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New display, projection, capture and control products coverage at INFOCOMM 2003
Large-screen flat-panel displays—those plasma and LCD displays that are 30 inches or larger—continue to be in hot demand. And analysts at one of the many technical panels part of the Projection Summit, a symposium that preceded InfoComm on June 1 - 2, see demand steadily increasing for the next three years. In the category of “enterprise plasma” alone, the analysts at the summit estimated that between 700,000 and one million units will be shipped by 2006. One reason for the accelerated sales, says iSuppli/Stanford Resources’ Sweta Dash, is that prices will continue to drop for many of these flat-screen displays, particularly for plasma. She projects that a 39-inch plasma will retail for about $1,200 by 2007.
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Wide Video vs. Tall Video
Vertical displays may be the key to attracting your audience
After years of working in horizontal video, some directors, producers and broadcast designers are taking a more vertical view. And if point-of-sale video integrators have their way, many more of us will be creating and producing content—especially electronic signage—for 9:16 instead of 16:9. When displays are installed vertically, consumers stop to look; they aren’t used to seeing video presented this way. Furthermore, the content of such displays can be revised quickly and easily, and distributed inexpensively. This can drive additional sales and generate advertising revenue.
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Creating editable, object-independent masks
Sometimes I just get so pleased with myself. Take now, for example. I've been pondering the question of gradient masks in Photoshop for quite some time. There have always been ways to create them, to be sure. But my concern is always with editability: How, in other words, would I create a gradient mask that would be fully editable and work for any layer I'd care to apply it to without any tweaking whatsoever? Shuck my bones if I haven't found an answer.
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Adobe Premiere Pro development team ready for August '03 shipment, eyes competition
In the last of a three-part exclusive interview with Adobe Premiere Group Product Manager Richard Townhill, DMN Executive Producer Charlie White asks about the multi-national development effort of Premiere Pro and the heated competition in the nonlinear editing world. Townhill also explains the particulars of Premiere Pro's bundling options and breathes a sigh of relief as the development team prepares for Premiere Pro's ship date of late August, 2003.
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Cool off this summer with neat stuff
Here we are in the middle of another long, hot summer. But relief is on the way, because here at Digital Media Net we're going to bring you coolness of all stripes. It's time once again for our annual special Coolness Roundup: suggestions for a well-appointed personal edit suite. We'll help you appoint your edit-shop with appurtenances that are not only efficient, but comfortable as well. As we are wont to do around this time of year, we'll show you a few products that have made our lives easier here at the Midwest Test Facility, and some that aren't even available yet, but we wish we had already. And, we'll show you some items that have a lot to do with editing, and a few just make the hard work a little easier. And some, well, they're just fun and we wanted you to know about them.
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New product brings to video mail and messaging the ease of use and simplicity of email and text messaging
Trans Media Exchange, Inc., a provider of media content licensing and digital asset management & collaboration systems will launch a new online video mail and messaging product, codenamed Encounter, during a special event to be held in Manhattan this Thursday, July 24th at 6:30PM.
Artbeats announced the release of several new collections at SIGGRAPH 2003. From fall foliage and winter wonderlands to covered bridges and picturesque farmlands, Artbeats' latest collections include a wide array of affordable, high-quality images suitable for any project.
Planar Systems, Inc. is launching the new PE line of flat-panel monitors that delivers excellent performance for cost-conscious buyers. With the addition of the PE line's 15-, 17- and 19-inch models, Planar now offers a flat-panel monitor for every desktop computing application and budget, further speeding the adoption of flat-panel monitors as the standard choice for display technology.
Avid Technology, Inc. is collaborating with pioneering music festival Lollapalooza to offer a one-of-a-kind, interactive concert experience that involves video, graphics, text messaging, and special effects.
Video editors can receive up to $500 worth of video production tools free when upgrading to Canopus DVStorm2
Canopus Corporation today announced the Summer Storm Program, a bold competitive trade-up program designed to give qualifying users of competitive hardware-based video editing solutions an affordable path to DVStorm2, Canopus's powerful realtime editing solution, as well as the company's family of award-winning video production solutions.
Sharp Systems of America today announced a boost in performance in the Actius RD line of desktop replacement notebook computers. The enhancements include a processor upgrade, expanded memory capabilities, upgraded video processor and memory, and an upgrade to the optical drive to include DVD burning capabilities.
Satellite P25-S607 is Toshiba's First 17.0-Inch Wide-Screen Notebook with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
Toshiba's Computer Systems Group (CSG) today announced the Satellite P25-S607 notebook PC combining a 17.0-inch diagonal wide-screen (1440 x 900) display and television recording functionality to create a central home entertainment media console. The wireless-enabled Satellite P25-S607 will be available later this month for $2,699.
Free update supports Digidesign Audio Engine and Apple's Audio Units
MOTU, Inc. has announced Digital Performer 4.1, a free update for Version 4.0 users that supports the Digidesign Audio Engine (DAE) and runs Audio Units plug-ins and virtual instruments. The update will also include numerous other enhancements, such as new virtual instrument tracks.
First Ever Gallery of the Year's Noteworthy Web Graphics Work
The SIGGRAPH 2003 Web Graphics Expo, a new component of the Web Graphics program, is the first gallery of its kind. It features 25 web sites that a jury of experts identified as examples of novel and exciting web graphics content. Web sites were selected on the basis of their innovative use of technology.
NVIDIA Corporation today introduced the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 series of professional graphics solutions to facilitate breakthroughs in markets such as medical and satellite imaging, automobile manufacturing, oil and gas exploration, video post-production, and broadcast.
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