HPA Tech Retreat – Day 0

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This 3M film is used in the diffuser of a 23″ LCD panel “Day 0” of the 2008 HPA Tech Retreat in Palm Springs offered four sessions; I attended three: Euredjian on LCDs, Poynton on Radiosity, and AMPAS on the Image Interchange Format. Martin Euredjian of eCinema Systems presented “Understanding Liquid Crystal Displays for Broadcast […]

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Autodesk Reduces Pricing for Maya Unlimited and Announces Maya 2008 Extension 2

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced reduced pricing for Autodesk Maya Unlimited 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software — the tool of choice for designers and artists working in film, television and games. Autodesk also announced Maya 2008 Extension 2 software, which provides enhanced creative control over polygon modeling […]

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Web Video Viewership Revelations

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I’ve been mulling over the “VideoCensus” released last month by Nielsen Online (you can view the PDF here). Among its goals was to compare the way video was watched over the web from network-backed sites to “consumer generated media” (CGM) sites such as YouTube. Here are some of the results, along with some speculation about […]

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