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motion504 Invents Kinetic Type for AICP Minnesota Show Reception Sponsor Reel
Minneapolis broadcast design & animation studio motion504 recently completed the reception sponsor reel for the Minneapolis screening of the AICP Show: The Art & Technique of the American Commercial, which takes place tonight at the Guthrie Theater.
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2008 Holiday Gift Guide
It's that time of year again: the leaves change color, the temperature drops, and your wallet is feeling just heavy enough to drop a few bucks on gifts for friends and family. I'll help walk you through some of the hottest tech gadgets, for both the consumer and professional in your life. Let's get started!
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Flip Mino HD
While its original camera has been out for a year - the newest offering in the Flip line up is now HD. And, while this tiny camera offers a simple version of the HD spec, the 1280 video does give you the option to easily feed the clips into your HD timeline without difficult scale manipulation.
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Honoring, Remembering Heros
Thousands of men and women have given more than their full measure to protect freedom. Project Hope in San Diego and the national AARP wants to ensure their efforts are not forgotten. Shirley Bard, not even a novice computer user learned the system and videography/post production to document veterans stories. The end of May 2008 her remarkably professional DVDs will be presented to the Library of Congress for permanent viewing.
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HD Primer
Never before has the video industry seen such an explosion of formats as we're experiencing today, and along with the plethora of formats comes confusion about what HD is and what it isn't. Rarely does a day go by that we don't hear the phrase "True HD" or "Full HD" in the context of comparing camcorders and/or formats.
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DMN Podcast Episode 25: Redrock Micro?s Brian Valente
When I prepared to shoot my latest film ?Fiesta Grand? I really wanted to add the depth of field look to it. I scoured the net and asked all my fellow filmmakers and was routed to the Redrock Micro website. Redrock Micro makes this contraption called the M2 adapter. It would allow me to use 35mm film lenses. I had to see this.
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Content Insider #91 ? Capturing Moments
The "device" manufacturers said mobile phones would replace cameras and camcorders when lenses were introduced. In fact the added photo/video activity has driven sales for capturing family moments and memories.
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iMovie HD 6 + iDVD 6 Essential Training: Importing Time-Lapse Video
In part 13 of Lynda.com's iMovie training, Max Smith discusses Importing time-lapse video, giving an explanation of what time-lapse video is, and how it is done. He gets into detail on how to import this video type, and how imovie will take video from a camera that is recording as well as an iSight camera. He gives a few suggestions on how to film this type of photography, and shows how to start a time lapese recording.
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iMovie HD 6 + iDVD 6 Essential Training: Importing HDV Video
In Part 12, Importing HDV video, Lynda.com instructor Max Smith explains the merits of High Definition video, how it is displayed, the cost of HDV cameras, the difference between 1080i and 720p formats, and importing HDV video. He also discusses how HDV video can fit on a standard miniDV tape.
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iMovie '06 + iDVD 6 Essential Training: Timeline area and Undoing and Reverting
In Part 9, Timeline Area, Max demonstrates what the Timeline is and how to drag clips down to the Timeline. He discusses the two different views, Timeline and Storyboard view, and how they differ. For example he details how the Storyboard is good for quickly arranging your movies, but then go into Timeline view to get more precise with your edits
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