Adobe has released an 8.0.2 update for After Effects CS3. Its headline new features are support for Mac OS 10.5, as well as for P2 media. There are also the expected array of bug fixes. What’s been getting less press than it deserves is a change in the way it handles color management with respect […]
The US$6500 (street price) Sony PMW-EX1 is a six-pound, high definition Handycam with three 1/2″ CMOS chips. It resolves a true 1920×1080 image; shoots both interlaced and progressive; records 1920×1080, 1440×1080 (HDV-compatible), and 1280×720 formats; and offers variable frame rates from 1 fps to 30 fps (1080p) or 60fps (720p). The camera records using long-GOP […]
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It seems appropriate to begin my tenure at a startup with a little advice to others embarking on a startup. Employment in the video industry has always been a little more fluid than in the economy at large. Many of us have been freelancers, solopreneurs, permalancers, or whatever you like to call it for so […]
The After Effects development team is surprisingly small, especially given how much innovation has gone into each revision in the app’s 15 year lifespan (as of this past month – Happy Birthday, After Effects!). Like a Hollywood feature executive they can only greenlight a handful of great ideas each year. That’s what makes a tool […]
Business 3.0 was created with business and network users in mind. Business 3.0 profiles are easy to set up and trouble-free to maintain. With Business 3.0 businesses can create a profile to fit their business needs on any social network. Business 3.0 is the first and only business profile administrator on social networks. With new […]
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I very carefully and duly noted when Steve Jobs, during an interview, said that Apple had 3 businesses (Macs, iPods/iTunes, and iPhones) and a hobby (AppleTV). If that wasn’t a tacit, explicit admission that a product hadn’t done as well as they’d hoped, I don’t know what is. To launch a product and then call […]
A lot has been written about the MacBook Air. For good reason too. The laptop is clearly targeting folks who need connectivity above all else. It’s also damn cool. But the real news for video and creative folks is what wasn’t announced. Penryn chips are on the loose, but not in MacBooks or MacBook Pros…yet. […]
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Apple’s much hyped MacBook Air that Steve Jobs rolled out to much fanfare has started shipping in the last few days. The specs are surprisingly decent for an ultralight laptop – 13.3″ wide aspect 1280×800 screen, full size LED backlit keyboard, a Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of RAM stock, a slick solid state drive, […]
