Doctor Who: Amy’s Choice
Are any of you good folks Doctor Who fans? I’ve been enjoying Doctor Who for many years (we won’t say how many) and I’m glad BBC America (and sometimes the SyFy channel) bring Doctor Who to those of us on this side of the Atlantic. Since Doctor Who was brought back in 2005, we’ve been through 3 different faces of the Doctor with Christopher Eccleston in 2005, David Tennant from 2005-2010, and most recently Matt Smith. Convert this post to pdf … Read entire article »
Best Quicktime Codec For Web-Streaming? (Part 2)
If you missed out on the first half of this discussion, check out the Best Quicktime Codec For Web-Streaming? (Part 1) article, posted last week, where I talked about the best quicktime codec for webstreaming and compared MP4 to both H.264 and DiVX. You can export MP4 out of Quicktime Pro (or FCP, Compressor, Adobe Premiere, Avid, etc) – with usually the same results (unless I miss a setting). I don’t use the newer Sorenson or other codecs that aren’t a standard inside Quicktime 6 (see the first half of this post for more info there). The older sorenson codecs seem to be more widespread, but are not optimal. The newer stuff is more Convert this post to pdf … Read entire article »
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Best Quicktime Codec For Web-Streaming? (Part 1)
The best Quicktime codec I’ve found for both compression and general usage seems to be Quicktime’s MP4. Sure there are others, but MP4 has been supported since QT6 (released in 2002). As long as someone has a version of Quicktime newer than 5 years old (which most people do), they can watch your video. H.264 is a really nice codec and it compresses better than MP4, but Convert this post to pdf … Read entire article »
Several 3D Applications Compared (head to head)
I found a very good write-up (via Slashdot) that took the top 3D applications and compared them. This is one of the most comprehensive comparisons that I’ve found to date. Of course, the top 3D apps are: Autodesk 3ds max 9 SP2, Autodesk Maya complete 8.5, Maxon Cinema4D R 10.1, Newtek Lightwave 9.2, Softimage XSI Foundation 6.2, and Blender 3D 2.45 For those that haven’t heard of Blender 3D, you are Convert this post to pdf … Read entire article »
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