Early yesterday at IBC, Adobe announced major updates to Adobe Video apps in Creative Cloud for mid-October. There's more news from Adobe and partner HP on support for Thunderbolt on Windows, and a testing demo from DAV's TechTable on 4K in Premiere with HP Thunderbolt. Adobe's Dave Helmly shares some more info on 4K — […]
Day: September 11, 2013
Fan-powered Stories
“Engagement” is the term that is generating much of the heat in the media business these days, in part because raw viewing numbers online (or even in legacy media like television) only tell part of the story. Tens of millions of consumers are tethered to their mobile devices – smart phones and tablets, mainly. Simple […]
Olympus Kills the Four Thirds System
Olympus presented their new camera, the Olympus OM-D E-M1, and announced the end of their Four Thirds system, created in 2006. The Olympus E-5 DSLR, from 2010, was the last of their professional line. It's the end of one era and the dream of the open standard. Created by Olympus and Kodak in 2006 as […]
Dinosaurs, Penguins and Gnomes Enabled By the Magic of Hitachi Data Systems
Ever wanted to have your mother-in-law chased by a T.rex? Your co-worker eyed by a hungry dragon? Now you can. Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced that the Tippett Creature Shop available on the Efexio Effects Marketplace, is exclusively created on Hitachi NAS Platform. Efexio […]
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How Viewers Can Change Storytelling
Two days ago I was talking with Gale Anne Hurd, the woman behind Terminator and Aliens and currently the executive producer of The Walking Dead. We were talking about storytelling and transmedia and she agreed that it was the future. However what she didn’t think about is how powerful viewers can be when expressing their […]
AMA on Reddit Today, Wednesday 9/11/13
I'm doing an AMA (“Ask me anything”) in the Filmmakers subReddit today. Stop on by… […]
