As I explained in the related article Skype goes HD, Skype software now supports full-raster HD 720p (1280×720) for Windows computers, and I expect the same support for Mac computers very soon. So far, Skype has certified HD webcams from two different manufacturers. All of these certified models use onboard H.264 hardware encoding to alleviate […]
Earlier this month, Skype announced its support for progressive, full-raster HD 720p (1280×720) on Windows computers, and is to be embedded in certain consumer HDTV sets. For readers unfamiliar with it, Skype is free software for Mac & Windows computers -in addition to certain mobile phones and other handheld mobile devices- which facilitates 1-on-1 or […]
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The upcoming Criterion release of Steven Soderbergh’s “Che” has a brilliant little featurette in the disc that talks about the Red One camera, and how digital cinema affected the production of this film. If you aren’t familiar with the story, Soderbergh basically took the Red One camera’s digital promise on faith, and was the first […]
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In the fall of 2007, FreshDV released a detailed review series of 4 popular matte box solutions for 35mm adapter and HD camcorder applications. We tested units from Chrosziel, Cinetech and Petroff. Today we’re adding another review video for the Genus Mattebox. The Genus unit is a compact, lightweight 4×4 15mm unit that is well-suited […]
While I could blog about change management on the asset level, I will reserve that for a future blog post. I want to take a more global perspective of the change management involved with the implementation and operation of a Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution….within an organization. Just like many projects today, as soon as […]
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What is Trusted Information? Craig Rhinehart’s Soapbox. I’ve alwaysdefined information as the combinationof two types which can be expressed as aData + Content = Information. Data, also known as structured data is what can usually foundinrows and tables of databases. Content is defined as unstructured data (or everything not living in databases). In simple terms, […]
Document Management – The Science of managing your documents electronically http://burberryeblog.co.cc/. Tired of the conventional practice of managing your documents in paper form? You have every reason to feel this way. Try a Document Management System that will manage your documents, alleviating your need to maintain a log of documents and files. Document management is […]
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Open Source Software: A Serious Option At Last? KOnnect. I am increasingly impressed by what open source (OS) software communities are offering. Not just in terms of the sheer range of applications, but by their quality too. That’s an observation vindicated by the recentaward of DoD 5015.02 Records Management Certification toAlfresco, according it the kudos […]
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Have you ever been frustrated trying to change the color of a LiveFont in Motion? Here’s the trick to making it work. […]
After many months of teamwork, the Avid Media Composer 101 courseware is now available in a translated and localized version for Latin America & Spain. As a result, many Avid MC101 students in those areas can now benefit from having this courseware in their own language. My friend Rub©n Abruña of iLevel and I had […]
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