Divergent Opinions

After our getting-married-and-stuff hiatus, we're back. On this episode, we discuss the economics of app sales and the options for growing a company in the current environment. Hardware Fourier Analysis Swift Performance

This week, we talk about the upcoming release of MXF support within EditReady, as well as our thoughts on backup and the iWatch. Dell Retina Display Lost Satellite Data Smartphones are about to get awesome again Rendering Ikea Hacking the F5 Editing Boyhood

This week, we discuss some more cool stuff from siggraph, plus the ways that Slack is changing our "office" for the better. Potato chip bag filmed through glass Auto Season Change First Person Hyperlapse 4.4 trillion FPS camera Mac Video Fooler Digital Services Playbook Suits at the whitehouse Slack Underground London Projected Makeup 360 degree camera Texting and Internet in Film

This week, we talk about the buzz around indie development - is it dead? Bike of the Future Fly directional hearing Editing Sharknado 2 A look at Unread A candid look at financials Who's an indie /Drive YouTube Tip Jars Siggraph tech papers 2014 Robert Drew Nostalgia Machine

No, not really. It's an episode about metadata. And other miscellany.

Oh right, podcast! In this episode, we review the last six months of divergent media. In particular, we describe the technical underpinnings of our new app, EditReady. In addition, we discuss Swift and the possibility of other types of specialized hardware. Chatter: Baked Alaska Painting with Code

This week, we discuss the pros and cons of translation for apps, and the boring and lazy nature of new media. Crazy display Roadie Duster (this won’t end well) Cinemetrics Pharrell Dylan Honda Adopts English Object Cloud British Airways Billboard “Don’t let poets lie to you” blade runner watercolor

Have we missed the BitCoin bus? Do we care? And just how awesome is H.265? BitBox BitCoin iOS ming 3d printers Compact 3d scanner Amazon does virtual desktops H265 More H265 Coin Late for Meeting Seiki 4k

This week, Mike and Colin discuss the significance of an open source h264 implementation from Cisco, BitTorrent Sync, and the financial system. BitTorrent Sync [Planet Money ACH podcast] (http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/10/04/229224964/episode-489-the-invisible-plumbing-of-our-economy) [Cisco opens H.264] (http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/30/cisco-plans-to-open-source-h-264-code-for-webrtc/) [Cisco blog post on H.264] (http://blogs.cisco.com/collaboration/open-source-h-264-removes-barriers-webrtc/) [xiph daala] (http://www.xiph.org/daala/) [Google helpout - dr house call edition] (https://helpouts.google.com/108135037100946836685/ls/b3c7b9c307250e27) [SpotShooter] (http://www.theverge.com/us-world/2013/11/4/5066300/shotspotter-analyzes-sound-waves-detects-crime)

New Everything from Apple. Except 4K cinema displays. Lamentation. FCP X scopelink Divergent Media Apple All software is free! Recreating ios in word DOS viruses

This week, Colin makes the jump to T-Mobile, we give our predictions for the upcoming Apple event, and talk about a variety of innovative new hardware devices. Castar G-Sync Tremor Cancelling Spoon Gravity VFX DSLRPros Camera Rig thwarting face capture

This week, we round up some innovations in input devices, and talk about the world of international roaming for mobile phone customers. Midair haptic feedback Tactile touch screen Hangout & shopping mari for mac 23 and me patent Cloudpaint Trirebecca KnowRoaming

This week, we catch up on the news and mumble a lot. Digital juice copies others videos Silk Road Cheapish Highspeed Kickstarter ibeacons Cheap 4k Musks 3d thing 3-Sweep - insane!! Leap Laptop 3d via spinning Shooting Fireflies

This week we go over some recent bits of interesting news, and say goodbye to some old friends. Goodbye Jim Jannard ObjC style guide Half Inch GPS Ikea AR catalog Shadow directions Glasses that solve colorblindness Control FCPX with Leap Cool Aviation Video Windows 8.1 3d printing Nautilus Live When Drones Attack: Wedding Edition

This week, we dive in on the things Mike saw at Siggraph, and talk about the Kickstarter economy for hardware startups. 3d printed realistic figures sorting algorithms Leap Motion Render Rocket H.265

This week, we muddle through some random news. Time for a nap. Color Assist Discontinued Anatomy of a Comiler Bug 3d printed cast EOS autofocus for video telescopic contact lense vfx breakdowns great gatsby 3d lasers bone conductive advertising 3d printable drone

This week on the show, we discuss the good and bad aspects of developing and debugging applications in a modern environment. We also pontificate about OpenCL and the complexity of starting an app from scratch. OpenCL Map Projection Ziphius Kano Model Exploding Actresses Color Shift on Different Monitors

This week, a roundup of the things we care about from WWDC, and a discussion of Adobe Creative Cloud (we love it). Plus, a few other random bits of information from around the internet. LHC pictures NVIDIA to license Kepler Build your own MoVI Lego Rover SIGGRAPH Papers Video

In the triumphant return of Divergent Opinions, we discuss the upcoming WWDC conference, and the newly released ScopeBox 3.3, which includes ScopeLink. Check it out for yourself at www.divergentmedia.com/scopebox Asus 4k Monitor Storing Data in Video

Another NAB has come and gone. In this episode, we review the things that we found most interesting, exciting, or telling. blackmagic cameras and 4k ultrastudio and resolve 10 adobe csnext DJI Drone MOVI Thunderbolt Upgrade

What's in store for Avid, and will Apple's new push on Final Cut Pro X make an impact? We round up the news and talk about NAB 2013. FCPX marketing push Veronica Mars Movie One reason YouTube is slow Panasonic leaving Plasmas Grid VCA JVC 8K Projector First AVC Ultra Camera Facial Rendering Glitch Furniture Simulating the Brain

Some fancy new sensors portend exciting cameras in the future. And, is working from home instant death for a corporation? Mike and Colin share their own experiences, vis-a-vis the lastest work-from-home controversy at Yahoo! 3D with one lens Canon low light sensor Google self driving cars Lightworks for mac Avid in trouble Augmented Reality Pool Burning Wood

This week, we cover the strife in the VFX industry, the unionization movement, and where that space is going. Hollywood is killing VFX Before VFX YouTube Translation Google Glass UI Rats get a Sixth Sense Red Sues Sony LED Cools its Surroundings Photoshop Source Saving Endangered Photos Swedish Chef

A basic roundup of the week's news, after a busy week shipping Phosphor. H.265 standard CCCP vector codec New sensor from Pana Cure for Colorblindness Having stuff built in china Active Storage closes Firefox gets h264 ProCutX 3d printed food Gigapixel Drone

In this episode, we discuss our brand new application, Phosphor! We're incredibly excited to have this application on the market, and we're eager to know what you think. Let us know! In this episode, we cover the motivation behind Phosphor, and describe the development process.

Post CES, Pre NAB, not a lot of big news in the industry, so we discuss the Boeing 787, the renewed interest in Chromebooks, and Facebook Graph Search. Twenty Years of AE The 787 Chromebooks Graph Search Camera Lens teardown Speed Booster Color Timing Master Class

Just how many Ks are enough? We round up the news out of CES, and talk about the Internet Of Things. Broadcom H.265 chip JVC high speed camera Optical Thunderbolt New Tegra Many 4K Tvs WeMo devices We are all tetrachromats Round the world flights

Mike and Colin talk about thunderbolt for Mac Pros, 3d printing, and the year ahead. Staples launching 3d printing 3d printing of circuits Apple to make some Macs in the US Matrox DS1 now shipping genetically engineeering super colorists? Discrete Cosine

How hard is it to make a camera? Or to make anything? Mike and Colin discuss. Shooting with the C500 In Depth FS100 tutorials Which camera to buy? Cinema Camera Slips Digital Bolex Slips Minidrive Pebble ZPM Espresso It will be Exhilarating Simulating 530 billion neurons XOXO videos

4K is the new 2k - what does it mean for production? Mike and Colin run through the future of RAW workflows and 4K signaling, plus discuss the shakeup at Apple. Sony reveals F65 roadmap Sony Revelas F5 and F55 FCP X gets updated Forstall fired, Apple shakeup Kinect Fusion arduino based AETM switcher controller Dragon Baby Eddy Cue Joins Ferrari Board

This week, we released a major update to ScopeBox - ScopeBox 3.1. In this episode, we run through all the new features, plus round up some news from the week. Camera Emphasizes time over space GoPro Hero3 Google Datacenter Tours Truth or Photoshop Ethernet Cars Girl with Pearl Earring v2

New iPhones! And loads of IBC/Photokina news - Summer is definitely over. Software radio hacking Sony Goes Bonkers GH3 Official BlackMagic at IBC Book with Every Color Shadowy Underground Monitors

We're back! A bit of an argument about Apple/Samsung, plus all the latest tech news and plenty of awkward pauses. Why Zacuto’s Latest Camera Test May Have Screwed us All Sony ditching optiarc Sounds of the UMatic Adobe Anywhere New Kindles Blackmagic Cinema Camera Bloom Blackmagic Review Action Cam! Canon C100 GH3 leaks Smartphone as Walkie Talkie Glitch Textfiles LASER cutter AnthroCine Ultraflat Lense

Mike and Colin round up the new H.265 video standard, plus a variety of other bits of news. MPEG issues compression draft HEVC Sibelius Users Revolt Cinematic Color Indiana Jones Re-Release Exmor sensor for cellphones Panasonic AG-AC90 Canon 1DX by Bloom OptiTrack 4mp tracker Making the Leica M9-P What is OSMeta 10+ Steps to Becoming mega successful in video Simulating hair on Brave femto photgraphy Unix is a Mess

Siggraph was awesome! A roundup of the coolness. Mars software open source Mars coding standards Errol Morris secret study SouthPaw asset management goes open BBC Olympic Coverage PMW-200 10 minute challenge Jane McGonigal video preview motion debluring and Tools for Placing Cuts and Transitions in Interview Video Image Melding and Automated Composite MAtching Burner Phone Numbers Art of Gltich Memory colors with mechanical turk

Mike and Colin dive in depth on the recent flesh line controversy and give a history of what the flesh line is all about. Also, a round up of the week’s news. Managing the QuickBooks codebase Engineering at the Olympics Resolve 9 Canon C300 on Departure Date Chaos Monkey available Thunderbolt FW adapter IR on the C300 3D Printed Articulated Models

This week, Mike and Colin cover the launch of Mountain Lion and the Olympics, plus some cool new cameras. Mountain Lion Review 8k olympics Adderall PMW-200 Hacking Hotel Rooms Canon EOS-M Sony RX100 MacBook Retina Review SLED Surfer 99% invisible olympics sound design New Drobo

This week, Mike and Colin cover the impending launch of Mac OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion," Avid's recent selloffs, our new job posting, and some cool new cameras. Avid Selloffs Job Posting Point Grey Flea Apertus Canon Firmware Splicevine TechMove

And we're back. After a bit of a haitus, Divergent Opinions returns, triumphantly, to round up the news from WWDC, and anything else we found interesting from the last few weeks. Old many pirates DVDS Repair Cafes Fixity Why Microsoft can't ship a free DVD player Toy Story 2 deleted

This week, Mike and Colin round up all the news and excitement from NAB 2012. What a party it was! New hardware, new software, and not nearly enough sleep. Blackmagic Cinema Camera Adobe Licensing NAB winners and losers Shane Ross NAB report LAPD cracks down on drones Brief history of digital video Digital Art Preservation

This week, Mike and Colin dive deep on the current state of codecs, and where they're going in the future. We also round up the latest pre-NAB launches, and discuss the coming show. Sony HXR-NX30 Sony NEX-FS700 Sony PMW-100 C300 for BBC Miro Cam Moviola Acquires Filmmaking Webinars Rear Window Timelapse Highlight Hunter Mother Earth Mother Board

Mike and Colin discuss the launch of ScopeBox 3, and dive deep on the new iPad and h.264 support in FireFox. Photoshop 6 FireFox H.264 Kinect Mocap Laser Camera Cinema 4d

This week, Mike and Colin talk about the impending release of ScopeBox 3! Episode links: NAB Expo - our code is LV3659 Our NAB booth is SL14010 The ScopeBox 3 sneak-peak video is available on vimeo

Mike and Colin round up the news from CES and MacWorld, plus Apple's blowout earnings and some innovation from Sony. Revision 3 Growth Samsung 'future-proofing' Smart TVs with Evolution Kit | The Verge Sony HDR-PJ710V and HDR-PJ760V camcorders with 'Balanced' SteadyShot, built-in projectors (hands-on video) | The Verge Contour teams up with Cerevo for live broadcasting POV cameras -- Engadget JVC's GY-HMQ10 4K Camcorder hands-on (video) -- Engadget Adobe extends CS6 upgrade pricing to CS3, CS4 owners | MacNN BBC News - Sony 'boosts low-light picture quality' with white pixels Crazy Projection

Mike and Colin discussion various bits of post-holiday news, and argue about the significance of the impending NAB show. Magic Lantern HDR Bunim/Murray leaves FCP Thoma Bravo acquires Telestream Stuxnet and Duqu dev platform Digital makeup with Blender

Acquisitions, nerd fights, licensing and FPGAs - this week, Mike and Colin round up the news of the week and then dive into the proposed royalty free MPEG standards. Links: Royalty Free MPEG part 1 Royalty Free MPEG part 2 HDCP cracking FPGA supercomputer Teranex Philip Bloom - no more Epic Kickstarter Helicopter camera

This week, an in-depth discussion on PsF and dying SD cards, plus some notes on other interesting news. PsF's missing workflow AA batteries Open letter to Adobe VMWare 4.1 Remote Phosphor Lighting

Mike and Colin dive into announcements from BlackMagic and The Foundry, plus Final Cut Pro X 10.0.2 and the mythical Apple TV. Ocula Final Cut Pro 10.0.2 LomoKino TimeLine Earth from Space

Automatic Duck goes free, Canon and Red announce some cool new cameras, and Apple abandons everything ever. Apple Abandons QT (not really) Apple Acquires 3d mapping company Canon announces C300 Red Re-announces Scarlet iPhone cinema ALAC goes open

Colin and Mike talk about a bunch of news stories, and then discuss the software testing methodologies in use at divergent media, inc. Panasonic HPX-250 Avid Media Composer 6 "leaked" Lytro Cameras

Mike and Colin round up the news. The iPhone 4S and the death of Steve Jobs come first. Then a discussion of some more cool projects from Adobe, 3d rendering technology, and the death of film. Reverse Blur Video Meshes Death of Film Rendering Objects into Images Reconstructing Submerged city Contacts for Closeups