GoPro Hero3 Black tested for noise and light adaptation performance

I tested the GoPro Hero3 Black for noise and light adaptation performance. I measured the light recorded by the Hero3 with an i1 Display Pro connected via basICColor’s display Pro 5. This software has an ambient light measurement module that is very accurate. The light recorded by the camera started at less than 5 lux, [...]

Technicolor Color Assist 1.5 adds support for Adobe After Effects

Technicolor, a worldwide technology leader in the media and entertainment sector, announced the latest version of Technicolor Color Assist, its video colour correction and grading software package. Key improvements of version 1.5 include compatibility with Adobe After Effects and support for AVCHD video and still images. …read more Source: http://photo.it-enquirer.com/2013/05/technicolor-color-assist-1-5-adds-support-for-adobe-after-effects/

Powerchimp 4A combines innovative battery charger with device charger functionality

The Powerchimp 4A is an AA and AAA battery charger rolled into one. You can charge the device off several power sources and you can charge devices with it, but that’s not all. The Powerchimp A4 is eco-friendly, and has a nice design. …read more Source: http://apple.it-enquirer.com/2013/04/24/powerchimp-4a-combines-innovative-battery-charger-with-charger/

Leap Motion to bring 3-D motion control to HP devices

Leap Motion, the company that is destined to change the future of the way humans interact with computers, announced a collaboration with HP to bring 3-D motion control to unique HP devices. The relationship will start with the Leap Motion Controller bundled with select HP products and evolve to unique HP devices embedded with Leap [...]

Adobe InDesign CS6 (review)

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InDesign CS6 is not a minor upgrade like CS5 was in my opinion. It’s an important upgrade of an important application. The most powerful new features of InDesign CS6 include liquid page rules, multiple layouts for one project, a tool to move content from one layout to another, and interactive PDF forms.

Relevanssi search better than WordPress’s (review)

Relevanssi search engine for WordPress

When searching for a story using WordPress’s own search your users will end up frustrated at the low relevance of the results. Using Relevanssi will make your users a lot more happy. Relevanssi is a plug-in that comes in a free and a premium version.

Aquafadas MotionComposer Flash/HTML5 animation software (review)

MotionComposer animation software

MotionComposer is an authoring tool for the creation of interactive Web content in Flash and HTML5. Animations and interactive content created with MotionComposer run on any computer, smartphone or tablet, including iPhone, iPad and Android.

Calais Metadata in WordPress: use Tagaroo

Calais is Thomson/Reuters’ metadata initiative to make the world’s content more accessible, interoperable and valuable. Calais offers an API, but WordPress admins have a much easier option: the Tagaroo plug-in. Calais is a toolkit that lets you readily incorporate semantic functionality within your blog, content management system (CMS), website or application. It differs from schema.org in that it isn’t [...]

Book review: DAM Survival Guide

When David Diamond was still busy writing his DAM Survival Guide, he gave me the opportunity to comment on his style and the book’s contents. Now the book is available at amazon.com, I felt the time is right to review the DAM Survival Guide.

Going from InDesign print layouts to iPad publications

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Twixl media is the Belgian developer of Twixl Publisher, an iPad publishing solution. Twixl Publisher is an InDesign based solution for transmigrating a printed publication to the iPad. That made me think: how do Adobe-based software vendors understand this transmigration anyway?