Free Video Editing Software, Video Converter Available at DVDVideoSoft’s New Web Site

Announcing the launch of dvdvideosoft.com, a Web site where one can gain access to free video editing software and a free video converter. Making videos has never been easier or cheaper.

Los Angeles — DVDVideoSoft, an independent software vendor, announces the launch of its new Web site and free video editing software. This site also provides a free video converter and multimedia software guides and tutorials. Unlike software and shareware catalogs collecting third-party products, DVDVideoSoft carefully designs, develops and releases all free software titles under its own name and makes them available to computer users without any hidden fees, subscriptions or registrations.

Today DVDVideoSoft at http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/free-dvd-video-software.htm offers 10 simple tools that let computer users do a lot of video tricks, including the downloading of YouTube clips to a hard drive or the playback of YouTube clips on portable players, such as iPods, iPhones, PSPs or cell phones, or turning videos into MP3 songs or mobile phone ringtones with the Free YouTube to MP3 Converter.

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RevoStock Offers Adobe® After Effects® Project Files as Part of Stock Media Collection

RevoStock expands again to offer Adobe® After Effects® project files along with their current offering of footage, music and sound effects. Media professionals may now upload and sell, as well as purchase and download professionally produced After Effects® project files at RevoStock.

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) August 9, 2007 — RevoStock expands again to offer Adobe® After Effects® project files along with their current offering of footage, music and sound effects. Media professionals may now upload and sell, as well as purchase and download professionally produced After Effects® project files at RevoStock.

One of the limitations with stock footage is the inability to customize. Offering the original After Effects® project files allows RevoStock’s end-users the ability to change colors, speed, text and layout as well as integrate their own videos or photos. Possible applications include customized logos, title screens, video walls, credit sequences, plug-in presets and customizable elements. Currently the site has close to 400 projects online and continues to grow as more of the site’s producers upload their work.

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Dailymotion Launches iPhone-Compatible Online Video Entertainment Site

Quicktime compatibility enables Dailymotion’s original and licensed video content to be viewed via Safari browser.

New York, NY (PRWEB) August 6, 2007 — Dailymotion, the world’s largest independent video sharing site, today announced the availability of an iPhone-compatible version of the popular site, available at http://iphone.dailymotion.com. The new portal features a simplified graphic user interface as well as Quicktime-compatible encoding, both facilitating the viewing of Dailymotion’s high-quality online video entertainment directly through the device’s Safari web browser.

The new site retains popular Dailymotion functionality including easy access to featured and top-rated content as well as to Dailymotion channels, recently-added videos and contributions from the MotionMaker program that identifies and rewards outstanding contributors to the Dailymotion creative community. Users may also perform keyword searches for the site’s original and licensed entertainment. Results appear as thumbnail images, each featuring a Play icon that can be tapped on the iPhone’s touch screen to launch the video in full-screen view.

“Dailymotion is committed to providing the best entertainment experience possible,” said ailymotion Co-founder and CTO Olivier Poitrey. “The launch of the iPhone portal is both a continuance and a reinforcement of our goal to bring our superior video content and viewing technology to new devices and broader audiences.” The iPhone-friendly Dailymotion site can be accessed at
http://iphone.dailymotion.com/.

About Dailymotion:
A top 50 website worldwide (source: Alexa), Dailymotion is the world’s largest independent provider of premium user generated and licensed online video entertainment. Every day, 20,000 new videos are uploaded into Dailymotion’s global network of localized video entertainment sites, where a programming team turns the user generated and licensed content into a high quality, entertainment experience for the 4.7 million daily visitors. Using the most advanced technology for both users and content creators, Dailymotion provides a high quality video in a fast, easy to use Web site that also automatically filters infringing material. Dailymotion’s mission is to provide the best possible entertainment experience for users and the best business experience for content
owners.

by Michael Rose
The fine folks over at Macenstein spotted this special deal: a free license for the Mac version of DivX Pro, if you send in your email address today — a $20 value. I can’t see the end-of-offer indication on the site, but I’ll take their word for it.

With the Pro version you get the free player (natch), plus DivX Converter for batch encoding and the DivX Pro codec for export from QuickTime Pro-aware applications. Based on the theory that you can never be too rich, too thin or have too many video compression applications, it’s worth checking out.

istockistockCalgary, Alberta, June 05, 2007. Lise Gagné, a freelance photographer who sells stock images online, just sold her 500,000th image on iStockphoto. Gagné, from Quebec City, Quebec, was the first to become a full-time iStock photographer and has almost 5,000 files on the site, which have been downloaded an average 100 times each. She has quickly risen to become iStockphoto’s most in-demand artist, making a six-figure income.

iStockphoto pioneered the concept of micropayment stock imagery and was one of the first social networks in the world to actually pay contributors for the sale of their work. It remains the world leader in micropayment and is now the global volume leader in all stock photography sales, whether user-generated or traditional. iStock has more than 1.8 million members and an image or video is downloaded from the site every 2.5 seconds.

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LensTweaker: Your digital camera ultimate tool: with a few simple steps you can calibrate your camera lens and automatically remove lens distortion from your pictures.

Camera Calibration - An easy-to-use assistant will help you calibrating your camera: a picture of the grid printed by LensTweaker and few clicks it’s all you need.

Distortion Removal - The distortion can be automatically removed simply by clicking the name of the calibrated camera on the LensTweaker’s inspector panel or manually using the sliders.
The application can also correct image brightness, contrast, saturation, tint, exposure and inspect all the photo metadata such as Exif, Tiff properties, Maker infos etc.

The Power of the Tiger - LensTweaker unleashes your Mac making a full use of the Mac OS Tiger CoreImage: the result is real-time, interactive distortion removal and image correction.

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA — May 28, 2007 — Lava Software is now shipping Kenbushi v7.0, a powerful media entertainment centre with built-in file sharing and data backup. Simply connect a PC or Mac to your TV and sound system, and Kenbushi will provide a gorgeous, fast and powerful way to browse, search and play all your movies, music, TV shows and other media. Versions are available for Windows 2000/XP and MacOS X (PPC and Intel). A Linux version is coming soon.
 
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Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live offers a free streaming and application hosting solution for delivering high-quality, cross-platform, cross-browser, media-enabled rich interactive applications (RIAs). With the ability to author content in Microsoft Expression Media Encoder and other third-party editing environments, Web designers maintain complete control of the user experience.
To download the free beta version click here.

Pentax is pleased to announce the release of the Pentax Remote Assistant 3 for the K10D digital camera. The Remote Assistant allows you to use your computer to control functions on your K10D camera, while it is connected via USB cable. While having many standard camera functions and direct download capabilities under your control on the computer,
The Pentax Remote Assistant 3 also offer some extended functions as follows.

* It can operate with more than 2 cameras when connected
* Interval Mode / Timer Mode / Blub Timer Mode

For correct update, you are required to be installed K10D firmware version 1.20 or later.
This software can be used with K10D (Version1.20 or later) only. The update is available for free.

At last there is an easy way to load and save Cineon or DPX film (or High Def) images into QuickTime. Any application that is QuickTime aware can access all aspects of the Cineon and DPX digital film file format. Some of these applications include Final Cut Studio, Adobe AfterEffects, Adobe Premiere, etc.

With the Glue Tool’s Cineon/DPX Pro QuickTime Components, you will be able to read and write Cineon or DPX digital images in one easy step. You no longer need to convert your source frames into another format using a separate program such as Shake, Combustion or other Open Source packages. You can work directly with the native images themselves.

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Entire Boris FX product line available for new Apple release; new Boris Continuum Complete package adds FXPlug integration

Marlborough MA - Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, announced that the entire Boris FX product line is available today for the new Apple Final Cut Studio 2.0 release. Owners of Boris Continuum Complete 4.1, Boris Red 4.1, Boris FX 9.1, and Boris Graffiti 5.1 can move to Apple Final Cut Pro version 6.0 and begin working immediately. Boris projects and presets are seamlessly transitioned to Apple Final Cut Pro 6.0; RED 4.1 users will need to download the RED 4.1.4 for Final Cut Pro 6 Mac Intel / Power PC patch.

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iStockphoto Video Contest Winners Offer Fresh Perspectives on the Role of Technology in Our Lives
May 21, 2007; 02:26 AM
iStockphoto®, the world’s busiest image market, today announced the winners of “Future Now!,” the first iStockvideo contest, which awarded over $25,000 in equipment and prizes. The winners are photographers, designers and videographers from Portugal, the U.K., the U.S., and Canada. The finalists were short listed by the 1.8 million-member iStock community, and the four winners selected by a panel of industry judges. Entrants had to use at least one designated iStock image or video clip in their submissions to demonstrate the theme of technology’s effects on modern life. Winning entries can be viewed at: http://www.iStockphoto/futurenowcontest.

The judges, who included representatives from Pixel Corps, Videomaker magazine and the UK edition of DV magazine, said the winning clips were recognized for a variety of reasons, including: technical quality; a true grasp of the theme, interesting approaches to integrating the iStock imagery and clips; or because they managed to do something funny on a small budget.

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Great photography begins when you’re in the right place at the right time. Then, you need a computer system that helps you turn your photographic vision into reality—one that’s dependable and fast. Mac OS X provides all of the tools you need to get your computer work done quickly, so you can spend more time capturing new images.

Thanks to new features such as Spotlight for finding your files in seconds, native RAW file support, and Automator for streamlining mundane and repetitive tasks, Mac OS X Tiger puts the power you need at your fingertips.

Join Jim Heiser, marketing manager for photography, as he goes under the hood and shows you some exciting new features of Mac OS X Tiger.

Register for this free seminar and discover how to:
  
 - Spotlight   Instantly find files, images, and more with Spotlight
 - Core Image   Experience ultra-fast and pixel-accurate image processing with Core Image  
 - ColorSync   Implement a color-managed workflow, from capture to edit to print, using ColorSync and Image Capture  
 - Automator   Automate your workflow to minimize tedious repetitive daily tasks

The Festival of the Photograph: An Extraordinary Event Created by Photographers for Photographers

Board of Advisors announces the photographic artists selected for the Festival’s “Shots” event.

Charlottesville, VA (Vocus/PRWEB ) April 26, 2007 - The inaugural Festival of the Photograph, 3 days of peace, love and photography scheduled for June 7-9, 2007 in Charlottesville, Virginia, promises to be more than simply an exhibition of amazing work.

The Festival’s roots lie in the backyard gathering of photographers, which has been hosted by National Geographic photographer Michael “Nick” Nichols for the last twenty years. The Festival, while larger in scope, will remain true to the intimate and informal campfire spirit that inspired those gatherings, providing a non-commercial forum for world-renowned artists and photojournalists to mix with young and aspiring photographic artists to discuss their work, to trade ideas and to provoke creativity.

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Corbis Reinvents Accessibility to Celebrity Photography with Launch of OutlineLive

New Collection Features High-Quality Candid Celebrity Portraiture That Can Be Quickly Priced and Licensed Online and Used For Any Editorial Purpose Without Publicist Restrictions

SEATTLE (May 8, 2007) - Corbis today announced the launch of OutlineLive, a contemporary and fresh collection of celebrity photography featuring high-quality, candid celebrity portraiture that is faster and easier to license and is accessible for any editorial use, including online. The innovative offering launches worldwide today and will feature more than 35,000 images from the world�s leading celebrity photographers by the end of the month.

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Corel Corp. has announced its new Ulead VideoStudio 11 and Ulead VideoStudio 11 Plus software, the latter of which offers the “industry’s first” AVCHD editing software, allowing users to edit, author, and burn videos in the high-definition HD DVD format.

The software also includes enhanced DV-to-DVD Wizard and Movie Wizard features; more title/subtitle and overlay tools; and a host of quick-fix solutions for common video problems, like automatic colour/tone correction. It is certified to work with Windows Vista; and can produce video, slideshows, and DVD with Dolby Digital sound. 

“AVCHD camcorders are being positioned as the best choice for consumers who want the higher quality that can be achieved with high-definition video, but until now, no software packages were available to edit AVCHD,” explained Blaine Mathieu, Vice President and General Manager, Products and Strategy, Digital Media at Corel. “VideoStudio 11 changes all that. Now, consumers have an easy-to-use solution for capturing video from the new crop of AVCHD camcorders; editing without quality loss; and outputting to disc, tape or the Web to share with friends and family.” Read the rest of this entry »

iStockphoto Invites Voters to Judge 125 Global Entries in “Future Now” Video Contest

Calgary, Alberta – May 3, 2007 – iStockphoto®, the world’s most visited stock photo and video site, announced that voting is now open for Future Now!,” the first iStockvideo contest. The contest, which began in February and closed on April 30, garnered 125 entries from countries around the globe, including the U.S., Pakistan, Portugal, Holland, Australia and the UK. Voting for the top 12 videos in both the “Funny” and “Not Funny” categories is now open to the community through May 8 at www.istockphoto.com/futurenowcontest.

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Adobe’s Terry White has an ever-expanding collection of his video podcasts about the Adobe Creative Suite at www.creativesuitepodcast.com.

His mini-tutorials mostly cover InDesign and Photoshop.

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Corel Introduces Ulead VideoStudio 11 for Easy and Powerful Desktop Video Editing and DVD Authoring

Newest Release Delivers Next-generation Video Editing, Authoring and Sharing Features to New and Advanced Users

Ottawa, Canada - April 30, 2007

Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CREL; TSX:CRE), a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software, today announced the availability of Ulead® VideoStudio® 11 and Ulead VideoStudio 11 Plus, the newest versions of its award-winning consumer video editing and DVD authoring software. Widely regarded for its powerful features and unmatched ease of use, VideoStudio now includes the industry’s first AVCHD editing solution, enhanced DV-to-DVD Wizard and Movie Wizard features, more title/subtitle and overlay tools and a host of quick-fix solutions for common video problems, including automatic color/tone correction. With the new Plus version, consumers also have a complete, end-to-end solution for capturing, editing, authoring and burning HD DVD videos.

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Photoshop Lightroom Essential Training, by Chris Orwig, is a 6.5-hour self-paced video-based tutorial with exercise files.

You can watch the first 35 minutes for free at www.Lynda.com.

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