Here’s the deal: there’s this thing called “pulse width modulation,” and under certain conditions it doesn’t play well with rolling shutter cameras. Most of the time it’s no problem, but we don’t get phone calls from post when there’s no problem. Here’s how to avoid that phone call. I recently shot a quick project for […]
Month: December 2011
Xinet Introduces WebNative Suite 17
BERKELEY, California – December 13, 2011 – Xinet®, Inc., a leader in digital asset management solutions (www.xinet.com), today announced the release of Xinet WebNative® Suite 17.0. Available now, the highly anticipated release boasts a new look and feel in the display interface, while offering expanded search engine capabilities, more customization, and new tools that make […]
New DaVinci Resolve for Windows 7 64 Bit Beta Now Available to Customers
Blackmagic Design today announced DaVinci Resolve 8.2 for Microsoft Windows™ public beta is now available for download. DaVinci Resolve for Windows public beta is available in both the full featured DaVinci Resolve 8.2 and free DaVinci Resolve Lite versions. The DaVinci Resolve 8.2 for Windows license is included with the Mac OS X version, so […]
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Kickstand Launches Campaign to Make Surface Deformation Software Available to All 3D Artists
Kickstand, innovators of the popular StretchMesh plug-in for Autodesk Maya software, announced today it has launched a campaign to evolve StretchMesh Surface Deformaton software into Open Source technology. By making the source code available to the 3D community, Kickstand opens the door for artists working in Maya to incorporate the surface deformation technology into their […]
New Study: Engaging Customers Online Creates Challenge for Advertisers
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Dec. 13, 2011 – A newly commissioned and recently released study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Autodesk reveals that engaging customers online is becoming increasingly challenging for advertisers as consumers today are quick to compare content on the web to the latest Hollywood blockbuster, console game or television show. Forrester […]
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Blackmagic Design Announces New Teranex Prices
Blackmagic Design (www.blackmagic-design.com) today announced new prices for its Teranex VC100 dual channel video processor, now at US$19,995. The Teranex VC100 model now includes all available processing at one flat cost of US$19,995. This feature set and processing previously cost almost US$90,000 and this new price point is a dramatic price reduction. This price reduction […]
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LIGHTING STRATEGIES: Placing a Hard Key Light
The most important thing you will ever learn about lighting is this: LIGHTING IS NOT A FORMULA. Learning about lighting, though, is a process of becoming aware, and in this first of many articles I’m going I’m going to try to increase your awareness of one specific thing per article. The more awareness you have […]
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Telestream Builds High Definition Instant Replay System for NASCAR Race Officials
Telestream®, the leading provider of video transcoding and workflow automation systems, today announced that it has created a new High Definition (HD) instant replay system for NASCAR race control officials. Developed for the start of the 2012 racing season, Telestream’s new Replay™ multichannel video player combines with its Pipeline™ HD video capture system to provide […]
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Recently in After Effects
Here’s another summary of the last week or so of some news on After Effects tutorials, plug-ins, and scripts — with a new training section on AE Scripts, a new danger in the orange and teal saga, and much more. Please note that there are additional details, presets, and/or projects on the originating websites that […]
NVIDIA Maximus and Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.52
With the advent of version 5.52 of Premiere Pro, Adobe offered support for what NVIDIA calls Maximus on the PC platform. Maximus in essence is a Quadro card combined with a Tesla card. Okay, what’s a Tesla card? Basically, it’s a Quadro card without the display outputs – essentially, a headless GPU processing powerhouse. I […]
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