I shot motion as well as stills on the production of “The Canyon” last weekend, and I’ve assembled a short doc showing what it’s like to work with the Bell & Howell 2709 camera. As with my earlier photo essay, this video complements and illustrates Art Adams‘s writeups of his work on “The Canyon”, a […]
As digital preservation and stewardship professionals, we approach digital objects from a unique perspective. We evaluate the long-term value of any particular digital object and work to develop a technical and social infrastructure that will enable us to successfully preserve the objects over time. Preserving and providing appropriate access are our primary functions, but no […]
Digital Juice®, the highly acclaimed developer of digital content for video and motion graphics artists, announced today that it is releasing Collections 9 and 10 of its highly successful ready2go™ Projects & Templates for Apple Final Cut Pro & Motion library. ready2go projects are stylized animated templates that provide Apple Final Cut Pro and Motion […]
Here's the latest week or so of assorted After Effects tutorials, tips, and scripts & plug-ins new and old.{C} Evan Abrams posted a 6-part series of shorts on Twitch Expressions for any After Effects skill level. Here's the intro: Mattrunks posted a new tutorial, Wiggle – Generate a fixed random calculation even after […]
At IBC, Matrox announced its MXO2 Dock, a Thunderbolt-based accessory that allows users of any MXO2 i/o interface and a Thunderbolt Mac to create what the Canadian company calls “an ideal ergonomic workspace for video editing and content creation”. From a single Thunderbolt connection, users can add multiple peripherals including an HDMI display, keyboard, pointing […]
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The Bell & Howell 2709 and 1st AC Art Adams. This past weekend I had the privilege of observing a crew from the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum as they filmed (yes, filmed) scenes for a silent movie, “The Canyon”, using a 1922 Bell & Howell 2709 hand-cranked 35mm camera—the first film camera not made […]
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As the time draws near for the very first Digital Process Workflow Lab, which makes its debut at Createasphere’s Entertainment Technology Expo on November 7th and 8th, we’re speaking with partners in the Lab to describe how it works and what information visitors can gain. This week we spoke to Steve Cronan, CEO of 5th […]
Createasphere, the leading community builder uniting business leaders, content creators, emerging technology providers and thought leaders working in entertainment and media, is launching a new conference focusing on the convergence of technology, branding and storytelling in Los Angeles in the first quarter of 2013 with additional dates scheduled for New York and Amsterdam. Dubbed the […]
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iPi Soft, the leading developer of the markerless motion capture software solution iPi Motion Capture, announces the iPi Soft Filmmaking Competition. Geared to motion capture filmmakers and animators, the monthly contest is designed to shine a spotlight on the innovative ways both creative professionals and amateurs are relying on motion capture techniques to create compelling […]
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Last week, if you listened closely, you could hear a collective sigh of relief from the owners of the Hero2 prompted by the release of the Protune, the Hero2’s new firmware. Why the excitement? Protune endowed the camera to shoot 24p — definitely noteworthy… However, if the release of Protune was interesting, GoPro’s midnight announcement […]
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