Sunday, May 9, 2010

Splice Vine Links #15

Software

Everybody has been buzzing about the new phoenetic search tool introduced at NAB last month called Get.  It uses the art and science of phonetics to index your FCP project.  Even though it's still in beta and won't be out until July, it appears to be at least as accurate if not more so than the similar speech to text option in Adobe Premiere CS4. 


iPad

The CG channel has seen the future of magazine ads and it is interactive.  Will this translate to more jobs for content creators?  Time will tell but the wheels are in motion.  And increasingly it looks like more than just a distribution tool, the iPad can be used in production as well.  Editor Chris Fenwick explores how the iPad can be used as a camera monitor.  I've been waiting for this workflow since the iPad was first announced.


Next Generation

The new Light Peak technology that I wrote about back in December 2009 is making news again.  Recently, Intel gave a demo of the fiber optic technology at at an industry trade show in Brussels.  Light Peak promises at least 10Gbit/s in and out of computers and Intel's chief CTO "expects that number to increase dramatically over the next year with almost no limit to bandwidth potential".  It will supposedly be available to manufacturers by the end of 2010.  There's even speculation that it will overtake the soon to be new standard of USB 3.0 that is already shipping


Education

Remember the days when you actually had to go to a classroom to learn the latest post software?  Well, there are still good reasons to get hands on training but there is an awful lot of augmenting you can do on your own nowadays.  Everybody knows (or should know) about Lynda, Macprovideo and even YouTube.  But there are also other great niche places to learn and stay current with new technology and it's often free.  PSD.tuts has just posted 50 Totally Free Lessons in Graphic Design.  This should be really helpful for video editors trying to transition into incorporating more motion graphics and visual effects.


Free Stuff

One of the things that I've started doing is compiling as many free design elements as I can find off of the web and placing them into my Drop Box folder.  That way no mater where facility I am at and what computer I am using (if it is connected to the internet) I will have a access to my creative files.  These are usually vector files, stock photos, fonts, icons - you name it,  I'll stockpile it.  What have I found lately?





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