I still shoot Standard Definition: MiniDV, 720×480, 29.97 fps, 4:2:2 compression, etc. etc. But HDV is coming to education. It will be a while before schools and colleges have the funds to upgrade their TVs and display systems to show HDV, but those of us who produce and teach video in education need to know about this format. From Consumer Electronics.net.
Just came across this nice blog about free software for the Mac. Nice organization and cute mascot, Scrimpy, at the bottom of the page. Check out thriftmac.
Lifehacker points to two or three [dot] net and How to turn off annoying MS Word Features
Here’s my list of things to turn off. Man, they are annoying. Enjoy.
Streaming Media offers a newsletter I’ve subscribed to for years. It’s clear that quite a lot of web video is moving to Flash these days. I’m not a fan as a user because it chews up the CPU cycles – just having a browser window open with a link to youTube or another Flash video site takes a lot more memory. I also haven’t encoded anything with Flash, so I don’t understand many of the terms in the piece. Nonetheless, Flash seems to be more and more important, so here’s a short 5-question Q & A with a lot of info about encoding with Flash.
Flash offers a variety of ways to display video content, each with its own particular benefits and drawbacks. Here are five questions you should ask before you begin encoding.
This is a quick placeholder link. I haven’t read this article and won’t have time for a while, but I didn’t want to lose track of this. I hope to read it soon and comment further. Let me know what you think if you get to it before I do.
Let’s Set Up Our Project in Final Cut Pro
One thing I try to do, especially when editing in Final Cut Pro, is to keep my “CPU” and my FCP project organization almost the same. This way, if you’re looking for something you’ve imported into FCP, it’s pretty easy to find. First, pick a place to put your project.
But I’m smiling. My head is saturated with tons of Photoshop tips, tricks, techniques, and tools. I learned so much – little of which I could just whip out, but most of which is in my notes or in the two immense books that come with attendance here.
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Jim DiVitale galloped through the preconference workshop here at Photoshopworld. My brain isn’t full, but it’s getting saturated (small photo editing joke there – very small).
I am sandwiched between the long trip, back just a week ago, and my departure tomorrow for Photoshopworld, so no time to properly blog this article on Log and Capture Workflow from the irreplaceable Ken Stone.