One problem that audio engineers run into all the time is sneaky editors who make changes to their “locked” offline while the engineer is doing their mix. Then, a major “patch” job ends up happening where the mix that is currently being working on, needs to be married with the new, revised audio that the […]
Month: August 2008
NAB Conference Raises White Flag
Visitors to the NAB 2009 website are greeted with an animation of a raised white flag… typically seen as a sign of surrender. This is sending the wrong message. The conference is going strong and continues to evolve. I’ve attended and spoken at the conference for the last five years. Despite some high profile drop-outs […]
Encoder Shootout of 4 Mac Compression Tools
Real World Video Compression has posted a Encoder Shootout between three common Mac software compression options, and one hardware assisted solution. The disparity in price between the tools tested is enormous…with VisualHub at under $25, and Episode Pro nearly $1000. Much like the pricing, the speed and quality of the results were varied. “…on the […]
Century adds lens accessories for Sony HVR-Z7U
Schneider Optics introduces a full array of professional Century HD lens accessories to complement Sony’s HVR-Z7U and HVR-S270OU camcorders. These 72mm lightweight optical attachments provide high resolution image clarity, while enabling the camera to go wider, reach further, and move in closer than the lens alone will allow. New Century accessories for the HVR-Z7U include […]
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Gartner Analysts Decry Facebook, Twitter Bans at Work
Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and other social applications that allow for messaging and collaboration in the workplace should not be banned, argue two Gartner analysts. Though not quite ready for use in enterprise applications, Facebook, Twitter and the others can prove valuable in helping colleagues and customers connect, so long as businesses employ a trust model. […]
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Amazon complete suite of storage solutions
Today marks the launch of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store), the long awaited persistent storage service for EC2. Details can be found on the EC2 detail page, the press release and Jeff Barr’s posting over on the AWS evangelists blog. Also the folks at Rightscale have two detailed postings: why Amazon EBS matters and Amazon […]
TinEye search an image using an image!
TinEye makes it easy to locate images online, it also helps you figure out who owns the image you are using and allows you to provide proper attribution. TinEye is a connector: it connects image lovers with the photographers they are inspired by. http://tineye.com […]
Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games
‘Emily’ will set a new precedent for photo-realistic characters in video games and films, says her creator, Image Metrics Click here to view Video Jonathan Richards div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } Extraordinarily lifelike characters are to begin appearing in films and computer games thanks to a new type of animation technology. […]
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How To Convert Browsers To Buyers
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AJA Io HD drivers updated
AJA has released version 6.0 drivers for the Io HD, AJA’s external video I/O box and format converter connected using FireWire800. Version 6.0 adds a bunch of new features: Support for true progressive (in addition to PsF) 1080p capture and playback. Support for 720p/23.98 and 525i/23.98. Stand-alone mode for format conversion with no Mac attached. […]
