Wilmington, NC – June 17, 2008 – Digieffects, a developer of popular visual effects software plugins today announced that it has shipped Simulate: Illuma, a plugin package offering a specialized collection of effects plugins for creating light and glow effects. Simulate: Illuma includes the following effects: * Halo: An easy to use bloom/blur effect with […]
Day: June 18, 2008
What Inspires You?
You are deep in the middle of a complex project, racing to beat a tight deadline, and you’re stuck. Where do you find that creative spark? For me, the last place in the world is in front of a computer. I find that when I’m sitting at the computer, it’s time for perspiration, not inspiration. […]
Adobe embeds Alfresco Repository
Adobe embeds Alfresco Repository It’s been quite a while in the making, but I am very pleased with the news today that Adobe will be embedding Alfresco technology as part of its LiveCycle Suite. A while ago, I wrote a blog about embeddable content repositories. It was clear then and more clear now that the […]
Adobe Hearts Apple?
Our own Steve Martin was at the Adobe booth and describing how being an FCP editor, you can still benefit from Adobe’s CS3. Most know this, but it’s still an interesting watch. You can find the link here, and it was recorded at the Adobe booth at NAB. […]
Catnets
Catnets From Durant-Law Consulting: Every now and then I come across an intriguing article that is also seminal to my interests and doctorate. Sociologica , which is the Italian Journal of Sociology, has just republished Harrison White’s “Notes on the Constituents of Social Structure “. Harrison White is the Giddings Professor of Sociology at Columbia […]
Maelstrom – Production (part 1)
Still life with water bottle: An EX1 sports a DvRig Junior; Alan Hereford’s homebrew DvRig is at the bottom of the picture. Day 0 – Finishing up our preproduction for Rob Nilsson’s film, “Maelstrom”, Tim and I head up to San Francisco and Emeryville to pick up gear. Videofax has an EX1 with wide-angle adaptor […]
Couple bits of awesomeness
Quick note on some things: a.) Busy, not dead. Waaaaaaaay busy. b.) The trailer is (finally) out for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was shot digitally on the Viper, recorded to S.two recorders. I’ve been working with the vendor that provided the gear, it is nice to see what masters of the game […]