February 4, 2019
By: Mich Donovan
For anyone looking for a quick and easy web-based teleprompter, Teleprompt.me is a great tool. The folks at Lifehacker put together an informative video about it. In short: Voice-control works similar to mobile app PromptSmart - using voice recognition to automatically...
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January 14, 2019
By: Richard Mitchell
Sony visited Duke University's Technology Engagement Center this past week to review their pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) camera offerings. Starting at the entry level, Sony showcased the SRG120, ideal for small conference rooms or classrooms on a budget. The optics held up well compared...
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December 12, 2018
By: Mich Donovan
While attending the Streaming Media West conference this year, I had the opportunity to check out a panel on the state of 360 video and VR. The panel featured representatives from different parts of the video production industry: journalism, education,...
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November 20, 2018
By: Mich Donovan
This year, I had the opportunity to represent Duke at the Streaming Media West Conference by participating in the panel "Best Practices for Education & Training Video." Having seen the growth and development of our online course production over the...
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October 31, 2018
By: Joseph Johnson
It's fall, pumpkin spice is in the air, the holidays are Christmas decorations are going up, and software giant has just released updates to their entire Creative Cloud suite of applications. Because the updates are so extensive, I've decided to...
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September 25, 2018
By: Richard Mitchell
A few weeks back, I had the opportunity to remotely demo a few autonomous camera tracking systems for use in a classroom environment. The idea is appealing. By updating the camera in the classroom, you move away from a static...
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September 7, 2018
By: Mich Donovan
With Screenflow's new version (8 for those counting), many of the new features are keeping pace with it's competitor Camtasia. Mostly, this means preset styles, project templates, access to a stock media library... Like Camtasia, these new features are great...
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September 6, 2018
By: Todd Stabley
Wirecast recently announced a new cloud-based service that supports live captions based on ASR (automatic speech recognition) and an rtmp re-streaming service. Both work in conjunction with Wirecast 10. This means that if you are using Wirecast 10, you can...
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July 31, 2018
By: Mich Donovan
When viewing 360 video with a VR headset, a high resolution can make the difference between an immersive experience and a blurry novelty. We've recently been working with the Insta360 Pro which is capable of filming in 8K and it's...
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July 9, 2018
By: Mich Donovan
Another year, another new version of Camtasia. Newly dubbed "Camtasia 2018", this yearly iteration doesn't seem to be ending soon. After merging their PC and Mac products into a single version in their last release, I wasn't sure where else...
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