Some of the plug-ins from Automatic Duck is now free. One of the cofounders, Wes Plate, has left the company to join Adobe and bring the functionality into Premiere. The Pro Importer AE 5.0 allows you to export your sequence as a XML from either Avid or Final Cut Pro, and then very easily import them into your After Effects project. I’ve been drooling over this plug-in for a couple of years, but never felt that I had the $500 that it used to cost. So hurry and download them!

http://www.autoduckinc.com/

The image below shows an example of my sequence in Final Cut Pro, exported and then imported into After Effects.

Swedish pop wonder Robyn released a very creative audio-visual web site earlier this week. The site is based on Robyn’s track We Dance To The Beat. You can rearrange the track in various ways and publish it for others to listen.

If you are in the market for a VHS player for your old school VJ set you should consult our friend Marko from VJ Finland*. He is a true expert.

* OK, I admit, he is not from VJ Finland but he is pretty freakin’ special.

Nothing says Merry Christmas like Slayer and some sequenced christmas lights. With courtesy of my old Instructions colleague Anders Carleö.

ChunkyMove Mortal Engine

Tycker nog att det här är något va det coolaste jag sett för scen på länge. Hoppas dom tar till Dansens Hus, eller nåt. Annars är det visst Melbourne som gäller nästa gång man vill se dom live…

Startsladd has busted out a new hot and fresh VJ reel. This crew is a about video and custom content. They usually make all fresh content for each show and record video the day before and on the same day as the event featuring the city, the venue (where ever they happen to be) and the artists as well as live video and stills from the event as it goes on. More on Startsladd here and be sure to check their new web site as well.

I’ve got stuck on typographic animations on YouTube. This one takes typographic animation to a whole new level. A fun genre to get inspiration from.

After Pixelvärk’s opening party last year, the actor and filmmaker David Lenneman did a spoof on or VJ thing in his project “Year of the trailer”. In the project he is doing a trailer for a non existing movie every week of 2007. In the wait for this year’s festival report, enjoy yourselves with this: