Tag Archives: Technology
Summertime
This blog has not received too much in the way of activity updates in the life of Jed. Accordingly, here is one on the subject of summertime. This summer was exceedingly much more busy than last summer, during which time I was unemployed and did not accomplish a great deal. This summer, I was fortunate [...]
A List of Essential Windows Software
Often I have come across very intense opinions about the superiority of the Mac user interface. While true with “stock” software options, it is my opinion that when bolstered with certain amazing freeware applications, the Windows XP user interface experience can surpass osX in terms of efficiency of operations. Thus, in the style of those [...]
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SOS: Media – Week 8 Update
This last week I focused nearly exclusively on working on my Hybrid Music performance. I had been making it a second priority previously, and so had a lot of work to do to catch up. Fortunately, the visual component of my Hybrid project intersected significantly with my AI project’s abstract visualizations.Accordingly, I thought it might [...]
Posted in Evergreen Also tagged After Effects, Hybrid Music, Music Technology, Projects and Thoughts, Tutorials 2 Comments
Visual Effects: An Interview with Lead Compositor of Van Helsing
I stumbled accross this (somewhat aged) interview with Todd Vaziri, a lead compositor in Van Helsing, at ILM. It might be interesting for some to see how After Effects is used in a larger professional production workflow on a big effects-heavy film production. The Interview (via vfxtalk.com)
SOS: Media Spring – Week 4 Update
Let me start out by saying this: I am behind. Very behind. I feel overwhelmed with the amount of work I have on my back, and I need a strong injection of excitement and enthusiasm to facilitate the battle with sleep that I will have to wage in order to be victorious. This past week [...]
Red Camera – Peter Jackson Short
The Red Camera is becoming less and less of a pipe-dream and more and more of a reality. Recently, Peter Jackson borrowed two prototype cameras and shot a short ‘video’ with them, “Crossing the Line”. There is a small trailer released for that on the reduser.net forums. This was discovered through the excellent site, fxguide.com. [...]
Continuing Thoughts About Artificial Intelligence (SOS: Media – Week 2 Update)
For the past couple of days, I have been getting reacquainted with all of the writing and notes and ideas I was engaged with during fall quarter for my Artificial Intelligence project. Involved in this process is the reading of the massive quantity of journaling that I did, and watching and reading some new research [...]
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Human-Computer Symbiosis and the Technology of Today
J.C.R. Licklider’s March 1960 paper “Man-Computer Symbiosis” presents a cogent, logical, and perceptive discussion of conceptual and technical matters surrounding the term present in his title. His pontifications regarding the nature of man-computer symbiosis, how it differs from conventionally existent human-machine relationship dynamics, and possible effects on human functioning, are exemplary timeless, and remain of [...]
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Maywa Denki
Maywa Denki are a group of artists and engineers in Tokyo, Japan. They are known for their creation of absurdly creative “nonsense machines“, and other works of electromechanical devices which are gloriously surreal in their purpose and functioning. Here are some blog posts for further reading. The Nonsense Machines of Maywa Denki PopGadget – Maywa [...]
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HV20 Workflow, Processing, and Image Quality