Jeff Greenberg of Future Media Concepts did a great job of presenting a lot of information in a short amount of time at his session titled Video Compression on a Mac. Here’s 5 tips I liked: 1. Job chaining in Apple Compressor is a key to better looking outputs. Under the Job menu > New […]
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AJA is also releasing the IO Express which is designed for Laptop users (that’s me!) for field capture and work. This is mini-version of the IO (which is a bit much to travel with…I’ve tried…often). This is another homerun product. AJA has the track record that allows me to assume it will work…well. While this […]
The calm before the storm: the Las Vegas Convention Center on Saturday evening. NAB holds several pre-show conferences; I arrived midafternoon on Saturday and sat in on two presentations in the Director of Photography Workshop, one on Red, and one on the Arri D-21. Ted on Red Red Digital Cinema Camera Company’s Ted Schilowitz gave […]
At NAB 2009, Blackmagic Design announced their UltraScope. In the manufacturer’s words: “The world’s first 3 Gb/s SDI and optical fiber SDI scopes designed for editors and colorists, with the technical accuracy broadcast engineers will love for only US$695!” Blackmagic continues, saying: “Simply plug into any compatible Windows computer with a 24-inch monitor, and Blackmagic […]
Theresa Regli,Principal, CMS Watch will be holding court at theDAM panel at Internet World UK on April 28th from 12 – 12:50 at Earls Court, London. And we have been invited to sit on the panel and discuss the Digital Asset Management issues of the day. Hope to see you there. […]
What A Cute Bunny: Taxonomy asLiberator Posted onApril 17, 2009by mshulha I spent this past week testing a taxonomy as part of a digital asset management project we are currently working on.One of the test scenarios involved giving art taggers a series of images and asking them to code them using the taxonomy we had […]
Interview with DAM consultant, Mark Anderson April 17th, 2009 byClaire Taylor Mark has been well-known member of thePortfoliocommunity since the late ’90s and is based in the UK. Initially an ordinary user of Portfolio, he has leveraged that experience and since 2001 has been a consultant specializing in Extensis Portfolio solutions. He is also the […]
At NAB 2009, AJA announced the KiPro, which allows direct recording of Apple’s revered ProRes422 or ProRes422(HQ) in the field, without any laptop, from any SD or HD camera or vision mixer (“switcher”). I consider the KiPro to be a natural extension of AJA’s IoHD, and my only surprise is why AJA waited so long […]
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— Bruce MolloyA quick look at how intelligent agents can supplement your information gathering efforts. In a world of websites, email, and reports galore, one fact reigns supreme: vital content is king. Today’s savvy business audience is short on patience and long on its need for impactful information. This means substance is critical just as […]
It’s unfortunate for those of us doing the processor-intensive work of video and computer graphics that we typically disable Energy Saver settings because they can thwart renders. You’d think that the system could tell the difference between an After Effects or Maya render that requires several minutes per frame and all the little pings of […]
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