I just read the account of amateur photographer Duane Kerzic, who was arrested for taking photos at the Amtrak Pennsylvania Station in New York just before Christmas. Ironically, Duane was taking photographs for a contest sponsored by Amtrak, entitled “Picture Our Train.” According to Duane’s side of the story, he was unlawfully ordered to delete […]
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DAM in 2009: enterprise, workgroup, and nothing in between…. 05-Jan-2009 – Submitted by: Theresa Regli, Analyst Today we release our Digital & Media Asset Management Report 2009. In this new edition, we’ve greatly expanded our coverage of Minnesota, USA-based MediaBeacon, a pioneer in XMP, and a small but savvy company that’s frequently competing with the […]
SeeFile Software, a developer of DAM (digital asset management) software for sharing media files, is announcing Release 4.6 of its product at a press conference at MacWorld Expo this week. SeeFile is exhibiting at MacWorld booth S-2612,South Hall. Digital asset management systems, also known as Media Asset Management (MAM) systems, allow a range of collaborative […]
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As we prepare for the last Apple attended MacWorld tomorrow, I thought I’d throw my hat into the ring with predictions what Phil might be presenting us with. 17″ MacBook ProThis is a no-brainer. We already have the MacBook, and 15″ MacBook Pro in new clothing, it’s time for the 17″ to join the party. […]
It is now official – from the website: “To coincide with the annual Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, Autodesk, Inc. announced today that it has expanded its portfolio of Macintosh 2D and 3D software tools for entertainment, multimedia and design professionals. The three new 2009 products for Mac OS X are Autodesk Toxik […]
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New social media tools, same old lesson: moderation By David Chartier | We can “tweet” our rants in 140 SMS-friendly characters on Twitter, make some friends while posting our resume to LinkedIn, and stay on top of every last byte of activity those friends publicize on Friendfeed and Facebook. As with all uncharted territories, these […]
Hyperlinking the Real World Written by Sarah Perez / European researchers working on the MOBVIS project have developed a new system that will allow camera phone users to hyperlink the real world. After taking a picture of a streetscape in an urban area, the MOBVIS technology identifies objects like buildings, infrastructure, monuments, cars, and even […]
Many companies have made numerous attempts to make the computer the center of our leisure-time activities, often based around trying to introduce computers into the living room. For the most part, they haven’t succeeded; many people still spend a lot more time in front of their TV sets than they do their computers. So instead, […]
As a video editor, I posses a very basic working knowledge of Adobe After Effects. I can zing around in Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack Pro, but my grasp of AE is still a work in progress. So when I happen across a tutorial that I’m able to quickly grasp, you know I have to […]
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For many reasons explained in my recent article, it makes a lot of sense to capture your HDV footage directly to an editing i-frame códec like ProRes422. One of the best way to do that nowadays from HDV is via HDMI. Editing directly from ProRes422 files (as opposed to hybrid editing or native editing, as […]
