‘The Hunger Games’ Director Gary Ross Headlines Session at 2012 NAB Show

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What: “The Hunger Games” Director Gary Ross has been added as a speaker to the 2012 NAB Show program. “The Hunger Games” is currently the nation’s number one movie and enjoyed the third-highest domestic film opening ever this past weekend. When: April 16, 2012 – 12:00 noon – 1:00PM Where: 2012 NAB Show – Las […]

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IDEAlliance Continues to Advance Core Technology while Developing Standards

Having recently attended IDEAlliances Tech Conference in Chicago I was pleasantly surprised to see so many passionate people supporting the idea of standards and, most importantly, actively taking part in developing them. Most of the publishers present already had some of these standards in place. However when implementing anything in an organization, it needs to […]

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AutoStabilize In Autodesk Smoke

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We recently purchased a Canon 5D MarkII at WTHR-TV. Our photographer wanted to do some cool timelapes of the Indianapolis, but wanted to make them more dynamic and generate some large camera moves. He wanted more than the standard DSLR sliders and discovered this example on the web. Now the Russian threw us a bit, […]

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Lights, Camera, Kids: Shooting a Childish Spot for T-Mobile on the Canon 5D

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A web spot may be seen by more people than a broadcast spot, so making it pretty is more important than ever. In this case, simple but elegant lighting and custom gamma curves made this spot shine. (And when shooting kids, “simple” becomes very important.) The idea is this: dad shoots baby video on his […]

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Sign up for a Free Webcast and Get a Sneak Peek at What is Happening at NAB 2012

Media consumption patterns have changed, leaving a tremendous impact on production and distribution. To stay competitive in any industry, organizations must continuously improve processes to reduce cost while delivering content to be first or fastest to market. In this webcast, experts will explore: The Content Management Ecosystem : the impact on content creation and production affecting […]

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Veteran Color Scientist Joseph Slomka Joins FotoKem

FotoKem has appointed Joseph Slomka as VP and Principal Color Scientist for the company’s digital post-production and creative picture services. Slomka will spearhead the execution of color science, management, and best practices for FotoKem’s extensive picture production chain, from location services to distribution masters. Before joining the FotoKem team, Slomka served for 6 years as […]

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2012 Creative Storage Conference Focuses on Entertainment Storage Challenges, Opportunities

The 2012 Creative Storage Conference (CS 2012), in association with key industry sponsors, is finalizing a series of technology/application/trend sessions that will feature distinguished experts from the professional media and entertainment industries. The Conference will be held June 26 in Culver City, CA to address the changes taking place in entertainment storage/distribution. The speakers from […]

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Expression Shorts – sampleImage() part 2

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This week we dive into the sampleImage expression. I show you how to read the values it outputs and how to use those values to drive the intensity of a lens flare. The source code is the same for part 2 so I’ve included the breakdowns from part 1 for convenience, so you don’t have […]

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Expression Shorts – sampleImage() part 1

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This week we dive into the sampleImage expression. I show you how to read the values it outputs and how to use those values to drive the intensity of a lens flare. DISCLAIMER: For readers that copy and paste the following Expression code below, be aware that double quotes are currently showing as smart quotes. […]

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Quick Look: Sony PVM-740 OLED Display

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OLED—Organic LED—is said to be the display technology of the future… and it’s here today. The PVM-740 is the smallest of Sony’s trio of professional-series OLED displays, and Sony lent me one for a while when I was testing the NEX-FS100. It’s nice. I mean, it’s really nice. Perfect? Well, not quite, but darned close; […]

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