There’s a brand new iPad app that we’ve been following for some time that has finally made its way onto the app store. TouchEdit is a $50 app that comes from ACE editor Dan Lebental who is no stranger to editing as he cut a tiny feature film called Iron Man (among others). As soon […]
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Although I have covered Blackmagic’s new US$145 UltraStudio Mini Monitor interface in prior articles (links ahead), I have now become even more familiar with it since the company sent me a sample unit, together with a Thunderbolt cable. Ahead I’ll cover why you might need one, everything I liked, and the few details I’d like […]
On a recent visit to Sony Studios I saw a 4K monitor for the first time. For the first time ever I thought to myself, “I hope they hold this shot long enough for me to see everything in it!” I’ve seen 4K demos projected on 25′ screens, and the footage comes across just as […]
Digital Juice® announced today that it is releasing ready2go™ Projects & Templates for Adobe After Effects® Collection 23. ready2go projects contain animated template graphics that provide After Effects users with a variety of professional finished looks, and feature expertly designed “drop zones” for text and video. This new collection in the ready2go library is available […]
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Digital Juice®, the highly acclaimed developer of digital content for video and motion graphics artists announced today that its is releasing Toxic Traxx™ Volume 5: Cinematic II. The Toxic Traxx™ product line is a unique compilation of layered production music like the music used in Digital Juice product promo videos. Toxic Traxx™ Volume 5: Cinematic […]
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We have just completed and complied the results of a comprehensive industry survey of ProVideoCoalition.com readers globally. While I do not have any predictions for 2013, I did want to share my thoughts on the findings. When looking through the 2013 Digital Content Creation Report there were a few surprises though largely most of the […]
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*REPOSTED: This is the first in a series of interviews with the pioneers and masters in the compositing/VFX film & television industry. I originally recorded these interviews for my published book “The Green Screen Handbook” (Sybex/Wiley, pub) and had intended to produce one full-length documentary from the materials. But after a couple of years past […]
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Lighting is both emotional and technical: we use tools to create a feeling. Most DPs can talk about the emotional reasons behind a lighting approach, but very few can state clearly and plainly exactly what problems they were trying to solve with each light. Apparently this is something I'm good at, and I'm going to […]
CPS provides support at many major sporting events in the USA as well as other events that see a large media turn out. This year they will be on hand at the 85th Academy Awards, taking place in just over a weeks time. From Canon: CPS is pleased to announce that we will […]
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In previous posts of mine, I expressed my preference for in using existing metadata standards over designing data structures from scratch (see Finding Inspiration (and Solutions) From Metadata Standards and Commercial Exploitation of Digital Assets). In those previous posts I focused primarily on the design benefits that metadata standards can bring to your DAM systems. […]
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