By Daniel Brown
GridIron Software
An idea was born about 3 years ago, turned into drawings and schematics, then to command-line “proof-of-concepts”, to early prototypes, to a 5-month long “public beta” of a promising, if not-quite-polished, application. Now, the final result of our efforts is here;  Flow 1.0 is now available for purchase at www.gridironsoftware.com.
Flow was designed [...]

There’s an event on this Monday that I’d like to make sure everybody attends. So please forgive the diversion from my usual mental meanderings on the subject of creativity. Trust me and humor me by clicking on this link below. Please then register for the live event where you’ll get an exclusive peek at something [...]

By now - many folks will be getting a warning in the Flow Dashboard found in Public beta 3 that says the trial will expire in 5 days.  Stay tuned for an announcement next Monday June 29th at 12pm EST for more details.
You can also attend our online event detailed here:  http://gridironflow.com/seewhatsnew/
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On Monday June 29th, at 12pm EST, we are hosting a live web event - that I’m absolutely thrilled I get to give.  Joining me will be John Nack, Principle Product Manager for Adobe Photoshop.  John and I will be showing off something nobody has ever seen before - as well as making a couple [...]

Creative Director (Europe) - Gridiron Software
As research for my book I’ve been looking at the effects of drugs on creativity, and finding out if the two are linked. I’m hoping to get some feedback from the readers of my blog regarding their own experiences but first I guess it’s fair to give you my own [...]

by Daniel Brown
GridIron Software
A few times a year, I step away from my computer (well, my WORK computer anyway) and head off to tropical destinations to co-teach underwater photography. The Caribbean is pretty much the oppposite of a convention center and, for a week at a time, I have sand between my toes and sunlight [...]

I was very pleased to hear from one of the many people I have trained on Adobe After Effects. Over the years I must have trained hundreds of motion graphic designers, animators and visual effects artists ranging from humble freelancers like myself to some of the top designers in their fields. I’ve even trained a [...]

I’m in the process of writing a new book and my research involved talking to designers about the problems they are facing. Where do they get inspiration from? How do they keep up with new software features? How do they learn new techniques? So I decided to do a survey. To my surprise, top of [...]