This Week's Articles Indie Film & Documentary The Making of Kenya, the documentary film In 2000, a team from Steven Galvano's organization (RCCM) traveled to Zambia and the over 20 hours of video he captured there turned into a short documentary film. Now, 6 years and three documentary films later, documenting these trips have become a central part of what he does. In this article, Steven describes his recent documentary: Kenya, The Documentary Film. Tutorial, Feature   09/17/2007 Author: Steven Galvano AVID Editing Difference Matting within the Avid In this tutorial, Ra-ey Saleh will show you how even without shooting Green Screen you can replace the background of a shot whilst keeping the moving foreground undamaged. He'll use a technique called 'Difference Matting' and do it all within the Avid! Tutorial   09/17/2007 Author: Ra-ey Saleh Adobe After Effects Working with Adobe Clip Notes - Part 1 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to export your video as Adobe Clip Notes. Part 1 will show you how to prepare and export your AE composition so your notes appear in a PDF document alongside the video. Tutorial, Videotutorial   09/14/2007 Author: Aharon Rabinowitz MAYA Mastering Maya 8.5 In this article, CreativeCOW contributing editor, Chris Lupetti takes a look at Mastering Maya 8.5 published by Sybex and authored by John Kundert-Gibbs, Mick Larkins, Dariush Derakshani and Eric Kunzendorf. Review   09/14/2007 Author: Chris Lupetti View these and more articles at the Creative COW Library

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HOT INDUSTRY NEWS: MagicSoft Announces Support for Deltacast and Blackmagic Design Video I/O Cards UltraRed CG and Playlist Now Available through Worldwide Sales Channels Magicsoft is pleased to announce that it has expanded support for its UltraRed line of software to the Deltacast and Blackmagic Design video cards. Each hardware manufacturer has a broad selection of cards supporting SD and HD video resolutions. MORE. Corel® Painter™ Masters Ryan Church and Andrew Jones to Speak at //ADAPT 2007 Conference War of the Worlds Corel Corporation , a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software, today announced that Corel® Painter™ Masters Ryan Church and Andrew Jones will speak at the //2007 ADAPT Conference, held September 24 to September 28 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Montreal, Quebec. MORE. Loyalkaspar Maps Out New ESPNU Campaign Creative Design/Production House Teams With Agency Wieden+ Kennedy For "Us vs. Them" Campaign In "Advance," one of four new 30-second spots for ESPNU created for ad agency Wieden+Kennedy, New York by Loyalkaspar, a sand-colored screen gives way to an emerging white line and the east coast of the United States completely rendered in 3D. MORE. Splice Here Adds Jeff Stevens As Creative Director Award-Winning Designer Known For National Ad Work To Lead Creative Team Splice Here, the creative-driven, full-service post house specializing in advertising, broadcast, film and multimedia projects, has added veteran designer Jeff Stevens as their Creative Director. Prior to joining Splice Here, Stevens spent six years at the design/post house Charlex, New York, as senior art director/designer. MORE. Digital Ordnance announces LAIKA Entertainment is the latest addition to the company's growing list of high end post production users Digital Ordnance, known for the manufacture and supply of reliable data centric solutions for post production has announced that LAIKA Entertainment of Portland OR has become the latest company to adopt the Frame Thrower™ to streamline its clients' viewing, review and approval process. MORE. Matrix Intercom Made Easi Clear-Com®, a brand of The Vitec Group plc, unveiled the Eclipse Easi-PiCo, digital matrix intercom solution on opening day of the 2007 IBC conference in Amsterdam. MORE. ShowTec Chooses DNF Controls' 2044CL for Easy, Precise Control of Dynamic Productions DNF Controls today announced that ShowTec, a San Diego-based producer of creative live presentations, has purchased the DNF Controls 2044CL clip instant access controller for use in major productions that require precise control of and quick access to video content from multiple media sources. MORE. Sony Elevates Professional Video Production With First Solid-State Compact Camcorder New Model Offers Workflow Flexibility, Broad Editing Capabilities and Full HD Image Quality Sony today conducted its first full-scale demonstration of a new solid-state compact camcorder for professional video production. MORE. Sony Announces New Memory Card For Professional Camcorders SxS PRO offers Industry's Fastest Data-transfer Speed Sony is announcing the new SxS PROTM memory card designed for professional videographers. The new card, available in 8 GB and 16 GB capacities, is designed to offer extremely fast transfer speeds and is compliant with the ExpressCard™ industry standard. MORE. Sony Installs BVM-L230 Professional Monitors At Discovery Communications In-House Post Production Facility Discovery Communications has chosen Sony's new BVM-L230 professional LCD master monitor as a key evaluation technology for its in-house post-production facility. MORE. Crosscreek Television Hits The Road With New Sony High Definition Technology Voyager 8 Unit Features Three Sony BM-L230 Monitors; 19 Super Motion HD Cameras Crosscreek Television Productions' latest mobile unit, Voyager 8, hit the road this summer with an array of Sony high-definition broadcast production technologies. MORE. AJA Ships FS1 Converter at IBC 2007 FS1 Supports Input/Output for all HD and SD Video Formats AJA Video, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, released the FS1 converter supporting virtually any video input or output in HD or SD for professional video post and broadcast environments. MORE. AJA KONA Card Enables Real-Time Editing for 'Blackout' Video Capture Card Allows Topiary Productions to Complete Post Production in Time for Tribeca Film Festival Premiere AJA's KONA video capture cards were used to facilitate real-time editing for the indie feature "Blackout," which premiered at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. KONA is AJA's top-of-the-line uncompressed capture card for SD, HD, Dual Link HD and 2K for PCI Express Apple G5 Power Macs and Mac Pro systems, and was an integral part of the film's Final Cut Studio editing and finishing pipeline. MORE. NVERZION Automates New Broadcast Facility for City of Fairfax Facility Design Seamlessly Expands City's Broadcast Capability NVERZION, a leading provider of digital broadcasting and television station automation solutions, today announced that the City of Fairfax, Virginia, has chosen NVERZION automation for the city's newest single-channel broadcast facility. MORE. Vinten Radamec Proudly Presents the FCS16 Control System Vinten Radamec, worldwide leader in high quality robotic camera support systems for the broadcasting industry, launches the Fusion FCS16, the first ultra-compact control system of its kind to provide full touch screen control for up to 16 cameras, compared to the standard 9, from one single panel unit. MORE. eMusic introduces world's first audiobooks catalogue in MP3 MP3 Pioneer to Offer Audiobooks in World's Most Popular Digital Format Starting September 18 MORE. Award-Winning Indie Hit Short Film "The Tribe" Makes Debut On The iTunes Store Crash Course in Jewish Culture As Told Through the History of the Barbie Doll – Available for Download on October 2, 2007 Filmmaker Tiffany Shlain today announced that the award-winning film festival hit short film "The Tribe" will be released commercially online for the first time, exclusively on the iTunes Store. MORE. Nor-Tech Adopts Ciprico's Raidcore, Creating Unbeatable Server And HPC Products Ciprico RAIDCore 5000 supports Nor-tech's next generation custom CentOS Linux based systems Ciprico Inc. , a leading provider of intelligent storage software, solutions and appliances, has been selected to provide their RAIDCore™ 5000 Series software-based RAID controllers for Northern Computer Technologies Inc. , the second largest custom system builder in the United States. The RAIDCore controllers are currently being integrated into Nor-Tech server designs and high-performance computing clusters. MORE. Anonymous Content Goes in Manning's Mind for Sprint and the NFL Babel Director Andrew Douglas of Anonymous Content brings us a surreal mix of Escher-esque inspired visuals. Indianapolis Colts Quarterback Peyton Manning has only seconds to throw the football, but instead of being on the field he thinks out his play in a dream world. MORE. Canon U.S.A. High-Definition Lenses Receive High Praise At Atlanta's North Point Community Church Eleven Canon HD Lenses, Including Two DIGISUPER 22xs Compact Studio Lenses, Help Enhance the Worship Service Experience at Multiple Church Campuses MORE. Popular Internet Sci-Fi Series Afterworld Adds Interactivity to Programming Through Sony ACIDplanet.com Contest ACIDplanet.com Contestants Add Personal Touch to Afterworld Experience By Re-scoring and Remixing the Series' Music Videos, Mashing Up the Existing Blend of Video Game, Graphic Novel and Anime ACIDplanet.com™, one of the Internet's premier sites for user-generated music, video content, computer-based recording and remixing tools, today launched the first of their monthly music video remix contests, "Afterworld Reimagined", with the popular online sci-fi series, Afterworld. MORE. DancesWithFilms Arrives in Anchorage, Sept. 13-16 The Last Independent Independent Film Festival Brings "Best of Fest" to Out North – September 13 thru 16th DancesWithFilms, the only film festival championing the UN-celebrity of the truly independent film scene, arrives in Anchorage to OutNorth for four days of shorts that are currently setting the festival circuit on fire. MORE. Digital Juice Releases 4 New Volumes of StackTraxx™ Layered Production Music Digital Juice® announced today that it is adding four new titles to its StackTraxx™ music library. MORE. Northern Lights' Beth Cummins & Musician Jerome Cooper Debut Multimedia Exhibit, "Images in Sound," At Roulette In SoHo On Friday, September 14th, Photographer/Videographer Beth Cummins and Musician Jerome Cooper debut their latest multimedia collaboration, "Images in Sound," at Roulette, 20 Greene Street between Grand and Canal, at 8:30 pm. MORE. Studio Alba uses Avid Adrenaline and Smoke* HD Delivers HD multicam edit for Pelicula Films, BBC Scotland, BBC4 and RTÈ. Studio Alba has recently completed post production work on the latest series of Transatlantic Sessions, Pelicula Films' acclaimed music series. Due to be broadcast by BBC Scotland, BBC4 and RTÈ this autumn, this is the first Transatlantic Sessions series to be filmed and posted in high definition. MORE. 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