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So much of our lives are spent running - from pain, from vulnerability, and from everyday struggle. Jeff Foster understands that sense of pursuit. After years of depression and illness, he came to realize that what he had been seeking had been available to him all along - he needed only to shed his resistance and step into the limitless ocean of the present moment. In Jeff's words, "The armor we wear to protect ourselves from the full experience of life does not really protect us - it just keeps us comfortably numb."In The Deepest Acceptance, Jeff provides readers with a series of insights intended to help strip away that armor and embrace life now, as it is and as you are. This warm, humorous, and candid offering invites us to stop trying to "do" acceptance and start falling in love with "what has already been allowed.
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Jeff Foster has authored and contributed to several Adobe After Effects & Photoshop tutorial and training how-to books, including the "Photoshop Web Magic" series and "Special Edition: Using Photoshop" series. He has been an Adobe Certified Expert and has served as an instructor and featured speaker at conferences such as Photoshop World, Macworld, Adobe MAX and the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) Post-Production Conferences.Foster has been producing and training for traditional and digital images, photography, illustration, motion graphics and special effects for DV and Film for over 20 years. Some of his clients include: Tribune Broadcasting, Motorola, McDonnell Douglas, Nestlé, FOX Television, Spike TV, Discovery/TLC, Deluxe Digital, Universal Studios and Disney. He is also a 2010 Telly Awards recipient for his "Documercial" video productions.His best-selling book title, "After Effects and Photoshop - Animation and Production Effects for DV and Film," provides tips and tricks for creating believable animations and reveals special effects secrets the professionals have been using for years. He has also recorded several video training titles for Lynda.com for After Effects and Photoshop and has produced training DVDs, also available through the online store, "Photoshop CS4 Video & Animation" and "Learning After Effects CS4″ published through PhotoshopCAFE. These DVDs are geared toward those who are both new to After Effects or want to learn the more complicated new features if upgrading from a previous version.Most recently, Foster has completed "The Green Screen Handbook" (Sybex/Wiley, pub) that is targeted toward the higher-education market to serve as a texbook for green screen production and compositing techniques. Pro photographers, Indie filmmakers and hobbyists will find this book a valuable tool for getting the best results from their compositing projects.With several new projects forthcoming, Jeff is currently operating PixelPainter from his studio in beautiful Ojai, CA.
