Why do I hate Nokia? Becuase iPhone came out? Becuase it's always trying to have that bulky phones? I don't know, I used to love it for many years. You know, I was even trying to use other phone, like HTC HD for few months. I can't say, it's a great device, but I can't compare iPhone user experience to anything else so I came back to my iPhone again.

Anyway, Nokia is trying to follow Apple and just launched a Nokia Ovi Store. What's that? The Nokia Ovi store is simply an online store where people can purchase applications, themes, ringtones, among other content, for their Symbian-powered handset. Free applications can also be found, such as the Bloomberg news app. The Ovi Store has just launched in Singapore, Australia, with more countries to be added over the next day. Right now, S40 and S60 Symbian powered devices are supported, with support for additional Nokia phones to be added.

Read full story: Business2Press

Today, Linus Lohoff, great B&W photographer. Check his amazing gallery here: Linus Lohoff

We have Hollywood, Bollywood, and now Nollywood - the third largest film industry in the world. It releases between 500 and 1 000 movies each year. Its movies depict lives of people in Africa, namely Nigeria. The great African tradition of story-telling is now being transmitted through the mass media. People that star in those movies are local actors. Plots are based on familiar situations that deal with love, comedy, bribery, prostitution or sorcery.
Izismile.com posted some interesting photos of Nollywood in pictures by Pietr Hugo. Why all these people are so sad?

More: http://izismile.com/2009/01/23/nollywood_african_cinema_38_pics.html

Toon Boom Animation announced the release of Toon Boom Animate Pro, the high-performance animation software for professionals. Toon Boom Animate Pro is the most complete professional animation software for serious animators, offering award winning state-of-the-art content creation, animation and compositing toolset for any animation style within a single all-in-one desktop application.

Read more: http://www.toonboom.com/products/animatepro/

Source: CreativeCow

This might be little weird idea, but you may like it. Read more:
http://www.jamesnweber.com/blog/2009/05/controlling-final-cut-with-your-iphone/

Features included:

* Go to previous marker
* Add a marker
* Go to next marker
* Play in to out
* Play to out
* Go to in
* Set in point
* Set out point
* Go to out point
* Rewind
* Reverse
* Pause
* Play
* Fast forward
* Toggle play/pause
 

This tutorial has over seven months now, but I've not seen it before, so I think it's worth sharing.
Peter Salvia presents an all-in-one video tutorial showing you how to cut, color, and compress video shot with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR using three Final Cut Studio 2 applications.

If you don't want to spend a fortune on a dolly system, then you should take a look at Eazy Dolly.
What's that? A portable, light weight system that can be used for any type of filming. Eazy Dolly comes standard with 12' of aluminum track. Hand crafted for durability and smooth tracking. Accommodates most standard tripods.

More info with the presentation video: http://www.eazydolly.com/

I want to remind everyone who's new here that I have a Facebook group which can be found here: motionVFX on Facebook but starting from today, you can also follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/motionVFX

I-Movix is a great camera which costs same as my house, car, and family however can shoot with 1000 frames per second. Ok, I'll say no more - just watch this fantastic video from NAB:

I've found collection of beautiful nature photos showing beauty of reflection while browsing the web this morning. I think it's very fresh beginning of the week:

http://picfor.me/album/showimages/1015