| | | | 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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| | | | Master Revolution: DVnor Builds File-based Media Facility Around AmberFin Ingest, Transcoding and QC Technology
 AmberFin iCR Opens Doors to New Ways of Working at Leading Scandinavian Media Facility
Leading Scandinavian media facility, Oslo-based DVnor, has announced the successful completion of an infrastructure expansion project which sees it basing its digital file-based workflows on the AmberFin iCR software platform. Established in 2005 as a mastering facility to support the production of physical media such as DVD and Blu-ray in the local Norwegian market, DVnor’s adoption of file-based workflows enables the media facility to efficiently create file-based masters. These masters are subsequently transcoded into a number of formats to service Scandinavian customers such as iTunes, Netflix and IPTV VOD service providers. On this project, AmberFin has worked closely with its regional channel partner, Danmon Norge.
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| | | | Digital Bytes Sees the Future of 4K Production with Facilis TerraBlock
 A talented team of creatives at Utah-based video production studio Digital Bytes, Inc. supports local and national companies such as e-Bay, AMC, Rio Tinto and Ernst & Young with production and post services for a wide range of projects, from commercials and corporate videos to live events and documentaries. To deliver high-quality results that keep customers coming back, the team relies on a solid post production workflow managed by Digital Bytes Multimedia Producer Kiyoshi Nagahama.
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| | | | Digital Vision's Phoenix Automates and Refines Restoration Workflow
 Software Powers Efforts of High Hat Post and Periscope Film
From riding the surf to diving to the ocean's depths in a submarine, Digital Vision's Phoenix Refine restoration software is helping to power the efforts of High Hat Post and Periscope Film. Currently, Phoenix is a crucial tool at High Hat Post in the restoration of a collection of vintage 16 mm surfing movies, as well as current productions. Periscope Film is using Phoenix to automate the restoration of the company's acquired military footage. Both High Hat Post and Periscope Film attribute the success of their workflows to the unmatched features that Phoenix offers, including its ability to automatically remove dirt, dust, scratches and grain.
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| | | | MacVideo Promo Launches Holiday Bundle, Offers Massive Savings
6 great Mac video apps and tools for just $199.95, over 85% off the regular price
MacVideo Promo, an etailer specializing in unique money-saving bundles of apps, plug-ins, templates, and training for Mac video enthusiasts, today announced their inaugural bundle for the 2012 holiday season. A $1,500+ value, the MacVideo Promo Holiday Bundle includes the following components for just $199.95:
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| | | | Sony Announces Editing Suites for Vegas Pro and Movie Studio Platinum
Sony Creative Software, a leading global provider of professional editing and authoring applications, today released two suite packages, Movie Studio Platinum: Visual Effects Suite 2 and Vegas™ Pro 12 Suite. Both come equipped with versions of the visual effects software HitFilm 2 from London-based development company, FXhome. These new collections enable users to dramatically enhance their productions with professional special effects via a seamless and integrated workflow. Vegas Pro 12 Suite also offers a diverse bundling of professional audio and video editing applications, soundtracks, and more.
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| | | | MTI Film Releases Cortex
New family of on-set/near-set dailies solutions supports all camera systems and features tools for playback, color, synchronization, metadata and transcoding.
MTI Film announces the release of its groundbreaking Cortex line of software-based dailies solutions. Developed from the ground up to support today’s file-based production workflows, Cortex provides an all-in-one solution for digital media management with simple but powerful tools for playback, color, audio synchronization, metadata management and transcoding.
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| | | | LightWave 3D Helps Deploy “Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome”
 NBCUniversal’s visual effects artists use LightWave 3D software to create stunning visuals for the highly-anticipated sci-fi series
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome is a new science-fiction drama from NBCUniversal premiering tonight on Machinima Prime’s YouTube channel for 10 episodes until February 2013 when Syfy, a division of NBCUniversal, is expected to televise the pilot and also offer it on DVD, Blue-Ray, On Demand, and digital download. Throughout the history of the Battlestar Galactica franchise, LightWave 3D® software has been a constant in the show’s production pipeline for everything from otherworldly atmospheres to earth-shattering visual effects. Blood & Chrome continues the tradition, adding Cylon robots, snake creatures, and more than 20 sets constructed entirely in LightWave 3D.
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| | | | Lightworks Brings Led Zeppelin’s “Celebration Day” to Life
With over 20 million people eager to get their hands on tickets to their first headline show in 27 years, Led Zeppelin’s 2007 London concert was one of the hottest events on the planet. The release of the live concert film “Celebration Day” on 19 November gives those millions who missed out the chance to experience the performance in all its glory.
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| | | | Colorfront Wins Emmy Award For On-Set Dailies
 Colorfront On-Set Dailies continues to dominate file-based production on major motion pictures and episodic TV shows
Academy Award-winning developer Colorfront today announced it has been awarded a 2012 Primetime Engineering Emmy from the Academy Of Television Arts And Sciences for Colorfront On-Set Dailies, the market-leading on-set dailies system for motion picture and TV production.
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| | | | Sony Debuts New Technology at IBC
Technology Previews, Software Workshops, and Demonstrations Of New Applications, all slated for IBC 2012
Sony Creative Software, a leading global provider of professional editing and authoring applications, will offer show attendees a sneak peek of Vegas™ Pro 12, the soon-to-be released version of their award winning NLE, along with Sound Forge™ Pro Mac, the first version of this popular digital audio editor designed exclusively for the OS X platform. In addition to these technology previews, demonstrations will be provided for SpectraLayers, the newly released audio waveform editing software, and DoStudio, the Blu-ray Disc™ encoding and authoring application.
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| | | | Azteca America Selects Digital Nirvana's Monitor IQ for Broadcast Monitoring
Leading U.S. Hispanic network uses Monitor IQ™ Essentials to ensure FCC compliance across multiple channels
Azteca America, the nation’s third largest Hispanic television network based in Glendale, CA, has chosen Digital Nirvana’s Monitor IQ™ Essentials BMS (Broadcast Monitoring System) to ensure FCC regulatory compliance of its many network feeds.
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| | | | MAXON CINEMA 4D Release 14 Now Available
Eagerly Awaited Features Include Sculpting, New Camera Functionality and Rendering Enhancements
MAXON announced the immediate availability of CINEMA 4D Release 14, the next generation of its industry-leading 3D motion graphics, visual effects, painting, and rendering software application. CINEMA 4D R14 delivers eagerly awaited features including a new, fully integrated sculpting system, new camera matching functionality, the debut of exchange plugins to two key applications – The Foundry NUKE and Adobe Photoshop Extended – improved integration with Adobe After Effects and a huge number of other powerful workflow feature enhancements.
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| | | | Olfert Kempff Joins Advanced Systems Group
Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a leading West Coast video and film integration firm, has hired industry veteran Olfert Kempff, who will work as logistics coordinator and purchasing assistant, supporting the company and its customers through equipment purchases and inventories.
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| | | | Sony Creative Software Announces Availability Of Cloud-Based Social Collaboration Service
Pixelcast™ Provides Features To Uniquely Share Experiences In A Fun And Interactive Environment
Sony Creative Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio editing applications, today announced the availability of Pixelcast, a new online media sharing service. Pixelcast encourages collaboration between friends and family with videos, photos, and music to create a complete multimedia experience. Videos can also be uploaded directly to Pixelcast.com from within the newly upgraded Movie Studio Platinum 12 software, making it easier than ever for users to share creations with others.
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| | | | Sony Announces Availability of SpectraLayers
SpectraLayers™ Unlocks Mixed Audio Files and Allows Defined Layers to be Edited Independently with an Unprecedented Degree of Precision
Sony Creative Software, a leading global provider of professional editing and authoring applications, today released SpectraLayers™, the newest addition to its line of award-winning software for audio and video production. An intelligent audio editing program, SpectraLayers operates directly on waveform spectra using a wide variety of smart editing tools. Through this application, users can more accurately edit audio by graphically dividing files into discrete, user-defined layers that can be processed independently and reintegrated to achieve flawless master files.
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| | | | Top Dailies Review System Wins 2012 Cine Gear Expo Technical Award
Light Iron – a post production leader specializing in on-site dailies, digital intermediate, archival, and data services for projects originated on file-based motion cameras – is happy to announce that its iPad app TODAILIES has been awarded the 2012 Cine Gear Expo Technical Award for Post Production.
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| | | | Sky TV Chooses Blackmagic Design for Live Broadcast of 2012 USA Water Polo Junior Olympics
 Blackmagic Design today announced that Sky TV is using a number of Blackmagic Design products for their exclusive live broadcast of the 2012 USA Water Polo Junior Olympics taking place at California’s Stanford University on July 31 and August 5. Blackmagic Design’s ATEM 1 M/E Production Switcher, ATEM Television Studio, Intensity Shuttle capture and playback cards, HyperDeck Shuttle field recorder and Battery Converters HDMI to SDI will be used to switch, capture and stream all of the action live for this year’s championship games.
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| | | | Animated Title Templates with Dramatic Style in New Toxic Type® 8
Digital Juice releases Toxic Type Collection 8 featuring cinematic-themed text-centric templates for Adobe After Effects®
Digital Juice® announced today that it is releasing Toxic Type™ Collection 8 for Adobe After Effects: Cinematic III. The Toxic Type collections feature a variety of ready-to-use Adobe After Effects® templates that contain expertly-designed text-centric animations with title text and supporting graphics presented in a lively and attention-getting manner. After Effects artists can build projects around these animated text designs or simply add the ready-made title segments to any multi-segment production for a polished cinematic look that will grab the viewer’s interest.
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| | | | Matrox Video Products Group Appoints JB&A as a U.S. Distributor
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced the appointment of Jeff Burgess and Associates (JB&A) as one of its distributors for the United States. Selected Matrox products for the pro AV, post-production, and broadcast markets are now available to JB&A certified resellers. JB&A will distribute and support Matrox Convert™ DVI and Convert DVI Plus scan converters, Matrox MC-100™ SDI-to-HDMI mini converters, and the new Matrox MicroQuad™ four-channel SDI to HDMI multiviewer.
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| | | | NBC Universal Chooses MTI Film's Control Dailies
 Studio also boosts restoration pipeline with additional purchase of MTI Films’ Correct DRS™
NBC Universal has selected MTI Film’s Control Dailies Enterprise and Cortex::ControlDailies as its solution for processing digital camera dailies. The company has also increased its digital film restoration capacity through the purchase of additional seats of MTI Film’s Correct DRS™.
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| | | | Digital Nirvana To Spotlight Loudness Monitoring For Monitor IQ™ At Broadcast Asia 2012
 Broadcast Monitoring System Incorporates Loudness Monitoring and Logging from Minnetonka Audio Software
Digital Nirvana’s flagship broadcast monitoring system (BMS), Monitor IQ, will be showcased at Broadcast Asia 2012, from June 19-22 at the Suntec International Convention Center in Singapore (Booth 4N4-08). At the show, one of the key Monitor IQ features that will be demonstrated is its powerful loudness monitoring and audio logging capability, including OEM software licensed from Minnetonka Audio Software, Inc.
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| | | | Sony Announces Release of Updated DoStudio Applications
Sony Creative Software, a leading global provider of professional editing and authoring applications, today announced the availability of DoStudio™ Authoring 2.5, DoStudio™ Encoder 2.5, a professional series of Blu-ray Disc™ authoring applications. Seamlessly installing alongside other Sony Creative Software products, the DoStudio product line features the ability to create interactive 2D and 3D Blu-ray Discs, for duplication and replication in compliance with the Blu-ray Disc specifications.
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| | | | All-New ready2go Projects & Templates Collection Pushes the Limits of Creativity!
Digital Juice Releases New Multipurpose ready2go Collection 16 for After Effects® in Instant Download or DVD Format
Digital Juice® announced today that it is releasing ready2go™ Projects & Templates for Adobe After Effects® Collection 16. ready2go projects are animated template graphics that provide After Effects users with a variety of professional finished looks, and feature expertly designed “drop zones” for text and video. This new collection in the ready2go library is available for purchase as either an Instant Download or a boxed DVD product. The designs in this collection push the limits of professional style and suit a wide range of productions from wedding videos, business presentations and network show promos to broadcast television commercial spots, sports highlights reels and training material.
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| | | | Sony Creative Reveals New Technology At NAB
Precision Waveform Editing Application and Plug-in for Automated Themes in Vegas™ Pro 11 Showcased at 2012 NAB Show
Sony Creative Software, a leading global provider of professional editing and authoring applications, today announced new innovative audio and video editing tools for professionals set for release this summer. The latest additions to the Sony Creative Software product line include: Spectral Layers™, an audio editing platform featuring precise sound shaping capabilities and a unique visual workflow; and ThemeBuilder™ for Vegas™ Pro, a plug-in that enables intelligent template building for professional video projects. Both products are scheduled for technology demonstrations in the Sony booth.
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| | | | Qumu Pathfinder Release: Intelligent Routing of Video Content
Qumu Pathfinder knows who you are, where you are, and what type of device you are using
Qumu, the leading business video platform provider and a Rimage company (NASDAQ: RIMG), today announced its 6.2 release of the Qumu Video Control Center product, which includes new, patent-pending technology called “Pathfinder”. Qumu Pathfinder represents a breakthrough in guaranteeing all users of streaming video receive a quality viewing experience regardless of their location or device.
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| | | | DTS Alliance With Adobe Brings DTS High-Definition Audio To Adobe Creative Suite Users
DTS and Adobe Address Rising Demand Among Professionals for High-Definition Audio Authoring Tools
DTS, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTSI), a leader in high-definition audio technology, today announced Adobe Systems Incorporated has integrated DTS audio technology to enhance the upcoming release of Adobe® Encore® CS6 software, the latest 64-bit version of the disc authoring software tool designed for video professionals, which is included with Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 and Adobe CS6 Production Premium.
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| | | | DTS Partners With ATEME To Deliver Premium Sound To The Next Generation Of VOD Services
ATEME Transcoders Integrate DTS Neural Surround™ Technology, Allowing Broadcasters to Bring the Surround Sound Experience into the Home
DTS, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTSI), a leader in high-definition audio, today announced an international agreement with ATEME, the leading provider of efficient video compression technology, to integrate DTS Neural Surround™ technology into its TITAN range of video transcoders, (click to tweet) enabling surround sound in the latest generation of IPTV, OTT and VOD services. This collaboration offers an end-to-end solution that allows broadcasters and service providers to deliver premium entertainment content with immersive audio into the home.
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| | | | DTS Joins Forces With Deluxe Digital Distribution To Enhance Audio Experience Across Digital Entertainment Marketplace
DTS Joins Forces With Deluxe Digital Distribution To Enhance Audio Experience Across Digital Entertainment Marketplace
DTS, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTSI), a leader in high-definition audio, today announced it has entered into an agreement with Deluxe Digital Distribution (D3), Inc. a subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. By integrating DTS premium audio technologies into the Deluxe Digital Media Library, D3 continues to drive high-performance solutions to enhance their expanding catalog of premium titles. Leveraging their broad reach and industry expertise DTS’ agreement with Deluxe enables major studios and retailers to offer digitally streamed content with unparalleled audio quality.
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| | | | JVC KENWOOD To Convert Premiere Catalog Titles to Blu-ray 3D for Home
 I, Robot Takes on New Dimension on Blu-ray 3D Format
JVC KENWOOD and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announced today that I, Robot, the successful science-fiction action film, will be the first title in a series of legacy movies being converted to Blu-ray 3D for the home. JVC KENWOOD has developed a new 2D3D conversion process that will convert movies to Blu-ray 3D.
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| | | | Lightworks is back. To the future
EditShare announces the official release of Lightworks is to be 28th May 2012 and demonstrates important new features including advanced Long-GOP editing for DSLRs and all popular camcorder formats
After a hugely successful 18-month beta program, EditShare is pleased to announce the official release of Lightworks, the world-class NLE, on the 28th of May 2012.
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| | | | Aspera Supports Growing Worldwide Post-Production Services at Deluxe
Expanded High-availability deployment supports global, high-speed digital workflows with faspex person-to-person file delivery, Connect Server, and centralized management
Aspera, Inc., creators of next-generation software technologies that move the world’s data at maximum speed, today announced that Deluxe Digital Studios, a subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., and a leading provider of entertainment industry services and technologies to the major Hollywood Studios, is expanding its Aspera deployment to meet the growing demand for its industry-leading post production services.
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| | | | Matrox Announces Support for Adobe Creative Suite 6 Production Premium Software
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced support for the upcoming release of Adobe® Creative Suite® 6 Production Premium and Adobe Mercury Transmit with the Matrox MXO2™ family of I/O devices and the Matrox Mojito MAX™ I/O card. The award-winning Matrox I/O products provide broadcast-quality video and audio input, output, and monitoring to enable traditional tape-based workflows including deck control for frame-accurate batch capture and print-to-tape.
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| | | | Panasonic Introduces BT-LH1850 High-Performance HD/SD Monitor
18.5" Panel Delivers New Functionality: HD & SD Closed Caption Display, Waveform Monitor for R/B/G Signals, RS-485 Serial Remote and Reduced Power Consumption
Panasonic unveiled today the new BT-LH1850, an 18.5” high-performance HD/SD LCD production monitor with 1366 x 768 resolution, featuring improved cost-performance and significant advances in functionality.
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| | | | Eye Scream Factory Unveils 200+ Transitions for Avid FX and Boris RED
200+ completely customizable designer transition presets for just $49.95
Eye Scream Factory, a provider of time-saving design templates, presets, and royalty-free content for digital media artists, today announced the availability of 200+ transition presets for Avid FX v6, a plug-in application for transitions, professional text, and advanced composites inside Avid Media Composer and Symphony, and Boris RED v5, a plug-in application for transitions, professional text, and advanced composites inside Adobe, Apple, Grass Valley, Media 100, and Sony video editing software. This first volume of Eye Scream Factory presets features 200+ designer transition effects ranging from extruded shatters, lens flares, lens blurs, caustics, and volumetric rays to organic wipes and waves. The customizable, cross-platform transition effects can be applied at any duration.
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| | | | Sony Creative Software Announces Artist Integrated Loop Library Trio
New Sound Series Loops Deliver Fresh, Creative Options for Music Producers
Sony Creative Software, a leading global provider of professional editing and authoring applications, today announced the availability of a new trio of Sony Sound Series Premium Collection, Artist Integrated loop library titles for making rock, pop, jazz, R&B and reggae music.
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| | | | Matrox MC-100 SDI-to-HDMI Mini Converter Now Shipping
One Unit Lets Users Monitor, Distribute, Switch, Multiplex, and Converge Video Signals
Matrox Video Products Group today announced that Matrox MC-100, a dual SDI-to-HDMI mini converter that supports a wide range of display resolutions through 3G, Dual Link, HD, and SD-SDI, is now available from Matrox dealers worldwide. Priced at $495 US, this single portable unit can be used as an HD-SDI switcher, a distribution amplifier, a multiplexer, and a 3D processing unit, making it the most versatile mini converter on the market.
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| | | | Matrox Announces Support for Avid Media Composer 6 With Full Line of Matrox MXO2 I/O Devices and New Matrox Mojito MAX Card
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced support for Avid® Media Composer® version 6 with the entire range of Matrox MXO2 I/O devices and the new Matrox Mojito™ MAX™ card. Not only do Matrox I/O products provide broadcast-quality input and output, they also let users deliver H.264 files for the web, mobile devices, and Blu-ray up to five times faster than software alone, without sacrificing quality. Other important features include 10-bit hardware scaling, inexpensive HD monitoring with the exclusive Matrox HDMI Calibration Utility, and 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound monitoring using professional connections.
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| | | | Sony Creative Software Announces Acquisition of NetBlender
Combination Will Extend World-Class Blu-ray Disc Authoring Capabilities to Additional Multimedia Professionals and Prosumers
Sony Creative Software, a global provider of professional video editing, music creation and optical disc authoring solutions, today announced it is acquiring NetBlender, a leading developer of Blu-ray Disc™ creation tools. Through the agreement, Sony Creative Software will acquire NetBlender's DoStudio product line of authoring applications to expand its current portfolio of Blu-ray Disc software products which currently includes DVD Architect™ and Blu-print®.
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| | | | Sony Announces New Upgrade Of Vegas Pro Software
Award-Winning NLE Software Provides Comprehensive GPU Acceleration, NVIDIA 3D Vision Support and New Titling Technology
Sony Creative Software, a leading global provider of professional editing and authoring applications, today announced the latest upgrade to its Vegas™ editing technology. Vegas Pro 11 adds significant performance improvements to the award-winning NLE, courtesy of OpenCL™ and highly optimized GPU hardware acceleration for video processing and rendering. Vegas Pro 11 is the world's first Windows-based OpenCL NLE, broadly supporting the open standard for core video editing operations, video effects and rendering. Other new features include NVIDIA 3D Vision support for single-display 3D computers such as the VAIO F Series 3D laptops and L Series 3D desktops, an enhanced video stabilizer tool, and new software tools for creating animated titles.
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| | | | Blackmagic Design Receives Creative COW Blue Ribbon User’s Choice Award For Best Of Show At NAB
Blackmagic Design is the proud recipient of Creative COW’s Blue Ribbon Award for Best of Show at the NAB Show 2011. Every year, Creative COW’s editors feel the pulse of the industry by monitoring the feedback from over 1.7 million monthly visitors in the months following NAB. Creative COW then announces the products and technologies that working professionals have identified as most likely to have the biggest impact on their future. For the second year in a row, Creative COW's membership has named Blackmagic Design as the product manufacturer that impacted the most professionals.
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| | | | VB-Audio Announces MT128 Software is Now Available
 After two years of intensive real-life testing, we are proud to announce that our MT128 software is now available to equipment makers and service providers in the fields of entertainment, radio, television, and special events.
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| | | | EditShare Reveals Phase Two of the Lightworks Open Source Initiative at IBC 2011
The groundbreaking Lightworks Open Source project enters Phase Two; three-tier membership program, advanced stereoscopic features and expanded 3rd party support
EditShare®, the technology leader in cross platform collaborative editing and shared media storage, is pleased to announce Phase Two of the Lightworks Open Source initiative. The Phase Two roll out includes a three-tier Lightworks membership program; a slew of new editing and workflow capabilities including a native titling tool, stereoscopic support, and advanced interoperability; as well as a new keyboard designed specifically for Lightworks functions and shortcuts.
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| | | | A New Method Emerges In Australia
Sydney and Melbourne add to Method Studio’s Global Footprint
Method Studios, the visual effects group within the Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, announced today the addition of three facilities in Australia, further expanding Method’s already established network of studios in Los Angeles, Vancouver, New York and London.
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| | | | MAXON CINEMA 4D Release 13 Now Available
Next Generation Simplifies Character Animation, Adds Stereographic Capabilities and Physical Rendering
Today, MAXON announced the immediate availability of CINEMA 4D Release 13, the next generation of its industry- leading 3D motion graphics, visual effects, painting, and rendering software application. With all new character tools, integrated stereographic capabilities, streamlined multi-artist collaboration and physical rendering, CINEMA 4D Release 13 builds on the company’s 25-year legacy of enabling digital content creators around the world to produce highly engaging content quickly and easily for a variety of industries.
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| | | | MAXON Unveils CINEMA 4D Release 13
Next Generation Simplifies Character Animation, Adds Stereographic Capabilities and Physical Rendering
Today, MAXON announced CINEMA 4D Release 13, the next generation of its industry- leading 3D motion graphics, visual effects, painting, and rendering software application. With all new character tools, integrated stereographic capabilities, streamlined multi-artist collaboration and physical rendering, CINEMA 4D Release 13 builds on the company’s 25-year legacy of enabling digital content creators around the world to produce highly engaging content quickly and easily for a variety of industries.
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| | | | Video-8 Leverages Dalet's Media Asset Management In The Cloud
Australian broadcast service facility taps Dalet to manage assets and production for new online service delivery
Video-8 Media, an Australian company specializing in production and distribution services for the broadcast market, has launched a Cloud-based Media Asset Management (MAM) service utilizing Dalet Enterprise Edition. With high-end data centers in Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne, Video-8 customers utilize Dalet MAM tools to upload, edit, store, distribute and archive content from just about any location in the world
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| | | | Matrox Presents Convert DVI Plus HD-SDI Scan Converter at InfoComm 2011
Cost-effective HD-SDI scan converter with genlock and region-of-interest support is ideal for driving projectors and large displays at live events and in houses of worship
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced that Matrox Convert DVI Plus, an SD/HD SDI scan converter with high-end features priced at just $1495 US, will be demonstrated at InfoComm 2011 in booth 4063 of the Orange County Convention Center, June 15-17.
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| | | | Sony Creative Software Announces Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11
Award-Winning Application Introduces Stereoscopic 3D Editing, Simplified Workflows and Added File Format Support in Latest Upgrade
Sony Creative Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio editing applications, today announced the availability of a new version of its award-winning consumer video editing software Vegas™ Movie Studio HD Platinum 11. The latest version of the application provides professional-grade stereoscopic 3D capabilities and added file format support, enabling users to produce more immersive media projects in nearly any format. Specifically, support for Sony MVC and MPO files allows users to work natively with these 3D formats directly on the Vegas Movie Studio timeline.
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| | | | Bakery Relight™ Lights Up FMX 2011
Early Adopters of New CG Lighting and Rendering Software Lend Their Support as Bakery Relight Heads for 16th Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Interactive Media
The Bakery, the 3D computer graphics software company, will be showcasing Bakery Relight™, their game-changing animation and visual effects lighting and rendering solution at FMX 2011 from 3 - 6 May, at the Haus der Wirtschaft in Stuttgart, Germany. The software, which launched at NAB 2011 in Las Vegas in April has quickly garnered plaudits and strong support from early adopters, and is already making its mark at production facilities internationally.
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| | | | American Film Institute Presents 37th Annual AFI Directing Workshop For Women
Creative COW® And Levi's® Shape What's To Come™ Provide Enhanced Financial Support To Program
The American Film Institute (AFI) today announced the details for its 37th annual Directing Workshop for Women (DWW) Showcase and the participants of its upcoming 2011 cycle. The program provides classroom training and hands-on production experience for female directors in the entertainment industry.
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| | | | EditFest NY 2011: The Summer's Hottest Editing Extravaganza Returns
American Cinema Editors and Manhattan Edit Workshop bring editors, filmmakers and moviegoers alike the biggest blockbuster event of the summer; the only thing small about this year's EditFest NY is the price tag
The American Cinema Editor's (ACE) EditFest NY, the east coast version of ACE's popular EditFest series originally launched in 2008 as ACE EditFest LA, is gearing up for its return to New York City as the blockbuster editing event of the summer.
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| | | | Silhouette FX Presents: Master Rotoscoping with Silhouette
Master VFX artist Ben Brownlee takes users through the essential ins and outs of Rotoscoping in brand new video training course from Silhouette FX
SilhouetteFX, LLC is pleased to announce the immediate availability of its brand new training, Master Rotoscoping with Silhouette, presented by VFX artist Ben Brownlee. This Curious Turtle original course takes users through seven-hours of quality video training, in pinsharp 1080P HD, including the best strategies for analyzing any shot and creating perfect mattes and masks with Silhouette.
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| | | | Matrox Announces Thunderbolt Enabled MXO2 Devices at NAB 2011
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced Matrox MXO2 devices featuring the all-new Thunderbolt™ technology developed by Intel® and brought to market with collaboration from Apple. Thunderbolt technology is a high-speed I/O technology running at 10 gigabits per second that brings together high-speed data transfer and high-definition (HD) display on to a single cable. It is currently available on the Apple MacBook Pro line. The Matrox MXO2 devices provide broadcast-quality video and audio capture, monitoring, output, and H.264 encoding for use with leading editing and content creation applications.
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| | | | Matrox Announces Support for Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium Software
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced support for Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Production Premium software with the Matrox MXO2 family of I/O devices. The award-winning Matrox MXO2 devices provide cross-platform Mac and Windows support and can be easily moved among desktop systems in a facility, installed in an OB van, or taken on the road with a laptop.
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| | | | Sony Creative Software Announces New World-Class Sound Effects Series from The Detroit Chop Shop
Series Offers Extensive Collection of Broadcast Quality Sound Effects
Sony Creative Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio editing applications, today announced the availability of a new sound effects series created by renowned production studio, The Detroit Chop Shop. Featuring broadcast quality sounds, the new software series comprises 10 complete volumes of ready-to-use sound effects.
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| | | | Sony Creative Software Releases New Update for Vegas Pro
Award-Winning NLE Improves Closed Captioning, Adds Support for GPU Rendering on AMD ATI Graphic Chipsets, and Adds 3D Blu-ray Disc™ Timeline Burning Capability for Complete 3D Solution
Sony Creative Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio editing applications, today announced the availability of Vegas™ Pro 10.0d. The award-winning NLE now includes improved closed captioning options, comprehensive 3D solutions, support for AMD's ATI graphics chipsets using OpenCL™ as well as an improved track group workflow.
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| | | | Testronic Labs Shatters Testing Milestones
Industry Leader Tests SKUs of 5,500 Blu-ray and 75 3D Titles
Testronic Labs, the recognized global leader in quality assurance services for film and television, games, websites, hardware and software, has announced the celebration of two key milestones this month; the testing of its 5,500th Blu-ray disc SKU and the testing of its 75th 3D SKU. Both accomplishments represent an industry record, and confirm Testronic's place at the forefront of Quality Assurance testing for the Home Entertainment community.
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| | | | Creative COW Video Podcasts Earn 8 of Top 10 Positions On Apple iTunes
Key Technology Industries Rely Extensively On Creative COW “How-To” and “Tech” Video Podcasts
CreativeCOW.net (Communities of the World), the leading online peer-to-peer hub for media production professionals in film, broadcast, and related fields, is setting the industry benchmark with its array of free Video Podcasts available on Apple’s iTunes. On January 31st, Creative COW video podcasts held all of the top 6 spots in the “Software How-to” category, as well as 8 of the top 10, and a total of 17 of the top 100 podcasts. No other publisher had more than 4 podcasts in the top 100.
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| | | | Matrox Announces HD-SDI Scan Converter with Genlock and Region-of-Interest Support at $1495
Matrox Convert DVI Plus lets broadcasters easily and economically get Skype, YouTube, and mobile phone videos to air
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced Matrox Convert DVI Plus, an SD/HD SDI scan converter with high-end features priced at just $1495 US. Matrox Convert DVI Plus lets broadcasters easily and economically take the computer-based content that is quickly becoming a key part of the nightly news to air. It’s ideal for creating broadcast video from computer applications such as Skype, YouTube, Google Earth, video games, and web browser sessions, as well as citizen journalists’ mobile phone videos.
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| | | | Exploring Maui.com Launches to Provide Millions of Whale Enthusiasts Information About Whale Watching and Whale Photography
 “The Humpback Whale Guide” iPhone App and “The Art of Whale Photography” Instructional DVD Series Provide Experts’ Tips on Maximizing Experience, Especially During Peak Winter Season, December to April
Jim Tierney, digital guru, adventure photographer and Maui resident, is pleased to announce the launch of Exploring Maui.com, a new website providing information and products for Humpback whale watchers. Recent estimates indicate as many as 13 million people go on a whale watching tour each year – nearly half of them in North America – spending more than US $2 billion. In Hawaii alone, 500,000 visitors take whale watching tours attracted by the up to 12,000 majestic Humpbacks that migrate from Alaska every winter.
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| | | | Big Pic Media Brings State-of-the-Art Digital Workflow to BVE 2011
Introducing the Technologies that are Transforming Film and Broadcast Production
Big Pic Media, a worldwide resource for industry-leading postproduction products and services will be exhibiting at the BVE Expo in London on Feb. 15-17 (Stand L.52). BVE is Britain's largest film and broadcast tradeshow. In 2010, BVE drew well over 12,000 visitors and nearly 250 distributors, manufacturers and resellers.
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| | | | Color Mill Counts on Cache-A Pro-Cache To Archive Danny Boyle's "127 Hours"
Archive Appliances Provide Key Digital Workflow Component To Safeguard Digital Content, Provide Quick Turnaround, Ensure Compatibility, Fulfill Bonding Requirements
Cache-A Corporation, a leading supplier of network-attached archive appliances for the digital film, broadcast and professional video industries, has announced that Color Mill, in Salt Lake City, UT, utilized its Pro-Cache archive appliance to archive Danny Boyle’s latest feature film, "127 Hours".
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| | | | Matrox Adds Exciting New Workflow Features to Matrox MXO2 Product Line
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced the immediate availability of release 2.1 software for the Matrox MXO2 family of I/O devices for Mac. Key features of this release include Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium support and a powerful new stand-alone software application, Matrox Vetura Capture.
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| | | | All New Editor’s Toolkit Pro Singles - Matching Animated Graphics
Create A Signature Look For Your Production With Coordinated Graphic Elements
Digital Juice® announced that it is adding ten new volumes to its highly successful Editor’s Toolkit Pro Singles product line. The ten new titles bring this line of matching animated graphics to 224 volumes, and cover an array of different styles and themes.
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| | | | Mediasilo Announces Expressbox
On-demand Large File Transfer Service for Video Production and Post Production Companies
Boston-based online video collaboration and content management platform, MediaSilo, announces the release of ExpressBox, a service that offers accelerated point to point file transfers and eliminates expensive overnight video deliveries.
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| | | | Give Your Art A Place To Start With Digital Juice's Texture Toolkit
Digital Juice® announced today the release of Texture Toolkit™ 1, a 5 DVD library featuring over 1000 high-resolution textured graphical backgrounds and images. Artists will find a broad selection of themes like Elements, Materials, Food and Drink, Nature and Shapes as well as style categories such as Abstract, Clean, Decorative and Pastel to mention just a few.
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| | | | Sony Vegas Pro 10 & Vegas Pro Production Assistant 2 Now Available
Upgraded Version of Award-Winning NLE Provides Superior 3D Editing; New Version of Vegas Pro Plug-in Dramatically Increases Pipeline Efficiency
Sony Creative Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio editing applications, today announced the availability of Vegas Pro 10 and Vegas Pro Production Assistant 2 software.
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| | | | |  Articles and Tutorials: Sony Creative Software Acquisition Of Netblender Boosts Blu-Ray AuthoringSony Creative Software has recently acquired NetBlender, which offers the DoStudio product line of Blu-ray Disc creation tools. With this purchase, Sony Creative Software now offers three solutions for Blu-ray Disc authoring, including its existing products DVD Architect and Blu-print.Read Article Subscribe Adobe Encore Basics 1: Getting Sequences into EncoreEncore is Adobe's very powerful DVD and Blu-ray production software and ships with Premiere Pro and is capable of producing Hollywood standard DVDs. In this series of tutorials, Andrew Devis demonstrates how to get started with Encore so that you can produce high quality DVDs that reflect your work. In this first tutorial Andrew shows how to get your sequences into Encore ready to link up for DVD/Blu-Ray/Web DVD creation Read Article Subscribe Vegas Pro 8 CollectionIn this review, CreativeCOWs Jim Harvey takes a look at The Vegas Pro collection which combines Vegas Pro 8, DVD Architect Pro 4.5, and Dolby(R) Digital AC-3 encoding software to offer an integrated environment for all phases of professional video, audio, DVD, and broadcast production.Read Article Subscribe Adobe Production Studio Comes to the MacAdobe's Simon Hayhurst, Director of Product Management for Dynamic Media, takes Creative COW inside the Production Studio's journey across platforms. How much of it? Premiere Pro? Encore DVD? Yes, ALL of it! The Adobe Production Studio software bundle finally comes to the Mac.Read Article Subscribe Media 100 Producer: Media 100's software-only editorCreative Cow's Nick Griffin, a longtime Media 100 user, switched to Final Cut Pro a few years ago. Here, he explores Media 100 Producer, a new software-only editor from Media 100. Media 100 Producer offers a mobile and scalable editing environment as well as FireWire I/O and Panasonic P2 acquisition capabilities. Ideal for in-the-field or mobile editing, editors using Media 100 Producer can shoot using their Panasonic P2 camera and immediately begin editing. In addition, Media 100 Producer can use media captured by Apple Final Cut Pro and Media 100 and output via FireWire or export to DVD or web. Nick explores this latest offering from Media 100 and gives it 4-1/2 Cows out of five. Why? read on...Read Article Subscribemore articles » Blogs: Lynda.com Gets BiggerAs many of you know, I distribute several online classes through Lynda.com. This news just broke and I wanted to share it with you. It means that the Lynda library gets even bigger (with no price change to you). It also opens a bunch of additional languages of learning to...Read Blog Subscribe Popular switches to Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 for latest Burton Snowboards film—“13”Award-winning creative company produces epic work using a variety of footage and an Adobe centered workflow Imagine some of the world’s most progressive snowboarders risking their lives to shoot in beautiful remote locations—all cut to great music. This year, Burton Snowboards chased winter to produce an original film to kick...Read Blog Subscribe For reference: VLC can loop a playlistNot sure I like the new iTunes-esque interface, but still VLC is possibly my favourite and most used software. When making a video playlist that you'll be showing on loop at an event, just go to Playback -> Repeat All Or Command + L on a Mac. Beats making a...Read Blog Subscribemore blogs » Podcasts:Final DeliveryAharon Rabinowitz discusses the process and pitfalls of final delivery of a project. Topics covered include: Project Specifications, Hardware and software specifications, Safe Areas, Compression formats and software, and issues with various DVD media.Tune In Subscribemore podcasts »Related Tags | | | | |
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