LED technology has come a long way from the ColorBlast days. We just recently purchased a couple PAR 38s and four PAR 54s. They are relatively inexpensive; around $200 a pop. Although you can purchase a Tungsten PAR 64 for somewhere around $80, you will easily make up the difference in the cost of electricity! [...]
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In October we had a free conference for tech staff and volunteers for the local church called the Gurus of Tech conference. We had a ton of fun, learned a lot and met some really cool folks. One of the fun things that went over really well was the Gurus Rap that we showed. If you are or [...]
All design takes time and practice learning the metaphorical pallet and brush for the medium. In fine art, you have charcoal, pastels, paint, and canvas. With Photoshop you have the Brush Tool, Rubber Stamp, and your Canvas. In Web Design, you have images, CSS, HTML and a variety of other languages to play with on [...]
In our production space we have all of our computers back in a back closet, but student in the next room controls these computers. There are several reasons for this decision: Every piece of equipment that gets super hot or makes noise goes in the closet, so our video room has a more controlled temperature [...]
CloudApp is an awesome application, aimed at taking away all of the dislikes of sharing links, images, music, videos and other files. What dislikes could there be, you ask? Let’s look at one easy example. Say you are working with a client or coworker on an image design. You’re past the draft phase and have [...]
I made a camera cheat card a while back ago that had different shot types of shots on it that I could use to train our volunteers on proper camera techniques. It’s proved to be very useful, and I have been getting questions on where I got the cards or how I made them, so [...]
I was trying to update a database in a Titanium Mobile app that I am working on and realized that when the database gets installed, the SQL file actually gets copied out of the Resources directory and moved to another folder. This is because the application doesn’t have right to write over anything in the [...]
My friend Kasey showed me this little trick for making things fade out in Cinema 4D. Before, I would render a scene in two passes: one with the object I wanted to dissolve out in the scene and one without and merger them together. Or, I would use External Compositing tags and Object Buffers. But [...]
The other night my phone dropped a call. I was sitting still, in an area where I knew that I had coverage (you know, the AT&T pose) when it dropped. I looked at my phone and saw the dreaded “Activation Required” dialog. As it turns out (I’m fairly new to the Apple Developer Program), when [...]
I know that that title either excites you or scares you, but let me assure you that what I’m about to disclose is absolutely true: you do not need the most expensive tool to do the job. Now, while generally the cheapest won’t do, a middle of the road, in some cases, will. Including this [...]