We’re going through our book Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects 5th Edition (CMG5) and pulling out a few “hidden gems” from each chapter. These will include essential advice for new users, plus timesaving tips that experienced users may not be aware of. One of the richest areas for exploration in After Effects is its […]
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The obligatory Sony F65 photo. There wasn’t one overall theme to the NAB camera announcements. 4K cameras and HD-resolution LSS (large single sensor) cameras shared the spotlight with workaday small-sensor cameras packing ever more features into the same sorts of form factors we’ve seen for years. But Sony did make a leap into uncharted waters […]
When most people think of high speed sync, they think fast shutter speeds and freezing the action. True, shooting at 1/8000 with flash is going to freeze the action no matter what the main light source is illuminating the subject. But what about other uses of high speed sync and flash. Until the release of […]
I thought I would never be able to actually see something that’s almost as rare as a bigfoot sighting and that’s a Philip Bloom Signature Series Pocket Dolly from Kessler. However, once we were at the booth, we were totally taken off guard by Eric Kessler and his brand new software based motion control system. […]
As we mentioned earlier, we're in the process of recording our book After Effects Apprentice as a series of training videos, where you get to look over our shoulders and hear what we're thinking as we work through each lesson. Our latest installment is the lesson on Type and Music. One of the cornerstones of […]
Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville Between 1857 and 1860, and 20 years before Thomas Edison recorded his version of Mary Had A Little Lamb on a tinfoil roller he called a Phonograph (1877), a French typesetter/inventor, Édouard-L©on Scott de Martinville, created what are now considered to be the very first recordings of the human voice on […]
Emphasizing the Value of Service with Digital Asset Management Solutions – Widen Guest | Widen – Digital Asset Management. Everyone is faced with resource challenges of tighter budgets, juggling of priorities, and lack of time to dedicate to new projects. At the same time, marketing organizations are expected to increase efficiency and productivity. In short, […]
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Today the APA sent out a press release outlining Getty Images’ planned changes to Contributor Agreements. That press release can be read HERE or below. The gist of it is that Getty is taking away photographers’ rights to choose how their images are licensed, rights-managed or royalty-free, in order that Getty may make that choice […]
Designing and deploying a preservation-compliant media asset management system for television production | PTV Digital Archive. WNET’s report on designing and deployinga preservation-compliant media asset management system for television production is now available. This report describes the design and implementation of a functioning video production media asset management (MAM) system designed specifically to facilitate the […]
Content Marketing Tools Are Not Enough [Video]. I have lots of tools at home. Hammers, screwdrivers, drills (oh my!). Heck, I even have a toolbox. That doesn’t mean I know how to use them to, say, to build a house (or hang a picture). It’s Not the Tools I ran into a marketing executive from […]
