News and Events - June 2008
Thu 26th Jun, 2008
Thumbnails
Click-through thumbnails have been added to web videos published using Forbidden's web player,
simplifying having multiple videos on each page. This home movie provides an example:
Tue 24th Jun, 2008
Work experience
Forbidden Technologies has a history of providing work experience for students and school children. With Wimbledon Fortnight starting this week, yesterday's project for Caroline and Zoella was for each to plan, shoot, edit and publish a visitors' guide to restaurants in Wimbledon. You can see their guides here and here.
Mon 23rd Jun, 2008
Mac upgrade
Version 1.6.8 of FORscene Load Mac is available for download. This allows Mac users (including those running Leopard) to upload video, audio and stills into FORscene. It is suitable for people with high quality source material, such as DV or HD, as the video is compressed locally before uploading, speeding up the upload process by up to twenty times.
Thu 19th Jun, 2008
TrueTube
TrueTube, which makes Forbidden's Clesh web-based editing system available to their visitors, has updated their website. TrueTube provides a forum for school children to debate ethical issues of the day through the medium of video, and is available to schools in the UK.
Wed 18th Jun, 2008
FORscene upgrade
FORscene has been upgraded today. This upgrade reduces the number of mouse clicks for typical storyboard users, speeding up the editing process.
Mon 16th Jun, 2008
Servers upgraded
Forbidden has upgraded the servers used by FORscene's broadcast customers. This upgrade included improvements tried and tested on our normal servers over the last two months. As with other upgrades, the FORscene service continued uninterrupted.
Wed 11th Jun, 2008
Breathe Post
HD post specialists Breathe Post Production have adopted FORscene, Forbidden's web-based video editing platform, to provide a 'virtual edit suite' service for clients to log, shot select and review content without having to be in the post-production house. Rob Kelly, Managing Director of Breathe said: "We have been looking for some time for a secure, cost effective, flexible solution to allow our clients to review and edit footage remotely via a web based interface. FORscene provides the answer, and following collaboration with Forbidden's R&D department now integrates fully into post workflows using both Avid and Final Cut Pro editing systems".
Tue 10th Jun, 2008
PC upgrade
Consumers have long enjoyed the benefits of FORscene Load PC, which (unlike a web upload) compresses videos locally before uploading. Today's version 5.6 upgrade also works on our professional servers - allowing our business customers to make it available to their consumer users.
Thu 5th Jun, 2008
Recent press
Today's Financial Times has chosen Forbidden's Fremantle release for its Company Announcements section today. They quote extracts from the announcement: "FORscene in the US" which they reproduce in full.
Wed 4th Jun, 2008
FORscene in the US
FremantleMedia, one of the largest creators and producers of entertainment brands in the world, has adopted FORscene in its US based productions for wide-area review. Zach Jarosz, Executive Director, Post Production said: "For America’s Got Talent Series 3, we wanted to allow our producers and production team world wide access to rushes and rough cuts as soon as they were ready. FORscene delivers this in a simple and efficient way. I enjoy using FORscene and am looking forward to rolling it out across my upcoming productions". You can read the full announcement here.
Tue 3rd Jun, 2008
2007 results
Forbidden Technologies plc announced its full year results this morning. The Chairman’s Statement and Chief Executive’s Review are reproduced here.
