The Man Behind The Curtain…

Last night, I went on Larry's Jordan's Digital Production Buzz to talk about marketing and public relations in the production and post production market. Now, I'm usually the person setting up these interviews - I'm the man behind the curtain. But last night, I got to sit in the hot seat for a few minutes …

Rampant Design Tools New Motion Graphics for Editors V2

Rampant Design Tools released a new library of motion graphics elements for editors - simply called, Motion Graphics for Editors V2. A picture is worth a thousand words, this clip is worth a million. Check it out.

iPhone 6s 4k Video Changes Everything…Sort of…And That’s OK!

The release of the iPhone 6s and 6s+ is here, as well as the onslaught of first-looks reviews, opinions, and discussions about it’s new capabilities. In the filmmaking and pro production community, the discussion is centered around 4k video. And I find the reactions quite interesting. There are some who welcome it, and share in …

Features Are Great, But a Software Development Team That’s Got Your Back is Better

Abernethy Media Professionals (AMP) is a full service, turnkey production company with offices in Dallas and Seattle. AMP was founded by husband-wife team Sandy Abernethy and Amy Lou Abernethy.  They lead an award-winning team of directors, producers, coordinators, shooters, editors, complemented by a large roster of freelancers, allowing AMP to scale up and down to …

New Kickstarter Campaign: iOgrapher Go for the GoPro and Action Camera Market

Exciting news from the iOgrapher community - today we announced a new Kickstarter Campaign to fund the newest addition to the iOgrapher family of filmmaking rigs - the iOgrapher Go! It’s been two years since our first Kickstarter that helped us launch the first iOgrapher for the iPad Mini. Those were exciting (and stressful) days, …

The Dog Days Are Over…But Not for Rampant Design

“Well the dog days are over…." I can t get that tune out of my head. But I digress…. The dog days may be over, but not for Rampant Design. In fact, I’m pretty sure this team never saw the bright summer light of day. The hardest working team in VFX cranked out more Style …

Automatic Duck is Back!

Today is a pretty exciting day. A nostalgic day, perhaps for the industry; for me personally. But mostly, it’s an exciting day for the industry.  Automatic Duck is back! A brief history. I launched my consultancy back in 2003. As with any small and growing business; it was a challenge. You rely on those first …