Tip: Force an After Effects Render to Fail (and Save!) on a Mac

No doubt you already make liberal use of the After Effects Auto-Save feature, which incrementally stores sub-versions of your current saved project in set increments of time. By default, the last 5 20 minute increments are saved, with the oldest replaced by the newest, but you can freely change the interval and number of saves. […]

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Newsletter Update

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A few weeks ago, we published our third newsletter: PVC Pipeline | Distribution, covering a wide range of subjects from podcasting through independent films distribution to creating DVDs. During that time, subscribers had exclusive access to the articles it contained. These articles are now available for all PVC users to view; a list of them […]

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Pond5 Celebrates 150,000 Clips, Inaugurates Free Clip of the Week

Stock footage marketplace Pond5.com (http://www.pond5.com) announced today that it has marked a significant new milestone: it now offers video producers over 150,000 broadcast quality, royalty-free HD and SD stock video clips available for instant download. Its collection has been doubling in size every 6 months since opening for business in early 2006. The site is […]

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Marketers Need Metrics to Integrate Traditional and Digital Media

Anybody got a flashlight? When it comes to integrating digital and traditional media, vital to marketing success today, conflicting views abound. Too many marketers feel as though they are working in the dark. According to a joint study by theAmerican Association of Advertising Agencies(4A’s) and theAssociation of National Advertisers(ANA), only 7% of US marketers were […]

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The Social Software Value Matrix

Image via Wikipedia Michael Idinopulos Mom always told me, “It’s what’s inside that counts.” Companies are finally paying attention to how social media affects their businessoutsidethe company walls. They recognize the extent to which Twitter, Facebook, Wikipedia, and other mass-collaboration forums present both opportunities and risks. There is excellent thought leadership on the topic, includingWikinomics,Groundswell, […]

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NAB 2009 Video – Cineform 3D Workflow

Cineform 3D Part 1 Cineform 3D Part 2 At NAB 2009, Cineform was demonstrating their comprehensive 3D workflow, using Neo3D. We stopped by to talk about these new tools for stereoscopic post-production, and along the way, Cineform’s David Newman gave us an in-depth education on 3D filmmaking and post. We’ve split the fascinating 30-minute interview […]

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NAB 2009 Video – Marshall Monitors

Marshall has made a name for themselves in the LCD field monitor world, and at NAB 2009 they were showing off new models with advanced features like a false-color exposure mode that Red One shooters will recognize. They also were demonstrating a new OLED monitor that will be coming out this fall. […]

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