After Effects Apprentice Video Tutorial #2

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We’ve recently released After Effects Apprentice (2nd Edition). The DVD-ROM that comes with the book includes an hour and a half of video tutorials that provide gentle introductions to major features inside After Effects, such as text and expressions. In this second video, we give a guided tour of the Effects & Presets panel, showing […]

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The case against Flex-based application UIs

We’re starting to see more vendors coming out with Flex-based user interfaces, sometimes extending them as full-blown desktop applications using the AIR runtime. For example, Documentum’s D6 Web Publisher comes with a standalone Flex interface for certain tasks. Image via Wikipedia We’re starting to see more vendors coming out with Flex-based user interfaces, sometimes extending […]

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Discover the Semantic Web.

Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009Times: 10:00 a.m.EST/ 7amPSTOR2:00 p.m. EST / 11am PST Duration: 60 minutes This webinar will focus on how organizations consume, digest, and share news and information. What we are seeing in the corporate space is that the Semantic Web is no longer ‘ahead of its time’ and therefore it has the […]

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How can I bring more ROI to our DAM?

A DAM is an investment. What is an organization gaining from the implementation and utilization of a DAM? Are you getting a continued return on your investment? If you don’t know, you are probably not getting much from your DAM right now or you may not be using much either. This can be fixed. A […]

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a common cloud taxonomy

Semantic Cloud Abstraction TheCCIF and it’s membershave recently focused on creating a common cloud taxonomy and ontology. I find it’s starting to sound a lot like semantics, Cloud Semantics. We are in a sense defining what cloud computing is by describing it’s “components” and their relationships to one another. One that is capable of expressing […]

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Quicktip Day 02: Map your 9-split exactly to the keypad

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Quicktip #2 (February 2, 2009) Map your 9-split exactly to the keypad Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere already has the 9-split multicam view edit keys mapped to the keyboard layout. I like to change those mappings around where the number on the keypad matches the number of the camera in the placement of the […]

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The CalDigit VR. Serious Storage. Simplified. Shipping Now.

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Placentia, California, February 2, 2009 – The CalDigit VR, the most complete two drive RAID system on the market today, is now shipping. It offers impressive performance, unmatched connectivity, and superior quality all in a sleek and easily upgradable enclosure that is both small and functional. Hardware RAID support for RAID 0, 1, and JBOD […]

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Omneon ProCast CDN(TM) Boosts Speed, Efficiency of HD Graphics Delivery for NBC Sports

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Jan. 30, 2009 — NBC Sports is using the Omneon ProCast CDN(TM) high-performance content distribution platform during its broadcast of Super Bowl XLIII to move large HD graphics and audio files from NBC’s facilities in New York to Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Fla. for on-air production on game day. Leading […]

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