Good morning everyone! I am very proud to release The Bullet a new training DVD for AE & 3D Integration. This promo was a lot of work but certainly a lot of fun too. I'll try to get an HD version out this week.

Watch The Bullet Promo

We have also released our Special Edition Tutorial DVD so you can bring Video Copilot with you anywhere.

Watch Series One Promo

Sam has signed a lot of cards and they are going to be sent out over the next week.

We are not delaying the download for The Bullet Product, as soon as your order is approved you will gain access to download. Although if you can bear to wait for the DVD it will help our server out.

If you need help with an order please contact support@videocopilot.net we will be standing by to help you. We won't be checking the blog as much so please send us an email so we can help you. Also please note the Series One DVD is available on DVD only, if you need special download arrangement we can make limited exceptions, contact support for details.

It hurts me to say this... not that much though. But the Promos are taking a little longer than expected. All I can say is that the products are still launching on or before May 20th 2008 along with the promos. Here is a quick screenshot for the Bullet promo video. I wish I had more to show... well I do but I can't, I would get fired.

On May 20th we have a great special effects DVD arriving, The Bullet, but we are also releasing the long in-the-making Series One DVD. This DVD contains a 20 minute Q & A with myself and Sam Loya in addition to a pretty funny out-takes reel. There are also a few extras and the free tutorials from 1-65 in full resolution and iPod ready quicktime movies. Now you can take a little Video Copilot anywhere.

We had planned to offer 2 DVD's, a standard one and a special edition one, ultimately we decided to just produce the special edition one that includes the Basic Training and the Presets too. The DVD will be going for $24.95, those of you asking for a donate button, here it is. We will probably be including this in a bundle with the new training DVD as well.
And for the highly alert ones out there, we know that most of the tutorials are online for free but this DVD has much more great stuff that you can't beat for 25 bucks.

Official product info will also be online. This DVD is for the fans and people who travel, or have lousy internet. We'll make a series 2 after another 50 tutorials if Sam doesn't move on to bigger things by then...

Finally, I'm working on a new tutorial that is very cool. And if you know me, I never exaggerate. EVER!

We are almost wrapped on this new DVD and we are quite proud of it :)

This new DVD will take you from your favorite 3D program to After Effects and back, including compositing multi-pass renders and importing camera data.

On the AE side we will be covering advanced compositing techniques including color correction, particle effects and 3d displacement mapping. Most of all we will be covering workflow management and exploring the best ways to manage assets and media. No more, saving everything to the desktop.

The official information about the product and promo video will be around later this week, we spent all our time on the product so that's why the promo isn't out yet.

UPDATE: I think we have reached a more specific solution. The DVD & Download will be available to purchase on May 20th, we will simply delay the downloadable files until the morning of the 22nd which should make a big difference. Sam will still be signing Cards for 1 week or so.

After the 22nd, customers can choose a DVD, digital download or download the product while waiting for their DVD as usual.

With the very exciting launch of our new Training DVD "The Bullet" on the horizon, we have been considering the best method for delivery. As many of you know, most of our products are available on DVD and they can also be downloaded, however we are going to try something new this time around.

The new training product will be available on DVD only for the initial launch, we will then launch the availability of a full downloadable version shortly thereafter. (It is not clear at this time when but as soon as we can we will. Less than a week.)

What it comes down to is bandwidth and the overall speed of our site, we have had some heavy server loads in the past on launch days that make the site difficult to maneuver. So by offering this product as DVD for the first week or so will hopefully alleviate the initial bottleneck of downloaders.

As a bonus for the initial DVD launch, (or downside depending on how you see it) Sam Loya is going to include a personally signed Video Copilot card that will be included with every order. I asked him and he said "Sure, why not." What a guy. Sam is seriously your biggest fan :)