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Month: June 2012
High Speed and Low Light with the NEX-FS700
Sony asked Art Adams and me to talk about our experiences with and impressions of the NEX-FS700 camera at Cine Gear Expo in LA this past weekend. Here’s my half of our combined presentation. [First, the usual airline / broadcast disclaimer: “the movie you are about to see has been edited for content, and reformatted […]
AJA Video To Support Thunderbolt™ on Windows
AJA Video Systems, announced support for Thunderbolt™ on Windows with select products in its line of professional video I/O solutions. Today Intel is demonstrating the first Windows PCs with Thunderbolt ports to deliver ultra-fast bi-directional 10Gbs performance to video professionals. The speed of Thunderbolt-enabled data transfer offers myriad advantages for video workflows. “The popularity of […]
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Tracking in Mocha and Compositing in Motion
In this edition of MacBreak Studio, I demonstrate to Steve Martin from Ripple Training how to track a shot using Mocha Pro with Motion 5. If a shot is too difficult for Motion’s tracker, you can supplement Motion’s capabilities by tracking a shot in Mocha and then, since Mocha can export the tracking data as […]
It does not have to always be so DAM complicated
Most people in their personal lives do not organize their own “brand” – their personal images, music, documents, and other files. iTunes has made it convenient for us to organize music and Podcasts. It has even added metadata to help find what you are looking for. We also share our digital files. How do you […]
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Digital Asset Management Customer Roundtable
Regardless of industry focus, the issues and challenges that lead to a Digital Asset Management (DAM) implementation are extraordinarily similar. In order for any DAM implementation to succeed, there must be a realization of the VALUE of a DAM. From the corporate strategy to delivering content (and everything in between and beyond) join in the […]
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Find out the Latest Trends in Storage for Archiving at the 2012 Creative Storage Conference
San Jose, CA, June 4, 2012The 2012 Creative Storage Conference (CS 2012) announces that AllianceIT is a GOLD Sponsor. In addition Accusys, Apposite Technology, Crossroads Systems and PixSpan are exhibitors. The conference features an insightful session on Digital Storage for Content Archiving (details below). Keeping the Best to Last: Content Archiving and Asset Management (Sponsored […]
Adapting To A Web Of A Billion Services
I recently read an interesting article by Ben Elowitz, co-founder and CEO of Wetpaint, a next-generation media platform company, entitled “Content Is No Longer King”. Mr. Elowitz makes a number of good points in the piece. One of his main points is that the Internet has “fundamentally separated content from distribution”. He states, “Until the […]
Light Iron Introduces New Distribution Channel For Mobile Post Production Systems
Light Iron – a post production leader specializing in on-site dailies, digital intermediate, archival, and data services for projects originated on file-based motion cameras – announced today that its mobile post production systems will now be available through a unique distribution channel called OUTPOST Enterprise. OUTPOST Enterprise is a membership program whereby companies or individuals […]
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ikan Proudly Introduces the MR7- A True Director’s Monitor
ikan announces the fully equipped MR7 high definition field monitor, packed with features that cannot be found in its price range. With built-in H.264 recording abilities for instant playback, optional wireless transmitter and handheld rig, it will have your director and set-heads salivating untethered from the camera, eliminating those awkward over-the-shoulder moments of checking the […]
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