Over the years, we’ve received countless emails from our readers asking about video game consoles, and most seem to fall along the same line: Which video game console will best suit my needs as a gamer and film fanatic? Well, we’re here to answer the masses! Just doing some quick research will provide basic answers for all three consoles and they’re multimedia capabilities. Xbox 360 (and the Kinect Motion Camera)The Xbox 360’s advanced Xbox Live network provides an excellent foundation for multimedia access. Film Fans will be delighted to find a number of VOD selections from Microsoft’s Zune Marketplace, as…
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Toon Boom Animation Inc. is the worldwide leader in digital content and animation creation software. Toon Boom carries user-friendly animation applications for all, catering to the needs of children, home users, creative professionals as well as students, educators and schools. As importantly, Toon Boom is fully dedicated to the needs of independent animators and studios, offering a wide product range from powerful pre-production tools to leading-edge animation production solutions. Relying on its extensive expertise in animation production, Toon Boom provides consulting services in the fields of optimization, pipeline integration, production assistance and custom development. To learn more about new animation…
My story with the Motorola XOOM tablet was like love-at-first-sight, and I don’t care if the XOOM is not the Twiggy of tablet world. It has a lot of charm to cover that little extra weight and thickness, and even more under its sleeve. XOOM comes loaded with the new Android OS that is tailored for tablets, Honeycomb. Honeycomb brings the XOOM to life with refined multi-tasking and a 3D experience, among other features. I know all of you are asking, “Well, what about apps?” Well, the XOOM provides access to the over 100,000 apps on the Android Market, and…
Vying for new ways to unleash the artist within you? Whip out your iPad and try Flip Boom Draw. This unique iPad app allows for creating animation using just the tips of your fingers. Flip Boom Draw is a great tool for novice animators, and it also provides an avenue for professionals to develop ideas on-the-fly. iPad users young and old alike will be able to start creating animations within minutes of opening the app. When you start the Flip Boom Draw, your attention is captured by the elegant and colorful user-interface; it almost feels like you’re illustrating inside a…
DLP Cinema and DLP technology makes Texas Instrument a great player in Digital Film Projection in movie theaters. To have more information about this field, we had an interview with Dave Duncan, is the Manager for DLP Cinema® Products. DLP® is the award winning digital projection technology enabling high quality projection in businesses, homes, professional venues, classrooms and movie theaters worldwide. Dave’s responsibilities include business strategy, product direction, marketing and overall operations for both the DLP Cinema and DLP HDTV businesses. Prior to his current role, Dave spent eight years working with DLP Cinema customers and the entertainment industry to…
HP is coming up with new TouchSmart desktop computer models, desk space saving systems for independent filmmakers that are working out of small studios. To learn more about TouchSmart computers, we interviewed HP’s Dipankar Bhargava. Dipankar Bhargava is a Product Marketing manager for Commercial All-in-One PCs within HP’s Personal Systems Group (Americas). Dipankar is responsible for the feature definition, lifecycle management and roadmap strategy for the HP Corporate Enterprise All-in-one PC category in the Americas Region. The product category consists of the new HP TouchSmart 9300, its predecessor – the TouchSmart 9100 and the HP Compaq 6000 Pro AiO that…
When I look back at my life, I see that I have spent a good part of it in movie theaters, staring spell bounded, at the silver screen. I honestly did not like watching movies on TV, I hated it. I could not bear watching spectacular desert scenes in the Lawrence of Arabia or colorful sequences of Clockwork Orange on a grainy, lousy TV screen. Before cable television was introduced, commercials were interrupting the movie every few minutes adding to the pain of watching films on TV. That is the reason why I only watched news on TV and viewed…
To learn more about HP Workstations and what they offer to film editors, we had an interview with Travis Humphries is a product marketing manager for the HP Workstations Global Business Unit in Fort Collins, CO. Travis is responsible for the feature definition and lifecycle management of HP Performance Workstations; the current generation of this product is the HP Z400 Workstation. Having developed a proclivity for computer technology while working part-time repairing servers and PCs during his undergraduate years, Travis was always attracted to the reputation and global presence of Hewlett-Packard. Putting this into practice, he secured a position with…
With over 50 3D movies expected to hit cinemas over the course of 2011, XPAND 3D, the global leader in active 3D technologies for home, cinema and education, today announced new, lower pricing for its award-winning cinema-grade X101 3D glasses. In doing so, the company is fulfilling its vision of providing theater owners with the best business model that couples the world’s best performing 3D technology with lowest operational cost as the volume of 3D content is surging.“Looking at the business model for active high quality 3D glasses vs. disposable passive glasses, the argument for active has just become even…
Burbank, CA, February 14, 2011—Cinema Without Borders, an independent publication dedicated to Independent and International Cinema, has declared Mitsubishi’s 73” Diamond Series HD 3DTV as the most ideal High Definition 3D display for film fans. The 2011 iteration of the prestigious Seal of Excellence Award—received in the past by the Palm Springs International Short-Fest Film Festival, Vudu HD On-Demand, and HP (along with Adobe and Nvidia)—is bestowed upon Mitsubishi’s Large Screen 3D Display for excellence in providing an exceptional and encompassing experience for film lovers. “Our team of editors, reviewers and experts spent a great deal of time with Mitsubishi’s…