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EditShare Ships Field 2 Portable Shared Storage
Next-generation shared storage platform integrates media asset management in a portable form factor for on-the-move tapeless productions
EditShare®, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, announced today the availability of Field 2, its next-generation portable shared storage solution with integrated asset management. The turnkey platform includes file ingest, advanced project sharing/bin locking, and archiving capabilities in an all-in-one, high-performance and rugged chassis. Ideal for on-location shoots, ENG trucks and remote offices, the new Field 2 is durable, light and compact, meeting the most stringent airline carry-on regulations.
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Technicolor – PostWorks’ Tim Stipan Applies the Finishing Touch to Indie Drama “Disconnect”
"Disconnect", the new drama from LD Entertainment and director Henry Alex Rubin, weaves three loosely related narrative lines, each of which relates to the internet and the way it is affecting human relationships. The protagonists of its three plot lines include a TV news reporter investigating porn chat sites, a lawyer whose 15-year-old son is victimized by his skater buddies, and an interracial couple who turn to on-line grief consoling to cope with the death of their baby.
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Appear TV Debuts compact full-featured Satellite Uplink/DTH Headend Solutionsat the 2013 NAB show
Appear TV, a leading global provider of next-generation headends for broadcast and IP television, is debuting its Satellite Uplink/DTH Headend Solution at the 2013 NAB Show (Booth SU7605). Designed as an efficient, space-saving innovative alternative to the multirack solutions currently in place at most satellite broadcast facilities, the new offering brings all the processes and functionalities required for DTH (Direct-to-Home), trunking and satellite distribution applications into a single 4RU hardware-based modular frame.
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Appear TV Exhibits Multiscreen Delivery Solution at the 2013 NAB show
Appear TV, a leading global provider of next-generation headends for broadcast and IP television, will showcase its Multiscreen and OTT Solution for its leading modular headend architecture at the 2013 NAB Show (Booth SU7605). The module allows users to streamline the encoding and transcoding process, while offering an easily integrated and expandable architecture, making it ideal for streaming content for live applications such as sports broadcasts.
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Appear TV Showcases Key Head-End Technologies at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2012
Range of Modules Deliver a Host of Vital Capabilities for Encoding, Transcoding, Multiscreen and Head-End Operations
Appear TV, a leading global provider of next-generation head-ends for broadcast and IP television, will showcase its encoding/transcoding/multiscreen, content acquisition, decoding, descrambling, powerful video processing, multiplexing with IP streaming and modulation capabilities at the 2012 SCTE Cable-Tec Expo (Booth343). Designed to help broadcasters and cable providers address the challenge of delivering content in today’s multi-format, multiscreen environment, the ultra-reliable modules deliver a host of vital capabilities for Appear TV head-end systems.
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20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios and Peanuts Worldwide Announce Iconic Peanuts Gang to Hit Theaters
News: 20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios and Peanuts Worldwide Announce Iconic Peanuts Gang to Hit TheatersRelease To Coincide With The 65th Anniversary Of The Beloved Comic Strip in 2015
Twentieth Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios have acquired rights to make a feature film based on the late Charles Schulz’s beloved and iconic “Peanuts” franchise. The agreement is the culmination of over two years of discussions – focused on the film’s creative direction – between the Studio and members of the Schulz family. The announcement was made today by Vanessa Morrison, president of Twentieth Century Fox Animation.
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Pixeldust Studios Makes Waves With Animated Sequences For National Geographic Channel’s Miniseries Event Alien Deep With Bob Ballard
News: Pixeldust Studios Makes Waves With Animated Sequences For National Geographic Channel’s Miniseries Event Alien Deep With Bob BallardPixeldust Studios, an Emmy Award-winning digital animation, visual design, and production company with studios in Washington, D.C. and New York City, has produced 200 animated sequences that will be featured throughout the new, five-part, mini-series event “Alien Deep with Bob Ballard,” premiering Sept. 16-17 on National Geographic Channel.
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ASSIMILATE’s New SCRATCH Lab v7 Fuels Advanced Dailies Revolution
News: ASSIMILATE’s New SCRATCH Lab v7 Fuels Advanced Dailies RevolutionThe ultimate in shot management and dailies production, with full ACES compliance, married with powerful look creation and color correction, in one truly affordable tool
The RAI – ASSIMILATE, the leading provider of dailies and DI tools for digital cinema and broadcast workflows, has announced the next generation of its production dailies software, SCRATCH Lab® v7. In the rapidly evolving world of digital dailies, where the lines are blurring between production and post-production, SCRATCH Lab v7 empowers DITs and video engineers with the ultimate shot management and dailies workflow tool, enabling them to work at top efficiency and productivity at an amazingly affordable price.
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Hinge Digital Breathes Life Into Charismatic Forest Creatures for Carrington College
News: Hinge Digital Breathes Life Into Charismatic Forest Creatures for Carrington CollegeStudio Collaborates with BVK to Deliver Integrated Ad Campaign Featuring Original Character Designs
Award-winning animation and visual effects studio Hinge Digital recently teamed up with BVK to create a clever series of advertisements for Carrington College. The integrated campaign includes two animated and live-action broadcast spots, as well as three online outtakes, 24 print ads, plush toys and more, which all showcase original character designs by Hinge Digital’s talented team of artists. “Carrington College Squirrel,” the first :30 campaign promo, introduces new Carrington bird mascots, Goldie and Blue, and is now airing on TV, with a live-action spot to follow in September.
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Steele Studios Completes Extensive VFX Work On Brand New TV Campaign For Overstock.Com
News: Steele Studios Completes Extensive VFX Work On Brand New TV Campaign For Overstock.Com
Steele Produces Complex CGI Shots Featured Within Five Spot “O Is The One” Campaign
Steele Studios, a leading creator and producer of visual content for television, film, music videos, and commercial projects for Fortune 500 companies, has completed and delivered extensive visual effects work featured within a brand new TV campaign promoting client Overstock.com. Jo and Jerry Steele, co-founders, Steele Studios, made the announcement.
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La-Z-Boy Continues ‘Live Life Comfortably’ Campaign, Starring Brooke Shields
News: La-Z-Boy Continues ‘Live Life Comfortably’ Campaign, Starring Brooke ShieldsLa-Z-Boy is joining forces once again with actress Brooke Shields to continue its national "Live Life Comfortably" campaign. The strategy of the campaign is to showcase La-Z-Boy's wide range of furniture beyond its legendary recliner. Since the campaign featuring Shields was launched in November 2010, La-Z-Boy has experienced seven quarters of year over year same store sales growth in their La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries system. The campaign has been identified as one of the key factors in these results.
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Free Pre-Release Trial of Autodesk Smoke Video Editing Software Now Available
News: Free Pre-Release Trial of Autodesk Smoke Video Editing Software Now AvailableHot Off its Debut at NAB, Smoke 2013 Is Now Offered for an Extended Trial Download
Autodesk, Inc. announced that Autodesk Smoke 2013 video editing software, a completely redesigned and repackaged pre-release version of the all-in-one video editing and visual effects tool for the Mac, is now available as a free trial download http://www.autodesk.com/smoke-trial.
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Futuristic Films' Director Richie Smyth Wins Silver Clio for "Best Direction"; Completes New PSA
News: Futuristic Films' Director Richie Smyth Wins Silver Clio for "Best Direction"; Completes New PSAFuturistic Films’ Director Richie Smyth has won a prestigious Silver Clio Award for “Best Direction” for his incredibly moving ISPCC (Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) PSA entitled “I Can’t Wait.” The project is also short-listed for a D&AD Award this year. Smyth accepted his Silver Clio Award at the gala ceremony in New York recently, accompanied by Futuristic Films’ Executive Producer Brendan Kiernan.
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Pixomondo Creates VFX for "Game of Thrones" Season Two
News: Pixomondo Creates VFX for "Game of Thrones" Season TwoFacilities Across Europe, US and China Create Fire-Breathing Dragons, Set Extensions of Westeros and More for HBO's Highly Acclaimed Series
International visual effects company Pixomondo is the primary VFX provider for the second season of HBO's award-winning fantasy television series "Game of Thrones" created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Season two features ten, one-hour episodes and premiered on April 1, 2012. Under the guidance of show VFX supervisor, Pixomondo's Rainer Gombos, and Pixomondo visual effects supervisor Juri Stanossek, the ambitious project is led by the company's Stuttgart facility, one of 12 Pixomondo studios around the world.
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Silicon Imaging delivers SMART 3D for 2K/4K RAW and HD-SDI Cameras
Silicon Imaging, the recipient of this year’s International 3D Society Technology Award, announces the patent-pending SI-3D Stereo Monitoring, Analysis, Recording and Transmission (S.M.A.R.T) system.
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Mirror Films Welcomes Director/Photographer Brian Bowen Smith To Diverse Roster Of Talent
News: Mirror Films Welcomes Director/Photographer Brian Bowen Smith To Diverse Roster Of TalentMirror Films has welcomed an incredibly unique talent to the company’s diverse roster, Director/Photographer Brian Bowen Smith. A protégé of legendary photographer Herb Ritts, Bowen Smith is now a sought-after celebrity photographer in his own right, having shot photographs of the world’s celebrity elite for such publications as “Vanity Fair,” “Esquire,” “Interview,” and “Gotham.”
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Softron Media Services Announces Multicam Logger
New Application Captures Angles for Easy Multicam Edits within FCP X
Softron Media Services® will demonstrate Multicam Logger at its booth (SL9007) during NAB 2012 in Las Vegas, NV, USA on April 16, 2012 and at the SuperMeet at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas on April 17, 2012. Multicam Logger is a new application from Softron Media Services that allows a user to log all of the different angles (or inputs) used in a live multi-camera production. It records which input the producer has selected on his vision mixer and when. Multicam Logger thus creates a multicam clip for Final Cut Pro X using the logs and the files recorded by any type of video recorder. The purpose is to use the resulting media to edit a final version of the production which could include necessary corrections.
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Pixomondo Drives 'Faster Than Disaster' for MINI China
News: Pixomondo Drives 'Faster Than Disaster' for MINI ChinaPixomondo joined forces with Chinese advertising agency Interone Beijing (a BBDO agency) to create the latest viral spot, "Faster Than Disaster," for MINI China. The quirky 1:51 viral features a mostly hand drawn, 2D animated stage environment that irreverently displays scenes illustrating how a MINI is ideally suited to outrunning an impending apocalypse.
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Pixomondo Creates Aerial Acrobatics for "Red Tails"
News: Pixomondo Creates Aerial Acrobatics for "Red Tails"International visual effects company Pixomondo completed 546 shots on "Red Tails", about a third of the film’s 1524 total VFX shots. A passion project of executive producer George Lucas more than 20 years in the making, the tale of World War II Tuskegee Airmen features explosive VFX work from five of Pixomondo’s eleven global facilities, a network of companies located across the US, UK, Germany, Canada and China.
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MAXON CINEMA 4D Helps Digital Artist Barton Damer Win Big for Malaria No More Foundation
News: MAXON CINEMA 4D Helps Digital Artist Barton Damer Win Big for Malaria No More FoundationDamer’s Winning Design – Malaria Kills – Raises Funds and Awareness for Malaria No More Foundation
MAXON, a leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, congratulates digital artist and motion designer Barton Damer on winning first honors place in the Veer Creative Catalyst: Design for Change Competition, an international contest inviting artists to design a compelling socially-themed piece for a charity or cause of their choice.
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A Star Is Born: Canon Launches New Digital Cinema Camera For High-Resolution Motion Picture Production
News: A Star Is Born: Canon Launches New Digital Cinema Camera For High-Resolution Motion Picture ProductionCanon Inc. and Canon U.S.A., Inc. has raised the curtain on an all-new interchangeable-lens digital cinema camera that combines exceptional imaging performance with outstanding mobility and expandability to meet the demanding production needs of today's motion picture industry. The camera, which features a newly developed Super 35 mm-equivalent approximately 8.29-megapixel CMOS sensor, will be available in two models: the EOS C300 Digital Cinema Camera*, equipped with an EF lens mount for compatibility with Canon's current diverse lineup of interchangeable EF lenses for EOS single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras and new EF Cinema Lens lineup; and the EOS C300 PL Digital Cinema Camera*, with a PL lens mount for use with industry-standard PL lenses.
published 2 years ago   read more
Apple to Launch iCloud on October 12
News: Apple to Launch iCloud on October 12Breakthrough Set of Free Cloud Services Includes iTunes in the Cloud, Photo Stream & Documents in the Cloud
Apple® today announced that iCloud®, a breakthrough set of free cloud services, including iTunes® in the Cloud, Photo Stream and Documents in the Cloud, that work seamlessly with your iPhone®, iPad®, iPod touch®, Mac® or PC to automatically and wirelessly store your content in iCloud and push it to all your devices, will be available on October 12.
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VB-Audio Announces MT128 Software is Now Available
News: VB-Audio Announces MT128 Software is Now AvailableAfter two years of intensive real-life testing, we are proud to announce that our MT128 software is now available to equipment makers and service providers in the fields of entertainment, radio, television, and special events.
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Sonixphere Rolls Over Beethoven with Campaign for The Richards Group and GameStop
News: Sonixphere Rolls Over Beethoven with Campaign for The Richards Group and GameStopNewly-launched Sonixphere, a global resource for everything related to music and sound, just wrapped another dynamic spot for GameStop through The Richards Group, Dallas. Promoting Madden NFL 12, the spot posed a unique musical challenge, according to Greg Allan, CEO and Creative Director, take a classical piece of music, Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, and transform it to into an urban, hip-hop track to support images of football teams competing on the gridiron.
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MAXON CINEMA 4D Release 13 Now Available
Next Generation Simplifies Character Animation, Adds Stereographic Capabilities and Physical Rendering
Today, MAXON announced the immediate availability of CINEMA 4D Release 13, the next generation of its industry- leading 3D motion graphics, visual effects, painting, and rendering software application. With all new character tools, integrated stereographic capabilities, streamlined multi-artist collaboration and physical rendering, CINEMA 4D Release 13 builds on the company’s 25-year legacy of enabling digital content creators around the world to produce highly engaging content quickly and easily for a variety of industries.
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MAXON Unveils CINEMA 4D Release 13
Next Generation Simplifies Character Animation, Adds Stereographic Capabilities and Physical Rendering
Today, MAXON announced CINEMA 4D Release 13, the next generation of its industry- leading 3D motion graphics, visual effects, painting, and rendering software application. With all new character tools, integrated stereographic capabilities, streamlined multi-artist collaboration and physical rendering, CINEMA 4D Release 13 builds on the company’s 25-year legacy of enabling digital content creators around the world to produce highly engaging content quickly and easily for a variety of industries.
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New Version of iOS Includes Notification Center, iMessage, Newsstand, Twitter Integration Among 200 New Features
Available to iPhone, iPad & iPod touch Users This Fall
Apple® today previewed iOS 5, the latest version of the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, and released a beta version to iOS Developer Program members. The iOS 5 beta release includes over 200 new features that will be available to iPhone®, iPad® and iPod touch® users this fall.
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Bully Pictures Produces New Work for Burger King, Panda Express and Werther’s
News: Bully Pictures Produces New Work for Burger King, Panda Express and Werther’sHesthagen directs a “small” but talented cast; Tanimoto uncovers buried treasure and Marinelli works magic.
Lilliputian Burger King workers, pandas in pirate suits and “magical” chocolate candies are featured in the latest work from Bully Pictures.
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Canon U.S.A. Exhibits Imaging Solutions At 2011 NAB Show In Las Vegas
Company to Display New Professional 3D HD Imaging Solutions, XF Series Professional Camcorders, HD Broadcast Lenses, EOS Digital SLR Cameras and High-Resolution REALiS Projectors
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, is exhibiting a wide range of products for broadcast HD television production, HD video content creation, and high-resolution image display at the 2011 NAB Show, booth # C-4325, April 11th to 14th, in the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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Stardust's Holographic Worlds for Blackberry & BBDO Moscow
3D Holographic Illusions Shown within a Unique 3D Display 'Station' Highlight Global Connectivity of the MTS Blackberry Storm2 Smartphone
Bi-coastal production company Stardust has been tapped by BBDO Moscow to create eye-popping holographic video content for client Blackberry MTS that will be shown on a unique, new mixed-reality 'presentation station' (RealFiction's Dreamoc 3D Display).
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TV One’s New Universal-Input Seamless Switcher with 3 Scaling Engines Make Their Debut at ISE 2011
TV One will debut their new C2-8000 Series at the ISE Exhibition held in Amsterdam on February 1-3, 2011. This new range of dual channel processors has universal inputs and 3 internal scaling engines. Using TV One’s exclusive CORIO®2 Technology, these smart units provide bi-directional conversion of up to 12 inputs of digital and/or analog video and also includes features such as seamless switching, dual picture-in-picture windowing, chroma and luma keying, logo insertion, Tri/Bi-level sync Genlock input, scalable background and more.
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Adobe and thePlatform Announce Alliance to Advance the Delivery of Premium Online Video Content
Companies Collaborate to Enhance Secure Video Management and Publishing Solutions for the Flash Platform
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) and thePlatform today announced a new alliance aimed at providing enhanced solutions for the delivery of online and mobile content with secure video management and publishing services for media publishers utilizing the Adobe® Flash® Platform.
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Autoscript to appear on the big screen in "Morning Glory"
Leading prompting solutions used in Daybreak studio
Autoscript, the world's leading teleprompting company and a Vitec Group brand, will make its movie debut in front of the camera rather than in its usual place behind the scenes, when Morning Glory is released in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on 21 January 2011.
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Tronic Grows a CG Tree for Santander Bank
News: Tronic Grows a CG Tree for Santander BankPeacefully gliding down over an urban vista to land in a residential plaza, we find red bricks pushing up through the pavement to grow into a majestic, sheltering tree in "Tree Phase 1," a :40 spot directed and animated by New York City-based creative studio tronicstudio.com. Widely acclaimed for its ability to bring inanimate objects to "life," Tronic's magical CG "brick tree" emphasizes the growing strength; stability and sheltering out-reach of Santander, one of the world's leading banks.
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3D Processing with TV One at ISE 2011
TV One will be demonstrating a range of 3D video processing capabilities using their advanced CORIO® processing engine, at the ISE 2011 Exhibition held in Amsterdam on February 1-3, 2011.
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PhotoBox Preps for its iPad Debut: Capture the Essence of Your Images for FREE
Latest concoction to roll out of Boinx Lab’s lets you analyze the technical quality of your photos on your iPad; view your shots on the big screen with PhotoBox’s VGA connection capabilities
Boinx Software, a multi-award winning developer of cool software for the Mac and iOS devices including the iPhone®, iPad™ and iPod®, is pleased to introduce its latest creation for digital photographers and photo enthusiasts – the PhotoBox iPad Application.
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Harris Corporation and Orlando Magic Introduce All-New Standard in Fan Experience with Opening of Amway Center
Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, is joining the Orlando Magic and City of Orlando to celebrate the culmination of a year-long, multi-million dollar project.
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Entity FX Kicks Off 2010 TV Season
with "Vampire Diaries", "Smallville" and "Hellcats" Visual Effects
Entity FX announced today work on a number of new and returning primetime television programs for the Fall 2010 season.
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Prime Focus adds VFX Intensity to Twentieth Century Fox’s ‘THE A-TEAM’
Prime Focus, a global visual entertainment services group, has completed visual effects shots for the summer movie event “THE A-TEAM” for Twentieth Century Fox. Starring Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Sharlto Copley, Patrick Wilson and Jessica Biel, the movie is based on the popular TV series of the same name. Directed by Joe Carnahan, “THE A-TEAM” is in theaters everywhere June 11th, 2010.
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MAXON CINEMA 4D Used to Create Dazzling 3D Imagery for World’s First Fully 360-degree Projected Animated Stage Set in New Production of "Peter Pan"
Renowned Stage Designer William Dudley Brings Never-before Seen Cinematic Experience to Live Theatre — Lighting, Rendering and Efficient Polygon Management Tools Cited as Key to On-time Workflow and Enhanced Audience Engagement
MAXON Computer, a leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, today announced that world-renowned theater designer William Dudley used CINEMA 4D to chart new territory in the marriage of digital scenery and live action in the new stage production of JM Barrie's "Peter Pan" which recently made its US Premiere in San Francisco.
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Boris FX Announces Boris RED Version 5
New Support for Adobe CS5 and 64-bit Operating Systems, 30+ New Filters
Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, today announced Boris RED Version 5. Boris RED is an integrated 3D compositing, titling, and effects application designed for Adobe, Apple, Avid, Grass Valley, Media 100, and Sony video editing software.
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Vizrt Included in NRK Production of Eurovision Song Contest Finale
Considered the world’s largest non-sport television production, the Eurovision Song Contest Finale is being broadcast live from the Telenor Arena, in Oslo, Norway during several dates in late May. Started in 1956, the contest has since grown to include two live semi-finals, which are held on the 25th and the 27th of May.
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Brickyard VFX Makes Dreams Come True for Mitsubishi
Artist owned-and-operated bi-coastal effects boutique Brickyard VFX recently created CG frogs that appear alongside live counterparts in a new fairytale-inspired commercial for Mitsubishi. Entitled "No Fairytale," the spot debuted on Canadian TV on April 6, 2010. The project was directed by Albert Kodagolian of Steam Films, a long-time collaborator of Brickyard VFX partner and lead 2D artist, Patrick Poulatian.
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Cinedeck debuts at NAB 2010 with world’s first camera-mountable, cinema quality recording, monitoring and playback device
Cinedeck creator to appear in The Post Pit, Post Magazine ‘Post-TV Live’ and on Digital Production Buzz
Cinedeck today announced it will make its US industry debut of the world’s first camera-mountable, HDMI/HDSDI recording, monitoring, playback and editing device for the production community at NAB 2010 in Las Vegas next week.
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Brickyard VFX Puts Toyota NASCAR Campaign Into Overdrive
Artist owned-and-operated bi-coastal effects boutique Brickyard VFX recently created CG cars that appear alongside live-action counterparts and added graphics to other live action cars in a new NASCAR-themed ad campaign for Toyota Racing that spans TV, print and the web.
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Anton/Bauer Marks 40th Anniversary With TV Appearance On “World’s Greatest!...”
Industry Pioneer Selected to Appear in 13-Part Series on ION Television
Anton/Bauer®, a brand of The Vitec Group, and the world’s premier provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries, has been selected to appear on “World’s Greatest!...”, a 13-part series highlighting some of the world’s most remarkable companies, products, places and people.
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Brickyard VFX Makes a Hole-In-One for Titleist
Artist owned-and-operated bi-coastal effects boutique Brickyard VFX recently contributed VFX to the 2010 ad campaign for Titleist via ad agency Arnold. The multi-spot campaign was directed by @radical.media's Greg Kohs and began breaking before the New Year, with the last spot, "Yardage Book," breaking on Jan. 30.
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RIOT Atlanta Brands Web/TV Cross Platform Network Halogen From the Ground Up
Halogen, a new integrated web/TV network owned by the South Carolina-based Inspiration Network, came to RIOT for a unique, attention-grabbing look for their on-air IDs, bumpers and other network branding that would also integrate seamlessly online.
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DUCK Makes Ending Credits Happy For Sony Pictures Animation
News: DUCK Makes Ending Credits Happy For Sony Pictures AnimationThe animated feature film "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" is based on the classic children's book about the town of ChewandSwallow, where mysterious storms begin raining down hot dogs, pancakes, bananas, spaghetti, burgers, and more, to everyone's delight. But when the storms get out of control, the town needs a hero. And they don't mean a sandwich.
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motion504 Invents 'Kinetic Type' for AICP Minnesota Show Reception Sponsor Reel
Minneapolis broadcast design & animation studio motion504 recently completed the reception sponsor reel for the Minneapolis screening of the AICP Show: The Art & Technique of the American Commercial, which takes place tonight at the Guthrie Theater.
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Telemak & V4x Team For Full-Service of Made-For-Mobile MobileTV Channels
Scheduling Multiple Channels, Interactive Graphics and Video Optimization improve quality for MobileTV Channels.
For mobile operators and media companies, Telemak provides the next generation Mobile interactive TV applications with proven deployment capabilities, service reliability, richness of user experience and rapid time-to-market.
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Vizrt Introduces Workflow Solution for Viz Multi Platform Suite and Escenic Content Studio at NAB 2009
Vizrt, a leading provider of real-time, integrated broadcast graphics software, will demonstrate a completely new workflow solution between Vizrt Multi Platform Suite and Escenic Content Studio at the 2009 NAB Show, April 20-23 in Las Vegas, Nev. (Booth SL5508).
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Windowseat Pictures Documents Vans Triple Crown Of Surfing With Panasonic P2 HD Camcorders
Production Company Gears Up with Addition of Two AG-HPX170 P2 HD Handhelds
WINDOWSEATpictures (El Segundo, CA) recently shot four one-hour programs documenting the celebrated Vans Triple Crown of Surfing (men’s and women’s competitions) with several Panasonic P2 HD solid-state camcorders.
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NewTek TriCaster™ at NBA All-Star Jam Session Turns Fans into Sports Anchors
NewTek will also demo breakthrough multi-channel, HD, instant replay device at NBA D-League practice Feb. 13
NewTek Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, announced today that NBA Digital will utilize TriCaster™ portable live production system to produce fan fantasy NBA TV sportscaster segments during the NBA All-Star Jam Session at the Phoenix Convention Center February 12 to 16.
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Autodesk Launches Toxik 2009 Visual Effects Software
Feature-Packed New Version Provides Powerful Tools for Stereoscopic Productions and Set Extensions
Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced Autodesk Toxik 2009 procedural compositing software. Toxik 2009 offers high-performance compositing and visual effects capabilities, particularly for large-format digital film and television projects.
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Expansion Team Composes Soundtrack To Jet Blue’s In-Flight Entertainment
Creative Director Alex Moulton Strikes Perfect Note Airlines In-Flight Branding/Identity Package
Launching a revamped in-flight premium movie service, airline jetBlue turned to original music/sound design/licensing house Expansion Team to brand the launch of the new 'jetBlue features.'
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NVIDIA Announces Actress Tricia Helfer from Battlestar Galactica to Speak at NVISION 08
NVIDIA today announced that Tricia Helfer, the actress widely known for her portrayal of “Number Six” on Battlestar Galactica, the Emmy award-winning television drama series, will speak and appear at NVISION® 08.
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Liquid 9 Mixes Up Promotional Potion for Kansas City Wizards
Post-production boutique Liquid 9 is busy creating a complete promo campaign for Kansas City’s Major League Soccer (MLS) team the Kansas City Wizards, announced L9 owner Chris O’Connor.
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Imaginary Forces Creates Whimsical End Titles For Fantasy Adventure Film "Nim's Island"
Entertainment and design studio Imaginary Forces (IF) recently completed the animated end titles for the Fox Walden fantasy adventure, "Nim's Island." The film stars Academy Award® winner Jodie Foster, Academy Award® nominee Abigail Breslin and Gerard Butler and premieres in theaters nationwide today.
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Z Animation Creates Traditional Cel Spot for Bella Casa and Indian Cinema
East meets French in “French Lamp,” a new 30-second 2D traditionally -animated theatrical commercial for Indian cinema directed by John Ryan of Z Animation for Bella Casa, one of India’s largest tile, bath and Kitchen retailers.
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News: Apple to Ship Mac OS X Leopard on October 26
Apple® today announced that Mac OS® X Leopard will go on sale Friday, October 26 at 6:00 p.m. at Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers, and that Apple’s online store is now accepting pre-orders.
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News: Autodesk Launches Lustre 2008 Digital Color Grading System for Film and Television Projects
Enables Creative Color Grading throughout Post-Production Process; Supports American Society of Cinematographers’ Color Decision List
Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced the Autodesk Lustre 2008 digital color grading system. Lustre has shaped colors and lighting in hundreds of feature films, trailers and TV shows, including Balls of Fury, El Cantante, Children of Men, Babel, King Kong, Cane, Pushing Daisies and Swingtown.
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News: Iconix HD-RH1 Video Camera Used in 'The Kill Point'
Point-of-View Camera Enables 'The Kill Point' Production Team to Acquire High Definition Footage from the End of a Sound Boom
Iconix Video, a leading developer of advanced high-definition camera systems and maker of the world's smallest professional quality HD video camera, announced today the use of the Iconix HD-RH1 camera on the Lionsgate Television mini-series, "The Kill Point," which premiered on Spike TV July 22.
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Media 3 Ltd Opens Spacious and Elegant Manhattan Production Facility Featuring Broadcast Pix Slate 2100 Live TV Production System
Broadcast Pix™ Inc., a leading provider of integrated live video production systems, recently installed its Slate 2100 switcher at Media 3 Ltd.
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News: Imaginary Forces Designs Chilling Main Titles For "The Number 23"
Imaginary Forces (IF) recently collaborated with Director Joel Schumacher in designing the main titles for the thriller "The Number 23" starring Jim Carrey. IF Art Director Michelle Dougherty led the design effort with a jarring opener that sets up the film's frightening plot of obsession, psychological torture, murder and the number 23.
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News: Soho and Rogue take Dove through Evolution in "Making Of" Video
The 75-second viral ad Dove "Evolution", by Toronto's Ogilvy & Mather took the world by storm after being released on YouTube this past October 17 2006, with over 4 million views on YouTube alone.
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News: Animal Logic wins 'Most Innovative Music Video' at New York Festivals Awards
Sydney-based digital production company Animal Logic has won the Gold World Medal for 'Most Innovative Music Video' at the New York Festivals' 2007 International Television Programming and Promotions Awards. Animal Logic received the award for the music video it produced for Telemetry Orchestra's single 'Under the Cherry Tree'.
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News: Barry Russo Video Prods Selects Fujinon Cine Zoom for HD Spots
Based on his successful experience with a Fujinon HAc13x4.5B Cine-Style compact wide angle zoom lens he bought in 2005, Barry Russo recently purchased a second Fujinon Cine-Style zoom lens, the HAc15x7.3B.
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News: Hit Squad Keeps it Real with GenArts Sapphire Plug-ins on Ice Cube's Laugh Now, Cry Later DVD Release
Widely hailed as the Godfather of Rap, Ice Cube is a controversial, influential and multi-talented artist who has spent the last 15+ years defining and dominating the genre of Gangsta rap and rap culture. With a string of platinum albums in the 1990’s, and successful acting, producing and directing efforts, Ice Cube has never been afraid to challenge himself or the stereotypes that he raps about.
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News: Matrox Ships over 1000 Matrox MXO Units in First 60 Days
Portable Broadcast-Quality Audio/Video Output Adapter Streamlines Mac-based Video Production Workflows
Matrox Video Products Group today announced that over 1000 Matrox MXO units have been shipped to users worldwide in the first 60 days of production. An easy-to-use DVI-to-audio/video output adapter for the Mac, Matrox MXO takes the DVI output from a Mac computer or laptop and converts it to broadcast-quality video.
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News: Matrox MXO Now Shipping
Portable Broadcast-Quality Audio/Video Output Adapter Streamlines Mac-based Video Production Workflows
Matrox Video Products Group today announced that Matrox MXO is now shipping. An easy-to-use DVI-to-audio/video output adapter for the Mac, Matrox MXO, takes the DVI output from a Mac computer or laptop and converts it to broadcast-quality video. Users can preview Apple Final Cut Pro projects or the output of other QuickTime-based applications such as Apple Soundtrack Pro and Motion, as well as Adobe After Effects as they will actually appear on TV and record them frame accurately to tape. Matrox MXO can also be used to provide a flicker-free video output of the computer desktop with any application, allowing the user to record and display Keynote and PowerPoint presentations, web browser sessions, and software application training.
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News: Matrox Announces Matrox MXO Portable Broadcast-Quality Audio/Video Output Adapter for the Mac
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced Matrox MXO(tm), an easy-to-use DVI-to-audio/video output adapter for the Mac that takes the DVI output from a Mac computer or laptop and converts it to broadcast-quality video. Users can preview Apple Final Cut Pro projects or the output of other QuickTime-based applications such as Motion, Shake or DVD Studio Pro from Apple, or Adobe After Effects, as they will actually appear on TV and record them frame accurately to tape.
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News: Animal Logic Take Home First Prize At Mobius Awards For Carlton Draught, Toohey's And Chanel
The 2006 Mobius Awards Jury have awarded Animal Logic equal First Place in the Special Effects category for its work on Carlton Draught 'Big Ad', Toohey's 'War of the Appliances' and Chanel 'No. 5 - The Film' at the annual Mobius Awards ceremony held at the Directors Guild of America, Los Angeles on Friday night.
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News: Sony Unveils Tapeless Hd Production System For Cinematographers At Sundance
New XDCAM HD System Combines Optical Disc Technology with HD Resolution to Put Powerful Production Capabilities in Cinematographers' Hands
At this week's Sundance Film Festival, Sony is taking the wraps off of the next generation of its XDCAM™ Professional Disc™ system - a line of high-definition optical camcorders and decks that offers cinematographers and directors of photography a toolkit of flexible, digital production options.
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