elsewhere- VFX for Flight of the Conchords

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Michele Yamazaki of software reseller Toolfarm interviews Brandon Parvini and David Torno about their work on a music video for the band Flight of the Conchords, New Zealand’s “fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo.” I think the video, for their song Ladies of the World, will part of the second season of their […]

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where can I get digital asset management – semantic search

For most people, places and things, Powerset shows a summary of Factz from across Wikipedia. So we conducted a search term where can I get Digital Asset Management, here are the results. Digital asset management Digital asset management systems are computer software and/or hardware systems that aid in the process of digital asset management. … […]

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The Digital & Media Asset Management Report

he Digital & Media Asset Management Report 2008 provides an overview of leading DAM products and DAM best practices, including 7- to 15-page comparative evaluations of 10 DAM vendors, as well as 1-2 page summaries of 8 specialty and up-and-coming vendors. A lower-cost “SMB/Workgroup Edition” reviews a subset of 12 vendors most suitable for mid-sized […]

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Web Video: The New “Skip Intro”?

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Remember when “Flash Intros” (or what Adobe would prefer me to call “introductory animations created with the software Adobe Flash,” lest I dilute their trademark) were all the rage? You had to have one play when a user first arrived at your site to be considered hip, media savvy, and up-to-date. But in reality, most […]

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Using web tools to collaborate between creatives.

Wisdom from the masses – In depth on using web tools to collaborate between creatives. A few weeks ago there was a short but interesting thread on CML-pro (The Cinematographer’s Mailing List) about how to collaborate with other creatives on a production team using web-based tools. The original poster wanted a solution – a “group […]

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On Artbeats.com: Article on Frame Rates

Every month, we write a Tips N Tricks article for our friends at Artbeats.com. This month we’ve written a brain dump on where those funky frame rates came from, and issues to watch out for as you get assets from 3D artists, stock footage libraries, film composers, and even well-meaning camera or tape operators that […]

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NewTek Announces Free LightWave 3D Trial Edition Available for Download

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NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products, today announced award-winning LightWave® 9.3.1 is now available as a free 30-day trial for Mac OS X and both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows immediately from here: www.newtek.com/lightwave/lwtrial The software is fully functional with no restrictions or watermarks for a full 30-day period and has 24 […]

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This weeks DAM Tweets

I cannot seem to get our twitter account configured with wordpress.com (may have to go to server model) so here is a quick look at this weeks Digital Asset Man Tweets. digitalassetman http://tinyurl.com/66tbh3 12:08 AM May 14, 2008 from web digitalassetman Ning Chairman Marc Andreessen dings Google’s Friend Connect http://tinyurl.com/6cmt9q 12:20 AM May 14, 2008 […]

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