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Creative Pro: Cutting-Edge Conference for Print and Digital Publishing

The lengthy session list at the 2012 PEPCON print and ePublishing conference could be boiled down into one sentence: Attend this event or fall behind.

Seriously, just look at these session titles (which are only a sampling of the full list):

• InDesign to iPad and Android Apps
• Making Your Folio Come Alive: Embedding HTML and RSS
• XML for Print and Digital Publishing
• Stay on the Cutting Edge: Five Tools to Learn Now

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8 Feb 2012 | 9:25 am GMT

Digital Media: ASSIMILATE Store Now Features NEAT Video Pro Plug-in and Tangent Element Control Panels for SCRATCH and SCRATCH Lab

These two exciting new additions to the SCRATCH and SCRATCH Lab ecosystem enable post-production artists to work more creatively and productively than ever before, with greater control in their SCRATCH digital workflows.

7 Feb 2012 | 8:00 pm GMT

Digital Media: The Devil in the Details: Technical Artist Julian Love on Diablo III

What does it take to put together Diablo III ? Blizzard Technical Artist Julian Love gives an inside look at the history of the game and the unique challenges of acting as a mediator between programmers, designers and ar

7 Feb 2012 | 8:00 pm GMT

Creative Pro: How to Price Your Work

Jason Blumer is no fly-by-night guy; he's the chief innovation officer of an accounting firm that caters to creative pros. So when he recommends that you price your work higher than you do now, it pays (literally) to listen.

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7 Feb 2012 | 9:17 am GMT

Creative Pro: What's That Web Font?

Chengyin Liu, an undergrad in Computer Science at the University of Illinois, has developed a handy web browser add-on for people who want to identify webfonts in a jiffy. The add-on, called WhatFont, is compatible with Firefox 3.6 and later; Chrome 9 and later; Safari 4 and later; Internet Explorer 9; and, to a lesser extent, Internet Explorer 8.

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6 Feb 2012 | 9:56 am GMT

Digital Media: Content Insider - Macworld/iWorld

This year's Macworld made us feel like we were visiting an old and ailing relative in the hospital. You felt obliged to go but didn't really like it because you remember when they were younger, more vital. Macworld/iWorld may not be close to drawing its final breath but a lot of rethinking, repositioning, investment will have to take place to make it a new, exciting, vital event. There's a place for it in the business world but someone will have to rethink what the iPhone, iPad, Mac system(s) are beyond neat devices to carry around and show off your latest game download.

3 Feb 2012 | 8:00 pm GMT

Creative Pro: How to Use QR Codes

If you have questions about QR codes, "QR Codes for Publishing and Marketing" may be just the ticket. While the $86 price is high for an impulse purchase, it's not much to keep you from marketing missteps. This 36-page eBook is actually several articles previously published in the venerable Seybold Report.

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3 Feb 2012 | 9:44 am GMT

Creative Pro: Download 3D Apps for Free

Digital Art Zone (DAZ) is giving away several of its 3D software programs from now until February 29, 2012. To download DAZ Studio 4 Pro, Bryce 7 Pro, Hexagon 2.5, and the 3D Photoshop Bridge, go to the special download page on the DAZ site.

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2 Feb 2012 | 9:10 am GMT

Digital Media: Apple's Richard Townhill Calls to Discuss the Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 Update

I just got off the phone with Apple's Richard Townhill, senior director of applications marketing, who took the time to update me on the latest major update to Final Cut Pro (http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/), ver. 10.0.3. Apple is delivering multicam support, broadcast monitoring via third-party PCI-e cards and boxes (in beta, along with Thunderbolt), advanced chroma keying features, XML 1.1, the ability to import layered Photoshop graphics (PSD), and media relinking.

1 Feb 2012 | 8:00 pm GMT

Digital Media: ASSIMILATE Congratulates Chilefilms for Sundance 2012 Winner, Violeta Went to Heaven

At the Sundance Film Festival 2012 in Park City, Utah (January 19 - 29), several films were on the roster for filmmakers whose post-production companies used ASSIMILATE's SCRATCH(r) DI tool in their digital workflows. The Sundance Film Festival 2012, is the premier showcase for independent American and international filmmakers.

1 Feb 2012 | 8:00 pm GMT

IBS: The London Loudness Summit 2011

Graham Heath MIPS reports on a specialist one-day summit held in London in December 2011

So what is all this loudness malarkey about? As a TV Sound Supervisor I try to tickle PPM6s on the meters and, hopefully, make a decent enough balance that'll earn me my next crust. However, I'm constantly frustrated by the 'loudness' of network junctions, adverts, and even VT packages that are often unheard until the dress run (if you're lucky enough to get a dress!), and sometimes not even then.

14 Jan 2012 | 12:03 am GMT

IBS: IBS is changing to IPS

The Institute of Broadcast Sound (IBS), the industry body founded in 1977 to represent professionals working in the field of audio for broadcast, is to rename itself The Institute of Professional Sound. The change will take effect from January 1st, 2012.

27 Dec 2011 | 1:33 pm GMT

IBS: Quality Saga pt 4

Following the reply from Lord Patten we subsequently received this letter from the BBC Director General, Mark Thompson: The IBS is formulating a response, and will publish it here, once sent.

18 Nov 2011 | 1:00 am GMT

IBS: Quality Saga pt 3

The reply from Lord Patten to the letter (see Quality Saga pt 2) Thank you for your letter and for enclosing the letter written by Louise Willcox, headed BBC -- Doing Less, But Making It Sound Better. I note that at the Institute you have become increasingly concerned about what you feel is a decline [...]

18 Nov 2011 | 12:58 am GMT

IBS: Quality Saga pt 2

A letter from the IBS to Lord Patten, Chairman BBC Trust RE: BBC - DOING LESS, BUT MAKING IT SOUND BETTER [more...]

18 Nov 2011 | 12:55 am GMT