Parrot’s Analysis of U.S. Audience’s Demand for Unscripted TV (January-June 2019)
July 28, 2019
Got a minute? Watch this video…. (Video courtesy of Parrot Analytics, go to parrotanalytics.com for more information)
The Art Of
The Art of Business: OWC RADiO Interview with Peter Hamilton of DocumentaryBusiness.com
Hamilton and Host Cirina Catania uncover the landscape of SVOD, OTT and answer questions about DEALS! Listen here on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe to get notices of new interviews. Share with your friends on social media. You will be appreciated and will get virtual hugs. OWC RADiO is sponsored by Other World Computing with Cirina Catania
The Art of Opera: Eugene Onegin
June 30, 2018
(Los Angeles, CA, June 29, 2018) Tickets for the final performance of Independent Opera’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Saturday, June 30, 2018, at the St. Andrews Lutheran Church Sanctuary, 11555 National Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90064 are available here: https://eugeneonegin.brownpapertickets.com/ Artistic Director, Galina Barskaya, was ecstatic after tonight’s performance and is enjoying this run,
The Art of Film: Bradley Olsen and “Off the Tracks,” the history of Final Cut Pro
June 22, 2018
(Salt Lake City, Utah, June 13, 2018) Bradley Olsen owns Fedora Pictures in Salt Lake City and a major fan of the Indiana Jones movies. A quiet, normally introverted person, he gets animated when talking about his directorial debut. On June 27th at the LACPUG event in Hollywood, Brad will be premiering “Off the Tracks,”
The Art of Tech: Red Giant Releases Trapcode Form 3 Training Series
June 19, 2018
(Portland, OR, Special to US Times, 2018-06-18) Red Giant has just released a brand new Trapcode Form 3 training series, available free of charge on the Red Giant YouTube channel and led by award-winning filmmaker and motion designer Chad Perkins. The new training videos are the latest to come out of Red Giant, on the
Richard Taylor
The Art of Tech: Richard Taylor Like You’ve Never Seen Him Before
June 13, 2018
(Baltimore, Maryland, June 13, 2018, Written by US Times Senior Editor, Cirina Catania) Radio Host, Musician, Film Editor, Audio Editor, Composer…and Swingdancer! You’ve never known all this about Richard Taylor, Host of Final Cut Pro Radio…at least not until now. Amazing what you learn about someone just by taking the time to TALK, something we
Gear & Gadget Reviews
Don’t leave home without your OWC Travel Dock.
July 29, 2019
Tiny little gadget saves my life on the road! (Gear Review – On the road with US Times Sr. Editor Cirina Catania, July 28, 2019) OK – I admit it, I’m hooked on OWC’s Travel Dock. I have three of them! (They cost from $37 to $49 and are one of those simple solutions that
IBC 2018: Philip Hodgetts’ Journal, Day 4 – GrayMeta, Premiere Pro, Aurus Mixing Console
September 18, 2018
9SEPTEMBER 17, 2018, Special report to USTimes.biz by Technologist, Philip Hodgetts, Pt. 4) Because it was the last day of IBC, we didn’t have a lot more that we wanted to see. Fortunately, we were able to catch a demo of how GrayMeta metadata extraction works with the Premiere Pro panel. The media and AI
IBC 2018: Philip Hodgetts’ Journal, Day 3 – Speechmatics, Future Zone, Squarebox
(Special Report to USTimes.biz from technologist, Philip Hodgetts, Pt. 3, September 16, 2018) Our Sunday started early as we had another appointment back at the Speechmatics stand that took a good portion of our morning. We sat in on some of the presentations in the Innovation Zone (Future Zone) where the future technology is being
IBC 2018: Day 2, ATOMOS, Apple, Adobe, Blackmagic, Avid, Boris FX, GrayMeta and Speechmatics (whew!)
September 16, 2018
(September 15, 2018, Special Report to USTimes.biz by Philip Hodgetts) Final Cut Pro X Central this year was at the ATOMOS Theater where Apple Product Marketing and other expert presenters showed ProRes RAW workflows and the latest in FCP X. It was also the place to catch up with others in the FCP X world.
IBC 2018: Pre-Show Notes with Philip Hodgetts and Gregory Clarke
September 15, 2018
Today was pre-show. Couldn’t pick up our badges until after 2, which we found out at 12! Anyway, badges and travel passes in hand we’re ready for the show. Blackmagic signage is way less prominent this year. And ATOMOS have even bigger signage. More interesting is that both Google and AWS have a prominent banner
News
Apple to Acquire Majority of Intel’s Smartphone Modem Business by 4th Quarter 2019
July 27, 2019
(Cupertino and Santa Clara, CA, July 25, 2019) To USTimes from the Apple newsroom today. Apple and Intel have signed an agreement for Apple to acquire the majority of Intel’s smartphone modem business. Approximately 2,200 Intel employees will join Apple, along with intellectual property, equipment, and leases. The transaction, valued at $1 billion, is expected
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Nat Geo’s “The Cave,” directed by Feras Fayyad, set for Fall 2019 Release
June 24, 2019
Just ahead of Oscar season, Nat Geo announces a Fall 2019 release for their documentary, The Cave directed by Academy Award nominated, Feras Fayyad (“Last Man in Aleppo”).
Territory Studio Reprises Cinema 4D Workflow in “Avengers: Endgame”
May 15, 2019
(San Francisco, California, May 15, 2019, Special to USTimes.biz from Maxon) The latest feature film from Marvel Studios, Avengers: Endgame, features more than 40 3D data screen graphics visualizations created by the Territory Studio creative team in San Francisco that appear throughout key scenes in the film. Territory holds an impressive creative pedigree having contributed assets to
Keller Crafted & Big Picture Beef: The Grass is Greener on the Carbon Side
March 13, 2019
The label “grass fed” is everywhere you look in grocery stores today, but what is it exactly, and are all those labels accurate? Mark Keller and Ridge Shinn give us the Big Picture.
LumaTouch Co-Founder Terri Morgan Demos at LACPUG
December 12, 2018
Demo of LumaTouch by Terri Morgan recorded live at the Nov. 2018 LACPUG Meet in Los Angeles. LumaFusion is a powerful multi-track video editor for IOS used by mobile journalists, filmmakers and professional video producers.