New Version 4.1 of WoodWing Elvis DAM Scores in IT and Language Support

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With version 4.1 of its digital asset management solution Elvis DAM, WoodWing adds support for Asian languages such as Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Thai and Korean. The new version of Elvis DAM provides IT managers with additional flexibility regarding operating systems and storage. In addition to the Mac platform, Elvis DAM now fully supports […]

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After Effects ExtendScript Training: Ep. 14

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Welcome to episode 14 of the After Effects ExtendScript Training series. This week we are gonna focus on how to process text strings. In previous episodes we have been retrieving various information from our project, anything from file paths to layer names and even property values. Now sometimes you may want to extract or alter […]

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Blackmagic adds 1080p to new ATEM 4K US$1995 a/v mixer

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At NAB 2013, Blackmagic announced its new US$1995 ATEM Production Studio 4K audio/video mixer (“switcher”), which joins other ATEM models. When set for 4K, the new model offers progressive-only (Yes!), so I immediately asked Blackmagic about 1080p modes, since I knew that previous ATEM models have lacked 1080p and offered only 1080i. The answer […]

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The Three Es: The Value of Transmedia Fiction For Franchise Development

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My first tangible encounter with a transmedia franchise came on my sixth birthday. Weeks before, I had started to see my first grade contemporaries playing with amazing new toys that had the ability to transform from trucks, planes, guns, and boom boxes (remember those?) into the coolest things imaginable to any six-year-old boy: robots! These, […]

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Canon Looks To Revolutionize DSLR Video AF

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This week Canon launched the latest in their lineup of of XXD cameras, the EOS 70D.  It features a 20.2MP APS-C sensor, environmental sealing and 7fps continuous shooting speed with built in WiFi connectivity.  What's particularly interesting about this launch though is that the headline feature of the whole launch has nothing to do with […]

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Is ‘Content’ Truly the Marketing Emperor’s New Clothes?

Without doubt, 'Content Marketing' is all the rage right now. Much of this noise is being created by companies, brands, ad execs and marketers … all of whom appear to treat this discipline as a shiny new toy. And the good news is that marketers are attracting an increased share of the advertising and marketing […]

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Vegas Visits Vivid – Part 2

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Earlier this year, Sydney design company Spinifex headlined the Vivid Festival with a striking building projection on the iconic Sydney Opera House.  Attracting huge crowds and critical acclaim, the fifteen minute sequence was comprised of a number of distinctly themed sections, designed by Jonny Old and overseen by Spinifex Creative Director Richard Lindsay. The final, […]

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Vegas Visits Vivid – Part 1

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Earlier this year, Sydney design company Spinifex headlined the Vivid Festival with a striking building projection on the iconic Sydney Opera House.  Attracting huge crowds and critical acclaim, the fifteen minute sequence was comprised of a number of distinctly themed sections, designed by Jonny Old and overseen by Spinifex Creative Director Richard Lindsay. The final, […]

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Multicam for YouTube in Final Cut Pro X

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This week on MacBreak Studio, Steve Martin from Ripple Training shows us how easy it is for anyone to create a multicam edit in Final Cut Pro X. Got a few friends and a few iPhones and/or iPads? Got Final Cut Pro X? That's all it takes to put together your own multicam video. Next […]

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