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| | | | Gavin Barclay Joins Bling Digital
 Former “Suits”/”Covert Affairs” Co-Producer to oversee expansion of on-set/near-set post-production services.
SIM Digital has appointed veteran television producer Gavin Barclay as Vice President of its Bling Digital unit. Barclay, whose television credits include such shows as "Suits, "Covert Affairs", "Nip/Tuck" and "Knight Rider", will oversee the expansion of Bling’s on-set and near-set post-production services, which include solutions for dailies processing, color grading, offline Avid rentals, online editorial and other operations. He will have both operational and client services responsibilities.
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| | | | FilmLight Showcases End-to-End Color Pipeline at Expo Cine, Video y Televisión 2013
 - Latest solutions on display in Mexico from 04-07 June 2013 -
FilmLight will be demonstrating its latest products and developments in partnership with AMTEC (Stand A1) at Expo Cine, Video y Televisión 2013, and showing how its award-winning colour grading software and colour management systems can provide a 'colour pipeline' at every stage of production.
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| | | | Cannes Film Festival Chooses Telestream Episode to Streamline Video Encoding
Episode Engine automates encoding of all Web videos for Festival de Cannes
Telestream®, the leading provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, announced that its Episode® Engine professional video encoding application has been selected for the third year in a row to encode all Web videos for the Festival de Cannes. Episode was chosen for its ability to streamline the entire video encoding and delivery process, all within a single application. This year's Festival will be held May 15-26 in Cannes, France.
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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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| | | | 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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| | | | Technicolor – PostWorks’ Tim Stipan Applies the Finishing Touch to Indie Drama “Disconnect”
"Disconnect", the new drama from LD Entertainment and director Henry Alex Rubin, weaves three loosely related narrative lines, each of which relates to the internet and the way it is affecting human relationships. The protagonists of its three plot lines include a TV news reporter investigating porn chat sites, a lawyer whose 15-year-old son is victimized by his skater buddies, and an interracial couple who turn to on-line grief consoling to cope with the death of their baby.
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| | | | 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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| | | | NAIT and SGO form Educational Partnership to Equip Students with Cutting-edge Technology
 Mistika and NAIT unlock an exciting new vision together
NAIT, the second largest Polytechic in Canada reknowned for its nationally accredited engineering, media and applied research, has invested in SGO's Mistika. NAIT DMIT (Digital Media and IT) is the only transmedia school of its kind in Canada, and has chosen the powerful and diverse Mistika software to enhance its digital media curriculum and content creation programs in Stereoscopic 3D and 2D. To keep students at the front of the digital industries when they graduate, NAIT DMIT believes that training and equiping students with the most up-to-date knowledge and cutting-edge tools is a bottom line.
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| | | | ARRI Inc. Taps Jeffrey A. Reyes as Director of Sales, Latin American Markets
 ARRI Inc. is pleased to announce the promotion of Jeffrey A. Reyes to Director of Sales, Latin American Markets. Reyes will now develop strategies and business in the Caribbean, Central and South America, in addition to overseeing the sales team for these territories. Reyes previously served as a Technical Sales Representative at ARRI, working closely with rental houses and customers for lighting and camera products. Fluent in both English and Spanish, Reyes has a background with over 15 years in production.
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| | | | Post Factory NY Upgrades to Baselight TWO from FilmLight
- New York based facility adds Baselight TWO to state-of-the-art screening room -
Post FactoryNY, which has served the film, TV and commercials markets for more than 15 years, recently upgraded its state-of-the-art screening room on 6th Avenue with two Baselight TWO colour grading systems from FilmLight.
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| | | | FotoKem Restores "Hello, Dolly!" For 20th Century Fox Blu-ray Release
 FotoKem completed the digital restoration of "Hello, Dolly!", returning the 1969 film adaptation of the beloved musical, directed by Gene Kelly and starring Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau, to its original glory. Under the supervision of 20th Century Fox’s Barbara Crandall, the movie was remastered in 4K for the April 2 Blu-ray release. FotoKem also created a new 70mm print and a new 65mm intermediate positive (IP) for the studio for archival purposes.
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| | | | CINEGY expands in Florida and Brazil with CIS GROUP
 CIS GROUP, a technology re-seller and systems integration company, is proud to announce its partnership as a reseller with Cinegy. Responsible for the Brazilian, Argentinian, Caribbean and Florida (USA) markets, CIS Group is to provide expert consultancy on and installation of the full line of Cinegy products.
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| | | | Antenna Forges Creative Pact with Barcelona’s Custom EFX
 Studios plan to collaborate on advertising projects originating in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere.
Seeking to extend its global footprint and add some European flair to its creative offerings, multi-platform content creation company Antenna has forged a strategic alliance with Barcelona-based Custom EFX. The agreement provides Antenna with access to the talent and resources of one of Europe’s top boutique providers of visual effects, animation and post-production services, with a client list that includes some of the world’s best known brands. Custom EFX secures access to the U.S. market via a well-established production services provider with a strong, national sales network. It will also have the opportunity to market Antenna’s services in Europe.
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| | | | Restored “Lawrence of Arabia” Wins FOCAL International Award
 4K Restoration of David Lean’s Masterpiece Receives Top Honors; Sony Pictures’ Grover Crisp Recognized for “Outstanding Achievement in Restoration”
The newly-restored, 50th Anniversary Directors Cut of David Lean’s 1962 masterpiece Lawrence of Arabia took home the award for “Best Archive Restoration/Preservation Title” at the tenth FOCAL International Awards held May 2nd in London. The 4K restoration of the film was completed last year by Sony Pictures Entertainment under the direction of Grover Crisp, EVP of Asset Management, Film Restoration and Digital Mastering for SPE. Crisp also received a special, individual award for “Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Film Restoration and Preservation.”
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| | | | Ntropic Taps Autodesk Software to Give Life to Marco Brambilla’s “Creation [Megaplex]”
![News: Ntropic Taps Autodesk Software to Give Life to Marco Brambilla’s “Creation [Megaplex]”](http://newsi2.creativecow.com/thumb/871505.jpg) Ntropic Creative Director and Founder Nate Robinson pushed the boundaries of Autodesk Flame visual effects software and Autodesk Maya 3D animation software to deliver extraordinary visual effects for "Creation" - the newest stereoscopic 3D video installation from Artist Marco Brambilla. An epic conclusion to Brambilla’s 3D video collage “[Megaplex]” trilogy, “Creation” features 1500 visual elements derived from iconic film sequences spiraling through the center of a hypnotic and visually stunning double helix. The piece will be on display for a limited time at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in New York, NY May 3- from 10:00pm to 12:00am, May 4.
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| | | | The Nation Creates Captivating “Brands in Wonderland” Campaign For Innovid
 Campaign Includes Web Video, Microsites, Banner & Print Ads For Leading Immersive Video Advertising Provider
Award-winning design & branding agency The Nation has partnered with Innovid, the leading immersive video technology platform, again on a new integrated campaign entitled, “Brands in Wonderland.” This comes on the heels of The Nation’s hugely successful “Cats” campaign for Innovid last year, which was a viral sensation.
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| | | | MTI Film Adds XAVC Support to Cortex
MTI Film today announces that its Cortex product line now includes full support for Sony’s recently-developed XAVC recording format. XAVC is included in Cortex::Control Dailies DP, Pro, Studio and Ultimate editions and in the Stream, Pro, Studio and Ultimate editions of Cortex::Convey. Support for Sony RAW and SR Master formats is already included in all Cortex editions including the FREE edition of Cortex::Control Dailies.
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| | | | Technicolor – PostWorks New York Prepares “Bluebird”, “Coach” for Tribeca Premieres
 Sam Daley grades indie drama for first-time helmer Lance Edmands; plus Best Documentary Short winner “Coach.”
Technicolor-PostWorks New York recently provided a package of post-production services for two films that made their world premieres at this month’s Tribeca Film Festival: "Bluebird," an independent feature from first-time director Lance Edmands that was featured in the festival’s World Narrative slate, and Bess Kargman’s Coach, which took top honors as Best Documentary Short.
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| | | | iN DEMAND Uses AJA Video Systems Technology to Create A Wealth of Promotional Content
 As the leading distributor of transactional movies, sports and events to video providers across North America, iN DEMAND delivers a huge amount of programming from more than 150 program suppliers to major cable operators and telcos. To support all this content, the company also creates more than 10,000 pieces of promotional video each year to help MSOs promote their Pay-Per-View (PPV) and Video-On-Demand (VOD) offerings.
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| | | | The Day Dragons Attacked the World
 Rogue State turns to LightWave 11.5 3D software to conquer CG dragons and220 visual effects shots for Dracano
In Dracano, a volcanic eruption in the Pacific Northwest spews lava, steam and fire—along with eggs that hatch ancient, menacing, winged dragons that prey on man. Since similar volcanic eruptions in Russia, Japan, and other “Ring of Fire” regions are also releasing these menacing creatures into the world, scientists fear they are witnessing the start of a global dragon apocalypse.
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| | | | DIXON Sports Partners with CIS GROUP expanding coverage into Latin America
DIXON Sports Computing has partnered with CIS Group to expand their market coverage into Latin America, with a focus on the Brazilian marketplace. CIS Group specializes in designing, engineering and integrating, file-based turnkey solutions for the creation, management and distribution of video, film, audio, and data.
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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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| | | | Qube! Rewires Render Pipeline at Scandinavia’s Biggest Animation Studio
 Superior Technical Support and Intelligent System Controls Help Norway’s Qvisten Animation AS Increase Efficiency While Working on Film and Commercial Projects
With two animated features in production, and a commercial due every month, Qvisten Animation AS is the epitome of a hardworking animation studio. But like most creative organizations, they can only be as good as the tools they have around them. For years their render farm was more burden than boon; more likely to crash than provide them with the customization tools they required. During their search for something more stable, the team came across PipelineFX’s Qube!™ – a production-proven render farm manager that satisfied their need for consistency. It has never let them down.
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| | | | Red Echo Post Expands Service Offering with FilmLight’s Baselight
 - Cincinnati editorial house adds in-house colour grading to deliver full service offering to clients -
Top editorial facility Red Echo Post, which has long served leading advertisers from its base in Cincinnati, has moved to round out its offering with a Baselight ONE colour grading system from FilmLight. The addition of the Baselight means that the company can add top end colour grading services to its clients.
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| | | | RTÉ acts FAST with Mediaflex from TMD
Irish national broadcaster Raidió Teilifis Éireann (RTÉ) is close to completing the implementation of FAST, its file acquisition and server technology project. Central to FAST is Mediaflex from TMD, the leading provider of asset management systems for digital and physical assets. The project includes the first practical implementation of the new Mediaflex CI module which allows users to simply create their own workflows with intelligent automated decision making.
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| | | | A Burgeoning Mission: Venice VFX House Doubles Space And Adds New Talent
 VFX house The Mission doubles the size of its Venice-based studio and expands their talent roster with the addition of Rick Grandy as CG Supervisor and Raul Dominguez as a Creature Modeler. With over 19 years of experience in the visual effects industry, Grandy comes to The Mission from Pixomondo where he served as a Digital Character and Pipeline Supervisor on top projects including "The Amazing Spiderman" and "Die Hard 5". Former video game artist and cartoonist Dominguez was most recently at Digital Domain, lending his talents to a score of feature films including "Iron Man 3" and "The Avengers".
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| | | | "Danni Lowinski" Editor Leverages AJA T-TAP™ for Flexible HD Monitoring with Apple® Final Cut Pro® X
 For more than 14 years, Berlin-based editor Knut Hake has lent his expertise to internationally renowned film, commercial and television productions such as the Emmy Award-winning German TV series "Berlin, Berlin". He’s edited thirteen episodes of the first three seasons of "Danni Lowinski", a popular German legal dramedy that airs on SAT.1, and has already finished cutting three episodes for the finale of the fourth season.
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| | | | emotion3D announces Stereoscopic Suite X3 plugins for The Foundry’s Nuke
emotion3D announces the upcoming release of its award-winning suite of stereoscopic plugins for The Foundry’s Nuke platform. The Stereoscopic Suite X3 for The Foundry’s Nuke features emotion3D’s unique toolset for working with stereoscopic material, bringing the exceptional functionality of SSX3 to a new group of artists.
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| | | | Boris Soundbite Powered by Nexidia Wins StudioDaily Prime Award
StudioDaily Recognizes Boris Soundbite as the Most Innovative New Post-Production Product
Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated VFX and workflow technology for video and film, today announced that Boris Soundbite has received a StudioDaily Prime Award for the Most Innovative New Post-Production Product.
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| | | | NAB 2013: Facilis Technology Augments End-to-End Creative Workflows
Partners with Leaders in Asset Management and Ingest to Strengthen Pipeline Efficiency and Collaboration
At NAB 2013, Facilis Technology continues to raise the bar for end-to-end creative workflows by announcing compatibility for its high-performance TerraBlock shared storage and SyncBlock archiving solutions with popular tools from Cinedeck, Empress and axle Video. Each new qualification brings post production and content creation professionals the option to expand their ingest, storage, archiving and asset management capabilities with production-proven solutions that cater to a wide range of facilities – from boutique to mid-size and larger creative shops.
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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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| | | | AIR Music Technology Licenses iZotope Radius for Inclusion in Ignite
iZotope, a leading innovator in digital audio signal processing, has licensed Radius to AIR Music Technology for inclusion in Ignite. Ignite, a desktop recording and creative software solution, is for musicians looking to capture ideas quickly and easily with M-Audio, Akai Pro and Alesis MIDI keyboard controllers. Radius, a time-stretching and pitch-shifting algorithm, will provide Ignite users with even more control over their creative workflow.
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| | | | IKEGAMI and ARRI Introduce The HDK-97ARRI: Broadcast Production Camera With Digital Cinema Image Quality
 New System Represents Elite Marriage of Technologies, Combining ARRI Large Format Super 35MM CMOS Sensor with Ikegami Unicam HD Docking Style Camera
Booth #C5108 - Ikegami, leader in HD cameras and production equipment for TV broadcasters, networks, and other HD content creators, and ARRI, the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of professional motion picture camera, digital intermediate (DI) and lighting equipment, today jointly announced the availability of a pioneering new camera system: The HDK-97ARRI.
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| | | | ARRI Completes M-Series Lighting Range With New M90 Fixture
 ARRI introduces a new fixture from the award-winning ARRIMAX/M-Series, thus completing the range between 1,200 W and 18,000 W. The M90 introduces a new power class for daylight fixtures at 9,000 W - exactly half the wattage of the ARRIMAX and just over double the wattage of the M40/25.
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| | | | Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve 10
 New Davinci Resolve 10 Allows Integration Of Post Production Workflows, New On Set Tools, Upgraded Editing And Color Correction, OpenFX Plug In Support And More Project Delivery Options!
Blackmagic Design today announced DaVinci Resolve 10, a major upgrade that includes new features for integrating the workflows of multiple different software products used in the film and television industry. DaVinci Resolve 10 has upgraded on set tools, upgraded editing features, support for OpenFX plug ins as well as new tools for delivering final project masters to cinemas.
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| | | | ARRI’s Fiber Remote Option Adds More Features
 Recently employed on an exciting concert film for Coldplay and a televised recording session with Robbie Williams, ARRI’s Fiber Remote Option (FRO) for ALEXA is elevating broadcast visual design with breathtaking, cinematic imagery that the ALEXA digital camera system is known for.
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| | | | ARRI Pro Camera Accessories Bring ARRI Quality To More Setups
 With ARRI Pro Camera Accessories (PCA), cameras from a plethora of manufacturers can benefit from ARRI’s renowned ergonomic designs and robust quality. New PCA offerings complement cameras including ARRI ALEXA, Sony F5 and F55, Blackmagic Cinema Camera, Red Epic, 1DC/1DX/C Cameras from Canon, and many others.
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| | | | Digital Vision Announces Technology Partnership with MTI Film; Unveils Slate of Advanced Image Processing Tools
A History of Innovation, Collaboration, Integration in the Spotlight at NAB 2013
In keeping with its 25-year history of advancing creative technology, Digital Vision is proud to announce a technology partnership with MTI Film that will include the integration of MTI's Cortex::Control Dailies with the award-winning Nucoda grading platform. In addition, Digital Vision is unveiling exciting new developments for their Nucoda and Phoenix product lines during NAB.
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| | | | Imagineer Systems and CoreMelt Announce New Final Cut Plug-in at NAB2013: SliceX powered by mocha
 Imagineer to Preview New mocha 3.2 with Added Internationalization and Localization, and Support for Contour ShuttlePro
Imagineer Systems, creators of the Academy Award winning mocha Planar Tracking technology, and CoreMelt (http://www.coremelt.com) today announced a new Final Cut Pro X masking plug-in, SliceX powered by mocha. This new version of SliceX 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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| | | | Blackmagic Design Announces Support for the Next Versions of Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects
Blackmagic Design today announced that its entire range of desktop video products will support the next generation of professional video editing software from Adobe®, including Adobe® Premiere® Pro and Adobe After Effects®. The integration will be available as a free download from the Blackmagic Design site when these future Adobe products are available. See related Adobe sneak peeks: adobe.com/go/nab_reveal.
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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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| | | | Technicolor Adds Final Cut Pro X Support to Color Assist
 Users Gain Access to Innovative Professional-quality Color Correction and Grading
Technicolor, a worldwide technology leader in the media and entertainment sector, today announced that its Color Assist video color correction and grading software is now compatible with Final Cut Pro X. Since becoming available in late-November 2012, Color Assist quickly amassed a loyal following among aspiring video enthusiasts seeking a professional-grade solution that is both powerful and easy to use. As mainstream adoption of Color Assist continued to take hold in early 2013, Final Cut Pro X users became increasingly vocal about their desire for Color Assist, and Technicolor is happy to offer its software to this important group.
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| | | | CatDV Media Asset Management Tool Reinvents Production Workflow for Canadian Tire Corporation
 For over 90 years, Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC) has been one of Canada’s most reliable and recognized brands. Its Family of Companies is supported by more than 1,700 locations across Canada, offering a broad selection of retail products, home services and financial services. Recently, Canadian Tire made an unprecedented commitment to Canadian amateur sports. In addition to an eight-year premier sponsorship of the Canadian Olympic Team, CTC announced partnerships with the Canadian Soccer Association, Skate Canada, Hockey Canada, Alpine Canada Alpin, Canada Snowboard and the Canadian Paralympic Committee.
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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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| | | | FilmConvert now with BMCC and GoPro Hero3
Today sees the release of Rubber Monkey Software's latest update to its' FilmConvert digital film emulation tools. Extending the ability of filmmakers to deliver accurate, quick film looks for their projects, this release includes a significant new set of camera profiles. With specific support for the GoPro Hero3, and the Black Magic Cinema Camera, the new profiles also include additional custom picture styles for the Canon DSLR range of cameras.
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| | | | Cooke Optics and Thales Angénieux Announce Collaboration on Compatible Anamorphic Lenses
 NAB 2013, C11149 , C6020 (Thales Angénieux)
Two of the most esteemed names in the content creation industry, Cooke Optics and Thales Angénieux, today confirmed that their technical teams have worked together to share designs of their respective new anamorphic lenses. The results of the collaboration will bring cinematographers a full range of compatible anamorphic lenses, including Cooke's Academy Award® winning design that captures the 'Cooke Look®' and Angénieux' renowned zoom technology, also awarded by the Academy in 2009, to meet the demand for today’s film and digital capture.
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| | | | Rock Legends, Primetime TV And Universities Rely On Cache-A To Safeguard Their Treasured Assets
 Booth #SL11109 – Cache-A Corporation (http://www.cache-a.com), manufacturer of award-winning archiving appliances, today revealed details of how its LTFS LTO-tape-based archive appliances, are being used by major TV broadcasters, in on-set production environments, higher education and rock legends, to safeguard the increasing amounts of data and video-related media they generate. Cache-A is showing its full LTO-6 product range at NAB 2013, Las Vegas, at Cache-A Booth #SL11109.
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| | | | FilmLight Launches New Products to Provide Professional Colour Control at Every Stage
 - New control surface, grading platforms and peripherals deliver fast, flexible creativity and efficiency -
FilmLight is further enhancing its integrated colour pipeline with new products to be introduced at NAB 2013 (booth SL 3928, LVCC, 8–11 April). The range ensures that colour workflows can start on-set and run right through to final post and delivery, staying true to the vision at every stage. It delivers unrivalled productivity and creative control, giving facilities a real edge in delivering uncompromised results.
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| | | | From The Field To The Studio: Sound Devices Highlights Diverse Capabilities Of Rack-Mounted PIX 260i At The 2013 NAB
 File-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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| | | | Adobe Drives Innovation with New Video Workflows at NAB 2013
Company Previews Next Generation of Professional Video and Audio Products and Launches Adobe Anywhere for Video
At the annual National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show, Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) will showcase new software and video technology that is transforming the way broadcasters, filmmakers and video professionals create and deliver high-quality productions across multiple screens. Highlights of the show include the first public demonstrations of the next generation of Adobe’s flagship video tools including Adobe® Premiere® Pro, Adobe After Effects® SpeedGrade™, Adobe Audition® Adobe Prelude™, Adobe Media Encoder and Adobe Story before their official release. NAB attendees will see a modern, highly-interoperable set of video tools that enable fast, seamless workflows.
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| | | | Canon Inc. Announces Development Of 35mm Cinema Prime Lens, Sixth In A Series Of Compact, Lightweight, Precision-Matched Lenses
Designed for Film-Style Operation, Canon Cinema Prime Lenses Deliver 4K Imaging Performance
Canon Inc., the parent company of Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, has announced the development of a 35mm cinema prime lens for large-format single-sensor cameras employing Super 35mm, full-frame 35mm, and APS-C size imagers. The 35mm cinema prime lens will look to join Canon’s line of 14mm, 24mm, 50mm, 85mm, and 135mm EF-mount Cinema prime lenses. The 35mm cinema lens in development will look to become the sixth in the line, filling a strategic optical need between Canon’s 24mm and 50mm lens offerings. As with Canon’s precision-matched, competitively priced CN-E prime lenses, the 35mm lens under development will look to deliver 4K optical performance and inherit the professional operability of the existing CN-E prime lens line.
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| | | | Digital Vision Brings Image Technology Innovations to NAB 2013
Technology Demonstrations, New Features Unveiled for Colour Grading, Archive, Stereo and Image Processing
Digital Vision will bring its range of image technology solutions to NAB 2013, including the Nucoda 2013 colour grading product line which features many new tools and enhancements, and the latest version of Phoenix restoration software. In addition the company, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, will present the first technology demonstration of Thor, a soon-to-be-released dedicated hardware product for advanced image processing.
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| | | | Bexel Contributes Broadcast Solutions and Expertise to Zuckerberg Media
 New Silicon Valley Studio Puts Foothold on Content Creation Outside of Hollywood
Bexel, a unit of the Vitec Group’s Services Division and a leading worldwide provider of broadcast services and solutions, collaborated with Zuckerberg Media on the launch of its new 12,000-square-foot production studio in Menlo Park, Calif., which recently began broadcasting original content, both live and streaming.
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| | | | MTI Film Hires Jim Hannafin to Lead Restoration Business
 Post-production veteran sees great potential for growing preservation and restoration business worldwide.
MTI Film has appointed Jim Hannafin as Senior Vice President for Business Development. Hannafin, who arrives with more than 25 years of senior level experience in post-production, will focus on growing the company’s film preservation and restoration business, domestically and globally. MTI Film is one of the world’s leading independent providers of film restoration tools and services, with recent projects including a 4K restoration of Lawrence of Arabia for Sony Pictures.
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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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| | | | ALT Systems Brings Powerful Gaming Technology to Award-Winning HP Z Workstations
 Game Developer Editions for Autodesk® and Unreal Engine Users Launch at GDC
ALT Systems, a full-service systems integrator and workflow solutions provider, has announced its collaboration with HP, Autodesk, Epic Games and PNY Technologies to offer high-performance game development packages designed specifically to support Autodesk® and Unreal Engine users. Unveiled today at GDC 2013, these systems optimize pipelines with a new combination of elite tools for the professional gaming community.
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| | | | FotoKem Adds the Power of Mistika to DI Suites
 FotoKem, a leading post production resource for the worldwide creative community, has added two Mistika 4K systems in their Burbank facility, bolstering their end-to-end services. The Mistika systems will share an SGO configured SAN, supporting FotoKem’s high frame rate, 3D and digital intermediate/colour services. The installation fosters FotoKem’s 50 years of focus on their clients’ needs through investing in technologically advanced tools and solutions to expertly guide film-makers through the entire process from production to post.
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| | | | Sesame Street's Latest YouTube Videos Shot With Blackmagic Cinema Camera
 Blackmagic Design announced today that directors Josh and Jason Diamond of the Diamond Brothers shot Sesame Workshop’s, the nonprofit organization behind Sesame Street, "Can You Tell-y Me How to Get to a Billion?" and "Counting the 'You's in YouTube" videos with Blackmagic Cinema Camera. Josh and Jason Diamond worked with DP Timur Civan on the four day shoot, and NYC based freelance colorist, Juan Salvo, used Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve to color the project.
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| | | | Kodak Introduces Mobile Aspect Ratio App for Filmmakers
A new Aspect Ratio app is now available as part of the KODAK Cinema Tools application. This suite of apps from Kodak can be downloaded for free from iTunes. The Aspect Ratio App lets filmmakers see how different aspect ratios affect a shot.
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| | | | Blueyed Pictures makes its mark as a “go-to” full service digital content production studio to the fashion, entertainment and public relations industry
Blueyed Pictures Founder and Executive Producer Jamee Natella, operates on a philosophy of providing creative production solutions and added value to both advertising agencies and clients direct. The only constant in the world of fashion, entertainment and public relations is change. Blueyed consistently delivers for clients such as CW3PR, an entertainment and lifestyle public relations firm and Teeology, an online shopping destination for luxury T-shirts, co-founded by Jennifer Lopez, Erica Zohar, and Brian Lee. The ongoing relationships and growing number of production services provided by Blueyed Pictures continues to strengthen its appeal to lifestyle, entertainment and fashion marketers. With offices in LA, London and Tokyo, Blueyed operates internationally to produce commercials, branded content, apps, live events, corporate brand films, behind-the-scenes and EPKs.
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| | | | Testronic Labs Recognized as Authorized Test Laboratory by the Car Connectivity Consortium
Testronic to Provide MirrorLink Certification Testing for Smartphone and In-Vehicle Connectivity
(Diepenbeek, Belgium--February 27, 2013) Testronic Labs, the global leader in quality assurance, localization, and certification services for consumer electronics, film and television, games, enterprise, and publishing, is now certified as an Authorized Test Laboratory (ATL) for the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC). The CCC is dedicated to cross-industry collaboration in developing MirrorLink(tm) global standards and solutions for smartphone and in-vehicle connectivity. Members are among the world's leading automotive, mobile communications and consumer electronics industry companies.
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| | | | MTI Film Introduces Transcoding Engine “Cortex::Convey”
 Standalone transcoding solution supports virtually all input and output formats.
Continuing to add to its family of products for managing media from the set to the screen, MTI Film today announces the release of a new standalone transcoding application, Cortex::Convey. Cortex::Convey supports input of all popular camera file formats, editorial files and intermediate file formats, including DPX, OpenEXR and H.264, for transcoding to review, editorial and intermediate formats such as Avid DNxHD/MXF 1:1, DPX file sequences and QuickTime , as well as fully-authored DVDs and Blu-ray discs.
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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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| | | | XR Module ALEXA Upgrade For In-Camera ARRIRAW Recording
 Concurrent with its refresh of the ALEXA family with four new ALEXA XT models, ARRI is offering an upgrade that equips all existing ALEXA cameras with one of the major features of the XT configuration: the new XR Module (Xtended Recording), allows ARRIRAW – the highest quality image output from ALEXA – to be recorded in-camera to a state-of-the-art internal digital magazine. With no need for external recording devices, camera setups will be smaller, lighter, faster, more flexible, and less expensive.
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| | | | ARRI and CODEX Co-Develop XR Module For In-Camera ARRIRAW
 ARRI and Codex have co-developed a new upgrade option for all ALEXA cameras that allows internal recording of ARRIRAW up to 120 fps. The XR Module is an affordable new side panel with various in-camera recording options, replacing the current SxS Module. It allows ALEXA owners to embrace the latest advances in recording technologies without having to purchase a new camera, exemplifying the concept of modular upgradeability that was built into the ALEXA design from its very beginnings.
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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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| | | | Autodesk Honors Promising Filmmakers with 5th Annual Visual Effects Society Student Award
 "Natalis" From Filmakademie in Germany Wins Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
For the fifth consecutive year, Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) extended its support for tomorrow's artists, animators, designers and filmmakers by sponsoring the Visual Effects Society's (VES) award for "Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project" at the 11th annual VES Awards held on February 5, 2013, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Chris Bradshaw, senior vice president at Autodesk presented the honor to Jan-Marcel Kühn from Filmakademie for Natalis.
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| | | | Editors' Lounge Demonstrates Time Saving Tools For Post Production
The Editors’ Lounge recently kicked off their 2013 educational series with demonstrations on time-saving tools for the post-production professional. Editors and other industry professionals enjoyed an evening chocked full of invaluable tips and trade secrets, including how you can now edit from anywhere with the use of your i-Pad.
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| | | | Studio l'Equipe relies on Mistika to introduce cutting-edge colour grading toolsets to Brussels for feature films
 As part of the on-going expansion of digital acquisition, Brussels-based Studio l’Equipe, one of Belgium’s leading post production facilities has invested in SGO's Mistika to meet the demands of a rapidly changing and highly competitive feature film market. Studio l'Equipe has installed a Mistika 4K system with a Mistika Assist station, to help accelerate the post production process by allowing simultaneous access to Mistika projects for ingest, online functions and the creation of deliverables, without disturbing the master Mistika system. Both Mistikas are connected to a 72TB SAN storage system.
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| | | | Southpaw Technology Launches Open Source TACTIC TEAM for Mac
 Mac version of Southpaw’s production asset management to help content creators working in iOS environments organize files, projects and workflows, free of charge
Southpaw Technology, a leading developer of production asset management (PAM) technology for content creators, announced today that it has created an open source version of its production asset management system TACTIC TEAM, for Mac users. As of today, individuals and small teams working on Macs and producing 2D/3D files, visual effects, video and more can download TACTIC TEAM for free and start using it instantly to manage files, tasks, projects and workflows.
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| | | | White Mark Designs A New Film Sound Facility In Moscow
 After three years of intense work, UK studio design consultancy White Mark Ltd has completed a massive project in Moscow that involved designing and building a new, state of the art film sound facility for Russian company CineLab Ltd.
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| | | | Imagination Technologies ships Caustic Series2 R2500 and R2100 ray tracing acceleration boards
Revolutionary affordable add-in boards bring interactive ray-traced graphics into the creative workflow
Imagination Technologies, a leading multimedia technologies company, is now shipping its Caustic Series2 PC boards, the R2500 and R2100, which accelerate PowerVR OpenRL applications including the Caustic Visualizer™ viewport plug-ins for Autodesk® Maya® and 3ds Max® and the Neon viewport in Rhinoceros 5 from Robert McNeel and Associates.
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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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| | | | The Room Debuts New Finishing Facility inside Technicolor – PostWorks New York
 With three finishing suites, facility targets independent films, documentaries and television
The Room, a boutique finishing facility servicing independent films, documentaries, long-form television and similar projects, has moved into a new, custom-built facility housed within Technicolor – PostWorks’ West Village location at 110 Leroy Street. The new site, which was designed by acclaimed architect Rafi Segal, includes three finishing suites, each anchored by Autodesk Flame Premium workstations, which feature tools for compositing, color grading, visual effects and graphics.
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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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| | | | Digital Film Tools Brings the Magic of Film to New Film Stocks Plug-in
New Film Stocks photo and video/film plug-in simulates the look of analog film stocks
Digital Film Tools, developer of visual effects software, today announced the release of Film Stocks with plug-in support for Adobe® Photoshop®, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom®, Adobe After Effects® CS5 and up, Adobe Premiere® Pro CS5 and up, Apple® Aperture®, Apple Final Cut Pro® 6 and 7, and Avid® editing systems.
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