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Month: November 2008
No preconceptions about keywords or taxonomies
Clustify groups related documents into clusters, providing an overview of the document set and aiding with categorization. This is done without preconceptions about keywords or taxonomies — the software analyzes the text and identifies the structure that arises naturally. Clustify can cluster millions of documents per hour on a desktop computer, bringing organization to large […]
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Making “One Man, One Vote”
Ten years ago a fellow named Marshall Spight posted a challenge on DV-L called “Throwing Down the DV Gauntlet”, in which he said, “everyone talks about shooting serious dramatic films with DV, but does anyone actually do it?” I responded, and we wound up making a 20-minute short called “The Beautiful Thing” using Sony DCR-VX1000s, […]
The RED Camera and Green Screen
After working in this business a while (this year was 21 for me) I find that I don’t worry about venturing into the unknown. And three weeks ago green screen with the RED was certainly an unknown for me. It’s been a tough sell getting the RED camera on paid jobs. Up until recently every […]
When 25p beats 24p…
There are many times when it makes more sense to shoot and edit video at 25p than at 24p, regardless of the final framerate(s) to be delivered to various distribution formats, even if you live in an NTSC (or ex-NTSC) country. You may know that “24p” video is almost always really recorded at 23.976p (although […]
When to edit native, When hybrid, and When pure i-frame… and Why
Ever since the launch of Final Cut Pro 6.0 (at this writing, we are at 6.04), we have for the first time had the possibility of realtime hybrid editing. Prior to FCP 6.0, in order to have realtime editing we had to convert all footage to the target format (códec, framerate, resolution, etc.) before editing… […]
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Holes in the Dam
Holes in the Dam I think companies worry too much about how people might misuse their content. They worry about putting content online because of how users may steal/change/modify that content. Call me naïve, but it seems to me that some users turn to piracy and redistribution to support alternate use cases, because their needs […]
Introducing Metadata as a Service
Introducing Metadata as a Service, at Digital Asset Management Los Angeles. Ron Roszkiewicz Information Architect ITC Infotech Metadata can only have lasting value in an organization if it is consistently used and controlled at a single source. The openness of technologies such as XMP both enable the widespread use of metadata and conspire against its […]
Avid Gems #7
I wasn’t sure if anyone was reading these, so I stopped for a few weeks. Then I got a very nice comment from Ra-ey Saleh who has been reading and learning from the tips, despite being an experienced Avid editor. He also asked if he could suggest a tip, so I’ll start this week with […]
10 Days Left for the Red Epic Scarlet Announcememnt
