Archive for March, 2007

intellectual property info


Here is some good copyright info:

http://www.templetons.com/brad/copyright.html

http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html

http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm


Poser 7: Reviewed


This is a great program for creating quick and detailed animations of characters right out of the box.  Excellent for character stills and animation, medical illustrations, architectural, and storyboards.

In my case, having only dabbled a bit in the Poser of the past, but now, after seeing and using Poser 7, I am now convinced that this is the …


Top Secret: First shoot!


We just finished a shoot with noted cinematographer and camera operator, Charles Papert, for an as-yet-secret project, with the Canon XL H1.

Here’s a couple stills:

Here’s the gang after the shoot:


Flash in Quicktime


UPDATE - Flash is no longer supported with the Quicktime 7.3.1 update.

In Quicktime 7.1.5, released today, Flash is disabled, but when encountering a Quicktime movie with Flash tracks, Quicktime will pop up a dialog box asking the user if they wish to enable Flash.

Apple must have heard thousands of complaints from Quicktime authors (such as us) whose content …


Nattress releases Big Box of Tricks plugin set!


Nattress Big Box of Tricks includes the existing filters from the discontinued Nattress Set 1 and Set 2, as well as several new filters.

The package consists of eight groups of filters, one group of generators and one group of transitions:


DVcreatorsFX: Blizzard


Here is a packet of freebie FX from the DVcreatorsFX labs… a snowy blizzard!

Just add a windy sound effect from Soundtrack Pro and you’ll want to huddle around the fire.

These animations are each a minute long and include an alpha channel so you can drag it right into Final Cut Pro (or Motion) over your video …



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