Adobe After Effects and What Can It Do?

Adobe After Effects is software that is used for "behind the scenes" movie production. It can turn one of the worst videos you've ever made into an unbelievable masterpiece. This does take a little work on your part, but the end result is always well worth it when used properly.

Here are a few different ways you can take advantage of Adobe After Effects:

Cinematic Visual Effects

One of the quickest ways to see this software in action is by looking at the visual effects. One of the best parts to action movies is their ability to turn something unrealistic into an authentic and appealing story. You don't have to look any farther than movies like the Transformers or even Star Wars.

However, a lot of people are just looking to turn a home video into a standard version with a little added flair. The software allows you to do this with an efficient approach. So, whatever type of enhancement you're looking to make, this software can help make it happen.

Motion Graphics

If you're into science fiction movies, you don't need to look any further than the Harry Potter movies. Being able to provide the illusions of walking through walls, or transforming from a human to an animal can be very exciting.

So, let's say you're making a little animation and you decide to give each character magical powers. Adobe After Effects would allow you to accent those parts of the movie to make it more captivating to the viewer. If you head over to YouTube you will see this type of concept all the time.

Background Features

Have you ever gone to the movie theater and saw a hanging microphone over the characters? We've come across this a couple times, and always blame it on the editing department of the production team. While it is their fault, this could have been fixed with the Adobe After Effects CS4 Rotobrush.

This allows you to keep moving objects in the background from sticking out like a sore thumb. Thanks to the transparency feature on the video editing software, your problem will seemingly disappear. The Rotobrush can also help you redefine areas that need to stand out. A good example of this would be redefining the edges to offer a sharper look in HD format.

Conclusion

These are just a few of the many benefits available with Adobe After Effects. Our recommendation is to look over all their information, test the product out, and then figure out whether or not it's the right choice for you. Everyone has different tastes, so we understand it's not for everyone.

We also know that the individuals that want to increase their popularity in the movie production industry should consider this product a necessity. You just have to try it to experience all the benefits.

Discover how to use the special features in Adobe After Effects CS5 to create award winning video effects from an experienced professional. Learn more about the Adobe video editing program through our Denver Adobe After Effects Training.

 

It is a common notion that open source as opposed to the proprietary software is more prone to breaking down due to the ability of code crackers to manipulate the source code to malfunction. While this point of view is justified, because you can actually see the code, modify it and re-distribute it, it would be very presumptuous to say that it is unstable and unsecure. With the advent of internet businesses that operate completely online, security became an inevitable need and an unavoidable concern. This also does not mean that proprietary software are uncrackable (given the fact that there is no access to source code and there is a huge price via licensing) the most standardized software can be invaded due to their predictability as well. And the debate never ends!

There are so many misconceptions about the open source development, that it is very difficult to create a leveled platform for a debate. Along with misconceptions, there aren't as many skilled professionals to clear the cards too! Someone to take a stand and "show" the architecture of the open source code to the masses at large and prove some point! Well, that's true even with a closed source code as well - due to the non disclosure of code policy no one can vouch that proprietary software is "highly secure" - other than the developers themselves!

Firstly, just because the source code is available, does not make open source software inherently more vulnerable. This would imply that there are absolutely no vulnerabilities in proprietary software - which is totally untrue! Standard software can be manipulated too via scripts because of their predictability of functionality. In fact, the availability of source code to a developer enables new avenues for a developer to secure it in a customizable way as per requirement per project basis. Web development - one of the ever expanding fields in IT, has also caught on the open source train. With loads of open source development platforms like PHP, Drupal, Joomla etc, building web applications using these is a trend that has caught on rapidly in the past few years. Of course this did not lessen the charm of the standard software and ASP.NET and ASP are used equally as well. However, to put it in plain language, there are no statistics that show one to be more vulnerable than the other.

So, with open source development, or with proprietary software, your website / application is equally vulnerable (or not) and can be taken advantage of by a notorious hacker. Like the saying goes "A lock on the door is for a gentleman, thieves will steal anyways". Whether you use open source development or not, you must appropriately secure our applications and websites and leave very less scope for manipulation by code breakers and hackers. With all said and done, use the apt software to suit your development requirements and ensure that your final product is free from vulnerabilities thoroughly tested by all testing strategies available and secured to your satisfaction.

Chirag S Vyas is Online Marketing Manager at Elite InfoWorld Technologies Company providing Open source development in India and Worldwide. The main services provided here are Web Design and Web Development, Internet Marketing, Graphic Design, Search Engine Optimization, and other IT services.

 

Dangers of Image Geo Tagging

What is Image Geo tagging anyways?

In short a geotag is a meta tag embedded into the attributes of a digital image.

Did you know today's smart phones and digital cameras embed hidden data into the photographs you take? The photos you take with your modern smart phone can tell others:

• Where you live
• Where you work
• Where you go to school
• Where you spend your free time
• Where your friends or family live
• When there is nobody home
• Where you park your car
• And the list goes on and on and on.....

Now this may not be a big deal if you are taking photographs of yourself or a friend in a public place like Lake Eola in Orlando Fl, Cranes Roost Park in Altamonte Springs Fl or another well known public place. On the other hand if you are taking photos in your home, at your job or any other place you don't want a stranger to know then you probably should continue reading this article.

How does it happen?

When you take a photograph with a smart phone or digital camera, it takes much more than just a photograph. Most of today's smart phones such as the Motorola DROID or the APPLE IPHONE have the ability and do so by default add GeoTags to the photographs you take which include information about the EXACT location where the photograph was taken, what date and time the photograph was taken and this poses a real security threat to consumers.

Let's pretend you take photos of yourself or your family or your friends with your APPLE iPhone, Motorola DROID or another modern smart phone. Now let's pretend you upload those photos to your Facebook, MySpace, a singles website or even email them to somebody you don't know very well.

Sounds pretty normal so far, right?

The hidden danger is anybody with the know-how or technical knowledge if you will can view the hidden data embedded in your photographs and see exactly where the photos were taken, when the photos were taken and much more...

How do you protect yourself?

You can turn off the GPS feature on your smart-phone, but you might still need the GPS feature turned on for GPS navigation. So if you want to protect yourself you would turn the GPS functionality off on your smart phone when you are taking photographs and turn the GPS function back on if you happen to need to use the GPS features in your smartphone.