Archive of the Metadata Category

One of the best things you can do with your time here is digest the presentations at the Adobe booth. Not so much the usual stuff–features of Premiere Pro and After Effects, etc. It’s more important to take in the demos related to distribution (Adobe Media Player/Adobe Flash Player) and Flash-related content creation. That means in all tools; for example, look at what an interactive SWF file looks like coming out of Encore DVD. Also take in the Sneak Peek presentations–all to help visualize the metadata driven future. Whether for traditional, linear film resolultion projects or production for web and mobile, Adobe’s put forth some ideas that are helpful to consider.

I got the nickel tour from Simon Hayhurst. Some highlights: more

After years of hearing about it, we’ve learned that we at least aught to be open to using metadata, even if we’re not too clear about what it is or where it fits in with our day-to-day work life.

At the show, a number of new and upgraded products are making us think we better get with the program.

GridIron Software’s GridIron Flow offers a pretty slick solution. Due to hit public beta in a few months, it still managed to win a Best of Show at Macworld 2008. It’s digital content management software for those working on graphic design, web, and video projects. The software (Mac and PC) tracks the design process by creating a graphic image file to represent the relationship between the software on a computer and the files that software creates. more