Blame Apple, Not Your Driver Maker, But Leopard Fix May Be Close

Sometimes the kernel pops, sometimes it doesn’t. We’re waiting for a Leopard fix, and have reason to believe we may not have to wait much longer. Photo CC EastBayAnt. Updated: As expected, the Mac OS X 10.5.3 update has been released, and it promises to address USB audio playback issues. That may or may not […]

Fluid Visual Interfaces of the Future: Shapes, Video Scratching

Generative visuals like these could take massive leaps forward in the near future, as enabling technologies clear the way for new techniques. Photo: Emi Maeda on harp and electronics, Lia on live generative visuals, (CC) by watz. The VJ and live visualist of the future isn’t just about DJ metaphors and what happens in clubs. […]

B&H Interviews Steadicam Inventor: Shooting is Like Dancing

B&H, my favorite electronics store here in Manhattan, got to talk to Garrett Brown, the man who invented the Steadicam (and contributed some ground-breaking shots to the history of film himself). I love this quote, in terms of encapsulating the importance of movement inside shots: “You have to get the physical ‘corpus’ . . . […]

B&H Interviews Steadicam Inventor: Shooting is Like Dancing

B&H, my favorite electronics store here in Manhattan, got to talk to Garrett Brown, the man who invented the Steadicam (and contributed some ground-breaking shots to the history of film himself). I love this quote, in terms of encapsulating the importance of movement inside shots: “You have to get the physical ‘corpus’ . . . […]

Thrill Giveaway: artificialeyes' Generative Performance Tool Released This Week

We’ve been avidly following the development of Thrill for quite a while now, and are very excited to hear from Michael that the commercial release is this week. But first, a little housekeeping: As a grand opening for the 3L store, CreateDigitalMotion has 5 copies of the software to give away! Much like the Beta […]

Thrill Giveaway: artificialeyes’ Generative Performance Tool Released This Week

We’ve been avidly following the development of Thrill for quite a while now, and are very excited to hear from Michael that the commercial release is this week. But first, a little housekeeping: As a grand opening for the 3L store, CreateDigitalMotion has 5 copies of the software to give away! Much like the Beta […]

Conchords, Tracking and After Effects: "Ladies of the World" Post-Production Interview on Toolfarm

Peter posted last week about Flight of the Conchords’ new video. For additional CDMo flavour, Toolfarm have an interview with the visual effects gurus for this clip, talking about the shoot, with lots of motion tracking and colour correction thrown in: Michele: The job involved tracking the stunt double’s heads with the singer’s heads. I […]

Conchords, Tracking and After Effects: "Ladies of the World" Post-Production Interview on Toolfarm

Peter posted last week about Flight of the Conchords’ new video. For additional CDMo flavour, Toolfarm have an interview with the visual effects gurus for this clip, talking about the shoot, with lots of motion tracking and colour correction thrown in: Michele: The job involved tracking the stunt double’s heads with the singer’s heads. I […]

Conchords, Tracking and After Effects: “Ladies of the World” Post-Production Interview on Toolfarm

Peter posted last week about Flight of the Conchords’ new video. For additional CDMo flavour, Toolfarm have an interview with the visual effects gurus for this clip, talking about the shoot, with lots of motion tracking and colour correction thrown in: Michele: The job involved tracking the stunt double’s heads with the singer’s heads. I […]

New Turntablism Concepts: Touchscreen Decks, Crossfader Samplers, Needles

We’re seeing more and more unique ideas for reimagining DJing and the two-turntable setup. Here are two examples from opposite ends of the spectrum: one employs a non-traditional interface to do traditional DJing in a new way, while the other uses the traditional interface to produce new DJ techniques. To me, the latter is more […]