| | | | Digital Arts Trailblazes New Age Of Digital Audio And Picture Post Production In New York City
 In anticipation of the mass adoption of 4K/Ultra High Definition (UHD) technology worldwide, New York’s Digital Arts is blazing a trail in the feature and TV communities with the first true-4K post production facility on the East Coast. This ground-breaking advance fuses the latest 4K color grading and finishing capabilities with state-of-the-art audio technologies, in a landmark, ultra-modern, environment – unleashing new and exciting possibilities for feature and broadcast producers to create and deliver compelling 4K and UHD content.
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| | | | Sony, Technicolor, Dolby and VFX Powerhouse LOOK Effects Join “Inside The Cutting Room: Sight, Sound and Story” All-Star Lineup
Industry titans back New York’s largest post event on June 8, 2013
Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEWShop), the cutting-edge authorized digital training destination for post-production and content creators, is excited to announce growing support for its Inside The Cutting Room: Sight, Sound and Story event held on June 8, 2013 at the French Institute in the heart of Manhattan. Industry luminaries Sony Creative Software, Technicolor and Dolby recently signed on as sponsors, joining the likes of AbelCine, ACE, Adorama, AJA, Art of the Guillotine, Autodesk, Blackmagic Design, Boris FX, CCW, Digieffects, EditShare, DV Expo East, HP, IFP, Imagineer Systems, MoPictive, MPSE, Noise Industries, NY Editors Collective, NYWIFT, ProductionHUB and Tekserve.
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| | | | SCRATCH and SCRATCH Lab Are Key to Rolling Out Red Carpet for Cannes Film Festival 2013
ASSIMILATE Congratulates SCRATCH Artists on Festival de Cannes 2013 Entries
At the 66th Festival de Cannes, May 15 - 26, several films on the competition roster have been created by filmmakers whose post-production companies used ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH® DI software in their digital workflows for conform, color grading, and finishing, and/or SCRATCH Lab® for their production dailies or VFX reviews. The Cannes Film Festival is the world’s premier showcase for independent and international filmmakers. (http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en.html)
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| | | | Bavaria Film GmbH Purchases ASSIMILATE SCRATCH Site License
 SCRATCH Site License Significantly Enhances Efficiency, Productivity and Creativity
ASSIMILATE®, a leading global provider of dailies and post-production tools for digital cinema and broadcast workflows, today announced that one of Europe’s largest production houses, Bavaria Film and D-Facto Motion, the creative house of Bavaria Film, have purchased a company-wide site license for ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH® finishing software and SCRATCH Lab®, its advanced production dailies and VFX tool.
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| | | | Legends of Storytelling Gather in Manhattan for Filmmaker Event Inside The Cutting Room: Sight, Sound and Story
Registration now open for a one-day celebration of the art of filmmaking, Held at French Institute June 8
Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEWShop), the cutting-edge authorized digital training destination for post-production and content creators, revealed its all-star list of guest speakers and panelists for Inside The Cutting Room: Sight, Sound and Story, a special one-day symposium for the creative community. “Building on the momentum of many successful events focusing on film editors, it seems a natural move to celebrate all of the talent involved in the process,” says Josh Apter, founder and president of Manhattan Edit Workshop. “From sound design and visual effects to groundbreaking transmedia projects, post-production is about using all of the elements of sight, sound and story to create a truly unique experience. Anyone interested in what happens when the cameras stop rolling in the fast-evolving craft of visual storytelling is going to find something that speaks to them here.”
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| | | | Inaugural "Production Pipeline Expo" To Launch May 3-4 at Santa Monica Airport's Barker Hanger
First Annual Visual Effects and Animation Expo to Present Expert Panels, Guest Speakers and Educational Sessions
What originally began as the “Career Fair & Technology Expos” of 2011 and 2012 has evolved into a brand new, two-day event, entitled the “Production Pipeline Expo.” This inaugural event, which will be held May 3-4 at the Barker Hanger (Santa Monica Airport,) has been designed as a full blown visual effects and animation expo, complete with expert panels, “must see” presentations, best in class educational sessions, provocative speakers, and an unprecedented level of attendee talent with an eye on new opportunities. The announcement was made today by the expo’s founder/originator Anthony Horn, most recently Director of Marketing and Development for the Visual Effects Society.
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| | | | Versatile Distribution Services Delivers Turnkey Systems Optimized for 4K and 2K ASSIMILATE SCRATCH DI and Dailies Workflows
New Turnkeys to be Offered in North America Exclusively by CineSys-Oceana
Versatile Distribution Services (VDS), a distributor specializing in integrated solutions for the media and entertainment industry today announced the immediate availability of integrated 4K and 2K turnkey workstations featuring ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH® Digital Intermediate software. SCRATCH enables digital cinema and broadcast artists to generate dailies, conform, color-correct, and finish within a real-time, integrated, user-friendly solution. The turnkey systems will be available exclusively in North America through CineSys-Oceana, one of the largest media and entertainment industry resellers.
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| | | | Fusion-io Unveils 1.6 TB ioFX for Workstation Applications
 High Capacity ioFX Delivers Peak Performance for Professional Computer Graphics Applications including 4K Visual Effects Production, Stereoscopic 3D, Digital Intermediate, Computer Assisted Design and Video Editing
Fusion-io (NYSE: FIO) today announced that the ioFX workstation acceleration platform is now available with 1.6 TB of capacity, in addition to the original 420 GB form factor. The high capacity ioFX is ideal for video editing, computer assisted design (CAD), 4K and stereoscopic production, as well as digital intermediate (DI) finishing.
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| | | | Fusion-io to Integrate ioFX Acceleration Into HP Z Workstations
 Industry Leaders Enhance Application Performance in Visual Effects, Digital Content Creation and Computer Assisted Design for Demanding Creative Projects
Fusion-io (NYSE: FIO) today announced that it is collaborating with global workstation leader HP to integrate the Fusion ioFX into the award-winning HP Z820, Z620 and Z420 Workstations. The integrated solutions will offer ideal development platforms for professional artists in visual effects, upstream exploration of oil and gas, digital content creation (DCC) and computer-aided design (CAD). In addition, professionals interested in adding the Fusion ioFX to their current HP Workstation can purchase the ioFX as a custom integration component.
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| | | | DiaQuest ProductionLink Now Available for Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects
 Software Plug-In Now Sold Separately or Bundled at Reduced Price
DiaQuest Products, a software development firm with a focus on the video and film industries, today announced two new versions of its ProductionLink plug-ins for Adobe® products. ProductionLink for Premiere Pro and ProductionLink for After Effects add Avid® Interplay to the list of available render formats for both programs. Once installed, ProductionLink features appear within the Adobe user interface and provide a reliable, seamless link between applications.
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| | | | DIT Station Unveils New and Improved Version of Portable On-Set Data/Playback Workstation
DIT Station Rogue4 Features Improved Performance and Versatile PCIe® Storage and I/O Integration via Sonnet Thunderbolt™ Solutions
DIT Station today introduced the DIT Station Rogue4, the newest version of the company's ultra-portable and compact on-set data management and playback workstation. The Rogue4 is faster than ever before, with Sonnet Technologies' built-in Thunderbolt™ expansion, media ingest, and storage solutions offering performance up to 900 MB/s. Sonnet and DIT Station will demonstrate the DIT Station Rogue4 in the Sonnet Technologies booth SL10924 at the 2013 NAB Show.
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| | | | GenArts Releases Sapphire 7 with scheduled debut at NAB 2013
GenArts® Inc., the global leader in specialized visual effects software, today released Sapphire 7. This new release provides users with greater control, increased speed, and an expanding arsenal of effects; empowering users to create higher quality effects in less time.
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| | | | Versatile Distribution Services Launches Integrated HP Z Workstations for the Media and Entertainment Industries
Optimized HP Turnkey Solutions for Adobe, Avid, Grass Valley, and ASSIMILATE
Versatile Distribution Services, a division of Versatile Communications, Inc., today announced that they will be providing integrated HP Z Workstations optimized for industry-leading digital media applications including Adobe Creative Suite, Avid Media Composer and Symphony, ASSIMILATE SCRATCH, and Grass Valley EDIUS. Versatile Distribution Services will also supply reseller channel partners with other broadcast and post-production solutions, including HP DreamColor Displays and Sonnet storage.
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| | | | Bluefish444 Releases OSX Installer Supporting Avid Open IO & Assimilate Scratch Software Packages
Mac OSX SDI I/O for AVID Media Composer 6.5, and Symphony 6.5;
Mac OSX SDI I/O for Assimilate SCRATCH Finish and SCRATCH Lab v6.2 and v7
Bluefish444, manufacturer of the industry’s highest-quality uncompressed 4K/2K/HD/SD SDI video cards, announced that it has released an updated Apple Mac installer for its Create & Epoch video cards supporting AVID Open IO and Assimilate software running on OSX 10.8.
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| | | | Inside The Cutting Room Kicks Off the 2013 Speaker Series With Andrew Weisblum, A.C.E.
Host Bobbie O’Steen talks with the Oscar®-nominated editor about his work on Moonrise Kingdom, Black Swan and Fantastic Mr. Fox
Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEWshop), the cutting-edge authorized digital training destination for post-production and content creators, announced today the return of its popular speaker series Inside The Cutting Room with Bobbie O’Steen. Produced by Manhattan Edit Workshop and held at the French Institute, Inside The Cutting Roombrings audiences “behind the scenes” with legends of visual storytelling. Superstar guests include Alan Heim, Carol Littleton, Stephen Rotter, Kate Sanford and Thelma Schoonmaker*. Host Bobbie O’Steen comments, "It gives me great pleasure to host this new series at the French Institute, which will celebrate the elusive art of editing and explore the crucial decisions that take place ‘inside the cutting room’.”;
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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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| | | | ASSIMILATE Ships Support For a Wave of New Cameras and Formats in SCRATCH and SCRATCH Lab
Sony F5/F55, Canon C500, CinemaDNG and Dramatically Faster ARRIRAW Debayering Highlight New Release
ASSIMILATE, the leading global provider of DI and dailies tools for digital cinema, episodic television, commercials and spot workflows, announced today a significant upgrade to its SCRATCH™ and SCRATCH Lab™ software. Following quickly on the heels of its November 2012 delivery of version 7, ASSIMILATE has significantly expanded the SCRATCH arsenal for on-set and post-production professionals as they strive to push the boundaries of digital cinema, TV and commercials.
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| | | | ASSIMILATE Store Now Offers Innovative Rental Options for SCRATCH and SCRATCH Lab
 New Rentals Deliver Ultimate Financial Flexibility to Today’s Adaptable Workforce
ASSIMILATE, the leading global provider of DI and dailies tools for digital cinema, episodic television, commercials and spot workflows, announced today that the ASSIMILATE Store™ now provides on-set professionals and DI artists the option to rent its SCRATCH® and SCRATCH Lab® software for as little as a day, or as long as three months. These new rental options allow artists to pay for SCRATCH and Lab only when they need it – offering incredible financial flexibility as they face constantly evolving production and post-production landscapes. The ASSIMILATE Store is a unique on-line marketplace to discover, evaluate, and purchase SCRATCH, SCRATCH Lab, third-party software and selected hardware accessories.
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| | | | DiaQuest ProductionLink Now Available at ASSIMILATE Online Store
Software Plug-In Earns Positive Feedback from SCRATCH Customers
DiaQuest Products, a software development firm with a focus on the video and film industries, today announced that ProductionLink for ASSIMILATE SCRATCH, a plug-in that adds Avid® Interplay to the SCRATCH® list of available render formats, is now available at the ASSIMILATE online store. The new plug-in received positive responses when demonstrated at the ASSIMILATE SCRATCH User Group NYC meeting in October in New York, as well as the ASSIMILATE User Group LA last month in Los Angeles.
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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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| | | | 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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| | | | Cinedeck Boosts North American Operations With Appointment of Suzette Ferguson
 New signing supports customer transition to tapeless production and post
Cinedeck LLC (http://www.cinedeck.com), pioneering developer of mobile capture systems for motion picture and broadcast production, today announced the appointment of Suzette Ferguson as Senior Vice President of Sales for North America. Ferguson’s appointment comes as Cinedeck leverages recent sales successes of its Cinedeck RX and MX solid-state record, monitoring and playback systems to major broadcasters, mobile OB operators and cultural institutions. These include Nickelodeon, MTV, All Mobile Video, The Paley Center for Media, New York, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, who have all integrated Cinedeck systems into their tapeless production and post production workflows.
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| | | | Translating the Human Experience Through Documentary Editing
Learn the art of documentary editing from award-winning editors at Manhattan Edit Workshop; The Art of Documentary Editing runs October 29th – November 2nd; early bird pricing ends October 5th
Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEWshop), the cutting-edge authorized digital training destination for post-production and content creators, is proud to announce the return of its five-day intensive workshop, The Art of Documentary Editing, from October 29th – November 2nd. Taught by Janet Dalton, MEWshop’s director of education and freelance editor, and MEWshop owner and filmmaker Josh Apter, students will explore the many techniques of documentary editing, from the creative decisions that make a great story to established workflow methods for picture and sound that every editor should know.
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| | | | DiaQuest ProductionLink for Adobe Creative Suite Now Shipping
 Software Plug-In Adds Avid Interplay Connectivity for Seamless Integration
DiaQuest Products, a software development firm with a focus on the video and film industries, today announced that ProductionLink for Adobe Creative Suite, a plug-in for Adobe® Creative Suite® that adds Avid® Interplay to its list of available render formats, is now shipping. Available for Windows and Mac systems, ProductionLink adds the file organization and metadata capabilities of the Interplay production asset management (PAM) system to established Adobe workflows automatically.
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| | | | ASSIMILATE’s New SCRATCH Lab v7 Fuels Advanced Dailies Revolution
 The 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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| | | | ASSIMILATE’s New SCRATCH v7 Ushers in New Era of Creative DI for Features, Commercials, Spots and Episodic Television
 Enhanced creative tools, full ACES compliance, enable next-generation client-attended DI sessions; world’s first real-time digital cinema software to provide true consistency from dailies through to finishing
ASSIMILATE, the leading provider of dailies and DI tools for digital cinema and broadcast workflows, has announced the next generation of its flagship product, SCRATCH®, the industry's most comprehensive, high-performance digital cinema software. SCRATCH v7 features a powerful new suite of enhanced 3D compositing tools that integrate seamlessly into its world-class color grading, data management and finishing system to allow far faster, more fluid and more cost effective DI sessions, known as Creative DI.
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| | | | Imagineer Systems Expands Market Presence into High End Finishing and Consumer/Prosumer Markets; Announces Series of Licensing Agreements and Partnerships at IBC 2012
Strategic Partnerships with Quantel, Assimilate and FXhome Expands Global Reach of Award-Winning mocha Planar Tracking Technology
Imagineer Systems has announced a series of licensing agreements and strategic partnerships that significantly expand market presence for its flagship Planar Tracking technology into high end post production and finishing markets, as well as into consumer/prosumer content creation markets. At IBC 2012 in Amsterdam this week, Imagineer will announce strategic partnerships with Quantel, ASSIMILATE SCRATCH and FXhome - all of whom are licensing or supporting Imagineer’s Planar Tracking technology from mocha to bring its award-winning motion tracking technology into new products.
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| | | | ASSIMILATE and DiaQuest Turbocharge SCRATCH Integration with Avid Interplay
ProductionLink plug-in creates seamless, and user-friendly link between ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH and Avid Interplay
ASSIMILATE, makers of the powerful, real-time SCRATCH® and SCRATCH Lab® digital intermediate and dailies workflow software for the production and post-production of feature film, episodic television, commercials and spots, and DiaQuest Products, the world's leading supplier of connectivity middleware for media production workflows, today announced the availability of ProductionLink™, a plug-in for connectivity between the recently announced ASSIMILATE SCRATCH v7 and SCRATCH Lab v7 and the Avid® Interplay™ production asset management (PAM) system.
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| | | | ASSIMILATE Announces Support for AMD FirePro Professional Graphics
ASSIMILATE, makers of the powerful, real-time SCRATCH® and SCRATCH Lab® digital intermediate and dailies workflow software for the production and post-production of feature film, episodic television, commercials and spots, today announced support for AMD (NYSE: AMD) FirePro™ W8000 and V7900 SDI professional graphics cards.
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| | | | Sony Names Dan Perry Director of Digital Motion Picture Center
Hollywood Industry Veteran Brings Extensive Production Expertise And Professional Relationships to New Role
Sony is proud to announce that production industry veteran Dan Perry has been named Director of the Digital Motion Picture Center. The DMPC, as it is known in the industry, is located on Stage 7 at Sony Pictures Entertainment and is designed to provide a unique creative environment for shooting and evaluating images of the highest-quality.
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| | | | Key Code Media Announces the Formation of New Consulting and Design Division
 Key Code Media announces the formation of their new Consulting and Design Division. Ed Locke will lead this division, which focuses on developing sources of competitive advantage for our clients. The team’s expertise spans engineering, IT, media workflows and financial modeling. The new Consulting and Design Division’s specialization and experience are in providing workflow automation, distribution pipelines, and solutions for effective asset management, all focused around metrics justifying the business’ investment.
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| | | | Manhattan Edit Workshop and theC47 Present: The Filmmaker's Intensive 2012
Learn the art and science of documentary film from top working professionals in the industry; Early bird special ends Monday, July 16th
Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEWshop) and theC47 are excited to announce The Filmmaker’s Intensive (TFMI), an annual two-week program that takes aspiring filmmakers out of their day-to-day environments and allows them to fully immerse themselves in the art and science of making movies. This year's program is specifically designed to provide each student an intense education in non-fiction filmmaking from some of the best documentarians in the industry.
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| | | | ASSIMILATE Expands Sales and Support for SCRATCH in India with DOTS Techno-Creative Solution
ASSIMLATE, a leading global provider of post-production tools for digital cinema and broadcast workflows, today announced further expansion of its sales and technical support presence in India with the appointment of reseller DOTS Techno-Creative Solution, nationwide. In response to India’s demand for high-quality file-based workflows to support its burgeoning Bollywood and broadcast markets, ASSIMILATE opened a sales and technical support division for its SCRATCH® product line in Mumbai in October 2011, and has since built a strong network of knowledgeable resellers and authorized training centers.
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| | | | ASSIMILATE Congratulates SCRATCH Artists On Festival de Cannes 2012 Entries
 SCRATCH Digital Workflow Software is Backbone of Post-Production for Multiple Cannes Festival Entries
At the 65th Festival de Cannes, May 16 - 27, several films on the competition roster have been created by filmmakers whose post-production companies used ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH® DI software in their digital workflows for conform, color grading, and finishing. The Cannes Film Festival is the world’s premier showcase for independent and international filmmakers.
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| | | | Rub Shoulders with Award-Winning Editors and Industry Professionals at EditFest NY 2012
The blockbuster editing event of the year returns to New York bigger and better than ever; American Cinema Editors and Manhattan Edit Workshop invite you to learn from and network with the best in film editing.
American Cinema Editors (ACE) is excited to announce EditFest NY, the east coast version of ACE’s popular EditFest series originally launched in 2009, set to return again to the Big Apple this June for a weekend of learning, networking and fun. Co-produced by Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEWshop), the must-attend industry event, held on June 8th and 9th, will feature panelists of editors including Jeffrey Ford, A.C.E. (The Avengers, Crazy Heart), Christopher Tellefsen, A.C.E. (Moneyball, Capote), and Alexander Hall (Treme, The Messenger), among many other influential creatives who will provide insight into the editing and filmmaking process.
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| | | | ASSIMILATE Announces Support for AMD Radeon HD Graphics on MacOS X
ASSIMILATE, makers of the powerful real-time SCRATCH® and SCRATCH Lab® digital Intermediate and dailies workflow software, today announced support for AMD (NYSE: AMD) Radeon HD 5770 and 5870 graphics cards on the MacOS® X versions of these applications. AMD Radeon Graphics join NVidia Quadro graphics and AJA Kona SDI to form an extremely flexible line-up of powerful GPU and video-playback solutions for SCRATCH and Lab on MacOS X.
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| | | | MAXX DIGITAL Announces Production Dailies Cart System Based on SCRATCH Lab Digital Dailies Software
MAXX DIGITAL is proud to announce that they have teamed with ASSIMILATE and offer a turnkey Production Dailies Cart System, built around SCRATCH Lab®, the industry’s most powerful end-to-end production dailies software. Designed to meet the needs of DITs and Video Engineers who produce dailies on-set for television shows, commercials and feature films, the new turnkey Cart provides image acquisition, data management, look refinement and dailies deliverables with support for all popular cameras formats such as ARRI Alexa, Sony F65, and RED Epic and Scarlet.
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| | | | Assimilate Announces The Availabilty Of Scratch Lab Self-Paced Training On The Assimilate Store
Same curriculum offered by ASSIMILATE Authorized Training Centers is now available in comprehensive self-paced format
ASSIMILATE, the leading provider of powerful post-production tools for digital workflows, announced today that it is offering a comprehensive, self-paced training course for its industry-leading SCRATCH Lab® production dailies software. The new SCRATCH Lab course is designed to introduce DITs and Video Engineers to all the features of the software as well as train them on using Lab for the entire production dailies workflow.
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| | | | Sony Professional Solutions to Open Digital Motion Picture Center at Sony Pictures Studios
Industry-wide Resource for Training and Education will Support Transition to Digital Workflows for Filmmakers
Sony’s Professional Solutions of America group (PSA) unveiled its Digital Motion Picture Center (DMPC) on Stage 7 last night at Sony Pictures Studios. Officially opening May 1, the Center will offer hands-on training for directors, cinematographers and other professionals in the film and television production industries on the use of Sony’s groundbreaking F65 CineAlta™ digital motion picture camera and the production workflows supporting this new, state-of-the art digital acquisition system.
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| | | | ASSIMILATE Is First 3rd Party To Support REDgamma3 and REDcolor3 Color Science
Continuing its trend of being first to market to support new RED technology, ASSIMILATE today announced both SCRATCH® and SCRATCH Lab® support for REDgamma3 and REDcolor3, the latest advancements in RED’s Color Science. With RED’s latest color science update, SCRATCH and Lab artists – DITs, video engineers and DI artists -- will see dramatically improved image quality in the monitoring path, and a richer environment for color grading, even when using older REDCODE RAW images.
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| | | | ASSIMILATE Store Continues Rapid Expansion with Addition of LightSpace Color Management Tools
Key Third-Party Components Broaden Color Management Options for SCRATCH and SCRATCH Lab Artists
The ASSIMILATE Store™, the unique on-line marketplace to discover, trial, and purchase SCRATCH Lab, as well as third-party software and selected hardware accessories, continues to build its creative arsenal for DITs and post-production artists with the addition of two LightSpace color management tools from Light Illusion.
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| | | | SCRATCH Lab is Dailies Workflow Powerhouse for New Generation of Digital Cinematography Cameras
 ASSIMILATE’s Software Enjoys Broad Adoption Across Feature Film, Episodic Television and Commercials Productions
Since its announcement at NAB 2011, ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH Lab® has taken the production dailies market by storm with its power, versatility and affordability. The recent announcements of native support for the new Sony F65 CineAlta™ digital motion picture camera, and the breakthrough performance of 48 FPS playback of stereo RED EPIC streams, are just two examples of why Lab has gained favor so quickly on-set. SCRATCH Lab now delivers the most extensive support for production dailies. From RED EPIC, ARRI ALEXA, Sony F65, Phantom and Panasonic P2, to the Canon EOS C300, 5D/7D, and even the GoPro, SCRATCH Lab continues to set the pace for the industry with support for virtually any combination of popular native formats in a single timeline.
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| | | | Neat Video Announces Neat Video Pro Noise Filter for ASSIMILATE SCRATCH and SCRATCH Lab
 Announcement Delivers Dynamic New Tools To The Creative Arsenal of SCRATCH and Lab Artists
The Neat Video team announced that they have delivered the Neat Video Pro video noise reduction filter as an OpenFX plug-in for ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH® and SCRATCH Lab™ digital workflow tools. Previously only available for video editing and compositing applications, this new version of Neat Video brings its industry-leading grain and noise reduction technology to Digital Intermediate (DI), Finishing, Production Dailies and Visual Effects Dailies workflows.
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| | | | Assimilate announces "Cyber Monday" promotion at expanded online store
Innovative new purchasing channel offers even more third-party workflow tools with special reduced-pricing offer
ASSIMILATE, the leading provider of powerful post-production tools for digital workflows, has announced “Cyber Monday”, a 24-hour sales event on 28th November 2011 at its online Store, when significant price reductions will be offered across a range of ASSIMILATE and third-party products.
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| | | | THX® Announces New THX cineSpace™ Partner Program at SMPTE 2011
Program Offers Access to Development Versions of THX cineSpace Products, Expanded Training Opportunities for Best Practices and Enables Communication between Production Facilities
THX Ltd. today announced the THX cineSpace™ Partner Program, a growing ecosystem of experts in the content production space, with a common goal of offering products that ensure quality end-customer experiences and effective color management throughout the production chain. Representing Digital Intermediate grading and restoration systems used in major facilities all over the world to finish feature films, television shows and commercials, the new program promotes proper implementation and use of the THX cineSpace color management software. It enables partner companies to access development versions of new THX cineSpace products for alpha and beta testing, and to use THX cineSpace in end-user training programs to ensure customers get the most out of the combination of THX cineSpace and their products.
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| | | | Assimilate launches innovative online store for SCRATCH
 Innovative New Channel for SCRATCH Lab, Third-Party Products and Logo Merchandise Now Available in One Convenient OnLine Store
ASSIMILATE, the leading provider of powerful post-production tools for digital workflows, today announced the ASSIMILATE Store, an online marketplace where artists can discover, trial and purchase the popular new SCRATCH Lab™ workflow tool for production and VFX dailies, as well as third-party software and selected hardware accessories that support the entire SCRATCH® product line.
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| | | | ASSIMILATE Opens Online Store
ASSIMILATE has opened the door to the new online ASSIMILATE Store, which offers an ecosystem of tools surrounding the company’s SCRATCH Lab workflow for production and VFX dailies, as well as the entire SCRATCH product line. Users will have the opportunity to test out SCRATCH Lab before purchasing it, all on the site.
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| | | | ASSIMILATE Creates New Division In India
Key staff, reseller and training centre additions deliver dedicated SCRATCH Six And SCRATCH Lab sales and support
ASSIMILATE, the leading provider of powerful post-production tools for digital workflows, has established a sales and technical support division in India. The company has also extended its reseller network and appointed new Authorised Training Centres covering key filmmaking and broadcast markets across the country for its SCRATCH Six® and SCRATCH Lab™ file-based workflow products. This initiative, prompted by increasing sales success, underscores ASSIMILATE’s commitment to supporting the burgeoning broadcast and Bollywood filmmaking industries in India.
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| | | | Stuck On On's Post-Production Adds Intensity To New Film "Take Shelter"
Austin-Based Company Making City A Premier Destination For Audio & Visual Finishing
Austin-based audio and visual finishing house Stuck On On helps to create the beautiful and stirring sights and sounds for the new film "Take Shelter", which opens in New York and Los Angeles September 30th. Through an impressive client roster in both film and advertising, the company is offering a complete post-production package that strengthens the city's standing as a creative destination for filming.
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| | | | Avid Adds New EUCON Media Workflow Partners; Continues to Lead the Way with Open Solutions
Colorfront and FilmLight announce native support for EUCON; expanding media workflow options and delivering improved performance with Avid’s Artist Series Controllers
Avid® (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced new additions to expand the open EUCON™ ecosystem of supported media applications, providing customers with more creative options in their audio and video workflows and reinforcing its commitment to supporting open, interoperable platforms.
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| | | | ASSIMILATE announces SDI output, for SCRATCH and SCRATCH Lab on Mac OS X via AJA KONA 3G card
New remote color grading and stereo features round out IBC technology demonstrations.
ASSIMILATE, the leading provider of powerful post-production tools for digital workflows, announced today that it has collaborated with AJA Video Systems to deliver SDI output for its industry-leading SCRATCH® and SCRATCH Lab™ products, running on Mac OS® X, via the KONA 3G card. The company also announced that, during the show, it will be previewing brand new remote grading, and stereo/3D features.
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| | | | SCRATCH Lab™ powers new on-location DIT Station
 SCRATCH Lab™ deployed within a new range of compact, portable, digital lab and dailies workflow systems
ASSIMILATE, the leading provider of powerful post-production tools for digital workflows, and on-set technology developer DIT Station Ltd, have announced an OEM partnership. This partnership sees SCRATCH Lab™ deployed within a brand new range of compact, portable, digital lab and dailies workflow systems, which sets new standards for on-location workflows. The DIT Station will be featured in live demonstrations at ASSIMILATE’s booth, H7.11, during IBC 2011.
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| | | | Globalstor Extremestor-DI Runs Assimilate’s New Scratch Six Demonstrations At IBC 2011
Globalstor® Data Corporation, a premier OEM integrator of high-performance custom workstations and servers as well as a wide range of data storage products for OEM and ODM customers worldwide, is delighted to announce that its ExtremeStor-DI was chosen as the video storage and playback system for demo’s of ASSIMILATE’s new SCRATCH Six system at IBC 2011, (ASSIMILATE Hall 7, Stand H11).
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| | | | Facilis T8 Storage Qualified by ASSIMILATE; Featured in IBC Demonstrations
Facilis Technology, a leader in advanced shared storage solutions for post-production and content creation, announced that its T8 direct-attached SAS storage system has been qualified by ASSIMILATE for its SCRATCH® Six and SCRATCH Lab™ digital cinema and broadcast imaging product line for Windows and Mac OS® X
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| | | | ASSIMILATE partners with The Bridge for SCRATCH training
ASSIMILATE, the leading provider of powerful post-production tools for digital workflows, has teamed up with The Bridge Media Training Ltd in London, UK, to provide in-depth digital cinema and broadcast training courses for its SCRATCH® DI finishing and SCRATCH Lab™ VFX and on-location dailies workflow products.
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| | | | ASSIMILATE Expands European Sales Channels with Appointment of Ezequiel Sarser
ASSIMILATE, the leading provider of powerful post-production tools for digital workflows, today announced the appointment of Ezequiel Sarser as Director of European sales. As the company leverages recent sales successes of its SCRATCH Six and SCRATCH Lab data workflow product line, Sarser will be responsible for the expansion of ASSIMILATE’s European sales channels, supporting the reseller network and strengthening customer relationships across the region.
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| | | | NVIDIA® Quadro® by PNY® Powers Breakthrough VFX and Digital Post Production Workflows at SIGGRAPH 2011
PNY and Partners to showcase innovative workflows, which take advantage of the real-time capabilities, power and performance of the latest NVIDIA Quadro professional graphics solutions to dramatically improve creativity, efficiency and workflow.
At SIGGRAPH 2011, PNY (Booth # 753) is showcasing how the latest NVIDIA Quadro by PNY professional graphics solutions enable complete digital workflows, from production all the way through to finishing. Utilizing the power of the graphics processing unit (GPU), PNY is demonstrating innovative VFX workflows to maximize productivity for film and video professionals.
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| | | | ASSIMILATE To Unveil Next Innovations Of SCRATCH Six and SCRATCH Lab at IBC 2011
Come meet the ASSIMILATE team and get the latest news!
ASSIMILATE (http://www.assimilateinc.com), the leading provider of powerful post-production tools for digital workflows, invites you to IBC 2011 to discover the latest exciting developments of SCRATCH® Six and SCRATCH Lab™, its end-to-end digital cinema and broadcast imaging product line for 2D/3D stereo post-production, on-location and VFX dailies workflows.
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| | | | SCRATCH Automates 2D and 3D VFX Dailies For "Thor"
 SCRATCH Offers Real-Time Play Back of Any Media in the Same Timeline
ASSIMILATE, the leading provider of powerful post-production tools for digital workflows, today revealed details of how its SCRATCH® end-to-end digital cinema and broadcast imaging tool was used to streamline and automate the 2D and 3D stereo VFX dailies review processes during post production of Marvel Entertainment / Paramount Pictures' blockbuster motion picture "Thor".
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| | | | ASSIMILATE Salutes SCRATCH Users for Cannes Film Festival 2011 Victories
 SCRATCH proves a winner in a range of RED ONE, 2K DPX and HD workflows for Cannes 2011 films
Several films created by filmmakers whose post-production companies harnessed ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH® DI tools in their digital post production workflows, won prestigious awards at the Cannes Film Festival 2011, the world’s premiere showcase for independent and international filmmakers.
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| | | | ASSIMILATE and Local Hero Post Showcase World’s First RED EPIC Camera Workflow
Free open house event at RED Studios Hollywood on May 26, 2011
ASSIMILATE, the leading provider of powerful post-production tools for digital workflows, has joined forces with post-production and DI boutique Local Hero Post to demonstrate the world’s first RED Epic 5K HDRx workflow. The demonstration is a free-of-charge REDucation Open House event, taking place at RED Studios Hollywood on May 26. Local Hero Post is located in Santa Monica, California.
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| | | | ASSIMILATE Congratulates SCRATCH Users On Cannes Film Festival 2011 Entries
 SCRATCH Digital Workflow is Backbone of Post Production for Multiple Cannes Entries
At the 64th Cannes Film Festival, May 11-22, several films on the competition roster and having special screenings were created by filmmakers whose post-production companies used ASSIMILATE's SCRATCH® DI tool suite in their digital workflows. The Cannes Film Festival is the world's premier showcase for independent and international filmmakers.
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| | | | Avid Delivers Greater Tactile Control for Colorists with New EUCON Partners
Assimilate, Image Systems, and Pomfort announce native support for EUCON; Avid delivers improved workflows and expanded solutions with Windows compatibility for Artist Color
Avid® (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced that content creators can use Avid Artist Color to control the color grading features of Assimilate Scratch, Image Systems Nucoda (formerly Digital Vision), and Pomfort Silverstack SET Edition via native support for Avid’s EUCON™ protocol.
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| | | | Codex Digital, Assimilate to Demonstrate ARRIRAW Workflow at NAB
At NAB 2011, Codex Digital and Assimilate will conduct joint demonstrations of a new on-set workflow for ARRIRAW. The demonstrations will employ Codex’s Onboard Recorder and Transfer Station and Assimilate’s SCRATCH Lab, and will show the processing of ARRIRAW files (recorded with an ARRI Alexa camera) with visual quality checking, primary color grading, deliverables production, file back-up, and project management.
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| | | | NVIDIA-Powered Innovations Seize Center Stage at NAB 2011
Quadro Pro Graphics Drive New Tools for On-Air Graphics, Film/Video Editing, Color Correction, 3D Video Processing
A broad wave of innovations in broadcast, film and digital content creation being showcased this week during NAB 2011 are powered by the latest NVIDIA® Quadro® professional GPUs.
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| | | | ASSIMILATE Announces Strategic Technology Partnership with Panasonic for Post Production of Panasonic 3D Cameras
ASSIMILATE Joins Panasonic 3D and P2 Partners Programs
ASSIMILATE (http://www.assimilateinc.com), the leading provider of powerful post-production tools for digital workflows, today announced its SCRATCH® and SCRATCH Lab™ digital cinema and broadcast tools will be the first to deliver world-class post-production support for the entire range of Panasonic professional digital cameras, including AG-3DA1, their current AVCHD based 3D camcorder and the AG-3DP1, an upcoming P2 AVC-Intra based stereoscopic 3D camcorder.
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| | | | ASSIMILATE Announces SCRATCH Product Family on Mac OS X
Artists get new freedom to choose portability, design and scalability of OS and hardware configurations of SCRATCH products
ASSIMILATE (http://www.assimilateinc.com), the leading provider of powerful post-production tools for digital workflows, announced today that is bringing its next generation of SCRATCH high-performance, data-centric, dailies and DI products to Mac OS® X.
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| | | | Company 3 proves RED Epic 5K 3D stereo workflow with SCRATCH On "Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides"
SCRATCH reinforces its cutting-edge leadership for RED camera workflows
SCRATCH®, the end-to-end digital cinema and broadcast imaging tool for post production workflows from ASSIMILATE, is at the forefront of the latest innovations from RED Digital Cinema, with the news that leading post house Company 3 successfully deployed SCRATCH to process 3D stereo RED Epic 5K footage for "Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides". The breakthrough news reinforces SCRATCH’s reputation for continual cutting-edge leadership in supporting set-to-post workflows for RED Digital Cinema camera systems.
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| | | | ASSIMILATE Announces Full SCRATCH Support for RED Epic 5K Camera
SCRATCH delivers unbeatable price-performance for RED workflows
ASSIMILATE, the leading provider of powerful post-production tools for digital workflows, has further underscored its long-term leadership in supporting set-to-post workflows for RED Digital Cinema camera systems with the announcement of full SCRATCH® tools and workflows that support the new RED Epic 5K camera and HDRx format from RED.
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| | | | |  Articles and Tutorials: ASSIMILATE Opens Online StoreASSIMILATE has opened the door to the new online ASSIMILATE Store, which offers an ecosystem of tools surrounding the company’s SCRATCH Lab workflow for production and VFX dailies, as well as the entire SCRATCH product line. Users will have the opportunity to test out SCRATCH Lab before purchasing it, all on the site. Read Article Subscribe Heroes of RAW WorkflowSanta Monica’s Local Hero Post are using ASSIMILATE SCRATCH to change the future of RAW file-based workflows.Read Article Subscribemore articles » Blogs: NAB 2013 - Day 3 - 5 PMThe traffic on the NAB floor show is usually much lighter than Monday and Tuesday, but today the aisles were still as crowded as the first two days of the show. That's a surprise, and a pleasant one, especially since this is not a "big news" NAB. Thursday is traditionally...Read Blog Subscribe Heavy Pretty PicturesHigh fashion, strong coffee, and a love of the cinema. These things describe Paris - a place where I recently helped with an install of a Facilis network for a premier cinema lab and 2K/4K color grading facility - Arane. The heavy lifting was done by two 72TB 24D TerraBlock...Read Blog Subscribe NAB notes and the 2011 DP Conference Day 2Wow The show kicks off today and there is so much stuff here I am just going to list some of the cool things Canon PL Mount Lenses Arri Alexa M - block camera for 3D applications Arri Alexa Studio camera with Optical Viewfinder Assimilate Scratch is now on MAC!!...Read Blog Subscribemore blogs »Related Tags | | | | |
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