
Submit your best Lensbaby photos for a chance to be published in a new Lensbaby book, due out from Focal Press and edited by Lensbaby Guru Corey Hilz in the Spring of 2010. Visit www.lensbaby.com for full rules and submission info.

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Steve's advertising work has included commissions from Saatchi & Saatchi, Lowe Howard Spink, M&C Saatchi and Bartle Bogle Hegarty, for which he has won two Campaign Poster Awards and a D&AD award. Steve is also a Contributing Editor for MacUser magazine.
His books include Art and Design in Photoshop and the How to Cheat... in Photoshop series.
You will view Steve's full-sized desktop live in your web browser as he demonstrates turning any scene into a Christmas postcard using Photoshop CS4. Steve will explain what he's doing (and why) along the way, with me (Doug Nelson) along to forward your questions.
Time:2:10PM Wednesday, November 25th

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In other film news, Lloyd Kaufman will be the guest LIVE tonight for an interview on the show Filmnut. Instant message in your questions during the interview! Watch it tonight here:http://www.thestream.tv The interview will start around @ 10pm PST, 1am EST. You can post a question in advance here:http://www.thest...ream.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?p=23005#2300 5 To send question to TheStreamDotTV (with two Ts) on AOL, Yahoo, MSN and ICQ.
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Barry Braverman is on tour! Barry will be presenting free workshops at college campuses worldwise. On Tuesday, Nov. 17,
he'll be at the University of Oklahoma. Barry is the author of VIDEO SHOOTER, 2E. He's a veteran
cinematographer and digital media expert with more than 30 years of
experience in television documentaries and feature films.
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The University of Oklahoma is truly an extraordinary institution, known for its academic excellence and strong sense of community

Focal Press Greg Trefry, author of Casual Game Design (coming Feb 2010), featured in the NY Times! Want to dive in and make the whole world YOUR game board? Check out Pervasive Games, available now! http://focalpress.com/Book.aspx?id=9018
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With the right swing on your smartphone, Midtown Manhattan can be your golf course. Just beware the digital dragons in someone else’s game.

Focal Press Fun discussion going on over @focalpress on Twitter. Join in! Who do you think would be the ultimate "dream author" for a Focal Press animation book?

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Check out this trailer for our highly anticipated first book on horror filmmaking- The Filmmaker's Book of the Dead. Produce, direct and promote your own chilling horror film with real-world advice from award-winning, independent producer/director Danny Draven!
Check out http://bit.ly/TA9ci for more details.
Length:1:54

Focal Press Check out Tom Hutchison's interview on web marketing in the music business on BangtheDj.com http://ow.ly/ySE2
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As promised yesterday, here is the interview we did with author of 'Web Marketing for the Music Business' - Tom Hutchison. Some good gen in here alone, so imagine the amount of info in the book!

Richard Turgeon Rich Turgeon, Focal author of 'Indie Rock 101'.. Just blogged my favorite music of 2009, check it out here: http://bit.ly/3q9PcX

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Learn to remove backgrounds from video footage using Photoshop's Selection Tool. Then reimport the footage into Final Cut.
Taken from Adobe CS Production Premium for Final Cut Studio Editors by Larry Jordan.
Length:7:33

Focal Press Another great review from Renderosity! Get a glimpse of what to expect from the second edition of our classic animation guide "Timing for Animation," updated by Tom Sito (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Shrek)
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The original version of Timing for Animation is arguably one of the best books on the basics of animation ever written. Along with Illusion of Life: Disney Animation and Preston Blair's animation ...

Focal Press TWITTER CONTEST: Who do you think is the all-time best comic book character? Follow us on Twitter and let us know! 5 Tweeple will win a copy of Character Design for Graphic Novels.
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