Digital Kitchen Standardizes on Boris Continuum Complete

Boris FX , the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, today announced that Digital Kitchen recently standardized on Boris Continuum Complete AE (BCC AE) for its Adobe After Effects systems, purchasing 65 licenses to give its artists a wide range of tools and plug-ins in one unified visual effects suite. Digital […]

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Review: Sony RM-1000BP LANC Remote Control

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The RM-1000BP controlling an HVR-Z5U. Sony’s US$1200 (street price) RM-1000BP Remote Commander is a LANC remote control. It connects to any Sony camcorder with a 2.5mm LANC (a.k.a. Control-L) jack, which means most consumer/prosumer Sonys built in the past two decades. On most of those camcorders, it’ll do pretty much what any other LANC controller […]

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Review: Sony VCL-HG0872K wide-angle lens for HVR-Z5U

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The wide lens, with its hood and eyebrow, bulks up the front of the HVR-Z5U. The US$1000 VCL-HG0872K is a 0.8x wide lens designed specifically for the HVR-Z5U HDV camcorder; it bayonets in place of the Z5U’s lens hood. It widens the view nicely with negligible sharpness loss, and it actually improves image geometry through […]

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8 Must Read Articles – Social Computing in the Enterprise

There is not an organization out there today who isn’t implementing or planning some kind of enterprise social computing solution. There are a lot of things to consider when developing your strategy and just as many technological solutions out there to choose from. Here we offer you 8 articles onsocial computing, some focused on the […]

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If you read my NAB 2009 wrap-up in Firefox…

Just a quick update: I had some HTML comment lines in my NAB 2009 Wrap-up article. They caused Firefox (but not Safari or IE) to redact the sections on Storage, JVC, and Sony. I’ve removed the comments and now Firefox sees the whole article. You may need to refresh those pages if you have ’em […]

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I’ve grown to really like Avid’s new logo

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One of Avid’s big announcements at NAB 09 was that they have consolidated all of their many companies into one: Avid. So Digidesign, M-Audio, Pinnnacle and Sibelius are all Avid. With this new company focus comes a new logo, which has been getting generally favorable reviews. A number of people have asked me about this […]

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Review: Rode NTG-3 short shotgun microphone and Blimp windshield

The Rode NTG-3 microphone, shown here in the Rode Blimp mount sans windscreen, delivers great performance at a moderate price. Users of short shotgun microphones can be sorted into two categories. Those who complain about spending $250 to $500 on a mic, and those willing to spend $1000 to $2000 on one. Into the first […]

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First video footage from the new Panasonic Lumix GH1 hits the web

Panasonic Lumix GH1. First footage from Philip Bloom on Vimeo. Super-duper camera guy Phillip Bloom has gotten his hands on a Panasonic Lumix GH1 and has posted video from the not-quite-35mm cam for all the world to see. He has also written a piece on his blog of early thoughts about using the camera. Whoo […]

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Commercial Open Source Ecosystem Is Taking Off

Image by whurley via Flickr fromCloudAvebyKrishnan Subramanian When Open Source started getting traction in the enterprise world, we saw business models emerge on top of the Open Source philosophical platform. One of the most successful business models is the so called Redhat model where the software is released under an Open Source license and monetization […]

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North Plains Revolutionises Industry with the Introduction of its TeleScope Publishing Platform

TORONTO and LONDON – April 20, 2009–North Plains Systems, Inc., the leading provider ofdigital asset management(DAM) software solutions, today announced the unveiling of its ground-breaking TeleScope Publishing Platform (TPP) – a modular, totally integrated solution that for the first time, addresses every aspect of the digital publishing workflow. The innovative design redefines how publishers create, […]

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