My First Shoot with the Canon 5D

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The Canon 5D is a cinematic nightmare. In movie mode it’s hard to see focus, difficult to set exposure, and it doesn’t show you exactly what you’re getting. It records to heavily compressed 8-bit H.264, and the only frame rate available is 30fps. Not 29.97–exactly 30p. It’s a complete pain to use. And I love […]

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The world in real-time, Web 3.0

I recently read an inspiring executive white paper fromCision Global Media Intelligence. In that paper Cision states that: “An intelligent Web 3.0 will expand and energize today’s social-media conversation, providing the meaning, background and context of any question or conversation. It will dramatically accelerate communication, increase the productivity of PR professionals and enhance knowledge transfer […]

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The FeedRoom and 3Play Media Partner to Offer Fast, Affordable Online Video Captioning Services

NEW YORK, NY (August 4, 2009) – The FeedRoom, a pioneer in online video communications, and a leader in live video and digital asset management, today announced a partnership with 3Play Media, a provider of intelligent video transcription and captioning services. Under the agreement, the two companies will help Fortune 1000 enterprises, leading media organizations […]

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ITC Infotech introduces new solution for the Media and Entertainment industry

ITC Infotech, a global IT services company and a fully owned subsidiary of ITC Ltd., today introduced a unique solution for the Media and Entertainment Industry, aimed at enhancing the value proposition of companies operating in this space. ITC Infotech, a global IT services company and a fully owned subsidiary of ITC Ltd., today introduced […]

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New York-Based Technology Entrepreneur Announces Plan to "Digitize His Life" in 2009

Mark Davis Chronicles His Challenge to Convert Piles of Paper and Video into Easily Accessible Digital Files; Will Document the Effort in a Video Blog and on Twitter Brooklyn, NY (PRWEB) August 4, 2009 — New York City-based technology entrepreneur Mark Davis today announced plans to completely digitize his life by the end of 2009. […]

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Learn more SynthEyes tracking — on the web or at SIGGRAPH

See the SynthEyes match-moving application on the web or in person, as Andersson Technologies LLC releases over a dozen new tutorials on its website, and travels to Booth 2607 of the SIGGRAPH Exposition, running August 4-6 in New Orleans. SynthEyes 2008+1 headlined in April with support for stereoscopic production, and post-production of stereoscopic features has […]

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Litepanels® to Receive First-Ever Emmy® Statue for Lighting Equipment Technology

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Litepanels®, Inc., the worldwide leader in LED (light emitting diode) television and motion picture lighting equipment, will be awarded a Technology & Engineering Emmy® Award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, for its proprietary lighting systems. Litepanels fixtures are used on a variety of network television productions including such high profile programs as […]

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Covering the X Games: The good, the bad and the ugly

This year was X Games 15. I’ve been fortunate enough to cover a dozen of them, starting with the second year. I was recounting this with Chris Stiepock, Vice President & General Manager of the X Games. I’ve known Chris all that time, since it was called the Extreme Games and had “sports” like bungee […]

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Boris FX Product Line Supports Apple Final Cut Studio 3 Release

Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, today announced that the entire Boris FX product line is available for the new Apple Final Cut Studio 3 release: • Boris Continuum Complete 6.0.4 FxPlug for Apple Final Cut Pro 7 and Motion 4. BCC 6.0.4 FxPlug is a free update […]

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