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Workshop on How to Create Your Own Animated Characters- Sacramento

dumbworldorder — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:46:12 +0000

A drawing workshop with storyboard artist Larry Scholl, whose credits include work with Disney, Warner Brothers and Cartoon Network (Mulan, a Star Wars Special and Robot Chicken), is taking place Saturday March 20th, from 4-7pm at the Capital Art Center S12. The cost is $50. See Sacramento365.com for more details.

Plug In for Professional Pan, Zoom and Slide Shows for Stills in Final Cut Pro

dumbworldorder — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:34:44 +0000

I had the opportunity to attend a Larry Jordan seminar last week, and Larry talked about a cool new plug in for Final Cut . Geethree’s SlickFX Photomotion is a video generator plug-in that allows you to do smooth pans and zooms over stills without keyframes. The coolest thing to me was the price (a $79 introductory price, which comes with Photomotion Producer, a slide show generator).

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Final Cut Pro Templates

dumbworldorder — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:26:13 +0000

It looks like it is going to have to wait until I upgrade to Final Cut Studio 2 (Yes- it is time to finally step away from Final Cut Pro 5 and Motion 2), but I am definitely going to try out these Final Cut Pro (and Motion) templates.

For the price, they seem like a steal. I am curious to see if anybody else tried them out, and how they are working for you.

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The Insertion of Handsome Dave: First Date

dumbworldorder — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:04:04 +0000

So i see you have returned for another “round” of insertion. Are you ready for true “mental” penetration?

Today’s session will be a quick reference guide for dating..places to go..things to do and say that may lead you to your dates metaphoric and literal door step..These are suggestions, they are in no way a fool proof plan, for the mind of a woman is a complex web of tricky go betweens, swicharoos and back alley sneakiness

Now from my experience i found that if you are taking a woman out to eat dinner or lunch for the first time. You want to make sure that you go to a place that has food that will not drip too easy or make your breath smell like a bag of funoins and saurkraut. If you are planning to spend the whole evening with her (which is the point right) then any food with beans or broccoli is a bad idea due to the fact they both cause gas. (No girl wants to smell your anal sepage and you dont want to be in your hole 13 putt at miniature golf course and leave a cloud of smoke.

Eating food that is high in protein is a good idea to keep a high level of energy and do not, I repeat do not over eat. It makes you look like a pig and its hard to move if you are stuffed like a thanksgiving turkey. Make sure that you eat some kind of bread with dinner as well. It will absorb the alcohol that you will later want to consume with your date. You want to keep your wits about you and not be a sloppy drunk.

Now is know it sounds a little old fashioned but when you pick her up open her car door for her when you are walking to your car. If your are parked on the street your door is on the other side anyway.

You want to make sure that you have your evening planned ahead of time. Women like men that have a plan of actiion you dont want to be sitting asking “So.. what do you want to do or like to do?” Its a waist of the valuable time that you have to complete your mission. A simple phone conversation prior will give you the oppurtunity to find out what she likes to do. And plan accordingly. Try to involve two aspects to the night. Do not go to the movies. You’re suppose to be quiet at the movies not a good idea if you are trying to get to know the girl.Due to the lack of talking ,the movies are a great third and fourth date idea if you have already been “invited in” .

First date suggestions include:

Dinner and Dancing (but beware if you are not a good dancer it may take you out of the running for what i refer to as the “Come on in”. As well as dancing requires movement which will lead to a not so fresh feeling, for you and her. Although if you are an experienced man then it will be an oppurtunity for you to try and take a shower with her when and if you get the “Come on in”. But dancing with give you an oppurtunity to see how close you can get to her and where she is willing to let you put your hands. Make sure that its not a busy night club. Go to a smaller bar that has a dance floor. But you do want some people to be dancing so your date is comfortable.

Ice cream and miniture golf. Now if your date is no fun at all, this wont work..The ice cream part only requires a little of your time and make sure no cone for you. Ice cream melts and you dont want it on your shirt or shoes. Miniture golf provides you with the chance to get close if she has never been before. Usually miniture golf places have other things to do as well such as; air hockey, video games and chances to win your date a souviner. Souveniers are great on a date because a woman will usually put it on her dresser or desk when she gets home and if things went well it will be a visual reminder of you and your good qualities. But it can also be the opposite if the date ends poorly.

Now compliments are good. but you dont want to complement her on something that she has no control over. Like her eyes ..yes she may have beautiful eyes but they are god givin. Now here are some ideas for compliments; Shoes, she picked them out so its a good way to go, her hair is another good one, many woman spend a while looking for that right hair do and love to hear that they picked the right hairstyle.

Now these are just the first round of suggestions. i will return next week with round two but i am goin to leave you with this last tip for this week

The main thing is you want to keep it fun. No one likes to be bored especially woman. Why do you think they like that “Bad Boys”? Its because they dont know whats goin to happen next when they are with him. Spontinaity is the key

Thank you for opening up and letting me in

Handsome Dave

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Sacramento– Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 3D– Special Sneek Peak this Sunday, 6/21

dumbworldorder — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:52:05 +0000

Hi Kiddies, here is Dumbworld’s softer side. Just in time for Fathers Day, there is a special sneak preview of Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs at participating theaters, before its release on July 1st. If you are in the Sacramento area, you can catch it at Natomas Marketplace or Laguna Village. Both theaters have a single showing, at around 2pm. If you aren’t in Sacramento, you can see if it is playing near you here. See the Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs trailer below.

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How to Do the Effect from Indiana Jones with the Plane Flying Over the Map Using Photoshop and After Effects from Videomaker.com

dumbworldorder — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:20:17 +0000

You know that scene in the Indiana Jones movies (Indy made Dumbworld want to be an archaelogist when we were little) where the airplane flies over the map and a line forms showing the path of the flight (I think they use this effect in Little Miss Sunshine as well). Well, Videomaker.com shows you how to create this effect in their How to Use Adobe After Effects & Photoshop to Create the Line-Map Animation Effect tutorial.

Also, if you try it out, let me know and I will post a link to your efforts.

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Internet Premiere of the Music Video, Bass Rocs, by Mr Volcano, featuring The Rocket Scientist- A Dumbworld Peace

dumbworldorder — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:55:06 +0000

Dumbworld is proud to present the music video for the single, Bass Rocs, by Mr. Volcano featuring the Rocket Scientist.

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The musical artist, Mr. Volcano can only be described as a masked emcee with an ill mean streak who is bent on world domination, and only Dumbworld could create a video to match. The video would have to be described as Nacho Libre meets Frankenstein meets Rocky.

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HotdogS do HeinZ- Dumbworld Style (funny video)

dumbworldorder — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:14:05 +0000

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Dumbworld Bollywood Heinz (funny video)

dumbworldorder — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:42:08 +0000

A Heinz commercial we made. Paula Abdul on the vocals.

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the coolest video i've seen in awhile– western spaghetti by PES

dumbworldorder — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:52:32 +0000

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