Monthly 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 best program to quickly create and animate the human figure.  You also have access to numerous animal figures and even robots.  And now even more so, with the walk simulator, that definitely simplifies the animation process.  You also have lip syncing functionality, …



LaCie 4 Big Quadra


LaCie 4big Quadra
4-BAY RAID I USB I FireWire 400 & 800 I eSATA
2TB

  • RAID power: add terabytes on your desk
  • Huge capacity for backing up all your data
  • Superior protection and speed for creative pros
  • 4 hot-swappable disks for non-stop data access
  • Designed to complement and enhance your working environment
  • Genie and Intego Backup Manager Pro incl.
  • Time Machine Compatible

The LaCie 4big Quadra is the most complete 4-bay RAID solution for small servers, creative pro workstations, or offices that need large storage/backup capacity, superior speed, and advanced security. Offering …



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:

We were blown away by the quality, will post more soon!



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 was suddenly rendered blank by the 7.1.3 upgrade.

Not ideal, but much better!

Now, if Apple and Adobe would kiss and make up, and get support for Flash 9 or 10 in QT 7, we’d all be happy :)

In Quicktime 7.1.3, as …



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:

Blurs: These filters give you several different ways to blur your image, or parts of your image. Includes: G Cool Blur, G Directional Blur, G Horizontal and Vertical Blur, G H and V Blur Glow, …



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 to add swirling snowflakes to any scene.

They utilize OpenGL and CoreVideo so they play in real time on most recent systems!

We’ve included versions for many video formats:

blizzard DV-NTSC
blizzard DV-NTSC 16:9
blizzard PAL
blizzard …