Celebrating 100 Episodes of Another DAM Podcast

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A huge congratulations to Henrik de Gyor – blogger, writer and a Digital Asset Manager for an educational organization! While managing a Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution on a daily basis for an educational institution, he also writes for his vendor agnostic blog about DAM in the user and administrator perspective, and has a weekly […]

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PluralEyes 3 is ready for your beta testing and audio syncing

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It just a week or so ago that Singular Software released a free beta of the next version of PluralEyes. This version is unlike older versions of PluralEyes in that it is more than a standalone app with a simple interface that imports and exports lists for syncing. Rather it accomplishes the syncing and cleanup […]

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“Marvel’s The Avengers”: Taking the HUD to new heights

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Stephen Lawes, creative director and co-owner of Cantina Creative, Venti Hristova, graphics and HUD supervisor, Wes Sewell, stereo supervisor, and Jayse Hansen, freelance screen designer/animator, had their work cut out for them on Marvel's The Avengers, which premiered May 4th and has already passed the $1 billion mark. The movie, directed by Joss Whedon, features […]

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Why Color Meters Don’t Work with LEDs

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Color meters view the world through three narrow colored filters: one red, one green, and one blue. Those tiny little windows work fine for sunlight, tungsten light and HMI light… but all bets are off when it comes to LEDs. The life of a color meter is pretty easy: measure three points in the spectrum, […]

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Lip Sync in After Effects

Last year Angie Taylor posted Lip Sync in After Effects, demoed a possible solution to a task that most animators will be asked to do at some point. Admittedly though, it would rarely involve a talking dog or space coyote. Please note references to Papagayo and After Effects, and phonemes. Newer automation tools can be […]

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