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Presentation Industry News:
• Envivio and Nagravision to Demo MPEG-4 Content Protection
Envivio to Demonstrate at Broadband Plus Show
• ClearOne Provides Update on SEC Complaint
Delays Second Quarter Earnings Announcement, Announces Interim Management Team
• JVC Announces World's First HD Consumer Digital Video Camera in Japan
U.S. launch to follow later this year
• Internet Streaming Media Alliance Welcomes Four New Members
Coding Technologies, ContentGuard, Nextreaming Corporation, and VBrick Systems Join ISMA
• Sharp Displays Projectors, Appliance and Solar Energy Products at 2003 International Builders' Show
• B1 Media Adds 5.1 Surround Audio Suite
Supports the design and production of DVDs, as well as other projects.
• Panasonic Debuts Shoulder-Mount DV Proline Camcorder
AG-DVC7 Mini-DV Unit Available February 10th
• Adaptec Teams with Sonic to Deliver DVD and CD Creation With MyDVD Media Suite
• Avid Unveils Symphony for Mac
• NVIDIA Ships Quadro FX Series Graphics Solutions
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Red-eye reduction plugin for Adobe Photoshop
Believe it or not, this is our first review of a piece of software from Andromeda Software. Andromeda has been in the Photoshop plugin business for quite a while, producing a wide range of effects filters and utility plugins for both Macintosh and Windows. Not coincidentally, the piece of software at hand--RedEyePro for Adobe Photoshop--is their first release for Mac OS X.
Transitional times for the corporate AV specialist
Desirable careers come and go. One day, everyone wants your advice and services; the next day, the industry has moved on to bigger and better things. History is littered with outdated professions. When was the last time you bought horseshoes from a village blacksmith or a new bowler from a neighborhood hatter? The position of the corporate AV specialist may not be in danger of disappearing, but it is undergoing dramatic changes. Corporations are rewriting the job descriptions because of advances in technology and the downdrafts of a sagging economy. I spoke with several longtime AV integrators about the evolving role of the AV specialist. Their message was loud and clear: AV specialists will have to adjust to the times, or they may find themselves looking for other jobs.
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It’s January. The weather’s bleak and—surprise, surprise—so is the economy. Though we may have had periodic glimpses of recovery, the numbers are just as grim as they were last year at this time. This relentless downward pattern, coupled with the fear that the worst is yet to come, has driven some media departments and independent businesses to the brink of extinction. Is your media department, or job, an endangered species? Consider the frightening news from the audio/visual side of our industry. When contributing editor David English was interviewing sources for his piece on the changing role of AV specialists, he was surprised to learn about “controlled layoffs,” a widespread practice that marginalizes long-time employees when they are summarily fired and then rehired by an outside staffing agency.
The Adobe Web Workgroup Server (included with Adobe GoLive 6.0) automatically stores a file’s history of changes, and it prevents two or more users from working on a file at the same time. You can lock and edit files on the Web Workgroup Server using Adobe Photoshop 7.0, Adobe Illustrator 10, Adobe InDesign 2.0, Adobe LiveMotion 2.0, or even Macromedia Dreamweaver MX.
Talks about his work on Disney's "Treasure Planet" video game and more
When Disney announced their video game adaptation of the film “Treasure Planet,” they sought to find someone with a vast background in creating music for various types of media and production levels which led them to composer Billy Martin. I asked Billy about his background, work on the video game, tools of the trade and the one thing he's looking to accomplish in his career. Here is what he had to say.
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