Find out what makes Adobe After Effects Next an essential upgrade for animators, compositors and designers. Jason Levine of Adobe and Mathias Omotola of Maxon show the new Live 3D Pipeline between Cinema 4D and After Effects. Other exciting features are the new Refine Edge that makes rotoscoping easier and the more flexible Warp Stabilizer VFX.

Birgitta Hosea, a London based digital artist and animator, will be demonstrating the powerful new Ray-traced 3D engine in After Effects. She’ll show you how vector shapes and text can quickly be extruded in 3-dimensions as well as new materials options for translucency, refraction and reflection.

Learn how to use the new 3D Camera Tracker by creating a 3D project that adds animated text to a movie. See how the tracker works in the background to analyze a scene and then automates the addition of an animated 3D camera with text. See how to adjust, manipulate and add animators and other effects to the text for amazing results.

Dive into Adobe Flash Professional CS6. See how web designers, developers, and animators can use Flash to create rich content for screen and web environments.

See how Premiere Pro is the "secret weapon" of any After Effects animator or compositor, and how you can work faster than ever before in After Effects by leveraging the power of the Mercury Playback Engine in Premiere Pro. For those not familiar with Premiere Pro, we'll impart simple key techniques to get up-to-speed on Premiere Pro much quicker than you ever thought possible.

See how Premiere Pro is the "secret weapon" of any After Effects animator or compositor, and how you can work faster than ever before in After Effects by leveraging the power of the Mercury Playback Engine in Premiere Pro. For those not familiar with Premiere Pro, we'll impart simple key techniques to get up-to-speed on Premiere Pro much quicker than you ever thought possible.

See how illustrator and animator Sanjay Patel uses images to craft compelling stories. From over 14 years of work at Pixar to his visually rich illustrations of the Hindu mythology of Ramayana, Patel will share his artistic methods, including how he goes from paper, pen, and pencil to highly detailed work in Adobe Illustrator.

See why Adobe Edge gives designers and animators happy feelings about creating engaging animated web content. It's not just about simple transitions — it's about filling your animations with personality. It's about a UI that's familiar and comfortable.

Explore what's new for designers and animators in Adobe Flash Professional CS5.5 with Chris Georgenes. He'll take you through the process of creating a short animation while demonstrating techniques the experts use to achieve a fast and efficient workflow.

The idea for Food Wars developed from our young animators’ desire to examine the negative impact of gang violence in their community. Because the group wanted to examine the issue beyond the boundaries of their own community, they chose to use fruits and vegetables to represent two opposing communities. The animators used audio and video as well as real world props to create a short film that discusses their perceptions of gang violence and to offer a thought on the resolution of the violence.