Yes, Timmy Allen, from the amazing Revision 3 podcast Film Riot (also starring Ryan Connolly and Josh Connolly) and internet show Keyframe.TV (along with Nick Campbell and Pasquale D’Silva) is lending his extraordinary talent to Fuel Your Motionography! After exchanging only a couple of emails I could tell Tim is truly dedicated to learning everything he can about motion graphics and visual effects, and sharing that knowledge with the community. His articles will definitely be a treat to look out for. He is a welcome member to the Fuel family, and we are all glad to have him on the FYM ... Read More

Well, it’s fifteen things you didn’t know about Steve Jobs. What more is there to say? Via: Online ... Read More

If you don’t know, today was Apple’s big iPhone 4.0 event where they listed the “7 tentpole features” they are including in this update, and they are very welcome additions indeed! Let’s take a look at what this update, coming this Fall, has to offer: 1) Multitasking: Yes, this long awaited feature is finally here. Supposedly, it wasn’t introduced into earlier versions of the iPhone because Apple was worried about preserving battery life (which a lot of iPhone users could agree with), it is now going to be a part of the system itself. It’s only ... Read More

It’s no April Fools joke. Script Frenzy starts its thirty day run beginning on the first of April so all you screenwriters can hone your writing skills by entering this excellent challenge. Script Frenzy, for those who don’t know, is simply a challenge set up to allow anyone who wants to enter a chance to write a script. The contents of that script and how you choose to write it are entirely up to you; the Script Frenzy website and community supply the motivation and help when you need it. It’s as easy as that. The rules to the challenge are simple: 1) To be crowned an ... Read More

As you all probably have heard by now, Adobe is gearing up to show the world the much anticipated next step in their Creative Suite line, simply called Adobe CS5. If you haven’t heard the news, you can check out my post on After Effects going 64-bit, Google search “Adobe CS5″ or just watch the official videos they have posted on their website showcasing Photoshop, Flash, Adobe Story and other software. While you are there you might as well sign up for the online launch of CS5 where you can see everything going down in real-time on April 12th! It’s worth it, especially ... Read More

Ever since Apple unveiled its new device, the iPad, there has been a whirlwind of disapproval from Apple fans and critics alike. Nobody thinks it’s as revolutionary as the rest of the Apple line of products, such as the iPhone, when it was first released. A lot of the commotion can be, and was, linked back to the rumors that spread across the internet like wildfire as to what features the iPad would include from a forward facing camera so you can do Skype calling to a laser light keyboard that would allow you to type anywhere you go. It’s no wonder there was such a letdown, but ... Read More

For all of you aspir­ing screenwriters–or just those who want to write and have an idea that would be bet­ter as a movie–there is a web­site for you. Script Frenzy is to screen­writ­ers and movie scripts as NaNoW­riMo is to novel writ­ers and full-length nov­els, and they both fol­low the same basic con­test rules mak­ing it easy for any­one to join in and start writ­ing. There’s a good rea­son behind that: they’re cre­ated by the same people. Script Frenzy’s rules are as sim­ple: write a 100 page script in the month of April and you “win”. It’s really that ... Read More