Archive for April, 2007

Digital Film Making Offer

fbook.pngAmazon are releasing “Digital Film Making” by Mike Figgis at less than half price if you pre-order. The 176 page paper back is available for only 3.99. In this indispensable step-by-step guide, leading director Mike Figgis (“Timecode”, “Leaving Las Vegas”, “Internal Affairs”) offers

Cinemagic : Call for Entries

cine.pngCinemagic is an international film festival for young people based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was established in 1989 and over the years it has developed a worldwide reputation for excellence in children’s programming and is currently the largest award-winning children’s film

Fxhome Effects Lab Tutorials

fx.pngAnyone who knows DigMo! knows we love the Fxhome suite of CGI software. Effects lab is a low cost CGI application that offers effects such as light sabre, muzzle flare, fog etc with only a few mouse clicks. If you don’t know Effectslab then head over to

Podcasting to AppleTV : Tips

etv.pngApple have released a guide to producing podcasts for the TV device. The information covers increasing the resolution of your standard video podcasts so that they still play on iPod as well as TV. Obviously there are implications for the amount of disc space required but the quality improvement is definitely noticeable.

YouTube to iPod with TubeSock 2.0

tube.pngTubeSock 2.0 downloads YouTube or DailyMotion videos from the web and saves them to your video iPod, Mac, or PlayStation Portable. TubeSock knows how to convert the video using the codecs and bitrates best for each device.

iStopmotion 2 Announced

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  • April 10, 2007

Boinx Software is going to preview brand new products at NAB 2007. If you happen to be at the show, come by booth C8828J to chat with Boinx Software Executives and staff about a brand new iStopMotion 2 and a couple of cool plug ins for Apple’s Quartz Composer

QFT Goes Digital

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  • April 9, 2007

Queen’s Film Theatre has announced that it is to be the first cinema in Northern Ireland to install a digital projector. Courtesy of a grant from the UK Film Council and support from the Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission, the Stella Artois Screen 1 will now be able to screen state-of-the-art high definition digital films as well as standard celluloid films.

Quicktime Xvid Support

qt.pngApple Quicktime now officially supports the xVid video format. The Xvid component for QuickTime allows users to play & encode Xvids in QuickTime Player. Xvid is a video codec library following the MPEG-4 standard.

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