editing and post-production, particularly with Premiere Pro and After Effects. The class is scheduled for 13, 14 and 15 July 2009. What are you waiting for? Book your place right now! Who [...]

Adobe at DEJ 2009: be a human pixel

gantico — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:59:56 +0000

I’m pleased to invite you to the FuoriSalone event “Be a Human Pixel”, that I’m organizing with Adobe Italia. All the attendees will have the chance to experience how is being a human pixel, will get an exclusive t-shirt, will be part of a cool stop motion video, will have their name in the closing [...]

Lightroom: comparison of B&W infrared presets

gantico — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:26:32 +0000

After receiving some feedbacks for my Lightroom preset black & white infrared 01, I decided to test it on other shots and to compare it to three other B&W presets from Inside Lightroom. The samples should give some reference for spotting scenarios of use and the result with the various presets applied. First of all, [...]

I just passed the Photoshop Lightroom ACE exam!

gantico — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:18:56 +0000

Today I passed the exam in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom for the Adobe Certified Expert program. I share my personal experience and thoughts for other people interested in the certification. Besides the study of help and use of the software, I recommend ExamAids. About Adobe Photoshop Lightroom ACE Exam For who has never heard about the [...]

Lightroom preset: black & white infrared 01

gantico — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:49:02 +0000

Here you are my first Lightroom preset for simulating black and white infrared photography. Basically, it converts a coloured picture in Gray tones, with vivid brightness for tints coming from reds, yellows and greens, while tones coming from blues are strongly darkened. It pushes grain, contrast and shadows. This is the shot from which I [...]

A video for Mariella Burani Fashion Group

gantico — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:11:58 +0000

I love to work on corporate videos when motion graphics has a primary role. In this project the graphics had to go with several brand images. The main target was the financial community and the video had to balance the rational side of numbers with the emotional one of fashion. Entirely animated and edited in [...]

Happy 15th Anniversary to After Effects

gantico — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:23:43 +0000

Exactly 15 years ago, in January 1993, my most loved piece of software was born: After Effects 1.0, codenamed “Egg”. For celebrating such anniversary I wanted to talk about its origins, but I’ve not yet collected enough material to do it (please if you have any screenshot of version 1.0, write me!). For now let’s [...]

In the search of the best plugins for WordPress

gantico — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:00:55 +0000

Christmas was a good time for giving some dollars to the authors of the plugins for WordPress that I use for this blog. With 1384 alternatives in the plugins repository, it might take some time to identify which are the best answers to your needs. After some months of testing and daily usage, I completed [...]

Adobe Flash Video gallery now also in HD

gantico — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:12:12 +0000

Adobe launched a gallery of video in HD, which amazingly shows the power of the new Flash Player 9 Update 3, (aka Flash Player 1,0,115 or Moviestar). The footage was encoded in H.264 at 480p, 720p and 1080p, and distributed through the servers of Akamai network. Another cool showcase of Flash Video is Flash on, [...]