July 8, 2019
By: Richard Mitchell
Late last month, Crestron visited Duke's Technology Engagement Center (TEC) to offer a post InfoComm recap of their new offerings. Unlike years past, Crestron didn't introduce as many new items at InfoComm 2019, but rather highlighted their transition to a...
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July 7, 2019
By: Stephen Toback
I attended Anime Expo 2019 this past weekend and saw a few things that may be of interest to our community. WACOM has been so dominant in the drawing tablet industry, it was interesting to see a different manufacturer, XP-Pen,...
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July 1, 2019
By: Mich Donovan
Our team is due to get some new computers this month and we have narrowed our choices into an equivalently specced PC and iMac. To best decide between these options, I've found a few free-to-use tools that have helped me...
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June 26, 2019
By: Michael Blair
As part of our continuing exploration of new options for transcription and captioning, two members of our media production team tested the automated services offered by both Rev and Sonix. We submitted the same audio and video files to each...
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June 13, 2019
By: Todd Stabley
We recently posted about some exciting new options in the world of captioning spearheaded by a company called Sonix, which offers a page for account set-up for members of the Duke community that waives monthly subscription charges as part of...
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June 6, 2019
By: Michael Blair
The color correction tools built into most editing software are obviously useful for fixing glaring problems with variables like exposure and white balance, but spending a few minutes applying simple correction can make even decent looking video pop. Video scopes...
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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 30, 2019
By: Mich Donovan
Producers from the digital agency Blueline presented to Duke's Video Working Group this month about their video production process and experience working with universities. There were a lot of highlights, but I've tried to consolidate their comments and takeaways here....
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