ProMAX’s Channel Manager; Amy Lounsbury, CEO; Jess Hartmann and Sales Director; Nate Cooper with Key Code Media’s President; Mike Cavanagh at a recent Key Code Roadshow event. ProMAX Systems, manufacturer of multi-functional, high-performance shared storage servers and editing workstations for video, has announced a new partnership with Key Code Media to represent ProMAX’s Platform […]
Month: February 2014
The Foundry Announces Launch of COLLECTIVES
Leading software developer The Foundry has announced the launch of COLLECTIVES, two sets of award-winning applications that bring added collaboration, efficiency and productivity to design and digital media production professionals. The Creation and Production COLLECTIVES are packages of products that offer open, future-proof workflows developed to increase efficiency, productivity and collaboration opportunities for designers […]
Balancing Light Bulbs with Strobes
From Jay P Morgan, Today on The Slanted Lens we will show you how to balance practical lights in a room with strobes. This principle can be a bit tricky to understand and apply but it is an important part of the photographic process. If you shoot with strobes you will need to balance them […]
Don’t fast forward
Our friend Adam Pertofsky at Rock Paper Scissors has been busy these last few months. Since we last talked with him, he’s completed the third part of the Captain Morgan series of commercials and cut three additional spots, one of which aired during the Super Bowl. We took a few minutes to catch up with […]
Turn Your Photos Into Works of Art
The offer attracts many people: create beautiful paintings from your photos with Topaz Simplify. That's the marketing from Topaz Labs when presenting their collection of filters, now upgraded to version 4.1. Yes, it is true, you can create some fantastic imagery with the program, that extends the possibilities of your photo editor to levels you […]
Hearst Television covers the Winter Games
Since the beginning of the Winter Games, Hearst Television has been on site in Sochi delivering general coverage, as well as profiles of individual Team USA athletes. Hearst relies on a tapeless workflow and reporters in the newsroom and out in the field use Adobe Premiere Pro CC, part of Adobe Creative Cloud, to assemble […]
Shotoku Broadcast Systems To Unveil Revolutionary New Camera Tracking System At 2014 NAB Show
Shotoku Broadcast Systems, the well-established leader in manual and robotic camera support, and virtual reality tracking, is introducing in joint cooperation with ncam, a leading manufacturer that enables virtual production through real-time camera tracking, the revolutionary new ncam Camera Tracking System at this year’s 2014 NAB Show, Booth C8731. In addition, Shotoku will be exhibiting […]
MediaZilla: The Future of Media Libraries and Sharing?
Well, this looks like an interesting concept – and definitely one worth investigating further if not actually supporting. I don't usually give much attention to crowdfunding products, let alone post an announcement or give my thoughts on one, but when I was approached by MediaZilla founder Jon Geddes about their campaign, I was intrigued to […]
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Canon Dominates World Press Photo 2014
If you've ever wondered which cameras press photographers use these days, then the graphic published recently by a Spanish website should give you an idea of what is used. Through it you discover that Canon cameras were used for 58% of the images, with Nikon reaching 28%. The study is not scientific and does not […]
First look: Canon’s VIXIA/LEGRIA mini X 1080p cameras
Canon’s latest tiny yet ferocious 1080p cameras, the VIXIA mini (US$299) and VIXIA mini X (US$399) —together with their 25p cousins, the LEGRIA mini and LEGRIA mini X, boast irresistible features while taking positive steps towards the Beyond AVCHD Manifesto. This first look article will focus on the more capable (and quite intriguing) mini X, […]
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