by Josh

intellectual property info

March 28, 2007 in Uncategorized by Josh

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

by grace

Poser 7: Reviewed

March 27, 2007 in cinematography, digital video news, planning products, visual fx products by grace

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 [...]

by grace

LaCie 4 Big Quadra

March 25, 2007 in editing, editing products by grace

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 [...]

by grace

Top Secret: First shoot!

March 22, 2007 in cinematography, digital video news by grace

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!

by Josh

Flash in Quicktime

March 7, 2007 in digital video news by Josh

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 [...]

by Josh

Nattress releases Big Box of Tricks plugin set!

March 1, 2007 in digital video news by Josh

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 [...]

by Josh

DVcreatorsFX: Blizzard

March 1, 2007 in post visuals by Josh

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) [...]