On the 5th November Nikon will present a new camera with a look from the past. Rumours suggest Canon may be dreaming of their own return: the AE1, now in digital. After all, Olympus brought us the OM. What is Sony going to do, as they've no history? Nikon has just launched their second teaser […]
Month: October 2013
Tracking Points in Motion
This week on MacBreak Studio, I show Steve Martin from Ripple Training how to create a “stretchy” animation by using the Track Points behavior in Motion. The Apple Developer's Conference this past summer opened with a beautiful motion graphics animation. I wanted to see if I could recreate a small part of that animation in […]
Hands-On Review: GoPro Hero3+ Black Edition
While this is not a huge upgrade for GoPro overall, it's significant enough to consider waiting for the Hero3+ Black Edition to be available in retail or shipping online if you're considering purchasing a GoPro in the weeks to come. I'll cover the new features and give the Hero3+Black Edition a side-by-side comparison with the […]
Telestream Wirecast 5 Now Available
Wirecast 5 is now available with x264 encoding, a redesigned user interface, program feed output and much more Nevada City, Calif., October 28, 2013 – Telestream®, the leading provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, today released a major upgrade for its Wirecast® live streaming production software. Wirecast 5 adds enhanced encoding and playback […]
How Do Successful Media Producers Connect With Modern Audiences?
You’re a successful media producer. But your audience is distracted, the competition is ferocious and you’re not getting any younger. Also your business is SO old-school – it still pays out, but the budgets for Film and TV are falling and these once thriving business models do not include new technology the audience is so […]
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The Digital Asset Management Conference Experience
The Createasphere team did a great job putting on a lively and informative DAM conference in New York earlier this month. I gave a seminar about choosing the right words, labels, and categories for navigation and indexing and highlighted some of the common problems that crop up when you work with language and semantics. I […]
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Darren Orange moves from role-playing games to feature filmmaking
Reactor 88 is an independent production company based near Chicago with a unique focus on creating films based on role-playing game narratives. The company’s first production, InSpectres was released in September 2013 and the team is hard at work on their second film, Dead News Report. We spoke with Darren Orange, CEO of Reactor 88, […]
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Digital Asset Management Conference: How One Agency Tamed the Digital Image Reproduction Monster
Team Detroit, the long-time Agency of Ford Motor Company, produces almost a million product photos each year for the Ford vehicle website and Ford’s various digital properties. The needs of the site engineering team, the Ford Dealer network, and dozens of 3rd party publishers drive demand. Size, weight, shape, focal point, and crop are some […]
Story, Tech and Business
The Post Podcast Episode 5
In this weeks show, we look at news & views from the week ending Oct. 27th, 2013. Kevin talks about an article he read about music editing & we talk to Gabe Cheifetz, co-founder, CrumplePop about their plug-ins, and commitment to FCPX. www.thepostpodcast.com Subscribe on iTunes! Twitter: @thepostpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/thepostpodcast Thanks for listening, and […]