Archive: December, 2007

2007 Photos of the Year

We figure almost every publication out there has a photos of the year gallery or multimedia piece.
We’d like to check yours out. So please post a link to the piece in the comments area.
Thanks.

Not Forgotten

Will Yurman was supposed to be a coach at last summer’s NPPA Multimedia Immersion Workshop in Portland — he canceled last minute because he had a project that he was working on and needed to be in Rochester. Not Forgotten, Rochester’s Victims of Homicide 2007 published this week in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
It [...]

Uprooted

I haven’t been posting as often as I like, because while I see a lot of Multimedia out there, I don’t always see a lot of good multimedia. And then sometimes I see something that just grabs the foundations and shakes it all up like a rag doll in a pit bulls mouth.
Chew it all [...]

The Bottom Line

Dallas Morning News photojournalist Mona Reeder spent three years working on The Bottom Line — mostly on gaining access to some really sensitive situations. The result is some incredibly personal moments, and some heartbreaking story-telling images.
By the numbers, Texas is first in capital punishment. It’s also home to the most Fortune 500 companies. Second [...]

Driving Detroit

The Detroit Free Press photo staff decided to jump into the deep end with Driving Detroit, a multimedia piece that uses Google Maps as a foundation and lays over it videos, sideshows, flip book panoramas, written stories, a public forum and infographics to explore the streets, the homes and the people that make the 11th [...]

Where it’s all about ME

Instead of boring those of you who come here to see great multimedia with my travel/journal movies, i’ve created a small home on the web to bore you elsewhere. it’s richardkocihernandez.com and i’ve posted my most recent travel log from my trip to atlanta for the photoj seminar. the movies, which i hope to update [...]

Create a chaptered Soundslides menu WAY EASY!

Soundslides creator Joe Weiss rocks us again! 
What does this tool do?
This tool is designed to create a simple chaptered Flash menu for Soundslides presentations.
You can download the resulting Flash menu and host it on your own web site.
Here is an example.
enjoy,
-r

BULLET PROOF VEST Independent Lens Shorts

Independent Lens is pleased to present the second annual Online Shorts Festival. Animation, comedy, drama and documentary provide an eclectic mix of stories and storytelling with this batch of winning shorts. View. Vote. Download. Enjoy!

 
You MUST see this:
 

BULLET PROOF VEST (5:27)
Grand Jury Prize
Nine-year-old Jyeshria wants a bulletproof vest—and she’s dead serious. In a [...]

DIY

DIY Filmmaking: Make Your Own Equipment & Tools
Here’s a few links to DIY resources that give us multimedia shooters alternatives to buying and renting equipment from filmlinker.com
enjoy,
-r

Flash Video Tip

Optimal Frame Dimensions for Flash Video
Compiled by Robert Reinhardt
September 24, 2007
Video codecs such as On2 VP6 and Sorenson Spark perform best when the frame width and height use multiples of 16. While you can use any width and height in your encoding settings, non-optimal dimensions can result in poor image quality and reduced frame rate. [...]

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