Monday, May 31, 2010

New Digital Ink -- OLED

Video comes alive on "paper". First saw this about ten years ago when we did a prototype project with a company called E-Ink. Flexible membranes which we displayed headlines on across the valley.

Living Magazine Cover & Spread - Outside Magazine from Alexx Henry on Vimeo.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Monday, May 17, 2010

Update for AZR Photographers

Class will include:
  • Exporting H.264 from Avid
  • Uploading to Brightcove
  • How to write good SEO for video
  • DSLR Preview and Demo
  • Later in the summer we will follow with a full DSLR Training program including editing, audio, shooting, transmission, story telling, making mistakes, color correction, compression and perhaps a new editor.

Time to buy an Ipad

iPad Videos
Mediastorms info on iPad Compression

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Elgato H. 264 Accelerator -- $130

Accelerates Compressor, Final Cut, AMT or others in accelerating compression
Elgato.com

Friday, May 14, 2010

Alzo 730 LED Dimmable light

Daylight or Tungsten Balanced, $100

  • 112 LEDs output 1000 LUX @ 1m full power
  • Dimmable to 3 LUX @ 1m
  • 1.5 hour continuous operation from fully charged battery set
  • 5600K color temperature
  • High brightness tight beam angle = 30 degrees

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

The Best Newsman Ever

Cradlepoint Hotspot -- $179

The PHS300 Personal WiFi Hotspot is a true plug ‘n’ play solution that creates a powerful 3G/4G WiFi network almost anywhere. Connect all your WiFi enabled devices by simply plugging in your activated USB data modem* and turning on the PHS300. It’s that easy! Cradlepoint Website

Perfectly Clear photos on Iphone

Perfectly Clear is a $3 iPhone app which includes
 clarity, contrast and brightness automatically as
 pictures are processed. You can also process photos manually.

Perfectly Clear web site

Monday, May 10, 2010

Adobe Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP)

As part of the new video workflow we need to map the use of XMP in creating metadata from the Canon quicktime files thru editing in the field, into Bit Central, into home editing and thru output. How is Adobe Bridge used to create and insert this data. Is an external file created or is the info embeded? Many, many more questions coming up.
Link to Wiki on XMP

Sunday, May 9, 2010

iPhone FTP Manager

Photo FTP is a $4.99 app which will automatically ftp photos as they are shot on an iPhone. We are looking at this for the breaking news reporters. More info on Photo FTP Manager for the iPhone

Mothers Day with Jane and Lisa

Sea Life Aquarium from Dave Seibert on Vimeo.

Vericorder Video Mic

$20 iPhone microphone

VeriCorder Video Mic

All the functions of the Mini Mic but designed for recording interviews at a distance of 1-2 meters. Ideal for improving sound quality when recording video on an iPhone. This compact microphone is designed to transform the latest smart phones and MP3 players into a portable sound recorder. Provides improved sound quality and range. Will work with any smart phone MP3 player having a 3.5 mm, four-pin jack, such as the iPhone, iPod Touch 2G, iPod 5G, Blackberry or Nokia. Ideal for recording interviews, lectures, voice memos and more.

Monday, May 3, 2010