Echo Conference

ECHO LABS - LINKS OF INTEREST

PHOTOSHOP / STILL IMAGE
http://www.psdtuts.com
Teach yourself photoshop.  Good stuff here.

http://www.gomediazine.com
Great advice for artists. This Blog has everything from business tips to video tutorials.

http://www.morguefile.com

This site is the resting place of hundreds of free high-quality photos that you can use without wondering about legal issues.

http://www.bittbox.com/
A blog about free textures and patterns.

http://www.lostandtaken.com
Royalty Free and cost free photography.

http://www.mayang.com/textures/
Free still images and textures. (Site might be down)

AFTER EFFECTS / MOTION GRAPHICS
http://www.videocopilot.net
Andrew Kramer has created a number of low cost stills, animations, sound effects, and tutorials.  His site also includes a lot of FREE high-impact tutorials.

http://www.motionographer.com
This blog is an aggregation of motion graphics information, examples and demo reels from around the world.  It’s a place to get great inspiration.

http://www.motionscript.com
Dan Ebberts has put together an intermediate look at After Effects expressions and scripting.  The is a great resource for understanding expressions and learning how they can work for you.

http://www.creativecow.net
A site with a ton of tutorials, articles and forums on everything from After Effects and Photoshop, to Flash and Cinema 4D.

http://www.AEnhancers.com

A collection of tutorials and forum topics about After Effects and expressions.

http://www.aefreemart.com
A blog with free tutorials and information.

http://www.graymachine.com
Free and Pay for tutorials.

http://www.toolfarm.com
A huge listing of tutorials for a huge list of applications.

http://www.motionographer.com
Without a doubt the world’s best blog about motion graphics.  Great for inspiration.

PLUGINS WE RECOMMEND
http://www.trapcode.net
Anything cool about After Effects is found within the Trapcode plug ins (ok.  slight exaggeration. AE has some cool features too)

http://www.videocopilot.net/products/twitch/
All the cool flickery and jittery effects that make stuff a little more cool.

http://www.dvgarage.com
Some great Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, and After Effects green screen tools.

Echo starts tomorrow with a pretty amazing lineup of technical labs and a much anticipated kickoff and keynote by Mark Batterson!  Registration begins at 3pm and we walk-ups are welcome!  Feel free to register online before or come at 3pm!

Some more pics from today…

Kent (WorshipHouse extraordinaire) putting the finishing touches on his presentation…

Rob (The Boss) catching up on a few emails between setup and rehearsal…

The Echo Internet Cafe is up and running…

Sneak preview of Echo rehearsal (don’t tell anyone you saw this…)

The best tech team you could imagine… they just make it happen!!!

So much more in store for the hundreds who will be a part of Echo 2008!  See you there!!!

We are on site at Watermark Community Church getting everything set for the big event that will be ECHO 2008!  Check out some of the happenings below…

Rob, Shawn, and Bart looking official…

First go at hanging the banner…

An exciting delivery arrived today…  top secret!

Oops… not a secret anymore!!!

See you tomorrow!

—- ITV NEWSWIRE —-

Dallas, TX  - ITV correspondent Darrell will be doing live feeds from Dallas, TX as the Echo: Church Media Conference commences next week.  His ability to draw the story out through thoughtful and blunt questioning will be essential to chronicling this event.

Darrell and the ITV Newsteam.  Covering Your World with Intensity.

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Donald Miller will be off of his bike and on our stage next week at ECHO!  Come hear this native Texan speak before he heads back up to the cool weather in the Pacific Northwest!Register for ECHO!  You are running out of time!!!