Who controls our data controls our lives

Our Data, Ourselves Bruce Schneier 05.15.08 | 2:00 PM In the information age, we all have a data shadow. We leave data everywhere we go. It’s not just our bank accounts and stock portfolios, or our itemized bills, listing every credit card purchase and telephone call we make. It’s automatic road-toll collection systems, supermarket affinity […]

Read More… from Who controls our data controls our lives

Marketing lessons from a famous French impressionist painter

Seurat’s lesson for marketers It seems that many marketers still struggle to build a rich picture of their customers. They could do worse than study the works of Georges Seurat, the famous French impressionist painter of the 19th century, whose techniques have interesting lessons for today’s 21st century marketers. But first, consider the following: Only […]

Read More… from Marketing lessons from a famous French impressionist painter

Querying billions of RDF statements!

Franz Unveils AllegroGraph v3.0 – A Web 3.0 Database “Web 3.0’s Database” now with Activity Recognition Capabilities 19-May-2008: Franz, Inc. today announced the release of version 3.0 of AllegroGraph, the industry’s first RDF database to integrate GeoTemporal Reasoning and Social Networking Analytics in a high-performance persistent database for storing and querying billions of RDF statements. […]

Read More… from Querying billions of RDF statements!

SACHTLER 4-IN-ONE SOOM WINS NAB AWARDS

SACHTLER 4-IN-ONE SOOM WINS NAB AWARDS 1

Las Vegas – Sachtler, a Vitec Group brand received five prestigious awards at the 2008 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention for its 4-in-one camera support device, the SOOM. Jurors for the TV Technology STAR, DV Black Diamond, Videography Vidy, Digital Content Producer NAB Pick Hit and The 4EVER Group Product Innovation Award, each presented […]

Read More… from SACHTLER 4-IN-ONE SOOM WINS NAB AWARDS

Redrock Micro Releases microMatteBox and microShoulderMount

microMB05_sm.jpg

Redrock Micro unveils the highly anticipated microMatteBox and microShoulderMount accessories for digital filmmakers that deliver cinema-grade light management and camera support at revolutionary prices. These new products build on Redrock’s growing family of cinema accessories that enable digital filmmakers to create dramatic film-style footage using standard digital video cameras. Redrock microMatteBox?The microMatteBox is the first […]

Read More… from Redrock Micro Releases microMatteBox and microShoulderMount

Rendering Motion Projects in Final Cut Pro

motn_post_m.png

If you have begun to explore Final Cut Studio’s application integration by embedding your Motion project files into your Final Cut Pro sequence, you may have noticed a rather large increase in render time for that sequence. Part of the cause of the increased render time is due to the level of complexity of your […]

Read More… from Rendering Motion Projects in Final Cut Pro

How does one manage digital assets in a small agency?

Forensic Photoshop The topic of Digital Asset Management has come up from time to time. How does one manage digital assets in a small agency? How about a large enterprise? What role does metadata play? What do you (meaning me) use in your workflow? Some agencies incorporate their images in their overall record management system. […]

Read More… from How does one manage digital assets in a small agency?

Timecode Burn-in and Encode in One Step for Final Cut Studio

Timecode Burn-in and Encode in One Step for Final Cut Studio 2

Timecode burn-in is used to assist in referencing back to parts of show. Typically this has been used on VHS tapes for producers so they can comment on shows, etc. These days it’s more common to use QuickTime files and DVDs for this type of work. Since you’re going to have to encode the video […]

Read More… from Timecode Burn-in and Encode in One Step for Final Cut Studio