Unless you’ve spent the past few years hiking the Appalachian Trail, you’ll be aware how much 3D animation has infiltrated the broadcast motion graphics world. Not so long ago, being an accomplished After Effects artist was enough to land a good job, but now employers and clients are also looking for good 3D skills (and […]
Day: July 8, 2009
VLC Goes 1.0
VLC, possibly the most versatile desktop video player in the world, was announced as version 1.0.0 (aka “GoldenEye” if you prefer Ian Fleming style nicknames). Its features are widespread, but among the most significant is that it is the only major alternative to QuickTime Player that allows you to step frame by frame through a […]
Naming Conventions for Digital Assets: How much is too much?
Digital assets come in a seemingly limitless variety of flavors. Some intrinsic metadata comes along for the ride with particular formats, but without a robust metadata system and workflow in place, many assets will be “left behind” in any digital asset management (DAM) system. Use a systematic approach to naming: reduce the burden on users […]
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Announcing the availability of a disruptively robust new solution that will create an industry parad
The tech industry’s most baffling buzzwords: A brief guide Brad Reed, Network World (US) As tech journalists, we get a lot of pitches from companies’ public relations teams. Some of these pitches, unfortunately, are written in a language that bears little resemblance to English. Indeed, many of these pitches are so indecipherable that even the […]
Acquia Launches Cloud-based Solr Search Indexing
Image via CrunchBase Acquia, the start-up company founded by Dries Buytaert, the lead developer & founder of Drupal, has announced that they are now providing paid search indexing for Drupal sites on a subscription basis aimed at enterprise sites. Similar to Mollom, Acquia’s anti-spam software for CMS platforms, Acquia Search will also work for those […]
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Tirol Werbung selects Marketing Resource Management System BrandMaker
(openPR) – Karlsruhe, July 7, 2009 +++ BrandMaker GmbH, Europe’s largest provider of Marketing Resource Management (MRM)-Systems, has acquired Tirol Werbung as a new client. Currently, the Marketing Planner module of the MRM solution suite is being implemented at Tirol Werbung and customized to the specific requirements of the state’s tourism advertising organization. From August […]
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me forms Technology Partnership with Vernon
Digital Asset Management and Collection Management come together with lookat.me and Vernon CMS Melbourne, Australia, 6th July 2009 – Vernon Systems, a leading provider of software for Collections Management, has joined the Media Equation join.me partner program to offer an integrated solution for Collections Management and Digital Asset Management. This extends both companies’ objective to […]
Netflix vs Redbox rivalry shaping up
Have you seen those red kiosks at Walmart and McDonalds locations across the US? If not, you probably will soon enough. With about 15,000 existing locations in operation, Redbox is currently rolling their $1 DVD rental kiosks out at a rate of one per hour. Cinematech’s Scott Kirsner has a post about Redbox and their […]