Studio Monthly articles from November 2005

Studio Monthly archives from November 2005

Professional series.
November 1, 2005... Panasonic, America's best-selling professional plasma brand, introduces the high-value 8-Series plasma displays with improved brightness, new features to make customization easier and a new cabinet design. For starters, the panels boast...

Let the layering begin.(editor's note)
November 1, 2005... Since launching Studio/monthly in January, we've featured the work and brief profiles of some dazzling studios in our monthly "Hot House" department. But when a Hot House comes along that completely blows us away, we recognize the need to go...

Autodesk to acquire Alias.(quick cuts)
November 1, 2005... When Jonah was swallowed by the whale, what happened to his customers? And what about his competitors? The whale's competitors? What about all that stuff they both made? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With Autodesk's October 4 announcement of...

Boris FX, Media 100 ink deal.(quick cuts)
November 1, 2005... Effects and graphics developer Boris FX is picking up the pieces of the Media 100 puzzle created by its current owner, Optibase. Boris is set to acquire all operating assets of Media 100--that is, rights to all products and technology developed...

Disc Makers is your DVD manufacturing headquarters.
November 1, 2005... Dear Friend, When you deal with Disc Makers, you're dealing direct with the factory. From printing your full-color covers and booklets, through replicating your DVDs, to packaging your finished product, it's all done right here under one...

New! 300 replicated DVDs in cases as low as $990: price includes DVDs in DVD cases, full-color covers, award-winning, three-color on-disc printing, and poly wrap.
November 1, 2005... THE CLASSIC RETAIL-READY PACKAGE AT OUR LOWEST PRICE EVER. Because we manufacture and print every step of your DVD package in our own factory, only Disc Makers can give you this great low price including all the necessary steps--from glass...

More great options. More great prices.
November 1, 2005... 300 DVDs in jackets for $990 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Package includes DVDs in full-color jackets with high-gloss UV coating, award-winning, three-color on-disc printing, and assembly. For more information and to download free templates,...

Make mailing your DVD easy.
November 1, 2005... DVDs in self-mailer jackets as low as 71 cents each The low-cost, all-in-one direct-mail packaging solution--also available with a resealable tuck flap. Finished size: 5 1/8" X 5 1/8" mails as Auto Flat. For more information and to download...

Upgrade to first-class packaging for your DVD.
November 1, 2005... 1,000 DVDs in six-panel DVDigipaks for $1,990 Package includes DVDs in full-color, six-panel DVDigipaks with high-gloss UV coating, award winning, three-color on-disc printing, and assembly. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The visually...

World-class authoring at working-class prices.
November 1, 2005... Bring out the best features of your DVD project with a great-looking, user-friendly, custom menu. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Disc Makers' multimedia authoring staff specializes in providing the highest quality DVD authoring and menu design...

The best recordable DVDs available at the best prices around.
November 1, 2005... Five reasons to buy them from Disc Makers: 1. FREE SHIPPING: On all blank media orders over $199. 2. PRICE: Because discs are our business, we offer discounted volume pricing, even on small orders. Our DVD prices are as low as 37 cents...

Fast, automated duplication.
November 1, 2005... Disc Makers Elite[TM] Series. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Elite Series duplicator plugs right into your PC or Mac and offers fast CD or DVD duplication and 4800 dpi color printing. The large disc input bin allows it to run unattended...

Copying DVDs has never been easier.
November 1, 2005... Disc Makers ReflexMax[TM] Series Designed for exceptional performance, reliability, and blazingly fast throughput, Disc Makers' new ReflexMax[TM] tower duplicators outperform, outlast, and outshine every other duplicator in the industry....

Canon brings HDV to XL line.(DETAILING YOUR STUDIO)
November 1, 2005... Users and industry watchers wondered for more than a year if, and when, Canon would eventually join Sony and JVC in the HDV camcorder market. The upcoming XL H1, which Canon unveiled in September, has three 1/3-inch interlaced native 16:9 CCD...

To infinity and beyond.(DETAILING YOUR STUDIO)
November 1, 2005... With its new Infinity Digital Media Camcorder, Thomson's Grass Valley has introduced what many thought was impossible: a multiformat, tapeless camera that gives you a choice of compression formats, standard- and high-definition image...

More gems for Avid editors.(DETAILING YOUR STUDIO)
November 1, 2005... GenArts, makers of the Sapphire plug-ins that have inspired a cult-like following among graphics and effects artists, recently unveiled its new Sapphire Plug-ins version 2.0 for Avid AVX editing systems (including Xpress Pro HD, Media Composer...

XDCAM goes high-def.(DETAILING YOUR STUDIO)
November 1, 2005... Sony joined the high-def, tapeless recording crowd with its recent introduction of the PDW-F330, PDW-F70 and PDW-F30 XDCAM HD line, companions to its SD line of optical-disc XDCAM systems. Aimed at HD field production and news gathering "on...

Native HDV for Avid Xpress Pro and Media Composer.(DETAILING YOUR STUDIO)
November 1, 2005... You asked for it, and Avid listened. In mid-October, Avid began delivering native HDV editing and workflow support in its PC-based Avid Xpress Pro 5.2 systems. Later that month, it brought the same native HDV support to its Media Composer...

Blackmagic Design DeckLink[TM].
November 1, 2005... Introducing DeckLink HD Pro The world's highest quality HDTV Dual Link 4:4:4 and NTSC/PAL video card for only $1,495! Blackmagic Design's industry leading range of 10/12 bit Dual Link 4:4:4 products for HD and SD [ILLUSTRATION...

Avid's SOFTIMAGE/XSI v.5.0: ten times more than a cosmetic upgrade.(ROI reviews)
November 1, 2005... Can you afford custom graphics from a leading visual effects facility, such as Weta Digital or Industrial Light and Magic? For 99.9 percent of video and film producers, the answer is no. That has created an immense gulf between what a Hollywood...

Sony Vegas 6: what happens in Vegas doesn't have to stay in Vegas.(ROI reviews)
November 1, 2005... This recent upgrade to Sony's Vegas will be welcome news to the growing body of video professionals who prefer Vegas's intuitive interface, but it doesn't include the same kind of gee-whiz improvements that propelled Vegas 4 and Vegas 5 into...

Adobe Video Collection uncompressed HD certified solution.
November 1, 2005... Adobe Video Collection Pro HP xw8200 Solution Bundle [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] - xw8200, 3.4GHz-Dual Processor - 2GB RAM, 160 SATA System Drive 16XDVD+RW, XPP - NVIDIA Quadro FX1400 PCI Graphics Card...

Create 3D synchronized swimming in Adobe After Effects.(how)
November 1, 2005... STEP 1 Create a reference path We need a 3D path. This is fairly difficult in After Effects. You can't directly create a 3D path with the pen tool that you can use for motion. The way around this is to animate an object and use that...

Make the right adjustments on shoots with the JVC GY-HD100U camera.(how)
November 1, 2005... STEP 1 Pick your lens The JVC GY-HD100U ProHD camera features inter-changeable lenses. You can decide what glass to use for the look you want. The camera is shipped with a 16x Fujinon lens. If you need a wider angle, you can use the...

Build better blend modes with filters in Avid Xpress Pro on Tiger.(PRODUCT MANAGER TUTORIAL)
November 1, 2005... STEP 1 Apply filters to clips and sequences The easiest way to begin is to drop any of the more than 80 Noise Industries plug-in filters (bundled with Noise's standalone Factory Floor app in Xpress Pro as "Factory Tools") onto a video or...

What we are worth and why we are worth it.(issues)
November 1, 2005... Today's drastically lower barrier to entry for video production means every dude with a camcorder is a Director of Photography, every computer jockey with a purloined NLE is an editor and every loud mouth with a cell phone is a producer. Or so...

PSYOP: masters of the moving image.(hot house feature)(Cover Story)
November 1, 2005... WHAT'S THEIR GIG? You can't build a house without the right tools. We all know that, but in this business, if you don't know how to use the tools well or have the vision of what the house should look like, not to mention the drive and...

In a flash: look what you can do with Macromedia's latest release.(Technology: Flash Professional 8)
November 1, 2005... Lots of layering, alpha channel support, bitmap caching and blend modes are just a few of the reasons why people are buzzing about the newest version of Flash from Macromedia. But even before Flash Professional 8 was introduced, studios started...

TSUNAMI Avid Xpress Pro workstation.
November 1, 2005... Avid Xpress[R] Pro v5 software gives you everything you need to do more: DV25, DV50, HDV and DVCPRO HD using Avid's "Open Timeline"--the ability to mix multiple formats in the same timeline; real-time native multicamera editing; real-time...

Getting it together.(ultimate kit)
November 1, 2005... We asked 16X9 Inc.'s Jeff Giordano to custom build a digital cinematography package to complement JVC's new GY-HD100U HDV camcorder. Though his two kits don't include the price of the camera itself (neither 16X9 Inc. nor its sister company,...

Dealing with outsourcing.(WEIRD BUT TRUE TALES FROM THE STUDIO)(Cartoon)
November 1, 2005... Tom Beland is a cartoonist based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is also the creator of the Eisner Comic Industry Award-nominated series, True Story: Swear to God, published by AIT/Planet Lar, www.ait-planetlar.com. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...