John Cleese on Creativity

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And now for something completely different. I grew up loving Monty Python, so I was delighted to find this presentation by Python John Cleese on the subject of creativity. In the video embedded below, he breaks down what he has found necessary for the creative process into five specific things: 1. Space, 2. Time, 3. […]

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105 Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Questions Answered

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Just a couple of weeks ago I was the host of another webinar presented by Moviola Filmmaking Webinars. This one was an info packed presentation called Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 for Final Cut Pro Editors. It was one of the most featured packed webinars that I’ve done as there was so much material to cover. […]

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Full Compass Foudation Hosts Golf Outing To Raise Money For UW-Madison Performing Arts Scholarships

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Full Compass Systems, a national leader in professional audio, video, A/V, lighting and musical instrument sales, recently hosted their 10th Annual “Golf Carts for Wisconsin Arts” golf tournament. The event was held at The Meadows at Six Mile Creek in Waunakee, Wisconsin, an eco-friendly course highlighted as one of the top 50 locations to play […]

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Haivision Products Win Multiple Awards at InfoComm 2012

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Haivision announced today that its KulaByte™ and Makito™ products were honored with awards at InfoComm 2012 in Las Vegas. The awards were given by two key industry NewBay publications: Rental & Staging Systems magazine and Systems Contractor News magazine. KulaByte Live Internet Encoder was chosen as the Best Video Streaming Product in the InfoComm/Rental & […]

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Fujinon Technical Support Center in Place for London 2012 Summer Games

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FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Optical Devices Division, has announced that a technical support center has been set up to provide customer service and support during the London 2012 Summer Games taking place from July 27 through August 12, 2012. During the Summer Games, Fujifilm’s Optical Devices Division will have an engineer available from July 21 […]

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Senior Portrait Pro Tips #2

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Behind the scenes there are five little steps clients never see that will make you money. Don’t miss out on better sales! These steps are so simple and quick, I know you’ll find them easy to adopt. We’re in a visual business, and it’s all about edit and presentation. The preparatory steps before the clients […]

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Cine Gear Expo LA 2012 – Assorted Photos

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Cinoflex power-distro baseplate for the Canon C300, plus accessories. Yes, you can bulk up a C300 to the size of a CineAlta HDCAM! I attended Cine Gear Expo on the Paramount lot in L.A. earlier this month. When I wasn’t busy discussing the FS700, I had a chance to walk around and look at a […]

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Telestream Episode 6.3 Video Encoding Software Now Available

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Telestream®, the leading provider of video transcoding and workflow solutions, today announced availability of Episode 6.3 video encoding software. Support for the x264 video codec brings higher-quality H.264 encoding to all Episode software products. In addition, Telestream makes it easier for post-production companies, artists and editors to access Episode’s extensive range of high-quality encoding capabilities […]

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X2O Media Honored With Commercial Integrator BEST Award at InfoComm 2012

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X2O Media, a full-service provider of software, network management, and content services for real-time visual communication applications, today announced that the company was honored with a Commercial Integrator BEST Award in the Digital Signage Software category for its social interactivity suite of next-generation, social-media-based applications. “Social media is a powerful and popular content source for […]

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Using and creating After Effects scripts

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A new After Effects Scripting Guide was released on the AE team blog this week in scripting changes in After Effects CS6, plus new scripting guide. A casual glance may reinforce the notion that the whole affair is only for the cognoscenti. Scripting itself may be for the cognoscenti, but scripts themselves are […]

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