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Apple Unveils iOS 7
Completely Redesigned With Stunning User Interface & Great New Features
Apple® today unveiled iOS 7, the most significant iOS update since the original iPhone®, featuring a stunning new user interface. iOS 7 is completely redesigned with subtle motion, an elegant color palette and distinct, functional layers that make it feel more alive. The typography has been refined for a cleaner, simpler look, and the use of translucency and motion makes even simple tasks more engaging. iOS 7 has hundreds of great new features, including Control Center, Notification Center, improved Multitasking, AirDrop®, enhanced Photos, Safari®, Siri® and introduces iTunes Radio™, a free Internet radio service based on the music you listen to on iTunes®.
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Facilis TerraBlock Used on Two ABC Studios Series by DigitalFilm Tree
News: Facilis TerraBlock Used on Two ABC Studios Series by DigitalFilm TreeOn-Site Shared Storage Solution Facilitates Efficient Workflow Solution
Facilis TerraBlock has provided a shared storage solution for two ABC Studios series in Burbank, CA as part of a new workflow process that provides an integrated remote post set up that includes editorial, online, titling, color, dailies and VFX.
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New Lens Flare Plugins for Final Cut Pro X Released by FxFactory
News:  New Lens Flare Plugins for Final Cut Pro X Released by FxFactoryNoise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, now offers SUGARfx Xflare through its plugin platform FxFactory. What was once an undesired side effect from sunrays filtering through lenses is now a widely popular look. The powerful plugin, designed exclusively for use with Final Cut Pro X, lets editors add completely customizable lens flare effects to footage. Users can achieve the desired look within just a few seconds by selecting one of the many presets and dropping it onto the clip like any other effect. The easy-to-use parameters and on-screen controls allow editors to make precise adjustments to the flare.
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Arby’s New National Ad Campaign Shot on Blackmagic Cinema Camera
News: Arby’s New National Ad Campaign Shot on Blackmagic Cinema CameraBlackmagic Design today announced that Glendale, CA based production and post house Fisher Film Works used Blackmagic Cinema Camera to film Arby’s recent “King's Hawaiian Roast Beef Sandwich” commercial, a nationally syndicated co-promotion with Adult Swim. The television spot, which features an artist painting a picture of the sandwich, was also colored using Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve, the world’s most advanced color correction tool.
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MTI Film to Demo Sony Workflows at Cine Gear
At the upcoming Cine Gear Expo in Los Angeles,MTI Film will demonstrate end-to-end workflow solutions, based on its groundbreaking Cortex product line, for the latest generation of Sony digital camera systems. The demos will be conducted at the Sony booth (S218) and will feature MTI Film’s flagship product, Cortex::Control Dailies and its use for on-set review, dailies processing, media archiving and deliverables production. The 2013 Cine Gear Expo is set for May 31st through June 1st at The Studios at Paramount in Los Angeles.
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Sound Devices PIX 240i KIT Heads To Tinsel Town For CINE GEAR EXPO 2013
News: Sound Devices PIX 240i KIT Heads To Tinsel Town For CINE GEAR EXPO 2013Kit Adds Even More Portability for Professional Video Production On the Go
Sound Devices, specialists in portable audio and video products for field production, will be presenting its new PIX 240i KIT, an all-inclusive kit that provides all of equipment needed to use the company’s PIX 240i in professional video production applications, at Cine Gear Expo 2013 (Booth 94).
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DP Alex Buono Takes ‘Saturday Night Live’ to 4K with AJA Ki Pro Quad
News: DP Alex Buono Takes ‘Saturday Night Live’ to 4K with AJA Ki Pro QuadNBC Paving the Way for 4K with Proof-of-Concept 4K Workflows for Pre-Produced Program Segments
AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, recently released the Ki Pro Quad file-based recording device for professional 4K and HD workflows. Alex Buono, Director of Photography for the Saturday Night Live Film Unit, recently used the AJA Ki Pro Quad together with a Canon C500 camera to capture "Kanish,” a 1970s cop show spoof starring Zach Galifianakis and Bill Hader. Ki Pro Quad is the only tapeless recorder that supports live debayering of 4K Canon RAW camera data with simultaneous recording to Apple ProRes 422 or ProRes 444 files.
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iStopMotion for iPad 2.1 Updated with WebDAV Support and Push Notifications
Boinx Software has just released iStopMotion for iPad 2.1. The latest update to the software company’s stop motion animation app for the iPad® 2 or higher now offers WebDAV support and push notifications. With WebDAV support, teachers using iStopMotion for iPad to enhance the curriculum can easily set up a local server to collect work created on multiple iPads, allowing students to collaborate on class- or school-wide projects. This eliminates the need for a cloud service such as YouTube or Dropbox, which is especially important since using the cloud is often restricted in many schools.
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Sound Devices Scores A Slam Dunk For Professional Basketball With PIX Production Audio/Video Recorders And Accessories
News: Sound Devices Scores A Slam Dunk For Professional Basketball With PIX Production Audio/Video Recorders And AccessoriesPIX 240i and PIX 260i Help Streamline Workflow Off the Court for Two Seasons in a Row
Since February 2012, Sound Devices, experts in audio and video products for field production, has been behind the scenes, aiding in the production of professional basketball games for the NBA. Continuing through to the 2012-2013 NBA season, the company’s PIX 240i and PIX 260i Production Video Recorders have been mainstays in the league’s starting lineup for broadcast and online video productions.
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Turn Your Computer Screen Into a Movie Set With iStopMotion 3.1
New Screen Capture feature provides animators with a new medium for animating
iStopMotion 3.1, the latest upgrade to Boinx Software’s award-winning stop motion animation software, now includes a Screen Capture feature, requested by many users. Artists can easily capture frames from the screen to create stop motion animations or timelapse movies by pairing the software with illustration programs such as Photoshop or InDesign, or any other app, for example, to document the creation of a drawing. They can then export movies in Apple® ProRes format (if the codec is installed), and import directly into Final Cut Pro® X for further editing, without the need to transcode. iStopMotion 3.1 continues to be perfected with bug fixes for better functionality.
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Sound Devices Offers Enhanced Recording And File Transfer Options For PIX 260I Users
Latest Firmware Update, Version 1.02, Now Available for Free Download
In an effort to continue to streamline workflows for production and post-production environments with its rack-mounted PIX 260i Production Video Recorder, Sound Devices, experts in portable audio and video products for field production, now offers expanded audio and video recording and file transfer capabilities with its newest firmware update, Version 1.02. Available as a free download to all PIX 260i users, this latest version will be highlighted at Cine Gear 2013 (Booth 94).
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Imagineer Systems and CoreMelt Announce Immediate Availability of SliceX powered by mocha
News: Imagineer Systems and CoreMelt Announce Immediate Availability of SliceX powered by mochaNew Final Cut Pro X Masking Plug-In Integrates mocha Planar Tracking Technology for Fast, Accurate Masking with Fewer Keyframes
Imagineer Systems, creators of the Academy Award winning mocha Planar Tracking technology, and CoreMelt today announced the immediate availability of a new Final Cut Pro X masking plug-in, SliceX powered by mocha. This new version of SliceX, previewed at NAB 2013 last month, comes as a result of a strategic partnership between Imagineer Systems and CoreMelt, resulting in the integration of Imagineer’s award winning Planar Tracker into CoreMelt’s shape masking tool.
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STS-GRIOT Gets Organized with Facilis TerraBlock SAN
News: STS-GRIOT Gets Organized with Facilis TerraBlock SANMichigan-based creative editorial boutique STS-GRIOT offers clients a complete post-production experience – delivering rough cuts, finishing, motion graphics, compositing, color grading, sound design and more. Award-winning editors at the mid-size studio collaborate with local and national ad agencies to deliver TV and web spots for high-profile companies such as Toyota, Ford, Chevy, Comcast and the US Navy.
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Tiffen Photo fx Ultra Wins a Highly Coveted TIPA Award
News: Tiffen Photo fx Ultra Wins a Highly Coveted TIPA AwardThe Technical Image Press Association names the Tiffen Company’s photo editing app for the iPad the Best Mobile Photo App of 2013
The Tiffen Company, a leading manufacturer and distributor of award-winning accessories for the still imaging, video, motion picture and broadcast markets, announced its iPad app, Tiffen Photo fx Ultra v5, has been named “Best Mobile Photo App of 2013” by the prestigious Technical Image Press Association (TIPA). According to the TIPA website, editors of the member-magazines (full list can be found here) evaluate products introduced to the market in the past 12 months and base judgments on “innovation, the use of leading-edge technology, design and ergonomics, ease-of-use, as well as price/performance ratio.”
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Sound Devices Pix 240 Keeps Pace With Sprinting Cheetahs Fornational Geographic Magazine
News: Sound Devices Pix 240 Keeps Pace With Sprinting Cheetahs Fornational Geographic MagazineProduction Video Recorder Offers Powerful Monitoring Capabilities in a Compact File-Based Unit for “Cheetahs on the Edge”
When National Geographic magazine challenged Director of PhotographyGreg Wilson to create a shot tracking a sprinting cheetah—in the spirit of Eadweard Muybridge’s 1878 image of a running horse—he turned to the Sound Devices PIX 240 Production Video Recorder for the shoot’s dailies, monitoring and backup.
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KillerKeys® VR Now Available Through The Mac App Store
News: KillerKeys® VR Now Available Through The Mac App StoreBella Corporation today announced that one of the latest additions to the KillerKeys family of products, KillerKeys VR, is now available through the Mac App Store.
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Bluefish444 Thunderbolt™ Drivers Certified With Sonnet Technologies’ Thunderbolt Expansion Products
High quality, portable SDI I/workflow solution for AVID Media Composer 6 Users running Apple OSX
Bluefish444, manufacturer of the industry’s highest-quality uncompressed 4K/2K/HD/SD SDI video cards, announced today that it has certified the Sonnet Echo™ Express Pro Thunderbolt™ Expansion Chassis for use with its forthcoming Apple OSX plug in for AVID’s Media Composer 6.
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Sound Devices Introduces PIX 240i Kit At The 2013 NAB SHOW
News: Sound Devices Introduces PIX 240i Kit At The 2013 NAB SHOWConvenient Kit Includes All Necessary Equipment for Professional Video Production
Sound Devices, experts in portable audio and video products for field production, unveils its PIX 240i KIT, an all-inclusive kit that provides all the equipment needed to operate the PIX 240i in professional video production applications, at the 2013 NAB Show (Booth C2849).
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Boris FX Expands Real-Time Performance of Boris Continuum Complete
New Boris Continuum Complete v8.2 Features Fast OpenGL Rendering, New Real-Time Filters
Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated VFX and workflow technology for video and film, today announced Boris Continuum Complete (BCC) Version 8.2. The new v8.2 release features up to 100% improvement in render time for OpenGL-accelerated filters. In addition, nearly all BCC AVX for Avid filters can now be rendered in real-time.
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World-Renowned Editor Walter Biscardi, Jr. Launches Industry Training & Website
News: World-Renowned Editor Walter Biscardi, Jr. Launches Industry Training & WebsiteA Production Website Focused on the Creativity and Business Behind the Technique
Millions of creatives the world over know editor & Post Production specialist Walter Biscardi, Jr. thanks to the CreativeCow.net website where he has shared knowledge and advice to countless people since 2000. Over 25,000 online posts later, Walter is sticking to his roots of helping to educate his production and entertainment peers.
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Blackmagic Design Announces Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera
News: Blackmagic Design Announces Blackmagic Pocket Cinema CameraNew compact Super 16 digital cinema camera with 13 stops of dynamic range, allows shooting with a professional film look in a beautiful design that fits in your pocket!
Blackmagic Design today announced Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera, a beautifully designed, pocket sized digital cinema camera that includes powerful features such as Super 16mm sized 1080HD sensor, super wide 13 stops of dynamic range, built in SD card recorder for Apple ProRes, lossless compressed CinemaDNG RAW capture and active Micro Four Thirds lens mount, all in an attractive compact design for only US$995.
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Atomos Announces Samurai Blade
Samurai Blade is the sharpest production tool yet from Atomos
Atomos, creator of the award-winning field recorders Ninja-2 and Samurai, and the acclaimed Connect converters, announces Samurai Blade at NAB 2013, (8-11 April, Las Vegas Convention Center, booth number C8218).
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Blackmagic Design Announces Blackmagic Production Camera 4K
News: Blackmagic Design Announces Blackmagic Production Camera 4KProfessional 4K production camera features large Super 35 size sensor with professional global shutter, EF mount optics and high quality ProRes 422 file recording
Blackmagic Design today announced Blackmagic Production Camera 4K, a new high resolution 4K digital film camera with an innovative large Super 35 size sensor with professional global shutter, combined with precision EF mount optics and high quality Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) file recording for only US$3,995.
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Boris FX Showcases New VFX Browser for Boris Continuum Complete
Quickly Preview Thousands of Visual Effects Presets with Host Application Video
Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated VFX and workflow technology for video and film, today unveiled a new VFX browser for its flagship Boris Continuum Complete (BCC) plug-in collection. Available as a free download, the new BCC Effects Library Browser plug-in allows editors and motion graphics artists to instantly preview thousands of BCC presets via animations that integrate timeline video. The free plug-in can be used on any system with a BCC-compatible host application – even if BCC is not installed.
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Blackmagic Design Announces Ultra HD Recording for HyperDeck Studio Pro
News: Blackmagic Design Announces Ultra HD Recording for HyperDeck Studio ProBlackmagic Design today announced a new software update for its HyperDeck Studio Pro SSD recorder/player that will add Ultra HD recording in Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) format. This update will be available in May as a free update for all HyperDeck Studio Pro customers.
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Blackmagic Design Announces DeckLink Mini Monitor and DeckLink Mini Recorder
Capture and playback SD/HD using low cost PCIe cards for monitoring and capture.
Blackmagic Design today announced DeckLink Mini Monitor and DeckLink Mini Recorder, two new capture and playback solutions featuring 3 Gb/s SDI and HDMI connections plus high speed PCIe technology.
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Sound Devices Highlights New 4:4:4 Feature For PIX 240 AND 240i AT THE 2013 NAB SHOW
News: Sound Devices Highlights New 4:4:4 Feature For PIX 240 AND 240i AT THE 2013 NAB SHOWVideo Recorders Can Now Record 12-Bit, 4:4:4 Content to Apple ProRes 4444
For attendees in search of the latest 4:4:4 recording solutions, Sound Devicesshowcases its latest upgrade to PIX 240 and PIX 240i Production Video Recorders at the 2013 NAB Show (Booth C2849). This new major update, available for all PIX customers free of charge, offers Apple ProRes 4444 recording from video sources over 3G-SDI (4:4:4 RGB or YCbCr). Recording 4:4:4 offers productions superior color precision for applications in chroma-keying, color-grading and multi-generational editing.
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From The Field To The Studio: Sound Devices Highlights Diverse Capabilities Of Rack-Mounted PIX 260i At The 2013 NAB
News: From The Field To The Studio: Sound Devices Highlights Diverse Capabilities Of Rack-Mounted PIX 260i At The 2013 NABFile-Based Audio/Video Recorder Ideal For OB, In-Studio and Post-Production Environments
Sound Devices, experts in portable audio and video products for field production, is taking its proven field technology into the studio with its PIX 260i Production Video Recorder at the 2013 NAB Show (Booth C2849). Based on Sound Devices’ PIX 240i Recorder, the rack-mounted PIX 260i is a file-based audio/video recorder that seamlessly replaces tape-based video decks in production and post-production environments. Currently shipping, PIX 260i also offers 32 tracks of audio record/playback as well as control functionality from browser-capable computers and tablets.
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AJA to Support Next Version of Adobe’s Professional Video Editing Tools
Adobe SpeedGrade Support Now Included With AJA Video’s Io Express, Io XT, T-TAP and KONA Family of Products
AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, today announced that their Io, T-TAP, and KONA family of products will support the next version of Adobe® video editing software – including Adobe Premiere® Pro and Adobe SpeedGrade™ - for Mac and Windows customers. New device driver and application plug-in software will be available from AJA as a free download shortly after the software’s release.
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Arctic Whiteness announces The Touch – an incredible new way to interact with Apple’s Final Cut Pro X and Adobe Lightroom 4.
News: Arctic Whiteness announces The Touch – an incredible new way to interact with Apple’s Final Cut Pro X  and Adobe Lightroom 4.Arctic Whiteness has today announced the release of an innovative new Mac application for controlling certain aspects of Apple’s Final Cut Pro X and Adobe Lightroom 4 using either an integrated trackpad, a Magic Trackpad or an iPad.
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DIVE Provides On-Set VFX Supervision & Innovative Digital Workflow For Dir. Niels Arden Oplev's "Dead Man Down"
News: DIVE Provides On-Set VFX Supervision & Innovative Digital Workflow For Dir. Niels Arden Oplev's "Dead Man Down"The visual effects and postproduction team at DIVE -- a division of ShootersINC, which specializes in visual effects and picture finishing for feature films, television shows and commercials – provided on-set VFX Supervision, on-set live compositing, and extensive postproduction including the creation of an innovative digital workflow for Director Niels Arden Oplev’s (“Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”) newest feature film “DEAD MAN DOWN,” which premieres in theaters nationwide Friday, March 8th.
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Adobe Brings the Power of Photoshop to Mobile Phones
Brand New App Adobe Photoshop Touch for Phone Optimized for iPhone and Android Devices
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of a new version of Adobe® Photoshop® Touch, optimized for iPhone, iPod touch, and Android smart phones. Inspired by the highly successful Photoshop Touch for tablets, the phone app brings core features of Photoshop desktop software to mobile devices and offers similar intuitive, touch-based gestures and features.
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Cinerama Restores Films with Boris Continuum Complete’s Flicker Fixer
BCC Flicker Fixer Removes Flicker, Emulsion Blotching, Artifacting, and Image Weaving
Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated VFX and workflow technology for video and film, today announced that David Strohmaier, Restoration Producer for Cinerama, Inc., is using Boris Continuum Complete’s Flicker Fixer in Adobe After Effects to remove flicker, emulsion blotching, and artifacting during the film restoration process.
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Matrox at the 2013 NAB Show — Product Preview
News: Matrox at the 2013 NAB Show — Product PreviewNew additions to all Matrox product lines to be highlighted including live streaming production systems, scan converters, multiviewers, I/O devices, OEM products, KVM extenders and video distribution over IP solutions
Matrox® Video and Matrox Graphics Inc. will be sharing booth SL4616 at the 2013 NAB Show (Las Vegas, April 8-11). Matrox Video will showcase live streaming production systems, scan converters, multiviewers, I/O devices and developer products. Matrox Graphics Inc. will present new KVM extension and video distribution over IP solutions. Several new product announcements and updates to existing products are expected at the show.
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Boris FX Rolls Out New Boris Continuum Units Product Family
Pick and Choose Boris Continuum Complete Filter Categories Starting at $199
Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated VFX and workflow technology for video and film, today announced that each category of Boris Continuum Complete filters is now available as a separate Boris Continuum Unit, allowing artists to choose toolsets that are geared towards their specific needs.
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SUGARfx Subtitles for Final Cut Pro, Motion, After Effects and Premiere Pro
Easy-to-use Subtitle plugin offers support for several subtitle formats and hundreds of international languages and fonts
Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, adds SUGARfx Subtitles to its family of powerful plugins. The new versatile software allows users to add permanent subtitles to their finished movies in Final Cut Pro®, Motion, Adobe® Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects. In addition to supporting a wide variety of fonts, the software is capable of handling hundreds of languages, as well as importing several subtitle formats, making it one of the most versatile subtitle tools available today. Helpful on-screen controls allow editors to easily import text and adjust font, style and color to fit the project’s style perfectly. SUGARfx Subtitles is available now on FxFactory for 49 USD.
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RE:Vision Effects releases RE:Match v1.1, with automatic color matching for multiple shot, multicam and stereo shoots. New features and pricing are now available.
RE:Vision Effects, acclaimed effects plug-in industry leader and makers of Academy Award winning software, announces the version 1.1 release of RE:Match for Adobe® After Effects® and Adobe® Premiere Pro®.
RE:Match takes intuitive color and texture matching to a whole new level by addressing common problems on multiple shot, multicam and stereo shoots. RE:Match is a set of plug-ins to match one view of video or film to another so that it looks as if it was shot with the same camera and settings. RE:Match assumes that both image sequences are taken roughly at the same location but perhaps were not shot at the same time or from the same point-of-view.
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ASSIMILATE Strengthens Sales Operations in South Asia and South East Asia with Appointment of Whiteways Holdings as Exclusive Distributor
ASSIMILATE, the leading global provider of DI and dailies tools for digital cinema, episodic television, commercials and spot tools announced today the appointment of Whiteways Holdings Pte, Ltd as exclusive distributor for its SCRATCH® and SCRATCH Lab® product lines in South Asia and South East Asia. Whiteways will work with ASSIMILATE’s existing resellers and will also appoint new resellers in areas where needed. Prasenjit Sengupta, now director at Whiteways, is responsible for driving sales, and building and overseeing customer relationships in the region.
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Bounce Transitions and Shatter Transitions for Final Cut Pro, Motion, Premiere Pro and After Effects
News: Bounce Transitions and Shatter Transitions for Final Cut Pro, Motion, Premiere Pro and After EffectsNattress releases two new transition effects to bounce and shatter footage on and off the screen
Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, introduces two brand new transition plugins from Nattress to FxFactory for FCP® X, Motion, After Effects® and Premiere® Pro. A package of four fun, bouncy effects, Bounce Transitions lets editors quickly bounce footage on and off the screen using realistic motion algorithms for natural bounce or spring movement. Nattress Shatter Transitions create dynamic transitions based on either breaking apart the outgoing video or bringing together the incoming video.
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Ripple Tools for Final Cut Pro X
News: Ripple Tools for Final Cut Pro XMake a splash with Ripple Tools, available now for FCP X
Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, brings 12 easy-to-use, super handy title effects to users’ fingertips with Ripple Tools. A versatile and powerful effects toolbox for use in Final Cut Pro® X, Ripple Tools is a set of plugins that allow the user to quickly accomplish a number of effects and editorial tasks. Add split screens; use 8 or 16 point mattes; add adjustment layers to control the look of multiple clips; color balance using traditional color wheels; apply vintage and black-and-white effects; move images in 3D space and use the incredibly useful guides for aligning text and graphic elements on the screen. Ripple Tools is now available for only 29 USD.
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Blackmagic Design Releases DaVinci Resolve 9.1 with Support for Retina Displays
Also includes FCP X Audition, new Sony and Avid codec support and DeckLink 4K Extreme integration
Blackmagic Design today announced a major release of DaVinci Resolve 9.1, the latest update to the world’s most advanced color correction tool. DaVinci Resolve 9.1 enables customers to use Resolve with Apple’s Macbook Retina technology, the world’s highest resolution notebook display. Retina based notebooks have quickly become one of the most popular tools in the post production world, and with 9.1, DaVinci Resolve will be able to run on the 15” Retina MacBook Pro at the best image quality setting.
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Boris Continuum Complete 8 FxPlug Now Available for Apple Final Cut Pro X
The World's Most Comprehensive Visual Effects Plug-in Collection is Now Available for FCP X and Motion 5
Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated visual effects and workflow technology for video and film, today announced that Boris Continuum Complete 8 FxPlug (BCC 8 FxPlug) is now available for Apple Final Cut Pro X and Motion 5 in addition to Final Cut Pro 7.
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Blackmagic Design Announces New Low Price for Compact Videohub
Blackmagic Design today announced a new lower price on its popular Compact Videohub to $2,995. Compact Videohub features 3 Gb/s SDI, ASI, auto switching SD, HD and 3 Gb/s SDI formats, full SDI re-clocking, USB, redundant power inputs, ethernet and serial router control for only $2,995.
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Professional Video Editing Just Got Better - Autodesk Smoke 2013 Now Shipping
News: Professional Video Editing Just Got Better - Autodesk Smoke 2013 Now ShippingSmoke Software Development Process Shaped by Extended Free Trial and Extensive User Feedback
Endorsed by twenty five thousand Facebook fans, six industry awards and thousands of new users through the trial download and active forum communities, Autodesk, Inc., (NADSAQ: ADSK) announced that the new Autodesk Smoke 2013, professional video editing software is now shipping.
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New Photoshop Features and Team Version Headline Major Update to Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today is revealing a major update to its Adobe® Creative Cloud™ offering. During Create Now, an online event this morning, the company is announcing that Creative Cloud members will now have access to over a dozen exclusive new features for Adobe Photoshop®. Adobe is also highlighting the huge customer momentum behind Creative Cloud, with more than 1 million free and paid memberships, including approximately 326,000* paid individual members who have signed up through November 2012. Additionally, at the Create Now event, the company is introducing a new version, Creative Cloud for teams, making it easy for creative professionals to collaborate with colleagues; showcasing new capabilities for mobile website design with Adobe Muse™; launching Creative Cloud Connection for desktop synching and collaborative sharing; debuting Creative Cloud Training, a library of premium instructional video from leading partners; and demonstrating the unlimited access to the Digital Publishing technology used by major publishers to create interactive content for the iPad.
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Blackmagic Cinema Camera Honored with Popular Science’s “Best of What’s New” Award
News: Blackmagic Cinema Camera Honored with Popular Science’s “Best of What’s New” AwardBlackmagic Design today announced the Blackmagic Cinema Camera was honored with Popular Science’s “2012 Best of What's New” award. Each year, the editors of Popular Science review thousands of products in search of the top 100 tech innovations of the year; breakthrough products and technologies that represent a significant leap in their categories. Blackmagic Cinema Camera was awarded for its innovation and execution in the digital film camera space, incorporating entirely new ideas and functions. “For 25 years, Popular Science has honored the innovations that surprise and amaze us - those that make a positive impact on our world today and challenge our view of what’s possible in the future,” said Jacob Ward, editor-in-chief of Popular Science. “The Best of What’s New Award is the magazine’s top honor, and the 100 winners chosen - from among thousands of entrants - each a revolution in it’s field.”
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Boris FX Announces Boris Continuum Complete 8 FxPlug
Available Now for Final Cut Pro 7, Public Beta for Final Cut Pro X and Motion 5
Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated VFX and workflow technology for video and film, today announced Boris Continuum Complete 8 FxPlug (BCC 8 FxPlug). BCC 8 FxPlug delivers 200+ comprehensive VFX filters to Apple Final Cut Pro 7, Apple Final Cut Pro X, and Apple Motion 5. Enhanced lens flares, particles, glows, and lights and new FxPlug 2 integration headline the Version 8 release.
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Imagineer Systems Ushers in the 2012 Holiday Season with its Annual Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sale
40% Discounts Available on Entire mocha Family of Planar Tracking Solutions
Imagineer Systems (http://www.imagineersystems.com) today announced it is ringing in the 2012 Holiday Season with its annual Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sale. With discounts of over 40% , Imagineer Systems invites its global community of VFX artists and post production professionals to take advantage of its newest mocha v3.1 family of Planar Tracking solutions.
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RE:Vision Effects releases RE:Match, with automatic color matching for multicam and stereo shoots. Stereo features can be matched taking occlusions into account.
RE:Vision Effects, acclaimed effects plug-in industry leader and makers of Academy Award winning software, announces the initial release of RE:Match for Adobe® After Effects® and Adobe® Premiere Pro®. RE:Match takes intuitive color and texture matching to a whole new level by addressing common problems on multicam and stereo shoots. RE:Match is a set of plug-ins to match one view of video or film to another so that it looks as if it was shot with the same camera and settings. RE:Match assumes that both image sequences are taken roughly at the same location but perhaps were not shot at the same time or from the same point-of-view.
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Bella Corporation Introduces 30 Days of Free Training
Bella Corporation today announced that for a limited time, every Bella Keyboard comes with 30 days of free online training. The online training is offered on the web via on-demand video courses.
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FxFactory 4.0 Visual Effects Plugin Platform Now Available on Adobe Premiere Pro CS6
The revolutionary visual effects package from Noise Industries adds Adobe Premiere Pro support alongside existing host application support of Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion and Adobe After Effects
Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, is pleased to announce FxFactory 4 is now available. The latest update to Noise Industries’ visual effects plugin platform, FxFactory 4 now supports Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS6, in addition to Apple® Final Cut Pro®, Motion, and Adobe After Effects®. Powering hundreds of hardware-accelerated film-quality visual effects, FxFactory 4 is an all-in-one expandable video toolbox with plugins for video stylization and looks, color correction, stills animation, keying, stereoscopic 3D and titling. The newest version also includes updates to many popular products: Photo Montage, Motype 1.3, Callouts 1.3, Cleaner 2.0, Split Animator and FxFactory Pro. Download FxFactory 4.0 for free today.
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Blackmagic Design Adds ProRes 422 (HQ) Recording and Playback to HyperDeck Shuttle 2
Blackmagic Design today announced the immediate availability of HyperDeck software update 3.6, a new update to its revolutionary solid state disk (SSD) recorder which adds support for Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) into HyperDeck Shuttle 2, plus new closed caption support for all HyperDeck models. At only US$345, the HyperDeck Shuttle 2 with the new ProRes compression feature significantly reduces the size of uncompressed HD video files while preserving full frame 10-bit 4:2:2 quality, allowing customers to record up to six times longer.
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Company 3 Opens Games Unit, Provides Extensive Services to Activision's "Call of Duty®: Black Ops II
News: Company 3 Opens Games Unit, Provides Extensive Services to Activision's "Call of Duty®: Black Ops IIUnit Contributing Post FX to Upcoming Blockbuster "Call of Duty®: Black Ops II;" Gaming Veteran Malte Wagener Named VP, Games
Award-winning post house Company 3, a subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., announced today it recently provided a variety of post production services to its first game project, "Call of Duty®: Black Ops II" and concurrently, announced the opening of a new division dedicated specifically to offering color grading and other high-end post production services that will assist in taking game production to the next level of artistic heights.
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MTI Film Releases Cortex
New family of on-set/near-set dailies solutions supports all camera systems and features tools for playback, color, synchronization, metadata and transcoding.
MTI Film announces the release of its groundbreaking Cortex line of software-based dailies solutions. Developed from the ground up to support today’s file-based production workflows, Cortex provides an all-in-one solution for digital media management with simple but powerful tools for playback, color, audio synchronization, metadata management and transcoding.
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Imagineer Systems Launches mocha v3.1
New 3.1 Versions of mocha Pro and mocha AE Improve Lens Distortion Workflow; Adds New Support for ASSIMILATE SCRATCH v7 and HitFilm 2 Ultimate
Imagineer Systems (http://www.imagineersystems.com) today announced it has launched mocha v3.1, with an improved lens distortion workflow that allow users to easily analyze, calibrate and remove camera lens distortion for advanced effects compositing tasks. mocha v3.1 also includes new support for RED (R3D) files, ASSIMILATE SCRATCH 7 and HitFilm 2 Ultimate.
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AlphaDogs Post Brings Out The Color In "Songs From The Farm"
News: AlphaDogs Post Brings Out The Color In "Songs From The Farm"The sudden loss of a family member or loved one may be one of the most difficult and painful experiences that will occur at some point in your life. How grief is handled is a very personal choice with family traditions and culture playing a big role. While there is no right or wrong way in dealing with these types of painful emotions, sometimes they are dealt with in ways that don’t always make sense to everyone else. In the documentary Songs From The Farm, Director and Producer Alice Ho, examines the lives of a rural fur farmer and his wife living in Shandong, China as they struggle to cope with life after their son’s suicide, each managing grief in very different ways.
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Telestream Announces Stellar ScreenFlow 4 Screen Recording Software Release
Award-winning screen recording software on the Mac takes a giant leap forward, adding major new production, compliance, and time-saving features for the creation of professional video productions
Telestream®, the leading provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, has announced a major release for its award-winning ScreenFlow® screen recording and video editing software. ScreenFlow 4 optimizes full-screen recording for Apple Retina displays, adds chroma key support, nested clips, media library tools, additional video and audio effects, closed caption support, and more. ScreenFlow has been acknowledged by Macworld and others as an “amazing app” that helps users create computer-based tutorial videos by recording screen activity along with narration for sharing online with others.
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CoreMelt Brings Simple Timesaving Masking Tools to FCP X Editors
New product “SliceX” brings lightning fast freeform masking tools directly to the timeline.
CoreMelt, a leading provider of advanced video plug-in effects for the editorial, design and visual effects communities, today announced the release of its SliceX product for Final Cut Pro X.
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Adstream takes International Standards Conversion in House with Teranex 2D Processor
Blackmagic Design today announced that AdPro, a department of global media technology group Adstream, has deployed the Teranex 2D Processor to support delivery of finished commercials to broadcasters around the world. The processor will be used in conjunction with a workflow that also includes a Blackmagic Design Micro Videohub and a SmartView Duo rack mounted monitors.
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All-New iMac Features Stunning Design, Brilliant Display & Faster Performance
Apple® today unveiled a completely new iMac® with a stunning design, brilliant display with reduced reflection, and faster processors.* With third generation Intel quad-core processors, powerful NVIDIA graphics and an innovative new storage option called Fusion Drive, the new iMac is the most advanced desktop Apple has ever made.
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Sound Devices PIX 240 Reaches New Heights with Aerial Photo Specialist Patrick Longman
News: Sound Devices PIX 240 Reaches New Heights with Aerial Photo Specialist Patrick LongmanPortable Recorder Takes to the Skies to Provide Powerful Recording and Monitoring Capabilities in a Compact File-Based Unit
When Patrick Longman, cinematographer and aerial specialist at Active Camera Systems, an aerial cinematography and rental company based in Florida, was looking for a portable recorder that would fit into his helicopter's aerial photography system and provide the high-quality recording and monitoring capabilities he was looking for, he turned to Sound Devices PIX 240 recorder.
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Final Cut Pro Editors Go Retro with New Slide Pop Special Effects Package
News: Final Cut Pro Editors Go Retro with New Slide Pop Special Effects PackageNew FxFactory Plug-in Gives Final Cut Pro X Editors that View-Master Vintage Look
Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, announced the availability of the new FxFactory powered plug-in, Slide Pop for Apple Final Cut Pro X. Slide Pop provides video editors using FCP X 20 customizable effects and transitions inspired by the sweet vintage View-Master slide show camera of yesteryear. Developed by Noise Industries partner Stupid Raisins, the retro-styled theme effects mimic the View-Master slide show with exacting detail. Customizable controls and color presets let editors put their own spin on the classic View-Master look.
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Chainsaw Launches New Editorial Facility
News: Chainsaw Launches New Editorial Facility10,000 square foot Hollywood facility includes 25 editorial suites.
Chainsaw a leading independent post production company servicing American Idol, the Academy Awards and many other television productions, has opened a second, state-of-the-art editorial facility in Hollywood. The new 10,000 square foot facility, located on Santa Monica Boulevard near North Sycamore Avenue, two blocks from the main Chainsaw building, features 25 rooms that can function either as editorial suites or production office space and is designed to accommodate episodic and long-form television productions.
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Apple Introduces New iPod touch & iPod nano
World’s Most Popular Music Players Reinvented With Ultra-Thin Designs & Amazing New Features
Apple® today introduced the new lineup of the world’s most popular music players including the incredible all-new iPod touch® and reinvented iPod nano®. The new iPod touch is the thinnest iPod touch ever and features a brilliant 4-inch Retina™ display; a 5 megapixel iSight® camera with 1080p HD video recording; Apple’s A5 chip; Siri®, the intelligent assistant; and iOS 6, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system. The new iPod touch comes in a gorgeous new ultra-thin and light anodized aluminum design, and for the first time ever, iPod touch comes in five vibrant colors. The new iPod nano is the thinnest iPod® ever featuring a 2.5-inch Multi-Touch™ display; convenient navigation buttons; built-in Bluetooth for wireless listening; and the new iPod nano comes in seven gorgeous new colors.
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Atomos Ninja-2 and Canon EOS C100 Give Filmmakers Compact Combination
New Canon camera gives clean output with Atomos Ninja-2 for recording uncompressed HD
Atomos, the creator of the award-winning field recorders Ninja-2 and Samurai, announced that the Canon EOS C100 can now be added to the growing list of cameras that record pristine uncompressed video from the Atomos Ninja-2 field recorder. Atomos will be showing the Atomos Ninja-2 as well as the Atomos Samurai and a range of DSLRs, camcorders and cinematic cameras on their booth (Hall 9, D25) at IBC 2012, the new Canon EOS C100 can be seen on the Canon booth (Hall 11, D55).
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Boris FX Announces Final Effects Complete 7 AE at IBC 2012
32-bit Float Support, Integration with Adobe After Effects Masks, New Transitions
Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated VFX and workflow technology for video and film, today announced Final Effects Complete Complete 7 AE (FEC 7 AE). Featuring 3D particle effects, a complete range of auto-animating transitions, and unique text and edge treatments, Final Effects Complete AE brings over 120 designer effects and transitions to Macintosh and Windows versions of Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro CS6, CS5.5, CS5, and CS4. The new Version 7 release features 32-bit float support, integration with After Effects mask path controls, new Beat Reactor integration for Adobe Premiere Pro, and 10 new filters and transitions.
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Mac Pro Users Gain Unprecedented Performance with NVIDIA Quadro K5000
Most Powerful Professional GPU Ever for the Mac Dramatically Accelerates Design and Content Creation Workflows
Mac professionals will benefit from dramatically improved graphics performance and productivity with today’s announcement of the NVIDIA® Quadro® K5000 for Mac Pro systems.
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Autodesk Smoke 2013 Pre-Release Trial Attracts Thousands of Video Editors
Professional Editors Thrilled by Extended Smoke Software Free Trial and Opportunity to Contribute to Development Process
At the International Broadcasting Convention 2012 (IBC), September 7 to 11, 2012, Autodesk, Inc., (NASDAQ: ADSK) will show off the latest version of the Autodesk Smoke 2013 professional video editing software pre-release trial. Since announcing the new Smoke earlier this year, Autodesk has been closely collaborating with thousands of editors working in broadcast, cable and corporate video to guide the development of the software. IBC will be the first public viewing of the pre-release trial version 4.
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Blackmagic Design Announces UltraStudio Mini Monitor and UltraStudio Mini Recorder
News: Blackmagic Design Announces UltraStudio Mini Monitor and UltraStudio Mini RecorderCapture and playback SD/HD up to 1080p60 with high speed Thunderbolt™ technology.
Blackmagic Design today announced UltraStudio Mini Monitor and UltraStudio Mini Recorder, two new capture and playback solutions featuring 3 Gb/s SDI and HDMI connections plus high speed Thunderbolt technology. UltraStudio Mini Monitor and UltraStudio Mini Recorder are extremely portable, pocket sized products powered by their Thunderbolt connections so they can be operated from a computer’s battery or power source. UltraStudio Mini Monitor and UltraStudio Mini Recorder support all common SD/HD formats for incredible quality video up to 1080p60 and will be available in November for only US$145.
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Blackmagic Design Announces Blackmagic Cinema Camera with Passive Micro Four Thirds
New model of Blackmagic Cinema Camera features passive Micro Four Thirds lens mount, allowing for a wider range of lenses and other mounts such as PL via third party adapters!
Blackmagic Design today announced a second model of the Blackmagic Cinema Camera that features passive Micro Four Thirds lens (MFT) mount, so customers now have an even greater choice of lens options when shooting. The new Blackmagic Cinema Camera MFT model supports any Micro Four Thirds with manual iris and focus, and is also easily adapted to other lens mounts such as PL via third party adapters. The ability to use third party adapters to allow other types of lens mount is because the Micro Four Thirds lens mount is much closer to the image sensor and allows space for adapters to other lens mounts.
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Blackmagic Design Announces UltraStudio 4K with Thunderbolt Technology
News: Blackmagic Design Announces UltraStudio 4K with Thunderbolt TechnologyHigh speed attractive rack mount capture and playback device features 4K playback, dual stream 3D, dual link 3 Gb/s SDI, HDMI, analog video in break out box design.
Blackmagic Design today announced UltraStudio 4K, an attractively designed rack mount capture and playback device based on Thunderbolt™ technology developed by Intel® with collaboration from Apple®. UltraStudio 4K features full resolution 4K support, dual stream 3D capture/playback, 10bit hardware architecture, dual link 3 Gb/s SDI, support for up to 1080p60 in SDI,component analog and HDMI connections which support full SD, HD, and 4K , for only US$1,295.
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Neyrinck’s V-Control Pro iPad App Now Controls Media Composer, Adobe Audition and Digital Performer
News: Neyrinck’s V-Control Pro iPad App Now Controls Media Composer, Adobe Audition and Digital PerformerNew high-resolution control skins for iPad 3 and improved MIDI driver for Windows
The latest 1.6 version of Neyrinck software’s V-Control Pro iPad application now includes control skins for Media Composer, Adobe Audition and Digital Performer and supports the new higher-resolution iPad 3 Retina Display. A new MIDI driver also improves performance and stability on Windows systems.
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Filmworkers Nashville Adds Colorist Jimmy Cadenas
News: Filmworkers Nashville Adds Colorist Jimmy CadenasYoung colorist brings experience with Baselight grading system and a credit list that includes Bridgestone, Southwest Airlines, and McDonald’s.
In the first step in a new effort to grow and expand services, Filmworkers, Nashville, has added Jimmy Cadenas as Senior Colorist. Cadenas spent the past seven years at Filmworkers’ facilities in Chicago and Dallas where he learned his craft from some of the industry’s top colorists, and worked on projects ranging from national television commercials to music videos and feature films.
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Atomos at IBC 2012
Smart Production Tools for Any Workflow and Any Budget
Atomos, the creator of award-winning field recorders Ninja-2 and Samurai, as well as the small, but perfectly formed, Connect converters, will be showing their smart production tools working with an impressive array of leading DSLRs, camcorders and cinematic cameras at IBC, in Hall 9, stand number D25.
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Nattress Video Scrapbook Released For Final Cut Pro, Motion And After Effects
Bring still images to life and create dynamic video scrapbooks
Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, introduces Nattress Video Scrapbook to FxFactory, available now for Final Cut Pro, Motion and After Effects.
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XMiL Workflow Tools releases EDL-X, a tool to convert Final Cut Pro X XML to a CMX 3600 EDL.
XMiL Workflow Tools announces the release of EDLX, an application that generates industry-standard Edit Decision Lists (a.k.a. EDLs) based on XML information from Apple Inc.'s video editor Final Cut Pro X. The EDLs made by EDL-X comply with the CMX 3600 standard. This standard is widely used in the prost-production industry to supply timecode information describing the composition of edited video programs to the tools used further down in the finishing pipeline. Those applications include color correction, as well as final picture and sound assembly.
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Top Dailies Review System Wins 2012 Cine Gear Expo Technical Award
Light Iron – a post production leader specializing in on-site dailies, digital intermediate, archival, and data services for projects originated on file-based motion cameras – is happy to announce that its iPad app TODAILIES has been awarded the 2012 Cine Gear Expo Technical Award for Post Production.
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Imagineer Systems to Preview New Update to mocha v3 at SIGGRAPH 2012
Special Guest VFX Artists to Showcase Examples of their Work on Top Hollywood Blockbusters and Television Series in the Imagineer Systems Booth
Imagineer Systems today announced it will showcase its newest versions of mocha Pro™ and mocha AE™, at SIGGRAPH 2012 in Los Angeles next week. Imagineer also announced it will be showing a technology preview of the upcoming mocha v3.1. This release will add significant new tools for lens distorted footage, Python scripting, RED support and new features to help roto artists work more efficiently.
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Nick Saglimbeni - 2012 NVIDIA 3D Vision Photo Champion Award
News: Nick Saglimbeni - 2012 NVIDIA 3D Vision Photo Champion AwardThe wonderful folks at NVIDIA 3D Vision Live surprised me last week by awarding me the 2012 Photo Champion award. This was the culmination of much support from our fans as well as two previous monthly awards on the 3D Vision site. It’s an honor to receive this award, and my deepest thanks go out to everyone involved. (Detailed thank-you’s below.)
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Blackmagic Design Releases Support for new Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
New software updates across the entire family of Blackmagic Design products!
Blackmagic Design today released a series of new software updates for its products that adds full support for Apple’s new Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion operating system. These software updates include support for Apple’s new Gatekeeper anti malware security protection for all products, including DaVinci Resolve 9, Desktop Video products including DeckLink, Intensity, UltraStudio, H.264 Pro Recorder and Media Express, ATEM Switchers, UltraScope, Mini, Heavy Duty and Battery Converters, Videohub Routers, SmartView Monitors, HyperDeck Studio and Shuttle Disk Recorders, HDLink and Video Recorder.
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Company 3® and Method Studios Join Beast Editorial in Chicago
Melissa Thornley Appointed Managing Director
The award-winning post production houses of Company 3, Beast and Method Studios, subsidiaries of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., have for the first time ever co-located within one facility in Chicago's historic Tribune Tower.
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Company 3® Launches New On-Air Promotions and Trailers Division
Robert Mape Joins as Creative Director/Senior Editor; Steve Beal as Senior Editor/VP Promotions and Trailers
Award-winning post house Company 3, a subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., announced today the opening of a new division that provides promotions, trailers, titles, animation and effects design work for television networks. The division will house some of the finest creative and technical talent in the industry within interconnected New York and Los Angeles facilities, and will utilize Deluxe's extensive networked infrastructure.
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Company 3® Completes Grading for Multiple Versions of "Prometheus" with DaVinci Resolve
News: Company 3® Completes Grading for Multiple Versions of "Prometheus" with DaVinci ResolveBlackmagic Design today announced that Company 3 used DaVinci Resolve for color grading four different versions of 20th Century Fox's, "Prometheus." One of the most anticipated features of the summer, the science fiction thriller was directed by Ridley Scott, the visionary filmmaker behind "Alien" and "Blade Runner," who chose Company 3 to help enhance the stunning visual style for "Prometheus," shot by renowned cinematographer Dariusz Wolski, ASC.
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C21 Digital Entertainment Captures with Bluefish444
Bluefish444 announced that Digital Entertainment (P) Ltd is utilizing the Bluefish444 Epoch|2K Horizon card for capture and recording on HDCAMSR/D5, and capture and encoding for DVD and BluRay.
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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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Cinedeck Software Upgrades Ship With More Native Codecs, Including Dnxhd 444, Plus New 3D Stereo Visualization Tools
News: Cinedeck Software Upgrades Ship With More Native Codecs, Including Dnxhd 444, Plus New 3D Stereo Visualization ToolsCinedeck’s software-based architecture enables greater capability and faster development
Cinedeck LLC, pioneering developer of capture systems for motion picture and broadcast production, continues to set new benchmarks in codec choice and operational capability with the release of its version 3.5 software for Cinedeck RX and portable Cinedeck EX record, monitoring and playback systems. Cinedeck systems already deliver unrivalled codec choice and toolsets to enable the fastest production workflow available, and the trailblazing highlights of the v3.5 release include even more native codec support, including DNxHD 444, DVCPro HD, DPX, XDCAM EX-1440, AVC-Intra, MPEG-IMX, JFIF Meridien, H.264 capture and playback, and Nanoflash MXF playback. (Features vary by model.)
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CRASH+SUES Rocks With Stop-Motion Animation + VFX For Imagination Movers’ New DVD for Kids of All Ages
News: CRASH+SUES Rocks With Stop-Motion Animation + VFX For Imagination Movers’ New DVD for Kids of All Ages‘Rock-o-Matic’ Heralds the Emmy Award-winning Band’s 2012 Nationwide Tour and The New Season Of Its Hit Series on the Disney Junior Network
When the Imagination Movers were ready to release “Rock-o-Matic,” their latest DVD of music videos targeted to children and parents alike, they came to CRASH+SUES (C+S) for an innovate approach to creating music video vignettes that would bring their songs to life. The full-service post production company’s multi-disciplined team took a fresh, collaborative approach to the project, providing a full pallet of editorial, visual effects, stop motion animation, color correction and finishing – as well as some production services – for six of the seven videos featured on the DVD, in addition to cutting all of the interstitials and authoring the disk.
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Sound Devices Showcases Next-Generation Portable Audio/Video Recorders at Cine Gear Expo 2012
News: Sound Devices Showcases Next-Generation Portable Audio/Video Recorders at Cine Gear Expo 2012PIX 260 and PIX 240v2 Offer Powerful Recording and Monitoring Capabilities
Sound Devices, experts in portable audio and video products for field production, showcases its next-generation PIX 260 and PIX 240 Version 2 portable production audio/video recorders at Cine Gear Expo 2012 (Stand 94).
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FREE Pan and Zoom Plugin Updated to Support Final Cut Pro X
Add smooth still-image animations in FCP, Motion and AE
Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, updates the free Pan and Zoom plugin to offer support for Apple® Final Cut Pro X, alongside Motion and Adobe® After Effects. Easily bring still images to life with the Pan and Zoom generator that allows editors to create the effect made popular by Ken Burns. Users can achieve stunning animations without a single keyframe. Pan and Zoom is supported in Final Cut Pro 6, 7 and X, Final Cut Express 4, Motion 3, 4 and 5 and Adobe After Effects CS4, CS5, CS5.5 and CS6.
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Boris Continuum Complete v8.0.2 AE Now Available for Adobe CS6
News: Boris Continuum Complete v8.0.2 AE Now Available for Adobe CS6Boris Continuum Complete 8 AE delivers the most comprehensive VFX plug-in suite ever created for Macintosh and Windows versions of Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro CS6, CS5.5, CS5, and CS4. A whopping 200+ filters include 3D particle effects, image restoration tools, lens flares and lights, keys and mattes, 3 Way Color Grading and other color correction tools, time-based effects such as Optical Stabilizer, warp and perspective effects, and blurs, glows, and cinematic effects. All filters take advantage of either multi-processing or OpenGL hardware acceleration for an interactive effects design experience.
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Imagineer Systems Launches New Academic Discount Program For Universities, Film Schools, High Schools
News: Imagineer Systems Launches New Academic Discount Program For Universities, Film Schools, High SchoolsNew Authorized Education Partner Program and EDU Discounts Offers mocha Pro v3 to Schools and Students for Low-Cost Annual Renewal Fee
Imagineer Systems, developers of the popular motion tracking and visual effects software, mocha Pro, today announced it is launching a new discount pricing program created specifically for universities, film schools and high schools. The new Imagineer Systems Authorized Education Partner Program is designed to make it easy for educators to incorporate valuable skill sets derived from mocha Pro v3 and its powerful Planar Tracker technology into a school’s curriculum.
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Sheffield Softworks Vintage Effects Released for Final Cut Pro, Motion and After Effects
Vintage Effects reproduces the look of early color film techniques
Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, introduces Sheffield Softworks Vintage Effects, available now for Final Cut Pro, Motion and After Effects through FxFactory.
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Splice Welcomes Colorist Alexis Van Hurkman To Company's Talent Roster
News: Splice Welcomes Colorist Alexis Van Hurkman To Company's Talent RosterSplice Here® announced the addition of Colorist Alexis Van Hurkman to the company’s talent roster. Hurkman comes to Splice having recently moved from New York, where he color graded a wide diversity of projects including commercials, narrative and documentary features, shorts, and experimental pieces.
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Filmworkers Grades “Revenge of the Great Camera Shootout”
Event produced by Zacuto and Kessler includes side-by-side comparisons of cameras made by Sony, Arri, Alexa, Canon and others.
Filmworkers recently took part in a unique event testing the performance of the current generation of digital motion picture cameras, from leading edge camera systems used to shoot Hollywood blockbusters to the humble iPhone. The Revenge of the Great Camera Shootout was produced by camera dealer Zacuto and crane manufacturer Kessler Cranes. Like similar events produced by Zacuto in the past, RGCSO features side-by-side tests of camera systems made by Sony, Arri, Red, Canon, Panasonic and Apple. Filmworkers provided color grading services necessary to make direct comparisons between the output of the cameras. Grading was performed by colorist Jimmy Cardenas with additional grading by colorist Brian “Crash” Carlucci.
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Sound Devices Introduces Next-Generation Functionality for PIX 240 at the 2012 NAB Show
Latest Firmware Update Offers Powerful Monitoring Capabilities
Sound Devices, experts in portable audio and video products for field production, is pleased to introduce new functionality for its popular PIX 240 portable audio/video recorder at the 2012 NAB Show (Booth C2546). This latest firmware update, Version 2, now makes PIX 240 even more powerful with the addition of several monitoring features.
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Company 3 Returns for Third Year as Tribeca Film Festival Sponsor
Award-winning post house Company 3, a subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, Inc., is proud to announce its return for the third straight year to its role of Industry Sponsor of the Tribeca Film Festival. The Festival, which runs from April 18th through the 29th, 2012, has grown to become one of the most respected film festivals in the world.
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Colorfront Introduces Express Dailies At NAB 2012
New cost-effective system supports grading and data wrangling workflows for commercials, motion picture and TV productions
Academy Award-winning developer Colorfront today announced Express Dailies, a high-performance, affordable and easy-to-use dailies tool for commercials, motion picture and TV production workflows, and the first multi-license purchase of Express Dailies by Hollywood post facility Light Iron for its OUTPOST system.
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Colorfront And CinePostproduction Launch New COPRA Viewing App For iPad At NAB 2012
COPRA App redefines ease and convenience of interaction with dailies
Academy Award-winning developer Colorfront and German software developer CinePostproduction today announced COPRA, a free-of-charge iPad App that brings new levels of ease and convenience for film and television professionals to interact with dailies footage during production.
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Full Range of RUSHWORKS Broadcast Servers and Television Production Systems Powered by Matrox DSX Developer Products
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced that video equipment manufacturer RUSHWORKS has chosen a variety of Matrox DSX Developer Products as the heart of its A-LIST, VDESK II, and REMO II systems. A-LIST is a single or multichannel broadcast server with an integrated bulletin board display ideal for TV stations, PEG channels, and IPTV operations.
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Contour Design Releases Updated ShuttlePRO and ShuttleXpress Settings for Apple Final Cut Studio
All-New Settings for Apple Final Cut Pro 7 and Apple Soundtrack Pro 3
Contour Design, a market leader in audio/video editing devices, has released a new ShuttlePRO and ShuttleXpress Mac driver with optimized settings for Apple Final Cut Studio.
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In this Final Cut tutorial, Richard Harrington discusses the common problem of backlighting, exposure and what can happen when shooting video outdoors. Proper exposure of all elements in a shoot can be a pain to achieve with a bright sun and blue sky but using the three way color corrector in Final Cut Pro, Richard is able to make all the elements pop.
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The Punk Rocker Who Became a Filmmaker
Richard Jobson uses all Adobe Pipeline on Wayland’s Song We really pushed the boundaries of what you can do with the Creative Cloud software. For me, it's almost like being in a punk band again with Adobe: SpeedGrade and After Effects are my drummer and my bass player and Premiere...
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Well, I am finally back home from NAB and I need to sort through a ton of swag. Plus, I still have notes from the show that I would like to share with you. Is My World Really 4K? If there was one thing that stood out for me this...
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