Web Design Blog - April 24, 2009

Creative Sound Proofing

Five easy ways to soundproof your video studio on a budget? Bring in some plants. Prop used mattresses against the wall. Build a device to reverse sound waves. (maybe not cheap, but fun) Glue crumpled up newspaper to walls and ceiling. Shoot a silent film. ... read more!

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Best Practices: Embedding Flash

What is the best way to embed a flash movie into your website? When it comes to this question there is much debate. In recent years there have been a couple methods that have been very popular. The most popular method is taken straight from the code generated by Adobe. When you publish a flash movie you are given the option to publish the html that you can then paste directly in your site. This code has been written to allow the flash movie to work seamlessly with all major browsers. Basically w... read more!

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Intrusion Detection Systems ( IDS )?

What is an Intrusion Detection System ( in terms of computers )? An IDS runs as an application on a computer or even on a separate device to monitor a network or server for attempts at intrusion or disabling computer systems. Most IDS, in addition to providing monitoring, will take steps to prevent malicious users from succeeding in gaining unwanted access. If an IDS were to find a user's activity to be suspicious, it would alert a network administrator and take steps to block that user from ser... read more!

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A Makeshift Sound Booth you can also Drive to Work

Sometimes you're going to have to use the dreaded ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement) to fix bad sound in the field. Also known as dubbing or looping, this process involves your talent watching themselves and re-recording their dialogue to match their lip movements. I refer to it as dreaded, because unless you record it in the same spot as originally shot, it will always sound different to the trained ear. Untrained ears won't care. If you can't record in the same spot, you'll need some kind of... read more!

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