Book Release: Multimedia Journal by Richard Koci Hernandez

Richard Koci Hernandez, of MultimediaShooter, has just released a book, Multimedia Journal, targeted at Multimedia Journalists. "Multimedia Journal will show you how to tap into your creativity by guiding you through a variety of activities that will prod your imagination so you can capture new ideas for multimedia storytelling. The exercises are intended to jump-start your creative energy." You can purchase the book and/or preview the first 15 pages at Blurb.

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Free music from Moby

For anyone looking for music they can use (legally!) for multimedia projects- Moby has created a section of his website, mobygratis, where students, independent filmmakers, and non-profits can listen to selected pieces of his music. Interested users can register and then submit requests for music to be used (users must agree to terms, including that music is not to be used in any for-profit projects, anything depicting harm to animals, violence, etc). Thanks to the folks at Multimedia Evangelist for pointing this out!

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FCP Rescue 6 Released

Anders Holk Petersen has released Final Cut Rescue 6, an updated version of his Final Cut preference utility. The new version works with the recently upgraded FCP 6. Final Cut Rescue 6, like it's predecessor, is freeware. For more information on using this utility see the previous FCP Rescue post. Learn more about our approach to producing multimedia by purchasing MediaStorm's Post-production Workflow. Spanning more than 200 steps, the workflow covers every phase of editing, from organizing and editing assets in Final Cut Pro 7 through backing up and archiving your project. The workflow includes exclusive access to our Aperture Workflow and our Final Cut Asset Parser. Learn more about MediaStorm's Post-production Workflow.

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Kingsley’s Crossing on MSNBC, plus Q&A on Multimedia Syndication

Starting in May 2004, award-winning photojournalist Olivier Jobard spent six months documenting the journey of Kingsley from Cameroon to France. The original award-winning piece was first published on MediaStorm in July of 2006, and was recently syndicated by MSNBC to be included as part of a story about The Changing Face of Europe. On the site, Kingsley’s story is presented in five sections and includes an interview with Jobard about the risks involved in documenting Kingsley’s epic journey. Many of the stories being produced for MediaStorm.org are also being licensed for publication in other places. I asked Brian Storm to give us a little insight into how that’s working and what they’re doing. Q: How do you syndicate a multimedia piece? What does that mean? Storm: Our goal is to get stories seen by as wide an audience as possible, so if we can take advantage of the of clients, those who…

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