Takagi Masakatsu is a musician

Musician

A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....

 and filmmaker from Kameoka, Kyoto

Kyoto

is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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He attended Kyoto University of Foreign Studies

Kyoto University of Foreign Studies

, also known as KUFS, is a foreign language university in Kyoto, Japan. KUFS specializes in 8 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Italian and Japanese.- Academic Departments :...

, graduating with English.

His work has been noticed by Apple Inc., and a 3 minute promotional video for the company was made about how Masakatsu creates his videos on a Macintosh

Macintosh

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 system, and Apple Pro software, including Final Cut Pro

Final Cut Pro

Final Cut Pro is a non-linear video editing software developed by Macromedia Inc. and then Apple Inc. The most recent version, Final Cut Pro X, runs on Mac personal computers powered by Mac OS X version 10.6.7 or later and using Intel processors...

 and Logic Pro

Logic Pro

Logic Pro is a hybrid 32 / 64 bit digital audio workstation and MIDI sequencer software application for the Mac OS X platform. Originally created by German software developer Emagic, Logic Pro became an Apple product when Apple bought Emagic in 2002...

. He also uses Adobe After Effects

Adobe After Effects

Adobe After Effects is a digital motion graphics and compositing software published by Adobe Systems, used in the post-production process of filmmaking and television production. Its main uses are the origination of 2D and 2.5D animation, visual effects compositing and finishing...

 and Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop

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in his videos.

Discography

• pia (2001)
• opus pia (2002)
• eating (2002)
• JOURNAL FOR PEOPLE (2002)
• eating 2 (2003)
• rehome (2003)
• sail (2003)
• world is so beautiful (2003)
• COIEDA (2004)
• JOURNAL FOR PEOPLE (2006)
• world is so beautiful (2006)
• AIR'S NOTE (2006)
• BLOOMY GIRLS (2006)
• Private/Public (2007)
• Tai Rei Tei Rio (2009)

External links

• Official Site
• Apple Profile