I've decided to address one of the rampant problems in the micro-film community. It's the A-word that your mom would have washed your mouth out with soap for saying. That's right, it's: audio.
This past week, I had a chance to check out some pretty incredible new features from Adobe’s new CS6 release along with Flash reviewer Mike Muwanguzi and Photoshop reviewer, Nate Eckelbarger.
While I’ve had a chance to receive training from Adobe on their new products for a number of years now, this is the first time the training has happened when we weren’t under a Non-Disclosure Agreement. Normally, a select group of press representatives is invited to explore the new software at either Adobe’s headquarters in San Jose or at a special event in NYC 6-8 weeks before the release of the new software. In the past, this time barrier between exposure and ability to share has resulted in a loss of overall excitement as even the most cutting edge improvements become simply accepted shortly after exposure! Since the NDA usually lasts until they start releasing the actual software, the fact that the software launched the Friday before the training in San Jose meant that the NDA had expired by this past Tuesday when we began.
When you get a new camera, the first thing you want to know is: what are the best settings to make it look like a million dollars? The short answer: you're already asking the wrong questions. This does not mean there aren't ways to tweak your camera, but those are final touches to some much more preliminary understandings. The radio station you listen to while you drive your car is a much later choice than learning how to drive your car in the first place.
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Creative Cloud™, a radical new way of providing tools and services* that will change the game for creatives worldwide. A subscription-based offering, Adobe Creative Cloud is a hub for making, sharing and delivering creative work and it is centered around a powerful release of Adobe Creative Suite® 6 software, packed with innovation across its industry-defining design, Web, video and digital imaging tools.
I have finally overcome technical difficulties enough to bring you some exciting updates from NAB Las Vegas, 2012! The exhibit halls have been packed to the gills for the last three days with eager filmmakers looking to play with the latest toys. Here are a few of the highlights:
It is rare that you find a booth out of place at the show, but even less often is there a product that doesn’t seem to belong to a certain company.
Black Magic CInema: Yes, it is real. And it ships in July.Showing up out of nowhere, Blackmagic Design, known for their video breakout boxes for post production and DaVinci post production boards has conjured up a new camera which fills the void left by Red hopefuls who thought the Scarlet would deliver at a cost they could afford. This camera is not vaporware….I played with one of the 4 that they had on display at the show, and I can say it is well thought out, designed for simplicity and 2.5k image capture with 13 stops of dynamic range! Frame rates of 24, 25, 29.97 and 30.
It’s a 2.5K camera with all the bells and whistles for $3K!Formats CinemaDNGRAW, ProRes, and DNxHD. The camera takes SSD cards, has a built-in thunderbolt connection and will cost $3000 when it ships this JULY. Seriously! The camera has a built in 7″ monitor which also acts as a touchscreen menu for the cam itself. It currently has a Canon or Nikon mount, and they are experimenting with other options.
Photoshop CS6 beta demonstrates Adobe’s focus on huge performance enhancements, imaging magic and creativity tools that offer customers a new experience in digital imaging. Key features include new additions to the Content-Aware tools: Content-Aware Patch allows greater control by letting users select and duplicate an area of an image to fill in or “patch” another. Content-Aware Move lets users select and magically move an object to a new place in the image.