This post at Creative Cow has a possible fix for importing an FCP 7 Project into Premiere Pro. And it is to import the media first and let Premier build the Cache and then import the XML! Smart.
According to a new PDF case study from Adobe, USC is giving up on FCP and teaching Premiere Pro. And not Final Cut Pro X. Nice. While Adobe is a full suite of apps, I think this kind kicks sand in the face of all those saying how FCP X is ready for professional usage.
Chris and Trish Meyers at the ProVideo Coalition have an article on how to use the new Refine Edge Tool in After Effects Creative Cloud. And a second article on how some of the Roto Brush parameters have changed.Can't wait to get my hands on this!
David Torno at the ProVideo Coalition has posted the 6th lesson in his After Effects ExtendScript Training.
CGMeetup has a series of videos on creating a cartoon character face in Adobe Photoshop.
Crossphere at AEScripts has created the $199.99 Toy Bricks 3D Physical Motion collision simulator for After Effects.Looks very cool. A bit too much for me to get and play with, but does seem very fun.
Zach Locatt has released the Create Picotal Null script at AE Scripts. It lets you quickly create a null at key layer points and parent layers to that null. It is $5.99 or name your own price.Here is the control panel.Again, looks very useful, I just wish there was a way to have all my scripts in the cloud and be able to use them wherever I log in, as I work in too many other bays, and hate to get used to things that make my life easy when I can't use them elsewhere!
No film school is covering this.Seems inevitable since they edit their own stuff, and FCP 7 is dead and and I would not want to edit a feature on the FCP X timeline.
Just ignore Rain Wilson being a moron, but this is so impressive. Being able to relight and image with another similar photo in photoshop, and even cooler being able to steal a look from an image or movie and process your video with it. They say it is very processor intensive and I believe it, but still very impressive!
Check out free photoshop grid's plug in called GuideGuide. It's free, and great when you need to be precise. Works with CS5 and CS6.