Field review: Wiebetech ToughTech Duo QR

I’ve had a chance to try one of Wiebetech’s new ToughTech Duo , and I was impressed. It lives up to it’s “Tough” moniker and provides the support and security I like in the field. It really has everything you could want in an external storage unit for location work. It’s a tiny RAID case, […]

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ARRI and Codex Digital release OEM ARRIRAW Recorder

(London, 31 March 2011) – Codex Digital, the leading developer of digital media recorders and media management systems for film and television production, todayannounces that it has reached an agreement with ARRI to manufacture a Codex ARRIRAW recorder for use with ARRI’s popular ALEXA and ARRIFLEX D-21 film-style digital cameras. The new recorder will be […]

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SOUND DEVICES INTRODUCES THE CL-WIFI FOR THE 788T DIGITAL RECORDER AT THE 2011 NAB SHOW

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LAS VEGAS, APRIL 5, 2011-Sound Devices will introduce the latest hardware accessory for its best-selling 788T Digital Recorders, the new CL-WIFI, at the 2011 NAB Show (Booth C2946). The CL-WIFI allows users to control the already powerful 788T from anywhere on set. The CL-WIFI works together with its companion iOS software app to allow iPads, […]

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Thinkbox Software Announces Deadline 5.0

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (April 5, 2011) – Thinkbox Software announces Deadline 5.0, the company’s popular render farm management solution for Windows, Linux and Mac OSX-based render farms. Deadline 5.0 will be unveiled at the National Association of Broadcasters Conference (NAB) April 11-14 in Las Vegas, NV. To book a Deadline 5.0 training session or demo […]

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Nikon Announces D5100 DSLR

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Today, Nikon announced the new 16.2-megapixel Nikon D5100 Digital SLR featuring an articulated 3″ display and full HD video recording.{C} MELVILLE, N.Y. (April 5, 2011) – designed for those ready to artistically express themselves and need a versatile camera that can keep pace creatively. The Nikon D5100 D-SLR houses a host of new and innovative […]

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Is Netflix the “New” Studio Model?

Philip and I consider the changes to the financial dynamics caused by Netflix’s funding of “House of Cards.” Is Netflix a new studio model? Where’s the opportunity for innovation in programming if everything is data driven? Are we trading one set of controllers for another? […]

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After Effects Apprentice Free Video: Time Stretch versus Altering the Frame Rate

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As we mentioned earlier, we're creating a video training series based on our popular beginner's book After Effects Apprentice, which progresses from “I haven't used it before” through core skills including keyframing, masking, text animation, and 3D space to advanced techniques such as motion tracking, green screen, and expressions. Each new course has a selection […]

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Social Business Roadmap

Social-Business-Roadmap. This roadmap is a tool to help organizations effectively develop social business processes and to help identify and address potential issues before they become real problems. The roadmap is designed as a framework – that is, it addresses a wide variety of issues and challenges, not all of which will be applicable to every […]

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Woodland Creatures and The Cloud

Woodland Creatures and The Cloud Big Men On Content. I had a dream. And in this dream I was wandering through the forest of enterprise software. I come upon the information super highway cutting through the thick underbrush of marketing and thorny requirements. The lanes are littered with the bodies of vendors that didn’t make […]

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Lensbaby Announces the new Composer Pro

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Lensbaby announces its newest SLR creative effects camera lens, the Composer Pro.   Lensbaby Composer Pro Portland, OR – April 4, 2011 – The Composer Pro refines and enhances the popular and award winning Lensbaby Composer by upgrading the swivel ball and focus mechanism to provide professional performance. The Composer Pro's metal swivel ball design […]

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