I blogged on a tutorial from Event DV around editing workflows with AVCHD. In that same issue, contributor Jan Ozer wrote an article called CS4 at 64 that delves into the differences that he observed between Adobe applications and how they perform differently between 32bit Windows XP and 64bit Windows Vista. For me, it’s clear […]
Month: March 2009
XBRLS – Radical Transparency Now!
Hoffman says, is that every investor will soon have the same ability as Moyer’s hedge fund managers to export, manipulate, and mash up financial data. “Look how blogs changed news reporting,” he says. “Anybody is a reporter. With XBRL, anyone can be an analyst.” XBRL(eXtensible Business Reporting Language) is an open standard which supports information […]
ProRes: A Closer Look
The largest issue in post production is maintaining the highest quality for compositing, graphics, effects and delivery; whether that content is used in broadcast, theatrical or direct to DVD release. Camera native codecs are amazing for their ability to capture light at the highest quality, yet this “native” camera data was never meant to work […]
Animating Text Highlights in Motion
A short video tutorial that shows a quick and dirty way to create nice animated “glints” for your text. […]
CELTX 2.0 Announced!
Celtx 2.0 was announced recently and is currently available for download. For those of you who don’t know, Celtx is a popular open source screenwriting, and pre-production application. The new version of Celtx is exciting on several fronts on of which is the new “Studio” system for more integrated collaboration on projects. Secondly the new […]
Will Lawsuits Impact the DAM Market?
At last week’sHenry Stewart Briefing on Digital Asset Managementin Toronto (there is another inDallas on March 16), a prevailing theme among enterprise customers was that all believed that they were still in the early stages of trulymanagingtheir digital assets. It seems many enterprises are still in the same position as they were several years ago […]
Avid Media Composer 3.5 update is INTEL ONLY
If you haven’t heard, on Monday Avid announced and released an update to Media Composer (as well as Symphony and News Cutter), version 3.5. It has added some great new features including Avid Media Access (AMA) which is plug-in type architecture for other codecs like P2 and XDCAM, support for stereoscopic 3D editing, a 14 […]
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Xinet Introduces Asset Browser to Improve the Production of Fliers and Circulars
BERKELEY, California – March 3, 2009 – Xinet® Inc., the leader in digital asset management (www.xinet.com), today announced the release of Asset Browser, a plug-in for Adobe® InDesign in Xinet WebNative® Suite. With Asset Browser, Xinet customers who produce circulars and catalogs will no longer have to leave the InDesign environment in order to drag […]
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Avid Delivers Native XDCAM Support and Industry First Stereoscopic 3D Capabilities
TEWKSBURY, Mass., March 2, 2009 – Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID) today announced that it has addressed customer requests for native support of the Sony XDCAM format, a ground breaking 3D Stereoscopic workflow and the “death of the dongle,” with the release of Avid® Media Composer® (v3.5), Symphony™ (v 3.5) and NewsCutter® (v 7.5) software. […]
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New Petrol Ditty Bag Holds Accessories
Petrol, a Vitec Group brand, introduces the Ditty Bag. This handy lightweight carrier is the ideal way to keep essential tools and accessories well organized and close at hand during production. The ultimate Hollywood-style hold-all, Petrol’s new Ditty Bag comes equipped with an internal removable divider to separate contents. Multiple loops and pockets of different […]