Ikan unveils HDMI monitor

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V8000-HDMI 8″ HD LCD Monitor Retail Price: $995.00 Ikan releases its second generation, high definition monitor, the V8000-HDMI. We’ve taken an already great monitor and improved its versatility with additional inputs and more power options. Just like the original, the V8000-HDMI has pass through inputs for composite, S-video and SD/HD component, enabling you to use […]

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Chicago Motion Graphics Festival 2009

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Only in Chicago: The Legendary $7 Festival of 2009 (Chicago, IL, December 1, 2008) – With MacWorld recently announcing they are closing their doors for good and Midway Games laying of 150 full-time employees… the recession of 2009 is beginning to infect the minds of the creative industry with decreasing budgets and bottom lines. However, […]

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42+ Social Media and Content Marketing Predictions for 2009

42+ Social Media and Content Marketing Predictions for 2009 Some people hate them, but I’m a sucker for prediction articles. The switch over to the next calendar year always provides the perfect scenario to decide what the fate of marketing will be. We reached out to the Junta42 community, as well as the Junta42 Top […]

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Obsessive wikis

Culture vultures go beyond, way beyond Google European researchers are pushing online culture and heritage research way beyond Google by using a smart search system that is multilingual, multimedia and optimised for cultural heritage. Better yet, this promising system has wide application in other fields. European researchers have developed an optimised search system that can […]

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Dissenting from Depresso

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Mike Curtis has made the case that indie features aren’t a viable business. Sad, perhaps (Nate Van Dusen said Mike was “serving up hot cups of depresso”), but that doesn’t mean that indie films as a whole are dead. Documentaries, for example, remain alive and well. • Karil Daniels’ 42-minute doc, “Voices of Dissent: Activism […]

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New Year’s Resolution List

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So the grand poobahs at ProVideoCoalition wanted all of us gurus to write a few year end lists. There are all kinds of things that are important to editors and video professionals that could be turned into lists: plug-ins, equipment, innovative productions. My list is of none of these things. But hopefully, it will be […]

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cineXML enhances Red workflow for Avid on Windows Vista and OSX

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(Malmoe, Sweden – December 09, 2008) Avocoda today announced the immediate release of cineXML – the offline to online workflow tool for Avid editing products and REDCINE. cineXML provides a smooth Red workflow for Avid Media Composer and is available for both Windows Vista and Mac OS X Leopard.It supports multi-layer timelines with effects and […]

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NVIDIA FIRST TO OFFER FULL SUPPORT FOR OPENGL 3.0

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Dec. 16, 2008 – Further demonstrating its leadership and commitment to OpenGL and the standardization process, NVIDIA® today released fully supported drivers for OpenGL® 3.0 for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Linux on its select GeForce® and Quadro® solutions. These drivers enable software developers to take full advantage of all OpenGL […]

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How to shoot winter sports and not die in the process

Shooting winter sports is fun, especially if you’re prepared. I’ve compiled a few tips to keep you warm, dry and creatively capturing the action in some extremely cold, high-altitude conditions. The backgrounds are usually clean and white, if it’s clear you have nice blue skies, and your contrast range is ultimately easily controlled, using the […]

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