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Well, it’s all over the Web now. Adobe is finally porting over the entire Production Studio to the Mac on its next release… said to be mid-July 2007. The big gotcha, if you read their fine print, is the availability of Premiere Pro, Encore DVD, and the brand-new Soundbooth app is only available for Intel-processor Macs. Maybe it’s not a big deal for the typical DV or HDV editor, who would/should have upgraded their hardware to an Intel processor(s) system.

Another gotcha: what about Adobe Audition? This amazing sound editing package shipped with the current version of the Studio… and is apparently being replaced with the dumbed-down Soundbooth app. And there’s been no mention of a Mac-porting for Audition at all (standalone or bundle). Tsk, tsk.

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Here’s a little snow transition I made in After Effects. If you’d like the project file, you can download it here.

It’s basically just the CC Snow effect and a few solids. I rotated the final comp to have the snow come in sideways. I’m using it for some snow images I’ve taken in the last few weeks and turning them into vids. I’ll post some final videos when I get them completed.

Enjoy!

Since today was trash day, we got a jumpstart on getting the City to plow our neighborhood streets. The plow has to proceed the trash truck. Strangely, the plow wasn’t even chained up, so he swiftly managed to get himself stuck. Luckily, he had a bunch of sand onboard. A neighbor even helped him. While I… uh, took a picture!

The trash truck finally made it to my house, but not before snapping off the wheel of my neighbor’s trash can. The operator actually noticed and got out and fixed the unit. These City folks are certainly earning their pay this winter, and I’m pleased to see their dedication.

This weather really illuminates the human nature of folks. There’s those that pitch in to help a stranger get un-stuck. There’s those that dutifully shovel their walks, drives, and streets, and even those of their neighbors. And then there’s those that shovel only their driveways if they shovel anything at all. And there’s those that write or call into the local paper to complain about what is or isn’t being done about snow removal, instead of getting out and removing some snow themselves.

Darlene got stuck on her way out today. I snapped this pic before I “suited-and-booted” to go dig her our. My neighbor Mike also helped give her a push.

Now that I finally got all of my shovelling done yesterday… guess what I get to do this morning?!

I finally let my old work domain expire (archtex.com). I was paying for the hosting, getting slammed with spam, and… I’m not really doing much of that kind of work anymore. There were a lot of “ch-ch-ch-ch-changes” that rolled down the pike of the Brown home last summer that made me back off of my part-time architecture gig. We moved into a new(er) house, I had to finish remodelling the old one, get it on the market, home-school my three kiddos… So now I’m trying to keep one less ball in the air.

So it’s a new year. A time to try out new things… like a blog. Let’s see if I can post something interesting with any regularity.