Beware 10.5.6 upgrade, 2007 Mac Pro owners

Got an email from a RAID vendor, 10.5.6 apparently is having some issues: We have also seen on 2007 Mac Pros where the PCI-express configuration (Expansion Slot Utility) setting does not ‘stick’, it reverts to x8, x1, x1, x16 speeds always. So any PCI-express cards installed are affected also. …so watch out. Dunno if it […]

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Make It Go Away!

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After Effects CS4 has introduced two subtle but important changes in the way it deals with many common video formats: 1) There are new PARs (Pixel Aspect Ratios) for NTSC and PAL standard definition 4:3 and 16:9 content. (Actually, they’re not new; they’re the correct, original ones that no virtually one actually used – until […]

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Large Scale Final Cut Pro Installations, Part II

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This is the second of a two part series on large-scale Final Cut Pro installations. Pie Town Productions currently produces nearly twenty TV shows, including Design on a Dime, Hammer Heads and (my favorite!) Color Correction. I spoke to Scott Templeton, one of the founders of Pie Town Productions and to Dana Besnoy, Pie Town’s […]

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temporal contextual information

ContextMiner is a framework to collect, analyze, and present the contextual information along with the data. It is based on an idea that while describing or archiving an object, contextual information helps to make sense of that object or to preserve it better. This website provides tools to collect data, metadata, and contextual information off […]

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online storage in the cloud

Why Wuala? Online storage is coming quickly, superseding traditional technologies and methods such as external hard-drives, USB flash drives, and tedious email attachments. Why? Because it makes life easier. With an online storage you can securely store and backup files online. Once uploaded, you can access your files from anywhere at any time, and you […]

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ARRI TRUE BLUE FIXTURES AWARDED TOP HONORS IN PRODUCT DESIGN

NEW YORK, DEC. 1 – ARRI’s newest lighting products, the TRUE BLUE line of studio and Tungsten fixtures have garnered the International Forum (iF) Design Award – one of the most prestigious design honors in the world. Introduced earlier this year, the TRUE BLUE’s combine advanced technology and extensive feedback from lighting professionals to offer […]

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Mammoth HD Expands the Royalty-Free Collections with Lifestyle and Medical/Healthcare titles.

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The Mammoth HD Library now feature over 700 Collections and over 350 hours of SingleClip Material – including RED 4K/3K/2K for Broadcast, Marketing/Advertising, Film and Vertical HD for Digital Signage and Display. ——-For more information on the collections and the Mammoth HD Hi Definition Footage Library, and to see the previews of all the Mammoth […]

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Imagineer Systems 80% Off Sale for the Holidays

Imagineer Systems is offering high-end, high-dollar software solutions at 80% off through the end of December. To give you an idea of what that discount means, you can pick up a node-locked license of Mocha for AE for just $99. I have it on good authority that this does not indicate bad times or major […]

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