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Free tutorial - Converting Behaviors to Keyframes

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Over on digitalmedianet, Dave Basulto has a short video tutorial that explains how to apply behaviors, then convert them to keyframes in order to get more control over your animation.
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Motion Training from VASST

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At the VASST training site, 6 different DVDs to choose from, hosted by either Richard Harrington or Mason Dixon.
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dvGarage releases dvMatte Pro 3 Studio and Conduit Suite

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I've been using dvMatte Blast in Motion for awhile, This release brings all the functionality of the Final Cut Pro plugin to Motion and is powered by the GPU so you can key in real time. Here is a short review.

And Conduit is a really great nodal compositor, like having a mini-Shake right inside Motion.
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Time to get Baking

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David Basulto at Digitalmedianet gives us a quick overview on how to improve Motion's playback performance by "baking" part of a project.
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What Happened to My Type?

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I've seen so many questions from folks who use Motion to make text animation for Final Cut Pro and find that the quality seems to degrade that I've written this short article to explain what is going on and what you can do about it.
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Motion HD Templates

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The folks at Motionvfx have a slew of new HD Motion templates, many in 3D - $10 a pop, not bad. Check them out.
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New Motion Tutorials Site

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Zak Peric in London has started a new series of Motion tutorials - the first three are up, and they explain how to make flourishes in Illustrator, then animate them in Motion.
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