Archives for November, 2009
Ten Tips for Working With Music in Multimedia on MediaStorm blog
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
As part of an ongoing series of tutorials on the MediaStorm blog I’ve compiled a list of techniques that he MediaStorm team uses when working with music.
From the article:
Music should not be used as simply background sound. It’s an integral part of multimedia, as important at times as your images, narration, or video. Effective music [...]
MediaStorm and Council on Foreign Relations Nominated for Emmy
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Crisis Guide: The Global Economy, for which I produced the first chapter, was nominated for a Business & Financial Reporting Emmy.
Other nominees in the category are CNBC.com, CBS Sunday Morning and CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, and the Wall Street Digital Network.
From the MediaStorm blog:
This new CFR.org Crisis Guide is an in-depth, multimedia [...]
The Minimal Desktop
Saturday, November 7th, 2009
I used to be a slob. Or rather, I’m still a slop but after working at MediaStorm for the last three years, I’ve become a bit of a neat freak when it comes to organizing my computer.
Besides the hard drive, my desktop also sports my dropbox folder. Dropbox offers easy cloud storage in what looks [...]
Learning After Effects
Friday, November 6th, 2009
I’ve been putting in the hours with my ancient copy of Adobe After Effects. My mistress in this affair has been lynda.com.
But Lynda’s $25 monthly fee shouldn’t be a barrier to learning this amazing application. A wellspring of free AE tutorials are available across the web.
My favorite of these is VideoCopilot.net which offers a series [...]