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Reports: Trump offered to pardon Homeland Security head if law broken while closing border President Donald Trump reportedly offered to pardon Kevin McAleenan, the acting Homeland Security secretary, if he violated the law and was arrested for blocking entry into the U.S. along the southern border, CNN and The New York Times reported.

For those still working with Final Cut 6 or 7…here is a set of plugins that help give your video project a film look. Check out the demos in the link. It's normally $99, but is being offered for $35. Don't forget to use the "FootageFirm35" coupon code to get the discount.

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Thought this might be of interest to some…

Your Film Festival The global search for the world's best storytellers. This is Your Film Festival. You have until March 31st to submit a short, story-driven video. There's no entry fee. It can be any format - short film, web-series episode, TV pilot - and any genre. In June, audiences around the world will vote, s...

Live event ( http://www.facebook.com/events/210425679047513/ ) via Red Giant Software next Tuesday - learn about Fractals. Check out the video to see what it can do:

Trapcode Form - Fractal Field Have you ever wondered about the difference between Octave Multiplier and Octave Scale? Complexity and F Scale? Trapcode Form and Particular have some complex controls over the fractal fields. In episode 9 of RGTV Live, we'll demystify these controls...

New rules to apply in order to qualify for Oscar review…

Documentary Filmmakers Alarmed by Proposed Oscar Rule A new rule would require a movie review from The New York Times or The Los Angeles Times to qualify a documentary feature for the Academy Awards, according to a draft of the rule.

If you work in Oregon's film 'industry' - this is a must read for you…

The State of Oregon’s Film and TV Industry 2011: Martin Vavra Every year Oregon's governor gives a "State of the Industry" address to Oregon's film & TV industry at the Oregon Film annual meeting... and every year we ask you, our readers, to give us your own "State of the Industry Address" - to reflect on what's gone well in the past year, where the industry i...

Remember all the talk about the Scarlet a few years back? Well, it's finally available:

TechCrunch | RED’s Scarlet Gets Official: 4K For Under $10K For more than three years, upstart camera maker RED has been teasing the Scarlet, a compact camera in the same class as their more powerful, but bulkier, RED One and Epic cameras. We actually saw one at CES this year, but they've completely redone the design and capabilities. They were going to publ...

Don't forget to sign up for the Cascade Mountain Show - it's February 8, 2012. More details via Professional Video and Tape:

Professional Video and Tape - Shows Professional Video and Tape - the Northwest home for Sony, Panasonic, JVC professional video, Avid editing systems, service and integration.

Check out this gorgeous time-lapse video by John Waller:

Finding Oregon Produced 2011 by Uncage the Soul Productions Ben Canales, John Waller, Steve Engman, Blake Johnson http://www.uncagethesoul.com Finding Oregon is the compilation of six months of timelapse photography across the state of Oregon, punctuated by a 1600...

Shocked by the initial release, but now encouraged with recent upgrades…Murch talks about 'X':

Walter Murch discusses Final Cut Pro X Walter Murch talks about Final Cut Pro X at the Boston SuperMeet, 2011.

R.I.P., the movie camera: 1888-2011 Major manufacturers have ceased production of new motion picture film cameras; cinema as we once knew it is dead VIDEO