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Continue readingOriginal Beats: A film on Herbert Huncke and Gregory Corso
Original Beats is a short documentary film by Francois Bernadi on Gregory Corso and Herbert Huncke. Huncke was the original Beat. He coined the term, lived the life and was on the road long before Kerouac. Here he talks about his life as petty criminal, drug user and Beat writer. Corso believed the poet and […]
Continue readingHow to Import a Final Cut Pro 7 Project into Premiere Pro (Because You Can’t Open It in FCP X… )
Robbie Carman, co-author of the just-published An Editor’s Guide to Adobe Premiere Pro, presents a tutorial perfect for those editors switching from Final Cut Pro to Premiere Pro.As seen on the NoFilmSchool blog. Here’s how to do it: Importing a Final Cut Pro Project into Adobe Premiere Pro
Continue readingThe Real Georges Méliès: Friday, November 18 from 4:30pm – 5:30pm Lower Level of the Library
The Real Georges Méliès Friday, November 18, at 4:30 pm American University Library Media Classroom Lower Level Discover the films of George Méliès, whose life and work structure the story of Martin Scorsese’s HUGO. Professor Despina Kakoudaki will present an overview of early cinema, show and discuss some of Méliès most beloved films, and screen […]
Continue reading100 Greatest TV Spots of All Time – Wednesday, November 16 at 7:00 pm in Wechsler Theater
100 Greatest TV Spots of All TimeWednesday, November 16, 7:00 p.m., Wechsler TheaterJoin us for a seven-decade romp through the history of broadcast advertising, featuring compelling ads from VW, FedEx, E*Trade, Budweiser, and more in an interactive presentation by Drew Babbs, a creative director and real-life mad man who will be teaching political advertising for […]
Continue readingNew Site! Katzen Music Library digitized sheet music site.
Over the last few months the Katzen Music Library has been scanning their public-domain historical sheet music and adding it to an online collection system. The full digitized versions are available to browse, print, and save. You can check out the online collection page to see what’s available. They currently have more than 100 items […]
Continue readingAn Introduction to the New Puppet Warp Tool In Photoshop CS5
The puppet warp tool can be the craziest, most fun tool you have ever used. Photoshop Cafe TV host, Colin Smith, explains what practical uses there are for this tool and proceeds to totally ignore them and just has fun with it. This cool tool allows you to manipulate an image in a whole new […]
Continue readingFinale 2012 is now available in the New Media Center
We’ve recently upgraded to Finale 2012. The new edition of this music notation software has a number of new features and improvements, including their new ScoreManager. Finale 2012 can be found here in the New Media Center (NMC) in two of our editing suites: NMC 19 and NMC 20. Just drop by the New Media […]
Continue readingNew Media Center Software Training Sessions this week:
The New Media Center is located on the lower level of the library past the Technology Services desk, next to Media Services. The NMC conducts open workshops on a variety of topics related to multimedia production. These 20 to 30 minute sessions are open to all AU faculty, staff and students with all levels of […]
Continue readingHey Ingmar Bergman fans!
De Duva (The Dove) is a classic parody of the Bergman style. It got heavy rotation on the arthouse circuit in the 1970s and then kinda dropped out of sight. Now it’s surfaced on YouTube and transferred from a pretty clean print.
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