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(Marlborough, Massachusetts—June 8, 2010) Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, today announced Boris AAF Transfer, a new plug-in designed for seamless transfer of Apple Final Cut Pro sequences to Avid Media Composer. Boris AAF Transfer uses Avid’s new AMA (Avid Media Access) architecture to transfer Final Cut Pro sequences without the need for transcoding or rewrapping. “Improved integration between Adobe, Apple, and Avid continues to be among the top requests we receive from digital media workgroups,” commented Boris Yamnitsky, president and founder, Boris FX.

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Looks like Banksy’s Exit to the Gift Shop is influencing folks out there. This viral campaign by a group of San Francisco artists, Freedom From Porn , who are protesting the ban on adult material within Apple’s walled garden, clearly cops a few licks from the British artist’s great new movie.

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ARTISTS ADD PORN TO THE iPAD

“My biggest asset is not cash — it’s a large, growing, devout fanbase,” Imogen Heap was quoted as saying recently . She has nigh-on 1.5 million followers of her Twitter feed at the time of writing, and is often held as an example of how engaging with your audience can keep them interested and, as a happy by-product, keep them buying (though as the article makes clear times are tough even for her). Can such fan-engagement and community-building strategies work for bands and artists aiming to establish a fanbase, or indeed for entertainment and sports properties more generally

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Building cross-platform fan communities: the SwarmTribes pilot

Starting a new web development project is not a cakewalk. Instead, it is a grueling task, as it involves a number of complex issues that can only make sense to an experienced web developer. Before proceeding further with a new web development project, you need to have a fair idea of the exact requirements of the project otherwise; the entire effort might come to a sudden halt.

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Tips To Start With A Web Development Project

Having a malfunctioning website is more of a hindrance than a help. Apart from tarnishing the online reputation of a business organization, it can have far-reaching consequences that can come as a stumbling block in the growth of a small business organization. If it is not treated carefully, it can snowball into a major crisis sooner or later

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Golden Rules for Small Business Website Development

This article reviews a wonderful speech by Jacqueline Novogratz about escaping poverty, which was delivered at TED in 2009. In this speech, Novogratz demonstrates several strong speech techniques, including: A direct opening which immediately captures interest and provokes curiosity; Contrast as a rhetorical device; Relating to the audience; Complementary visuals ; and Masterful delivery

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Speech Critique: Jacqueline Novogratz (TED 2009)

(Cross-posted on the Official Google Blog ) Today, we’re announcing the completion of a new web indexing system called Caffeine. Caffeine provides 50 percent fresher results for web searches than our last index, and it’s the largest collection of web content we’ve offered. Whether it’s a news story, a blog or a forum post, you can now find links to relevant content much sooner after it is published than was possible ever before.

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Our new search index: Caffeine

(Newbury Park, California—June 7, 2010) MAXON Computer, a leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, today announced that world-renowned theater designer William Dudley used CINEMA 4D to chart new territory in the marriage of digital scenery and live action in the new stage production of JM Barrie’s “Peter Pan” which recently made its US Premiere in San Francisco. Dudley, a long-time CINEMA 4D user whose career spans 40 years of award-winning theatrical set design, turned to CINEMA 4D to create the digital sets that immerse cast and audience alike in a CGI Neverland in a way never experienced in live theatre ? an experience Dudley calls “cinematic theatre.” Peter Pan is being performed “in the round” in San Francisco’s Ferry Park in The threesixty˚ Theatre ?

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MAXON C4D Used to Create 3D Imagery for 360-degree Stage Set in New "Peter Pan"

(Hauppauge, New York—June 7, 2010) The Tiffen Company, a leader in imaging products to the still motion picture and broadcast industries, and Listec Video Corp., a Hauppauge, NY manufacturer of video teleprompters, today announced an agreement for The Tiffen Company to assume manufacturing as well as the worldwide distribution and marketing of all Listec products. “This agreement between Tiffen and Listec is a perfect fit”, said Steven Tiffen, President and CEO of The Tiffen Company.

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Tiffen to Exclusively Manufacture, Distribute and Market all Listec Products

Sometimes Internet marketers get confused about how to use web design layout to enhance effective communication with their site visitors. Often we come across certain websites that use a very unfamiliar style of writing which is full of sales jargon and promotional stuff. Most of the times these type of sites are set up anonymously.

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Website Design Layout Tips to Attract More Visitors

Château de Cheverny was Hergé’s inspiration for Château de Moulinsart which featured in ‘The Adventures of Tintin’ books. Cheverny has adapted one of their buildings into a beautifully crafted Tintin exhibition, which may be closest you can get to walking through the comic book.

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Tintin at Château de Cheverny

Update: Just noticed that the player is still in prerelease, so let the team know if you find issues. As part of the Open Source Media Framework , Adobe has released a new video player called the Strobe Media Playback component. This is a full-featured video player that is ready for easy deployment

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Introducing Strobe Media Playback

Six Minutes weekend reviews bring the best public speaking articles to you. This review features topics including: the rule of three; using sticky notes to organize your presentation; how to title your speech to grab your audience; storytelling advice; what to look for when looking at yourself on video; time management; audience analysis; and much more! From the Six Minutes Archives Two Years Ago from Six Minutes … How to Speak: 7 Speaking Tips from Patrick Henry Winston Highlights from the popular presentation from MIT Professor Patrick Henry Winston. Winston’s 45-minute lecture contains one of my favorite speaking quotes: Your careers will be determined largely by how well you speak, by how well you write, and by the quality of your ideas… in that order

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Public Speaking Tips: Weekend Review [2010-06-05]

London020.co.uk London 020 Search Engine Directory SEO Review Unique contents and possibly unique website is the holy grail of online SEO success. Doing what many people are already doing online is not one of the best recipe for SEO success. This does not faze the creator of London 020 directory .

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London 020 Directory SEO Review

(June 3, 2010) Matrox Graphics, the leading manufacturer of specialized graphics solutions, will be showcasing a variety of multi-display solutions for AV integrators and digital signage firms looking to build mid- to large-scale multi-monitor installations directly off a single workstation. New multi-GXM functionality will be shown with a dual-TripleHead2Go set up driving six displays, while the Matrox M9188 Octal Graphics Card will power eight displays from a single board.

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Matrox to Showcase Multi-Display Technologies at InfoComm 2010

(Marlborough, Massachusetts—June 2, 2010) Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, today announced Boris RED Version 5. Boris RED is an integrated 3D compositing, titling, and effects application designed for Adobe, Apple, Avid, Grass Valley, Media 100, and Sony video editing software. Boris RED 5 introduces support for 64-bit applications such as Adobe CS5 and Sony Vegas 9, adds 30+ new filters, and provides a score of new user interface and workflow enhancements including ergonomic panels, a curve editor, and a spreadsheet-style keyframe editor window.

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Boris FX Announces Boris RED Version 5

By Rick Wilson The hot thing these days as anyone in or around the hosting business is more than familiar with is “The Cloud”. I’m not going to define the cloud here, but Brian Raboin from Hosting.com wrote a nice guest post on our blog covering what is cloud computing and some things you must consider.

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E-commerce and the cloud – Part 1 The Good

In this tutorial inject life into a still image by creating a 3d-looking camera movement and animate the movement of the smoke. We will also add realistic camera jitter and simulate a rack focus with dirt on the lens.