Spark your creativity with a multitude of valuable resources available from Artbeats during the NAB2006 (booth SL3758). Whether you are watching one of Artbeats many informative demos, taking home a free IdeaDisc or browsing the companys expansive library at one of its many kiosks, attendees will gain essential know-how on using Artbeats royalty-free footage to make their stories come to life. Artbeats is also giving away numerous prizes during NAB, including free royalty-free stock footage, an iPod nano, backpacks and more.
Hosted in the newly-designed demo theater during NAB exhibit hours, Artbeats will offer dozens of sessions taught by some of the industrys leading digital video professionals sharing their incredible expertise, including Douglas Spotted Eagle, Chris Meyer, Steve Holmes, Angie Taylor, Rich Harrington, Jeffrey P. Fisher, Kent Morris and more. These sessions are an excellent opportunity to receive practical instruction on the creative use of stock footage. Using Adobe After Effects and Final Cut Pro, Canopus Eduis, Sonys Vegas Video and other leading software, these tutorials include a wealth of knowledge for todays video and broadcast professionals and cover everything from creating dazzling DVD menus and cutting-edge titles to using stock footage in documentaries, commercials and music videos.
With tutorials and production samples from top industry professionals, the first IdeaDisc features work from Steve Holmes and Chris and Trish Meyer. The IdeaDisc also includes Artbeats new demo reels, and a quick overview of the companys existing royalty-free stock footage library and the new NAB collections. With the IdeaDisc, users learn how stock footage can increase the value of their projects and professional techniques for using stock footage to captivate their target audience.
Based in Myrtle Creek, Oregon, Artbeats (www.artbeats.com) is an award-winning provider of royalty-free stock footage for broadcast, feature films, commercial, multimedia, game development and independent producers. The Artbeats library includes nature, visual effects, scenics, aerials, lifestyles, backgrounds and much more. The library is always expanding and currently includes 411 titles, 147 of which are HD, as well as a growing selection of royalty-free single clips. Some of Artbeats' clients include Disney, DreamWorks, Comedy Central, BBC, Cartoon Networks, The Asylum, MTV, Direct TV, Country Music Awards, American Idol, Universal Studios, Pixar, CNN, Activision.
Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.
