reviews
Best Quicktime Codec For Web-Streaming? (Part 2)
Thursday, October 25th, 2007If 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, [...]
Best Quicktime Codec For Web-Streaming? (Part 1)
Friday, October 19th, 2007The 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 [...]
Several 3D Applications Compared (head to head)
Monday, October 1st, 2007I 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 [...]
Thinking About The iPhone? You Should Definitely Take A Look.
Sunday, July 29th, 2007Okay, here’s the deal. If you haven’t looked at the iPhone yet, go do so. Even if it’s just a look.
With a base price of $499, it’s definitely expensive, but with the gadgetry, it may be worth it for you. You can talk on the phone, text, email, visit websites, look at maps (and google [...]
Carbon Fiber Rods Tough Enough For Film Work? Heck Yeah!
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007The news yesterday morning had something that really intrigued me; the new Boeing 787 was shown yesterday to a lot of hoopla.
It didn’t catch my attention so much because it was Boeing’s newest airplane in 10 years, but because this one was made almost entirely of plastic composites (on the news, they described it as [...]
Review: Recording Stereo Sound With the Zoom H4
Monday, May 21st, 2007I bought a Zoom H4 for doing my sound recording last week and so far I gotta say that I’m pretty happy with it. The buttons and interface are a little weird, and not very easy to get used to, but other than that, it’s not a bad recorder. I like being able to record [...]
Frederick, Westminster, & Mount Airy for Film Makers
Monday, March 19th, 2007It’s a slow news week, so I figured I’d take a few minutes to write about three of the best kept filming secrets of Maryland.
Frederick, MD is the second largest city in the state and the capital of Frederick County (which happens to be the largest county in Maryland). Located 1 hour west from Baltimore [...]