The dog was robbed

Apparently Rin Tin Tin received the most votes for best actor for the inaugural Academy Awards in 1929 but he got snubbed in favor of the human Emil Jannings. Susan Orlean, author of a recent biography of Rinny, is campaigning to correct this miscarriage of justice. link

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3D Text in After Effects

LiveTut3DText3dStroke from Nick Campbell on Vimeo. Here’s a tutorial on how to create 3D text in After Effects. This is very useful for creating great movie credits and titles. It also enables you to give more depth to the usual After Effects animation options. Discovered at ae tuts+ and GreyScaleGorilla.

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Khan Academy- free lessons

This site offers great video tutorials on topics including math and physics, GMAT prep, art history, and much more. http://www.khanacademy.org/ Some teachers are using this resource to “flip” their classroom, so students watch the Khan lecture at home and then class-time is used for doing the homework/problem solving. A great way to use simple video […]

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