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Internet Video Magazine Newsletter - April 26 2006
It's NAB Week and much of the industry is in Las Vegas, checking out the new toys, technologies and tools. We decided to put out a special issue of the newsletter as we have received a ton of press releases and product announcements in the last week.
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Sony Media Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio editing software applications, has announced the launch of Cinescore? software, a new concept in music creation technology that automatically generates complete custom soundtracks for movie makers, audio producers and other content creators who require royalty-free music to enhance and enrich their work.
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Cinescore software provides content creators with a broad palette of musical themes that can be customized to match the specific moods and genres of the surrounding work. Producers select a basic Theme, then the Cinescore music generation engine creates music that can be shaped to fit. The music's time and tempo, intensity, variation and repetition can be easily connected with associated video or voiceover down to frame level accuracy to create the perfect soundtrack without requiring any specialized musical knowledge or technical skill. more
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Podcasting and video blogging are the next wave in multimedia communication. Podcasting is a fast rising way to master internet publishing, and when combined with corporate blogging works to give a business greater influence within the multimedia sphere. Hands-On Guide to Video Blogging and Podcasting is a book every professional in the broadcast and multimedia sphere should read. more
All about webcams - for capturing video, for live video conferencing and remote surveillance, and for even having fun. These are not your grandpa's webcams - the quality is a lot better and the prices are a lot more attractive more.
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Two great new Photoshop Books
Do you want to learn how to use PhotoShop to imitate the styles of classical artists? Check out Photoshop Fine Arts Cookbook. Fascinating. You can also use these tips to great great imagery for your videos. more
Digital SLR Photography with Photoshop CS2 - all in one for dummies" bills itself as five books in one. It covers everything from the basics of how to use a digital SLR camera to the essentials of using Photoshop to clean up and correct your images, as well as how to do some basic effects and other cool stuff. more
The Curious City Short Short Film Festival - Call for entries: Deadline May 15 - NO entry fee. Your movie could win $5000 in 60 seconds or less.
If you're like us, you're the curious type. Curious about the many details that add up to a meaningful life. Curious about the identifying scars and beauty marks that distinguish the world around you. And curious about the small, enigmatic moments that lodge in memory. If you are such a type, TheCuriousCity.com Short Short Film Festival hereby invites you to express your curiosity in abbreviated, cinematic form.
Visit our official website: http://www.thecuriouscity.com/filmfestival/ to view sample films, and read all Short Short Film Festival rules and directions. Then create your own film of 60 seconds or less, and submit your entry to us online. One grand prize winner will get $5000. Runners-up will get $500 each. NO entry fee. But we?re only accepting entries until 11:59 PM EDS on May 15, 2006. So enter soon. That is, if you?ve got a minute.
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Watch Out - AmbushTV is looking for????? Politicians and liars should consider themselves warned: A new Web site (http://www.AmbushTV.us) is literally taking aim at the biggest hypocrites on Capitol Hill and in the mainstream media. Providing citizen journalists with a powerful Web-based platform on which to post videos they get after tracking down and interviewing elected officials, AmbushTV represents the most aggressive effort yet undertaken to provide citizens with cutting-edge tools to hold Congress and other national officials accountable to the people. more
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Press Releases and Product Announcements
Sony Media Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio editing software applications, has announced the launch of Cinescore? software, a new concept in music creation technology that automatically generates complete custom soundtracks for movie makers, audio producers and other content creators who require royalty-free music to enhance and enrich their work.
Cinescore software provides content creators with a broad palette of musical themes that can be customized to match the specific moods and genres of the surrounding work. Producers select a basic Theme, then the Cinescore music generation engine creates music that can be shaped to fit. The music's time and tempo, intensity, variation and repetition can be easily connected with associated video or voiceover down to frame level accuracy to create the perfect soundtrack without requiring any specialized musical knowledge or technical skill. more
TV One has developed the PX-710, a professional Time Base Corrector/Frame Synchronizer with Genlock. The PX-710 is a high performance Full Frame device that corrects time base errors in videotape playback producing clean, stable results. It is also multi-standard for worldwide television making it practical and convenient in every situation.
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TV One has four new high performance Distribution Amplifiers. Two of the amps, the PD-750CV and the PD-750SV, are devoted to video exclusively while the PD-760CVA and the PD-760SVA are devoted to both audio and video. The product line is flexible and can accommodate every situation while ensuring exact replication of the original source signal. Click Here to read more...
Diamond Multimedia, a leading manufacturer of peripherals and accessories for getting the most out of PCs, is now offering trial and 'lite' versions of muvee autoProducer 5, which will be bundled on CD with its well known Viper and Stealth graphics cards, and XtremeTV TV Tuner/PVR. This partnership will enable Diamond XtremeTV TV Tuner/PVR and graphics card users to automatically create professional-quality home video productions that can incorporate pictures, videos and music inputs with synchronized style effects and transitions. more
Online Media Technologies Ltd. presents AVS Video Tools 5.1, the brand new version of its top-market complete solution for home video production. Now ultimate all-in-one suite of six fully featured, wizard-driven applications for capturing, multi-format cross converting, video editing, mobile content management, DVD burning and ripping handles all key user requirements for home video processing. AVS Video Tools 5.1 keeps all the advantages of its predecessor, AVS Video Converter and adds new tools and features for more enhanced yet maximum simplified work with your video and audio. more
VitalStream, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: VSHI), the world leader in audio and video streaming, today announced VitalStream Media Player for Flash, a dedicated application that makes viewing Flash video (FLV) content as simple as double-clicking an FLV file. Previously, developers had to create a Media Player within the Flash Development environment to view FLV content on their computer. Now, with full support for all FLV files including Flash 6, 7 and 8 encoded Flash video, the VitalStream Media Player for Flash saves valuable development time by eliminating cumbersome steps in creating Flash video projects. more
National Short Film contest for University and College students. - The contest is being hosted by www.theproject.tv and is structured as a 3-episode short film miniseries in which the student will have to structure, write, shoot, and edit a sequence of three, 3 minute short films which carry a common theme or topic throughout. more
Critical Mention, Inc., the leading Web-based television news search and broadcast monitoring service, today announced the formation of a new technology platform and business venture, ClipSyndicate, providing an exceptional value proposition for broadcasters, advertisers and Web site publishers in the ?long tail? of the Internet. Broadcasters can extend the reach and value of their news clips, advertisers are able to get their video and banner ads in front of targeted ?eyeballs? and Web site publishers are provided with the simplest way to syndicate and profit from timely and respected broadcast news segments that are relevant to their users/visitors. more
Opera Software announced the first public Beta of Opera 9. This version includes Widgets, small Web programs running in their own windows that are fun, easy-to-use and live on users' desktops. The Opera 9 Beta also features support for BitTorrent, a popular file downloading technology, in addition to an easy-to-use content blocker and thumbnail previews of tabbed sites. more
VBrick Systems, Inc., an industry leader in affordable video over IP network solutions, introduced VBrick webcast kits that provide new levels of simplicity for setting up and broadcasting video/multimedia presentations. The VBrick webcast kit is an out-of-the-box presentation streaming solution that combines video, multimedia slides and web content, as well as interactive audience polling and Q&A capabilities. more
MAGIX MP3 Maker 11 now offers new intuitive features, such as MAGIX AudioID, which automatically identifies names and track information not only for complete CDs, but also for individual files in seconds. Other new features include MAGIX Headphone Surround, for a full sound experience on the move and at home, even when you have low-quality speakers? enjoy high-quality room sound wherever and whenever you want! You can also listen to, download and record Podcasts and Internet radio, burn CDs, create professional special effects, edit music and sound, and easily synchronize with mobile devices. MAGIX MP3 Maker 11 will be available in the retail channel and on www.magix.com on May 1, 2006 for $29.99. more
Politicians and liars should consider themselves warned: A new Web site (http://www.AmbushTV.us) is literally taking aim at the biggest hypocrites on Capitol Hill and in the mainstream media. Providing citizen journalists with a powerful Web-based platform on which to post videos they get after tracking down and interviewing elected officials, AmbushTV represents the most aggressive effort yet undertaken to provide citizens with cutting-edge tools to hold Congress and other national officials accountable to the people. more
Spymac www.spymac.com, the largest Macintosh community with over 1 million members, announced Spymac V with advanced new technologies, services and communities for Mac users. Also available for Windows, Spymac V is the fastest, easiest way to share movies, photos and music online using sophisticated new technologies, such as AJAX and WebDAV to create fast and easy photo and video galleries and the first drag-n-drop website creator for Mac users. Spymac V?s basic services are free, with full desktop integration, more storage space and software available to Spymac Club members at $25/year. Spymac V New Features include: Spymac Gallery offers 3GB of storage space for all your large collection of videos, photos and music more
Envivio Inc. introduces its first professional decoder for high definition (HD) content and a new decoder supporting mobile and standard definition (SD) content. The D1 and D5 join the field proven 4View? Broadcast Series ? the industry's first line of MPEG-4 professional decoders ? to deliver improved quality and expanded application support within this ground breaking series. 4View D1 and D5 systems provide real time decoding and confidence monitoring of content as it passes from production through distribution and is repurposed for delivery over mobile, IPTV, enterprise and broadcast networks. 4View D1 and D5 systems are ideal for broadcasters and network operators taking advantage of the low bit rate and high quality compression of MPEG-4. more
Grouper Networks Inc. announced Web uploading capabilities for its device-to-device video sharing service, making it easier than ever before to share video clips with any audience. Grouper also announced an affiliate program enabling third party Web sites to add video directly to their sites using embedded Grouper functionality more
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Cool Videos and Great Video Websites
Best of Addicting Clips
See the best, brightest and most exciting viral clips and short films to crossover from the Atom Films' partner site, AddictingClips !
More from Atom Films - Driving Test
What if your 27th driving test included crazy cyclists, brake malfunctions and a crazy woman beating the car with a baseball bat? Think you could still pass? Buckle up for this hysterical and stunt-laden short.
This collection of 3 short films - and the associated web site is BRILLIANT. I'm sure if you have done much web surfing, you have found yourself on web sites that cater to porn, perverts and other oddness. This site - Coeds With Colds - is truly sick. And we mean it in a good way. This is the best "porn parody" site we have ever seen. (And maybe the only porn parody site). Check It out!
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