Adorama Pro and Canon Present the “Summertime in NYC” Photo Contest

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Who: Adorama Pro and Canon What: “Summertime in NYC” Photo Contest Event When: October 3, 2013 from 4pm to 8pm Where: Adorama event space, located at 55 West 17th Street, New York City Cost: FREE New York, NY – August 26, 2013 – Adorama (http://www.adorama.com/), the leading supplier of pro video, photographic and consumer electronics […]

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NewTek’s new waveform monitor graticule… and more

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In April 2013, you probably read how delighted I was to announce that NewTek had committed to adding scopes (both waveform monitor and vectorscope) to the entry-level TriCaster 40. Now I am just as happy to announce that NewTek is also making a fundamental change in the way it labels the waveform monitor’s graticule. NewTek’s […]

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First Look – Luxi Incident Metering Attachment for iPhones

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Back in late February, a chap named James Flynn put up a Kickstarter page for Luxi: “Luxi turns your iPhone into an incident light meter.” He hoped to raise $10,000 to build the thing; 45 days later he had $120,921. I threw some money in the pot in mid-March, and earlier this month two Luxis […]

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TypeMonkey: a kinetic type tool

TypeMonkey is an AE script by Dan Ebberts & Orrin Zucker that generates complex kinetic type animations, camera included, which are dynamically tied to markers for easy customization. TypeMonkey distributes “words evenly over the length of the composition (or Work Area if that is selected). It will also create a parented camera that points to […]

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The TransVergence Summit Experience

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The TransVergence Summit was certainly a success for speakers and attendees alike, but what did the Fourth Estate think of it? Buzzfeed's Josie Roman found it to be an eye-opening experience, as it dramatized just how much transmedia and cross platform techniques are penetrating all areas of filmmaking, broadcasting, media and marketing. It's virtually impossible […]

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DAM Buyer’s Guide

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Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems enable users to collaboratively perform tasks surrounding digital content – such as images, audio and video files, animations and photographs. These tasks include editing, tagging, cataloging, archiving, optimizing and importing/exporting files. Without a DAM solution in place, managing content and associated tasks can be a nightmare. This guide serves as […]

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Adobe After Effects shines in summer blockbusters

This is the final post of our series highlighting the amazing work done by some of the industry’s best motion graphics and VFX artists using Adobe After Effects in a few of this summer's blockbusters. The motion graphics and VFX community just celebrated the 20th anniversary of After Effects. At Adobe, we pride ourselves on […]

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Digital Juice Introduces Drag & Drop Clip-Based Special Effects in New Release

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Digital Juice® announced today that it is releasing a new product line called Drag & Drop that is completely different from anything they have done before. The all-new Drag & Drop series consists of 8 unique clip-based video effects products that you can combine with your video footage for dramatic effect. All effects are Quicktime […]

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IMAG 101 – Part 2

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IMAG 101 The previous post in this series covered the basic gear involved with an IMAG system. If you haven’t had a chance to read it yet, go check it outcheck it out so you’re up to speed. Part 2: The Positions Running an IMAG system takes a big team effort, and involves several people […]

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A Pipe Dream No More: Advertising Workflows Have Come of Age

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The past year has been, quite possibly, the most eventful ever in the development of efficient advertising workflows. We can now embed a digital version of the infamous advertising slate into delivered commercials using the Advanced Media Workflow Association's AS-12. BXF can be used to exchange not only the schedule of commercials but instructions to […]

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