Val Gameiro, Writer, Director, Filmmaker and Technologist in Austin, Texas

Val Gameiro, Writer, Director, Filmmaker and Technologist in Austin, Texas

Film, Music, Writing and Making the World a Better Place

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I have no idea who wrote this, and since too much would be lost in translation, I won’t attempt it, but for those of my friends who can read Portuguese, perhaps you can see a parallel between what’s happening over there and what’s happening here in the US. Após aprofundados estudos de grandes historiadores, descobriu-se [...]

Val Gameiro to appear on Internet Radio Show Trafficked

Ok, this is a shameful self-plug, but for anyone interested in finding out more about Human Trafficking, it’s should be good .    TRAFFICKED on Here Women Talk Radio Thursday at 1:00 PM Eastern/ 10 AM Pacific listen by phone at 646-652-2071 or 1-877-500 ZEUS (9387) Dear Friends, Thursday on TRAFFICKED at 1:00 PM eastern /10:00 AM pacific   Dear friends: [...]

How bad can Socialism get?

I just finished listening to an interview with a Portuguese priest, on the state of the country. It’s very sad, but strangely similar to what we have here in the US, or rather, what we have here in the US is becoming more and more similar to what we have in Portugal (where I’m from). [...]

America more and more like Europe

WARNING: socio-political commentary coming I was just reading this today, and thought it was worth sharing. I had 2 realizations while reading this, that don’t necessarily appear in the written article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/2010-09-29-doubling-up_N.htm You should read the article before you read my commentary. Here’s what I realized, and it comes from the perspective of the world [...]

This may even work on earlier version but I’ve only seen it happen in Adobe Premiere CS6. I’ve been using a friend’s computer to edit my feature film, Amnesia, and I hit this snag a couple of times. This is my workaround. The error I get reads: This project contained a sequence that could not [...]

I’ve been doing some script analysis lately, and ran into this peculiar phenomenon, whereby the hero changes along the story. so I thought I’d share my thoughts on the matter. First of all, you may ask who the heck am I to talk on this matter, and you won’t find any Hollywood master-pieces or strange [...]

If you’re a Mac user, you’re in luck!! Free Elastic Aspect Effects Plugin for Final Cut Pro, After Effects and Premiere Pro Released by Noise Industries Dynamically stretch the aspect of mismatched footage to fit a standard 16:9 frame. Effect is compatible with FCP, Motion, AE and Premiere Pro Boston, April 30, Apr 30, 2013 [...]

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Here is another freebie for After Effects from the folks at FXOFFICE.NET They are offering a free project and tutorial on how to create ocean water in After Effects, without using any third-party plugins. Check them out here: FXOFFICE.NET Ocean Water Tutorial And download the project here: http://www.fxoffice.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/ocean_files.zip Author: Omar Alkattan   Share on Facebook

Hoje faleceu um Valente Um homem de grande coração, coragem e carinho Amigo de todos, sempre disposto a ajudar E com grande espirito de aventura, e amor de viajar. Ontem, parece, Levava-me de mão dada para a escola Ajudava-me a arranjar a bicicleta Foi alma que ensina e consola E eu, homem, sou o que [...]

That’s right, the good folks at Native Instruments (makers of such greats as Absynth, Massive, Mouth, and many other plugins and effects are giving away a couple of goodies for the Holiday season: DRIVER Any track, any genre – use DRIVER to add character, then twist it into complete sonic annihilation at the turn of [...]

Ok, I have a little old Lenovo S-10 Netbook with 2GB RAM, and an upgraded 320GB hard drive (I’m not much for the iPad-phoria), and I’ve been happily running Windows 8 Release Preview on it, with very little trouble. It’s not as snappy as Windows XP, but very decent, and since it is a more [...]

I have no idea who wrote this, and since too much would be lost in translation, I won’t attempt it, but for those of my friends who can read Portuguese, perhaps you can see a parallel between what’s happening over there and what’s happening here in the US. Após aprofundados estudos de grandes historiadores, descobriu-se [...]

Like many of you, I’m sure, I had never heard of Bobby Sargent. One of the legendary stunt people from Hollywood, the kind that you see all the time but don’t realize you’re seeing. The kind that do the unthinkable, what appears extremely dangerous and in some cases is, and go on to liven up [...]


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