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142 CINEMONTAGE / Q4 2018 Lest the challenge of copyrighted material take away some of the fun of incorporating archival materials, Forsher points out that most of the tens of thousands of books written and illustrated before 1920 are in the public domain. There are also home movies and videos often copyright free. In fact, there are millions of sounds and images available for those willing to do the hard work of unearthing them. Near the end of the book, the author claims that filmmakers who learn in film schools "never hear about how archival assets make their show richer." This may have once been true, but serious film schools today include study of archival material, and especially the concept of fair use, in the classroom. This book itself can be an excellent primer for current film students. Raised on YouTube mash-ups, they accept repurposing of sound and image as second nature, and badly need guidance about appropriate use of archival resources. The book includes four suggested assignments and is a beautifully organized teaching tool. Michael Wiese Productions has steadily turned out reliable how-to film books for decades, and this new addition continues the tradition of readability and utilitarianism. Forsher's writing style is so free from adjectives that Stock Footage reads much like an instruction manual, albeit one dedicated to one of filmmaking's most fascinating tools. Stock Footage + Everything Under the Sun is more than an essential filmmaking handbook; it offers fresh and creative approaches to accessing and legally using archival materials. f CONTINUED FROM PAGE 137 CUT / PRINT Because helping others could one day help you. MPTF provides a safety net of social and charitable support to the entertainment community. We provide financial assistance, referrals to community resources, and a host of other services. Learn more at mptf.com Make a meaningful donation today at mptf.com/donate engine, making expressions easier to create with as much as a five-times-faster speedup. Speaking of speedups, After Effects has faster across-the-board performance improvements and nine new GPU-optimized effects. Like Premiere Pro, After Effects now also supports VR180 content (see Figure 5). CONCLUSION There is a lot more to this upgrade to the video apps in Adobe Creative Cloud. We've focused mainly on Premiere and After Effects, since they are the most important applications in the suite. That's not to say Audition is not important; it is a go-to tool for post-production audio with its own intriguing updates. Adobe Character Animator has also received its share of love. Adobe Stock, as well, has updated search filters and access to millions of curated cinematic 4K and HD videos. But, alas, we've run out of space for now. One of the best things about the new features to Adobe Creative Cloud, however, is that they'll all be available for download as part of your subscription. f TECH TIPS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 134