AE Scripts has a new script by Christian Lett, qp_Bars, which generates SMPTE color bars for video. There are four bar options: * SMPTE color bars with PLUGE* PAL colour bars (the color bars run the full height of the image)* SMPTE HDTV color bars* 16:9 color bars (as HDTV bars but the colour bars […]
SFMOGRAPH posted the recording of the recent GenArts Sapphire Webinar with Marcello Grande (embedded below the fold): “Marcello walks you through some recent projects and shows you how to save time and have fun creating visual effects using GenArts Sapphire in After Effects. Marcello will be explaining how to use Sapphire Textures, Convolve, Defocus and […]
ASSIMILATE today announced version 6 of SCRATCH for Mac and Windows, as well as SCRATCH Lab, a lower priced toolset aimed at rapid on-set and dailies work. Both will ship “during Q2” this year. SCRATCH 6 includes many updates, the biggest of which is availability for the Mac. Long among the most highly regarded color […]
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How to Protect Your Images with Metadata | TechnicalIllustrators.org. There is little you can do to stop someone who is determined to steal your images. Watermarks are easily removed and website scripts are defeated with a simple screen grab. These attempts only mar your work and make your site difficult to navigate. In this tutorial […]
Here we are at NAB again and here’s another release of Adobe Premiere Pro (and the entire Creative Suite). This year’s release isn’t quite the watershed release that last year’s CS5 was but Premiere Pro CS5.5 packs some very nice updated features in overall, while still ignoring a few that I personally think they need […]
When publishers’ rights clash with the best user experience | BetaTales. What is most important? Publishers copyright or the best user experience for readers? A fight over the iPad appZite poses an interesting dilemma. I have for the last few weeks fallen in love withZite, a personalized news magazine for iPad. Zite promises to learn […]
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Social media monitoring and metrics: The definitive introduction. In the first of a three-part series, Cecilia Pineda Feret and Marshall Sponder provide a comprehensive rundown of tools, challenges and advice. Perhaps you have heard of the terms ‘social media monitoring’ and’social media metrics’or analytics as it is sometimes known. There are those who are […]
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If we programed this right….and things could go wrong…check in here for live from the show floor, press announcements and more… Let’s just say that if this doesn’t work as planned…”what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas”. […]
OK, lame headline, and I didn’t mean to get you to read this under false pretenses. However, I checked in and needed a new toothbrush. For all you creative, print types…Pantone now makes toothbrushes. My teeth, will be #ffffff tomorrow! […]
Welcome to the new reality of 2011 – this industry is changing fast. Our customers are adapting to the new multi-screen world we live in and learning to thrive and prosper in a world where never before has so much content been created and consumed. Change happens fast in this world and that is why […]
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