DV Guru Rod Harlan Launches “DV Confidential” Blog
If you’ve ever been to one of the Photoshop World opening keynote extravaganza’s, then you’ve already seen Rod Harlan’s work, as he’s been the director of every keynote we’ve ever done. In fact, if you’re into Digital Video you’ve probably taken one of Rod’s sessions at Photoshop World, or maybe you’ve seen him as a guest on Photoshop User TV, or speaking at events like WEVA, or NAB, or you might know him as the founder of the Digital Video Professionals Assn.
Rod’s also the Dynamic Media Editor for Layers magazine, so he’ about as “plugged in” as anyone in the entire DV industry, and this week he launched a new “insider” blog called “DV Confidential” where he’ll be sharing industry scoops, news, tips and perspective on everything DV, and if you’re into Digital Video you’ve got to add this to your “must visit” list (here’s the link).
Sadly, I picked a bad day to mention Rod’s new blog, because this morning he posted a video clip about my head. Well, not my real head; a 3D “football-shaped pillow” version of my head created by Adobe at Photoshop World as part of Adobe Exec Johnny L’s opening keynote. Johnny L and I have a history of pulling pranks on each other during the keynote, but this time he really got me good, taking a 3D scan of my head; turning it into a football, and kicking it 35 yards into the keynote audience.
I was cracking up; but if it had only ended there. It seems the couple who caught my “head” thought it would be funny to take my football head pillow around Vegas and have people pose for pictures with it. It gets worse. Rod wound up with their images and he made a short video clip of my wandering head that ratchets up my humiliation level by yet another notch.
So, I must get some special credit for mentioning his blog fully knowing that it can only lead to further embarrassment for yours truly. This is the mark of a true friend (for me. Not him). Today, around my house, he’s simply referred to as “bad guy.” But he’s a bad buy with a great new blog, so check it out, but while you’re there; don’t waste your time or bandwidth by watching that meaningless video.
Rod or Scott,
In a Photoshop TV episode I believe, Rod did a tutorial on sequencing and animating stills in a film stripstrip animation. He checked a sequence box in the open file dialogue box I believe. My question is “do you need photoshop cs3 extended to do this?” That box is grayed out in my cs3 version.
Thanks for all your help!!!
Scott,
Did watching this video give you the “uh oh” feeling ? Did you feel exposed ?
We all had so much fun posing with your head…. who would’ve thought ?
Rod did an awesome job putting this together : )
Scott – Thanks for the “shout out”! You are a gentleman and a scholar, as my dad says. You’ll never truly know how much your friendship means to me. Now, please don’t post that picture of me as an Ewok in retaliation! :->
Michael – Yes, you HAVE TO have CS3 Extended for the trick to work. And here’s a secret… if you have CS3 you actually already have Extended installed, you just need the right serial number to unlock it.
I was wondering if you have ever seen the retouching section at Amy Dresser.
http://www.amydresser.com/offtitles.html
I found it and thought you would like it. Thanks for all the great work you do.