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At least for now, Layers Magazine  , the how-to magazine for everything Adobe, is giving away a free issue.

I took a Motion class yesterday, and I am kind of embarrassed that I haven’t played around with Motion more. I learned how to do a number of motion graphics and visual effects that I had seen others do but never tried myself, although I had always had the tools at my fingertips.  Pitiful.

Also, half way through the class I figured out that the instructor was Mark Spencer, the author of this article that I linked to a couple of days ago.  Small world.  At the end of the class, I answered a question on Motion correctly (I guess it pays to pay attention) and won a copy of Mark’s book, Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Studio 2.  No more excuses, I guess.

Also, Mark has a blog on Motion that you might want to check out.

Here’s the most important rule: Your audio levels must NEVER go over 0 dB. Not once. Not ever. The red clip lights must remain dark for your entire project.

There are only three technical offenses that will get an editor fired:

1. Audio levels that go over 0 dB.
2. White levels that exceed 100%.
3. Chroma levels that over-saturate.

Read the rest here

The Sacramento Video Industry Professionals are having their final meeting of the year on October 29th (A Final Cut Pro Users Group).  Some info on the group:

This group is geared towards learning about Apple’s Final Cut Pro, Motion, Color, LiveType, DVD Studio Pro, Compressor, and Soundtrack Pro, but also embraces enhancing our knowledge of pre-production, production, and post-production processes and equipment.

They usually have some pretty good presentations, and they give away door prizes (at the next meeting they are giving out Adobe CS4).  More info here.