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Alan Lorence, Wondertouch CEO; All About Post-Production Special Effects


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Like explosions? Don’t want to create one in your back yard? Then create one virtually with particleIllusion from Wondertouch. Listen to Alan Lorence, it’s CEO, talk about their application, particleIllusion, special effects, plus much more!

Published On 11/25/08 under 3D, Animation, Cool Apps, Editing, Graphics Design, Motion, Plug-Ins, Plugins, Post, Shows: Meet The Experts, Video

Alan Lorence, Wondertouch CEO; Interview Questions:

  1. Tell us about yourself.
  2. How did you maket he jump from physics to the entertainment industry?
  3. How did you come up with the idea for particleIllusion?
  4. Isn’t particleIllusion the particle engine inside Combustion?
  5. Tell us about Wondertouch.
  6. How do you come up with so many cool emitters?
  7. Do you allow end users to submit emitters?
  8. What is a particle emitter?
  9. Will particleIllusion ever become a 3D particle system?
  10. Any features on the Mac that are not on the Windows version of particleIllusion?
  11. How do you search for emitters?
  12. Will particleIllusion ever be integrated with Flash?
  13. What about integration with NLEs like Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere Pro CS4?
  14. When is particleIllusion 4 coming out?

The Host

Marcelo Lewin
General Manager of Pixel Heads Network
Director of Marketing & Interactive Media at ProMAX Systems
marcelo@pixelheadsnetwork.com

Marcelo Lewin, a.k.a. The Digital Media Dude, started The Digital Media Dude in late 2006 as a blog, mainly, to write about new media. He then created his first podcast, The Digital Media Dude Daily Tip now known as Digital Media Quick Tips which got picked up by iTunes in the Top 25. By late 2007, The Digital Media Dude became officially a network of shows and in early 2008, it was renamed to Pixel Heads Network. Pixel Heads Network was acquired by ProMAX Systems in December 2008.

With over 15 years of experience in the digital media industry, including gigs with NBC, Walt Disney Imagineering, Toyota and having a couple of "dot com" companies under his belt, he shares his knowledge throughout our shows.

He is married with his wife of 16 years and has 2 sons. His hobbies include photography, videography, new media, technology, great food, great beers and just playing around with his kids.

Marcelo Lewin currently hosts 3 shows, blogs and makes presentations about new media all over. He is the General Manager of Pixel Heads Network and the Director of Marketing & Interactive Media at ProMAX Systems, Pixel Heads Network's parent company.


 



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One Response to “Alan Lorence, Wondertouch CEO; All About Post-Production Special Effects”

  1. Chip Peyton Says:
    January 31st, 2009 at 10:10 pm

    What a great product for such an incredible price. User forums are great and for a hack like me making movies with my kids, it was the funnest thing about learning to make special effects. Check out our latest on youtube Alpha Recon.

    Thank you Alan….

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