Adobe CS5 and NVIDIA Quadro FX by PNY - What is your time worth? By Tim Kolb
I've been a professional graphics card user for a number of years now and have used 5 or 6 different models from the NVIDIA Quadro by PNY product line. Currently I am using two dual-head cards in one workstation, lighting up four displays. I've become absolutely addicted to the speed of visual feedback I get while working on a system with a Quadro card installed...but Adobe CS5's use of the GPU for edit effects preview changes everything.
...Read More »
FuseFX Taps Nuke For Extensive VFX on Showtime's "United States of Tara"
When Burbank-based visual effects studio FuseFX began working on the new season of Showtime's "United States of Tara," it turned to Nuke, The Foundry's powerful compositing application, to facilitate the extensive green screen effects required for a series about a woman with a multiple personality disorder.
...Read More »
Calabash Animation animates Captain Night Night for Frosted Cheerios By John Virata
Calabash Animation just completed animation work for Frosted Cheerios that brings to animated life Captain Night Night, a zany wrestling character that spends his time trying to jostle a live action teenager back to bed. As the teen tries to get out of bed, Captain Night Night tries to wrestle him back to bed.
...Read More »
PNY's Carl Flygare talks graphics cards at SIGGRAPH09 By John Virata
Graphics cards play a central role in the creation of animation and special effects that artists see annually at the SIGGRAPH show (in New Orleans this year) and what consumers seem to desire more of in their daily exposure to digital entertainment, be it via the movies, video games, ride simulators, even TV. Over the last several years, artists have been pushing the envelope in what they can create with the tools that are available to them.
...Read More »
I'm a Juicer By John Haley
Whether you are someone who is running errands all day, or have a business which requires you to be away from the office, or even a student who loves music or a avid gammer - this is for you. Not many of us are stationary long enough to to recharge our all in one mobile computer, or at least that is how some think of their iPhones!
...Read More »
Mercury On-The-Go By Ko Maruyama
There are tons of reasons to check out this lightweight drive. The OWC Mercury On-The-Go drive is a little powerhouse in your pocket. If you're going to run out an purchase an external drive for your Mac laptop, you already know what you want in a drive: FW 800, USB 2.0 for those other connections you may need to make, and bus powered (no external power supply).
...Read More »
Bud Light Lime Serves-Up Summer State of Mind in High-Profile Broadcast Spots from Stardust and DDB Chicago
Bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios is very proud to detail its close collaborations with the creative team from DDB Chicago for Bud Light Lime. For the project, one :30 and two :15 design-intensive broadcast spots entitled "The Summer State of Mind" created by Stardust debuted on May 10 during high-profile U.S. primetime broadcast coverage, like the 2009 NBA playoffs, and continue to air widely.
...Read More »
Stardust Delivers Ice Breakers Spot for ArnoldNYC
Under the direction of EVP and senior creative director Sig Gross and his colleagues from ArnoldNYC, bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios recently produced a colorful spot for Hershey Canada's Ice Breakers Mints.
...Read More »
Modbook from a MacBook Pro By Ko Maruyama
A few years ago, we saw a company called Axiotron out of El Segundo California come up with a Mac tablet which integrated the Wacom tablet technology (similar to the Cintiq) and the Apple MacBook. This is a great solution for those of us who loved to work with software that really took advantage of the stylus. Before the Pro version ships, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, and Maxon's BodyPaint 3D were among some of the tools I tried out on the current 15-inch ModBook.
...Read More »
Flip video delivers new Flip UltraHD By Ko Maruyama
The Ultra HD in many ways is like it's predecessor, the flip. The small camera easily fits into a shirt pocket, or purse, it shoots a HD video image HD -- 1287 20x720, and has an easy to use button interface on the back of the upright camera. However, there are many features that set this camera apart from its previous version, and any of the other competitors' offerings.
...Read More »
TEN ONE DESIGN'S pogo sketch By Ko Maruyama
When I heard about the Pogo sketch tool, I immediately thought that this could be the stylus that could supplement my`wacom tablet when I was using my Mac book remotely. I love my Wacom tablet and stylus and that I can fit into my briefcase easily, but the prospect of having a single stylus to scribble on my laptop's touchpad was alluring.
...Read More »
Introducing the Red Bull Big Tune Webisodic Series and BET TV Special
Innovative motion design and production company Monkeyhead is very proud to detail its opening titles and custom graphics package created for the Red Bull Big Tune documentary webisodic series, and for the forthcoming Big Tune Documentary Special set to air in April on BET.
...Read More »
Star Ranger 7's four year journey By Ko Maruyama
In the 23rd century, Star Rangers are the peace keepers of the galaxy. For now they are under the power, Marc Kimball and Michael Harnois. It actually started back in 2004 - a whopping 4 years ago when Marc and Michael decided that they would take on a film production - - IN ADDITION to their regular gigs. They jumped, feet first into the project, enrolling friends and several feet of greenscreen.
...Read More »
Verbatim wireless mouse By Ko Maruyama
While you may be enjoying the new frustration of the recently released MacBook and MacBook Pro track pads, you may want to reach for a fullsized mouse instead. The new wireless notebook laser mouse from Verbatim offers a comfortable alternative to scratching and clicking at your new Mac laptop.
...Read More »
The Great After Effects Mac/Windows Smackdown: CS4 Edition By Kevin Schmitt
Last summer I got curious. With the advent of Intel Macs, Boot Camp, and Universal builds of After Effects, for the first time it was possible to forget about all the Intel vs. PowerPC benchmarks that had been run to that point and effectively remove hardware from the equation, focusing solely on the OS and how well AE was tuned to it. XP took the prize back then, but I'm curious again, and with Mac OS X Leopard, 64-bit Vista, and After Effects CS4 at my disposal, it's time to find out where things stand today.
...Read More »
National Geographic taps BIGSMACKtv for World's Toughest Fixes [WTF]
To promote the new series, WORLD'S TOUGHEST FIXES, which premiered September 28, National Geographic turned to BIGSMACKtv. WTF is a reality-based program focusing on the tough guys who repair everyday things, but on a massive scale: think 747's, towering dams, and faulty nuclear reactors.
...Read More »
Photoshop CS3e: Halloween Cross Part 2 By Ko Maruyama
If you have Adobe's Photoshop CS3 Extended, you can import 3D models from other applications. If there are 3D models in a Photoshop CS3e project, you can open up the textures and modify them to suit the project at hand. You can paint just as you would on any smart object project. All of the tools are at your disposal.
...Read More »
iPod Video from MAXON's C4D R11 By Ko Maruyama
There are many great new features in the latest release from MAXON in their CINEMA 4D R11 package. One simple, yet time saving features is the redesigned Render Setting menu. In the render setting preferences, C4D comes with a bunch of video presets you use often, including Apple's ipod video 4x3 format.
...Read More »
Windows on Mac, hardware style By Ko Maruyama
There are many reasons that people like to use new keyboards. In addition to the occasional coffee spill and other mishaps, sometimes keyboards just give out and need to be replaced. Other times, a keyboard is chosen for comfort and portability. I had a chance to check out Adesso's USB roll up keyboard, the AKB-230.
...Read More »
NO...Doesn't have a thing to do with "that" smartphone...or "that" store...or "that" tablet. It's the next generation. Kids and we mean little kids. That's what today's products are being designed for/targeted at. You happen to buy one...fine. Watch a little, little kid pick up a smartphone. He/she just uses it. They've come pre-wired and we're still trying to figure out how to IM. It's the IGen. They want it instantly. They want to use it instantly. They expect their photos, their video, their music, their stuff immediately when/where/how they want it.
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In this clip, lynda.com host Mark Abdelnour takes a look at proxy bidding. He discusses the strategy and how it works. He also discusses the maximum bid, and when to use Proxy bidding.
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The blood, gore, adrenalin challenges that were unveiled at E3 and enjoyed at ComicCon are fun to look at, easy to hold but are they really the games people want to plunk down their credit cards to own or rent time with? Seems as though the investors, the players who control the controllers have a different idea of a "good" game than the kids who develop them. While mobs of people play educational, informational, stimulating games our kid huddles in his room and mumbles "The Few, The Proud, The Gamers."
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Adobe CS5 and NVIDIA Quadro FX by PNY - What is your time worth?
I've been a professional graphics card user for a number of years now and have used 5 or 6 different models from the NVIDIA Quadro by PNY product line. Currently I am using two dual-head cards in one workstation, lighting up four displays. I've become absolutely addicted to the speed of visual feedback I get while working on a system with a Quadro card installed...but Adobe CS5's use of the GPU for edit effects preview changes everything.
...Read More »
FuseFX Taps Nuke For Extensive VFX on Showtime's "United States of Tara"
When Burbank-based visual effects studio FuseFX began working on the new season of Showtime's "United States of Tara," it turned to Nuke, The Foundry's powerful compositing application, to facilitate the extensive green screen effects required for a series about a woman with a multiple personality disorder.
...Read More »
Calabash Animation animates Captain Night Night for Frosted Cheerios
Calabash Animation just completed animation work for Frosted Cheerios that brings to animated life Captain Night Night, a zany wrestling character that spends his time trying to jostle a live action teenager back to bed. As the teen tries to get out of bed, Captain Night Night tries to wrestle him back to bed.
...Read More »
PNY's Carl Flygare talks graphics cards at SIGGRAPH09
Graphics cards play a central role in the creation of animation and special effects that artists see annually at the SIGGRAPH show (in New Orleans this year) and what consumers seem to desire more of in their daily exposure to digital entertainment, be it via the movies, video games, ride simulators, even TV. Over the last several years, artists have been pushing the envelope in what they can create with the tools that are available to them.
...Read More »
I'm a Juicer
Whether you are someone who is running errands all day, or have a business which requires you to be away from the office, or even a student who loves music or a avid gammer - this is for you. Not many of us are stationary long enough to to recharge our all in one mobile computer, or at least that is how some think of their iPhones!
...Read More »
Mercury On-The-Go
There are tons of reasons to check out this lightweight drive. The OWC Mercury On-The-Go drive is a little powerhouse in your pocket. If you're going to run out an purchase an external drive for your Mac laptop, you already know what you want in a drive: FW 800, USB 2.0 for those other connections you may need to make, and bus powered (no external power supply).
...Read More »
Bud Light Lime Serves-Up Summer State of Mind in High-Profile Broadcast Spots from Stardust and DDB Chicago
Bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios is very proud to detail its close collaborations with the creative team from DDB Chicago for Bud Light Lime. For the project, one :30 and two :15 design-intensive broadcast spots entitled "The Summer State of Mind" created by Stardust debuted on May 10 during high-profile U.S. primetime broadcast coverage, like the 2009 NBA playoffs, and continue to air widely.
...Read More »
Stardust Delivers Ice Breakers Spot for ArnoldNYC
Under the direction of EVP and senior creative director Sig Gross and his colleagues from ArnoldNYC, bicoastal U.S. creative production company Stardust Studios recently produced a colorful spot for Hershey Canada's Ice Breakers Mints.
...Read More »
Modbook from a MacBook Pro
A few years ago, we saw a company called Axiotron out of El Segundo California come up with a Mac tablet which integrated the Wacom tablet technology (similar to the Cintiq) and the Apple MacBook. This is a great solution for those of us who loved to work with software that really took advantage of the stylus. Before the Pro version ships, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, and Maxon's BodyPaint 3D were among some of the tools I tried out on the current 15-inch ModBook.
...Read More »
Flip video delivers new Flip UltraHD
The Ultra HD in many ways is like it's predecessor, the flip. The small camera easily fits into a shirt pocket, or purse, it shoots a HD video image HD -- 1287 20x720, and has an easy to use button interface on the back of the upright camera. However, there are many features that set this camera apart from its previous version, and any of the other competitors' offerings.
...Read More »
TEN ONE DESIGN'S pogo sketch
When I heard about the Pogo sketch tool, I immediately thought that this could be the stylus that could supplement my`wacom tablet when I was using my Mac book remotely. I love my Wacom tablet and stylus and that I can fit into my briefcase easily, but the prospect of having a single stylus to scribble on my laptop's touchpad was alluring.
...Read More »
Introducing the Red Bull Big Tune Webisodic Series and BET TV Special
Innovative motion design and production company Monkeyhead is very proud to detail its opening titles and custom graphics package created for the Red Bull Big Tune documentary webisodic series, and for the forthcoming Big Tune Documentary Special set to air in April on BET.
...Read More »
Monkeyhead Delivers Feature, TV Titles for Tanner Hall's "The Massive" from Red Bull Moving Images, Trainjump Entertainment
Innovative motion design and production company Monkeyhead is proud to showcase its latest artistic endeavors: the opening titles for Red Bull's "The Massive" feature film starring seven-time X Games gold medalist skier Tanner Hall and his fellow all--stars from the world of extreme skiing, and a second opening title sequence for the forthcoming "Making Of: The Massive" TV series.
...Read More »
Star Ranger 7's four year journey
In the 23rd century, Star Rangers are the peace keepers of the galaxy. For now they are under the power, Marc Kimball and Michael Harnois. It actually started back in 2004 - a whopping 4 years ago when Marc and Michael decided that they would take on a film production - - IN ADDITION to their regular gigs. They jumped, feet first into the project, enrolling friends and several feet of greenscreen.
...Read More »
Verbatim wireless mouse
While you may be enjoying the new frustration of the recently released MacBook and MacBook Pro track pads, you may want to reach for a fullsized mouse instead. The new wireless notebook laser mouse from Verbatim offers a comfortable alternative to scratching and clicking at your new Mac laptop.
...Read More »
The Great After Effects Mac/Windows Smackdown: CS4 Edition
Last summer I got curious. With the advent of Intel Macs, Boot Camp, and Universal builds of After Effects, for the first time it was possible to forget about all the Intel vs. PowerPC benchmarks that had been run to that point and effectively remove hardware from the equation, focusing solely on the OS and how well AE was tuned to it. XP took the prize back then, but I'm curious again, and with Mac OS X Leopard, 64-bit Vista, and After Effects CS4 at my disposal, it's time to find out where things stand today.
...Read More »
National Geographic taps BIGSMACKtv for World's Toughest Fixes [WTF]
To promote the new series, WORLD'S TOUGHEST FIXES, which premiered September 28, National Geographic turned to BIGSMACKtv. WTF is a reality-based program focusing on the tough guys who repair everyday things, but on a massive scale: think 747's, towering dams, and faulty nuclear reactors.
...Read More »
Photoshop CS3e: Halloween Cross Part 2
If you have Adobe's Photoshop CS3 Extended, you can import 3D models from other applications. If there are 3D models in a Photoshop CS3e project, you can open up the textures and modify them to suit the project at hand. You can paint just as you would on any smart object project. All of the tools are at your disposal.
...Read More »
iPod Video from MAXON's C4D R11
There are many great new features in the latest release from MAXON in their CINEMA 4D R11 package. One simple, yet time saving features is the redesigned Render Setting menu. In the render setting preferences, C4D comes with a bunch of video presets you use often, including Apple's ipod video 4x3 format.
...Read More »
Windows on Mac, hardware style
There are many reasons that people like to use new keyboards. In addition to the occasional coffee spill and other mishaps, sometimes keyboards just give out and need to be replaced. Other times, a keyboard is chosen for comfort and portability. I had a chance to check out Adesso's USB roll up keyboard, the AKB-230.
...Read More »
