Hey everyone,

I'm just updating some things on our servers and moving some files around. Some of the tutorials will be down temporarily. Just for Tutorias 23-39, the bandwidth of 5,500 GBs wasn't enough... Hold on while I distribute these accross the the other servers. Uploading is slow and depressing so please hang on.

Now where is that modem port...

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EDIT Response:

The key is to maintain high throughput and keep fast downloads!

We've got plenty of bandwidth but when too many people access the one server at the same time it can slow everyone down, and we don't want that. The tutorial files are distributed across several servers so that speeds will remain fast. For the older tutorials I didn't realize I needed to split them as much. I guess they are still popular. I also took advantage of this time to make some updates and lay the ground work for future plans.

Of course new tutorials have their own dedicated location so that they aren't slowed by other tutorials downloading. Another story is the Blog; it isn't the bandwidth that makes it choke every now and then but rather it is the database operations being accessed heavily, we are also addressing this with a new fully dedicated server.

This video is why I love Action Movie Essentials & Zombies ; )

EDIT: Forgot to shamelessly plug the product:
Action Movie Essentials

Dan Ebberts wrote a cool script to make the "Blue Planet Tutorial" more 3D. In fact you can actually use a comp camera to fly around the earth and orbit as well.

Watch New Tutorial:

UPDATE: Easy now ; ) Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. The $20 Tutorial DVD is simply for those who would like to view the tutorials offline, but you can still view them online for free. I also didn't want to give all of my secrets away but we are also including an Ipod version of the tutorials so that you can put them on your mobile devices to watch on the go.

You can also buy these clouds instead : )
https://artbeats.com/prod/product.php?pg=1&id=247

Video Copilot Tour: We are going to film a tour of the facility so that you don't have to travel. We'll take you through the fun zone.

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Well we're all working hard as I'm sure many of you are and we will be adding many great things to the site. Including some great new tutorials and information. And for those who have been wondering, I'm also planning to put together a DVD with all of the free tutorials once we get to number 50. It will also include the Sin City Tutorial plus the Epic Presets. Oh, and did I mention it will cost only $20.

We are also working on a special surprise that I can't mention yet.

...and yes I love doing that ; )

Additionally, I received an email from someone about doing a tour of Video Copilot, and that is also something coming soon. Then you can see where we work and how the magic is made.
One day at a time...

Well it is no secret that sometimes I cut out little things from my tutorials. There are a lot of considerations when this happens. Usually for good reason, I don't like to over complicate things with endless sidebars that make the tutorial seem convoluted or many other reasons such as:

• Effects that take too long
• Senselessness
• Not Humorous
• Sad and Disappointing
• Sake of Professionalism
• Rendering times (figure 2 minutes of rendering to 1 final)
• Corporate sponsors Like Coke & Pepsi, (not yet sponsors)
• Incoherent rambling and childish name-calling

Here are a few deleted scenes from the vault.
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NOTE: I know it goes black for a sec towards the end.Long story, but it is part of the moving 3D lines tutorial.