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Nikon D4′s clean output and the Atomos Ninja
Initial testing of the Atomos Ninja with the new Nikon D4 dSLR camera proves the Nikon D4 generates an uncompressed, clean HD signal over HDMI. It makes the Ninja a perfect companion for the Nikon D4.
Six conditions for successful innovation in publishing
NEW Last week, I read a research paper on IT innovation, discussing how it can produce lasting results for the business: new markets, reduction of costs, and improving the alignment with the business strategy. Influencing the culture is the IT leaders’ first step towards in IT innovation, said Info-Tech Research Group’s paper. It is interesting to see how their findings could also apply to innovation in publishing — with potentially the same results.
Print media is not dead, bad content is
This morning, I read an article in the online version of the San Francisco Chronicle. The story was originally written by a contributor of Investopedia. Its title read: “Technology And The Death Of Print Media” — an over-simplified, haphazard article.
Uncompressed video via HDMI becomes popular again
A year ago, the Atomos Ninja and the Cinedeck Extreme field recorders were about the two only ones that could record video directly to a high-quality codec using a video camera’s HDMI output. Today, Black Magic has at least three devices that are capable of recording to Uncompressed the same way.
Avenza releases Geographic Imager 3.4 for Adobe Photoshop
Avenza Systems, developers of MAPublisher cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator and PDF Maps for Apple iOS, released Geographic Imager 3.4 for Adobe Photoshop. This release is fully compatible with Adobe Photoshop 12.1 in Adobe CS5.5, as well as Adobe Photoshop 12.0.4 in Adobe CS5.
Why a photo scanner doesn’t need white balance
Your digital camera needs to be white balanced — actually, grey balanced would be more accurate. The reason is that the camera’s whites, greys and blacks, should all be calibrated to a known neutral value. From there, the camera’s electronics can figure out how other colors should be rendered. Scanners don’t have that problem.
eBook self-publishing tips
Self-publishing is hot, but many self-published ebooks are created without much eye for detail or correctness. As a result there are many titles that are simply not written well enough to be read by a large audience, even if the content by itself isn’t bad. Here are a few tips to ensure your ebook won’t fail as a result of sloppiness.
Printing less of more
The title of this story isn’t a typo. Some products out there exist that allow you to print big documents on less paper, while others support printing with less ink to save money. A couple of services exist that allow you to save paper and ink when printing office documents and web pages. PrintEco is [...]
Kodak starting over again as mean, lean printing company?
So, big name Kodak has gone bankrupt. Most people think of photographic film when they hear the name Kodak. But Kodak was and is more than an enterprise involved in photography technologies. It has an established name in printing as well with its NexPress printing presses. The only problem is that it’s not making a [...]
