Studio Monthly articles from October 2008

Studio Monthly archives from October 2008

Share and share alike.(editor's note)
October 1, 2008... Amid all the sharply partisan mudslinging that characterizes these final weeks of the Presidential race, it was refreshing to attend IBC in early September and get a message of a different measure. I spoke with executives from many...

Exstream power.(Spotlight on Digital Signage)
October 1, 2008... Barix's new Exstreamer IP audio decoder is being used in conjunction with technology from StreamGuys and MOH Technologies AG to create the first customizable, IP-based platform for localized ad insertion in point-to-multipoint audio streaming...

Fathom now supporting Blu-ray.(Spotlight on Digital Signage)
October 1, 2008... Inlet Technologies is partnering with NetBlender, makers of DoStudio software for professional Blu-ray authoring, resulting in Inlet's latest release of Fathom, an advanced encoding platform that produces files in any of the codecs that Blu-ray...

Easy as LED.(Spotlight on Lighting)
October 1, 2008... Sachtler is introducing its first LED on-camera light, the Reporter 8LED. The new luminaire requires only 8 watts of power yet produces a light output of 250 lumens. Its minimal heat generation allows it to be set up extremely close to the...

Light switch.(Spotlight on Lighting)
October 1, 2008... Chimera has developed the Triolet light to replace the Mogul Socket Ring in its popular #8000 and #80005 kits. The new light lets you use three different lamp styles--Mogul, medium base, and 2-pin lamps--and comes with its own Quick Release...

True blues.(Spotlight on Lighting)
October 1, 2008... ARRI has released True Blue, the newest generation of ARRI's lighting product range, a selection of lampheads with over 30 new improvements for studio and location lighting. One major change is that the overall weight of the fixtures has been...

Adobe Premiere Pro CS4: practical improvements and some pleasant surprises.(ROI reviews)
October 1, 2008... Just when we thought Premiere Pro for Mac or Windows was about as packed with features as it could get, Adobe has put even more actually useful niceties into the CS4 version of the venerable editing application. Building on its strengths of...

Adobe Soundbooth CS4: a sound investment, especially as a supplement.(ROI reviews)
October 1, 2008... Audio editing isn't a top priority for many video producers. They don't necessarily need something as powerful as Pro Tools or Sound Forge. Instead, they may prefer something that's easy to use with a feature set geared more for arranging than...

Adobe Dreamweaver CS4: make your web pages stream-worthy.(ROI reviews)
October 1, 2008... If you have video content available online, you or someone on your team probably uses Adobe Dreamweaver to generate the Web pages. It's the standard Web page editor, no matter how large or small your site might be. This latest version has...

Detect and lower clipped audio in Apple Final Cut Pro 6.(how)
October 1, 2008... STEP1 ASSESS YOUR AUDIO Examine your audio closely. Does it only have a few areas where it fluctuates sharply between being too high or too low, or is it consistently too high or low across the board? If the former, first mark the...

Backwoods warrior; Think you have on-location war stories? Try heading deep into the wilderness for seven days without a crew. Survivor man Les Stroud takes you from the first pitch to the latest edit on his journey as a producer, cameraman, writer, editor and star of a hit television series.(@WORK)(Television program review)
October 1, 2008... At the end of the summer, I was checking my BlackBerry when I saw that my sister had sent me a text. Survivorman had just been nominated for three Gemini awards (Canada's version of the Emmys). I was up for best director and best host, and the...

Blue Room likes to move it (move it).(hot house)
October 1, 2008... It could be a classic documentary of turf-war gang violence: characters striking imposing stances, a driving rap beat in the background. You half expect one of them to whip out a knife, except that these menacing figures are... lemurs. ...

Brain food for Film and Video pros.(studiodaily.com)
October 1, 2008... Big Talent, Big Ideas- Chris Menges talks about the evolution of his career from cinematographer to director and back again, and details his work on director Richard Eyre's Notes on a Scandal. And animal-VFX guru Michael Killen, best known for...