June 4, 2019
By: Devon Henry
These transitions are another bundle from Fx Factory that work for Final Cut Pro. The main idea of the set is to create an ink-blot effect that wipes one scene to the next. It creates a pretty cool effect. The...
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By: Teresa Jennings
With the release of MacOS Catalina, a new feature called Sidecar has been added that enables an iPad to be used as an extended desktop for a Mac. Also, when paired with an Apple Pencil, it can be used to...
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May 31, 2019
By: Richard Mitchell
The bring your own device (BYOD) meeting or teaching space has been a popular model for small and medium meeting and teaching spaces. With the rise of inexpensive and ultra-portable laptops and tablets, the traditional "local computer" has slowly lost...
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May 14, 2019
By: Todd Stabley
We're excited to announce that our 2019 Lecture Capture Survey is complete. We had a chance to take a birds eye view of ten of the leading lecture capture tools and make some observations about general trends in this rapidly...
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April 23, 2019
By: Devon Henry
Rumor has it that Apple is working on a feature named Sidecar that will allow you to seamlessly use your iPad as a secondary Mac display. While there have been workarounds for this for a while, as someone who just...
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April 22, 2019
By: Richard Mitchell
"If only I could be in two places at once!" - Every AV Technician... Ever. But... what if you COULD be in two places at once? During a training earlier this year, I discovered that one hardware manufacturer offered a...
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April 8, 2019
By: Richard Mitchell
When collaborating on the design of classroom AV systems, having the ability to rapidly sketch, modify, innovate, and share a signal flow diagram is an invaluable tool in avoiding expensive mistakes before install. But, creating signal flow diagrams has traditionally...
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April 5, 2019
By: Devon Henry
I was using Keynote to show how the simple tools could be used to create effective and interesting animations. I was a little stuck on how to easily make items from scratch or where to locate free-to-use vectors for people...
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April 4, 2019
By: Richard Mitchell
We're going to make this a short DDMC post... We will definitely answer the age-old question of, "Is 4K video content worth it?" The easy answer is, YES, absolutely! Well, maybe... OK, sometimes... well, it's complicated. First, what is 4K?...
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By: Richard Mitchell
Last month, I had the fortune of attending Extron's Control Professional Certification Program. The three-day course, which Extron recommends for "advanced users or control system programmers" was painless enough to pass with my meager programming background. The class was taught...
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