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How to set up a Canon projector for fool-proof media presentations on the road

step 1 Match your screen size to your room The first thing you always want to do before setting up your projector is determine the size of the room and the people filling it. The more people you have in the more »

Render Out a 3D Object in Eovia Carrara 4 for Final Compositing in After Effects 6.5

Step 1 Enter the Render Room Double click on your 3D object file. [A future online version of this tutorial will include an object file, "00_detailed_lamp_v_009.car," to use while following this more »

Apple 30-Inch Cinema HD Display

Hate wishy-washy reviews? You won't find one here. Apple's 30-inch Cinema HD Display is the best computer monitor I've ever used (or have ever seen anyone else use). Period. Why is it the best? That more »

Thomson Broadens Customer Base With New HD Camera, New Vision

Thomson, traditionally known for high-end broadcast equipment, is now making inroads in a broader direction by starting to offer HD products to a new targeted user. The company most recently introduced the LDK more »

Panasonic TH-50PHD7UY Display

Panasonic claims a 3000:1 contrast ratio and 11-bit dynamic range for its new 50-inch color gas plasma display, the TH-50PHD7UY. Naturally, I wasted no time putting this claim to the test. After unpacking the more »

The 5.1 Challenge

Steven Wright's famous one-liner "You can't have everything - where would you put it?" has become the ultimate trope for the broadband digital era. Multichannel sound has permeated virtually every more »

Boxx 3200 Workstation

Austin -based Boxx Technologies launches a new series of media-creation workstations offering "exceptional price performance and investment protection." Key Features: AMD Athlon 64 FX or AMD Athlon more »

Hands-On HD: What to Know Before You Shoot

Whether or not you're actually shooting HD, odds are you're spending a lot of time thinking about it - scrutinizing HD images, scanning the specs of different HD cameras, or actually more »

Making Old Photos Come Alive

Co-creative directors/Inferno artists Vico Sharabani and Ronen Sharabani of NY-based Rhinofx and Anonymous Content director Brett Morgan (The Kid Stays In The Picture) dug deep into Budweiser's archives to more »

Otomo Returns with Steamboy

Sixteen years after the landmark anime hit Akira, director Katsuhiro Otomo is back in the spotlight with Steamboy, 10 years in the making and with a total budget of $22 million - establishing it as the most more »