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April, 2012

  • 17 April

    H.264 in a Mobile World: Adios to the Main and High Profiles?

    Now that mobile devices are such an important target for most producers, does it make sense to start encoding all H.264 footage using the Baseline profile? From the tests that I performed this week, encoding all footage using this profile might save encoding and storage resources with minimal loss in quality. Gosh, it’s hard to remember a time when we …

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  • 14 April

    Two Years In: Are We Really Better Off Without Flash on Our iPads?

    Love it, hate it, however you look at it, two years after its initial introduction, iPad owners still don’t get the same experience as Flash-based desktops. So Bubba Watson was in a playoff at the Masters with Louis Oosthuizen. Fate conspired against me, and I was pulled away from the TV on the second playoff hole. I returned to see …

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  • 12 April

    Adobe Premiere Pro CS6: An Essential Upgrade

    So, Adobe announced that it will showcase Production Premium Creative Suite 6 at NAB prior to its official release sometime in the first half of 2012. What’s in it for you and me? Well, I worked on my first job with the beta and received a brie

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  • 12 April

    Livestream: No Computer Required

    While most live streaming service providers offer software encoders that integrate tightly with their service, Livestream is the first to offer a standalone H.264 hardware encoder that operates without a computer connection and can transmit via 3G/4G

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  • 4 April

    Live from J Street, Part 2: Framing Tips for Conference Shooters and Webcasters

    Jan Ozer passes on several key tips on framing panels and applying the rule of thirds (and when to break it) gleaned from his recent gig webcasting the national J Street conference on Israeli-Palestinian relations.

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March, 2012