Studio Monthly articles from January 2009

Studio Monthly archives from January 2009

Going digital and meaning it.(editor's note)
January 1, 2009... This issue of Studio/monthly marks a pivotal point in the print publication's evolution: Starting next month, the magazine will go 100% digital. As those of you who already subscribe to our digital edition know, this online version of the...

Apple's new LED Cinema Display.(Spotlight on Monitors)
January 1, 2009... Appel's 24-inch LED-backlit widescreen display with 1920 X 1200 pixel resolution uses LED-backlit technology to provide instant full-screen brightness and great power efficiency. It has a built-in iSight video camera, mic and speakers. Designed...

Stereo 3D driver.(Spotlight on Monitors)
January 1, 2009... iZ3D, a designer, developer and pioneer of advanced stereoscopic 3D visualization systems, announced the latest release of its popular stereoscopic 3D monitor driver. iZ3D has been publishing regular S-3D drivers updates since its first driver...

HDMI monitors for multimedia.(Spotlight on Monitors)
January 1, 2009... ASUS recently added a series of HDMI-equipped LCD monitors to its lineup. Available in screen sizes ranging from 18.5 inch to 23.6 inch, the VH192, VH222, VH226 and VH242 are designed for multimedia viewing. VH Series monitors have an aspect...

Strem efficiently.(Spotlight on Monitors)
January 1, 2009... Inlet Technologies has introduced two new additions to its Spinnaker streaming media family of products. These new version of the Spinnaker streaming appliance target any organization looking to stream live content to the Internet and wanting a...

Finally ... quiet storage.(Spotlight on Monitors)
January 1, 2009... LaCie and quiet cooling specialist Noctua today announced its cooperation on the development of acoustically optimized storage solutions. The recently announced LaCie 4big Quadra and LaCie 5big Network, designed by Neil Poulton, are the first...

Panasonic BT-LH 1760: scans like a charm without the extra charge.(ROI reviews)
January 1, 2009... Walk into an electronics retailer to buy a $1,500+LCD television and you'll soon learn about the benefits of 120 Hz scanning. It minimizes the artifacts that can plague LCD panels when they display fast-moving video. Look for that same feature...

KRK RP5G2 Rokit studio monitor and KRK10s subwoofer: sub sounds above APR.(ROI reviews)
January 1, 2009... For the past 20 years, KRK Systems has been manufacturing high quality monitors and subs for studios. With the new KRK10s powered sub-woofer and RP5G2 Rokit powered studio monitors, KRK makes it possible to have high quality monitoring that...

Create iPod videos for television playback with Final Cut Studio 2 and Telestream Episode.(how)
January 1, 2009... STEP 1 COPY A DEFAULT PRESET IN EPISODE The first thing you need to do in this compression workflow is open Episode and navigate to the By Workflow templates folder and copy the iPod_H264_640x480 preset located in the iPod Video...

Tips for editing and finishing RED raw files with Adobe CS4 workflows.(train up)
January 1, 2009... TIP 1 DOWNLOAD THE REDCODE INSTALLER In order to use RED media in Adobe applications, the first thing you'll need to do is get the latest updates for Premiere Pro and After Effect. The steps in this guide require that you have Premiere pro...

Indie films and the Internet: if you can't land that elusive distribution deal, take heart: the rise in on-demand publishing, e-mail lists and other digital outlets can help you get your film seen--and sold.(DIY DISTRIBUTION)
January 1, 2009... You're not a big-shot Hollywood producer. You don't have a PR agent. And your latest film or video isn't going to set the world on fire. Should you give up? Definitely not. No matter how conventional or unconventional your production might be,...

Flash forward: how a small, specialized technology may beat the Google giant and help viewers search video on your site.(the biz)
January 1, 2009... Last summer, Adobe announced that it was working with search engine giants such as Google and Yahoo! to improve search results of Flash-based Web sites. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Throughout the land of Web developers, a cheer rose up from...

Vitamin creates a healthy balance.(hot house)
January 1, 2009... Ryan Dunn has mixed feelings about the downtown Chicago digs that Vitamin has moved into in. The old building had once been home to a coffin manufacturer, and therefore had a hip and, um, underground feel to it. But the new space has its own...