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Innovation Lessons from Hollywood

Mark Cuban tried to change the way movies are released, putting them into theaters, broadcasting them on cable, and releasing them on DVD in the same short time-frame. Steve Jobs tried to turn iTunes into the world’s largest video store. George Lucas tried to spark a revolution in digital cinematography and digital projection. All of them ran into a barrier they weren’t expecting: Hollywood’s intense resistance to innovation…

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18 People Who Changed Hollywood

Hollywood is hardly ever thought of as a hotbed of innovation. The industry is more likely to try to battle a new technology with lawsuits (see the Betamax recorder, YouTube) than embrace it with open arms. But the movies wouldn’t have survived for more than a century were it not for the tenacious innovators who introduced new tools, new ideas, and new technologies…

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Adobe After Effects CS4

Adobe has announced their Creative Suite 4, in which they have aligned the schedules of virtually all of their products to be updated at the same time. One of these programs is, of course, After Effects, which we have based our business around since its release in 1992. As a result, we obviously go over each new release with a fine-tooth comb…