| | | | 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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| | | | 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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| | | | 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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| | | | FotoKem and SPY Combine Talent and Services on Sundance Winner Fruitvale
 FotoKem and SPY (a FotoKem company) combined in-house talent and key post-production services for the Sundance winning film Fruitvale, written and directed by Ryan Coogler with cinematography by Rachel Morrison. The film won the festival’s coveted Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award for a drama, and was acquired by The Weinstein Company soon after its premiere screening.
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| | | | FotoKem Automates nextLAB Integration with PIX System
 Improved Process Powers “House of Cards” Dailies
The latest version of FotoKem’s award-winning nextLAB™ software for advanced media management now automates the transfer of dailies to PIX System’s industry-leading digital collaboration service. nextLAB transcodes the source media files, and immediately uploads the material and over 60 fields of searchable metadata per take directly into PIX. This strategic relationship increases the efficiency of a dailies workflow, and makes it easier for productions to securely access and leverage not just their media, but all the associated production data.
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| | | | Margarita Mix’s Jimmy Hite Wins HPA Award
 Jimmy Hite, Chief Sound Engineer for Margarita Mix, won the Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA) Award for Outstanding Sound in a Commercial for the Nissan Leaf spot, “Gas Powered Everything.” Hite’s work on the commercial included a 5.1 surround sound mix. He was also recognized earlier this year with a Bronze Telly Award for the same spot.
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| | | | Award-winning Mixer Paul Hurtubise Joins Margarita Mix
 Margarita Mix, a FotoKem company specializing in audio post services for commercials and advertising media, has added sound mixer Paul Hurtubise to its talent roster. The highly regarded sound designer/mixer and music composer has been contributing his art and craft to the industry since 1996. His work includes numerous Super Bowl spots throughout his career, and he has earned CLIO and Telly Awards, among other accolades.
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| | | | The Hollywood Post Alliance Sales Career Resource Group Presents On-Set Dailies: WTF? Part 2
Experts Expand the Conversation on October 10th
On October 10, The Hollywood Post Alliance® Sales Career Resource Group (SCRG) will present On-Set Dailies: WTF? Part 2. In July, On-Set Dailies: WTF (What's the Flow) was the best-attended SCRG luncheon ever, digging into the workflow conundrum and solutions facing networks, creatives and studios. The lively and sometimes controversial conversation continues with On-Set Dailies: WTF? Part 2 and will also focus on where the flow is headed. While Part 1 asked the question, "What's the Flow?" Part 2 asks, "What's the Future?"
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| | | | FotoKem Serves The Master’s 65mm with Large Format Expertise
 Facility Uniquely Positioned to Support the Director’s Vision
FotoKem provided all the large format and finishing services for Paul Thomas Anderson’s lauded film, The Master, which opened nationally on September 21. One of the most anticipated dramatic features of 2012, The Master has received critical acclaim and film festival honors, including a Silver Lion at the recent Venice Film Festival, and broke a box office record for per-theater-average its first weekend in limited release. Produced by Annapurna Pictures, the film is being distributed by The Weinstein Company.
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| | | | Faith Hill Belts Out A New Anthem For “Sunday Night Football” With Bodega, SPY and NBC
 New York/San Francisco-based content creation/production company Bodega, SPY and director Jonathan Keeton team up with NBC Sports Group and NBC Sports’ creative/co-director Tripp Dixon to deliver full-throttle football excitement in the new 1:40 game opener for NBC's Sunday Night Football, the No. 1 show on primetime television. Featuring Faith Hill and NFL stars including New York Giants quarterback and Super Bowl XLVI MVP Eli Manning, the piece marks the first spot for editor Alan Chimenti out of his new east coast roost, Bodega's sister company Northern Lights. The opener debuted prior to the opening Sunday Night Football game of the season on September 9th, and will air throughout this season and next.
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| | | | KMP Adds Respected Colorist Ted Brady
Expanding Talent Roster Supports Growing Facility
Keep Me Posted (KMP), a FotoKem company specializing in the finishing of episodic television, promos, commercials and trailers, has announced that colorist Ted Brady has joined its in-house talent roster. Brady brings nearly three decades of experience working with renowned creatives in the broadcast and film industries. He will begin work immediately on several of KMP’s television shows.
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| | | | Pacific Post To Package FotoKem’s nextLAB® with Avid Systems
Pacific Post, a leading provider of Avid rental equipment and editorial space in Hollywood for the film and television industry, will integrate FotoKem’s award-winning nextLAB® software into their editorial offerings. The agreement allows Pacific Post to offer FotoKem’s nextLAB® dailies and data management software solution with Avid editorial systems.
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| | | | Veteran VFX Supervisor Peter Vazquez Joins KMP
 Facility Strengthens One-Stop Shop Offerings with Expanded VFX for TV Services
Keep Me Posted (KMP), a FotoKem company, has appointed veteran VFX Supervisor Peter Vazquez to spearhead the expansion of the company’s visual effects services. Vazquez’s experience in visual effects cinematography and supervision includes work for television, commercials, features, main titles and themed entertainment. In his new role,Vazquez will oversee the VFX pipeline and deliverables, extending KMP’s one-stop shop services.
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| | | | Filmworkers Puts FotoKem’s nextLAB® in the House
Software Powers Workflow for Respected Midwest Facility
FotoKem’s nextLAB®, a powerful end-to-end software solution for file-based film and television productions, has been put into service at Chicago’s Filmworkers Club, where it will be used on certain projects to help manage input from camera dailies, through the color pipeline, to delivery. Filmworkers Club is a highly respected facility, providing post production for spots, shorts, features, and television in the Midwest. The software platform was installed in the facility in March.
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| | | | FotoKem's File-based Dailies Software Offers Unparalleled Functionality in Post Production Pipelines
FotoKem has unveiled the newest version of its nextLAB software and on-set system. Designed and developed in house by FotoKem's software development team, nextLAB v3.0 can manage digital camera files and metadata, supporting ARRI Alexa and Sony F65 in their native raw formats, RED Epic and Scarlet, Silicon Imaging, and the Canon DSLRs and EOS lines. nextLAB v3.0 also incorporates the Academy Color Encoding Specifications (ACES) architecture, an increasingly important capability for filmmakers. The development of nextLAB and its ongoing advancements are products of the company's technology teams, backed by five decades of experience in the post production industry.
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| | | | FotoKem’s nextLAB Puts Solid Workflow Into Place for Canon Cinema EOS C500/C500 PL Debut
“Man & Beast” Premieres at NAB with Start to Finish Support from nextLAB
FotoKem’s nextLAB, a powerful end-to-end software solution for film and television productions using file-based workflows, played a pivotal role in the production of demonstration footage to support the development announcement of the Canon Cinema EOS C500 and the Cinema EOS C500 PL for use with EF-mount and PL-mount lenses respectively. Both upcoming cameras will be capable of originating 4K (4096 x 2160-pixel) resolution digital motion imagery with uncompressed RAW output for external recording.
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| | | | Veteran Color Scientist Joseph Slomka Joins FotoKem
Noted expert to shepherd advances in imaging strategies
FotoKem has appointed Joseph Slomka as VP and Principal Color Scientist for the company’s digital post-production and creative picture services. Slomka will spearhead the execution of color science, management, and best practices for FotoKem’s extensive picture production chain, from location services to distribution masters. Before joining the FotoKem team, Slomka served for 6 years as Color Scientist of Sony Pictures Imageworks, managing the color pipeline for over 30 major studio pictures in addition to multiple facility projects.
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| | | | Spy Opens Doors On New Creative Studio In Santa Monica
 Emmy Award-winning Artist Scott Rader Joins Team
SPY, a FotoKem company offering creative finishing services for commercials and feature films, has opened a new studio in Santa Monica, Calif. SPY: LA extends the capabilities of its main facility in San Francisco, and will specialize in VFX based commercial productions. SPY: LA began work in December on a number of visually compelling spots for such clients as UPS, Asics, THQ/UFC, Hillshire Farm and Canon. The new West Coast locale is within FotoKem's award-winning sound studio Margarita Mix.
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| | | | Visual Effects Society (VES) Announces Nominees For 10th Annual VES Awards
“Tintin” leads with most feature nominations; “Boardwalk Empire” for broadcast
The Visual Effects Society (VES) today announced the nominees for its 10th Annual VES Awards ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects artistry in 23 categories of film, animation, television, commercials, special venues and video games. Nominees were chosen Saturday, January 7 by distinguished panels of VES members who viewed submissions at the FotoKem screening facilities in Burbank and New York, FotoKem’s Spy in San Francisco, and other facilities in London, Sydney, Vancouver and Wellington, NZ.
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| | | | 20th Century Fox purchases Pablo PA for 'Chronicle'
Quantel's software assist station delivers speed, efficiency and quality for major 2012 movie
20th Century Fox has purchased Quantel's Pablo PA conform, preparation and workflow software and put it into immediate service on the post production of the ARRI Alexa-shot movie 'Chronicle', slated for release on 3rd February 2012. Executive Producer James Dodson reports that Pablo PA has helped him to address three big issues - "speed, efficiency and quality".
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| | | | FotoKem Expands nextLAB to Louisiana
Incentive-fueled regional productions supported with office in New Orleans
FotoKem has opened a satellite office in New Orleans, Louisiana, to support local productions and provide quick deployment of its award-winning nextLAB services and expertise. The new downtown location near the French Quarter provides a range of industry post production services and support with an infrastructure for file-based dailies, file delivery services and offline editorial systems. FotoKem is currently working with multiple television productions and feature films in the region.
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| | | | SPY Creates Integrated Visual Effects and DI Pipeline for "Twixt"
 Facility Also Executed 3D Conversion for Coppola’s Mixed-Media Movie Experience
SPY, a FotoKem company offering visual effects and post services in the Bay Area, recently contributed hundreds of visual effects shots, the digital intermediate, and 3D conversion services to Francis Ford Coppola’s latest feature film, "Twixt", which recently screened at the 2011 Toronto Film Festival. SPY’s contribution broke new ground in a number of ways, including an unprecedented integration of visual effects and color grading in the conception and design of ghost effects that play an important role in the film.
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| | | | Hollywood Post Alliance Debuts The Reference Monitor Symposium
"Oh Say Can You See" Offers Clear Insights of the Present and Future of Reference Monitors
The Hollywood Post Alliance®, the trade association which serves the professional post production community, has announced that the HPA® Reference Monitor Symposium is set for October 1st, 2011 at The Walt Disney Studios.
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| | | | Leading LA Post Houses & Studios Choose Cache-A Archive Appliances To Safeguard Content
Faced with preserving and protecting the massive amounts of data they generate daily, many leading Los Angeles post houses are increasingly choosing Cache-A’s archive appliances. Cache-A’s complete product line – including the Pro-Cache5 and the new Prime-Cache5 – is designed to meet the needs of digital media professionals for safe, reliable and cost-effective content archiving, access and interchange.
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| | | | FotoKem's Keep Me Posted Adds Third Nucoda Film Master to its Lineup
Nucoda Supports Integrated Avid and Color Pipeline For Post Facility
Image Systems, formerly Digital Vision, has announced that Keep Me Posted (KMP), a FotoKem company, has expanded its commitment to the Nucoda Film Master in the facility, with the purchase of a third system. The need for an additional system is in response to growth in the television and promo business at KMP.
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| | | | AJA FS2 Dual Channel Universal Frame Synchronizer/Format Converter is Now Available
AJA Video Systems is now shipping FS2, its new universal frame synchronizer and format converter with two completely independent channels that support virtually any input or output. FS2 can be used as two separate frame synchronizers/converters, or channels can be combined in a variety of ways — all within a single, compact 1RU form factor — to support a wide range of workflows.
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| | | | Fletcher Camera to Represent FotoKem's nextLAB in Midwest
FotoKem, an innovative, global post production leader for the creative community, has announced that its award-winning nextLAB system is now being represented in the Midwest region by Fletcher Camera & Lenses with offices in Chicago and Detroit.
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| | | | NVIDIA Revs Up SPY’s VFX Engines for “Priest”
In the post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller “Priest” from Screen Gems, a warrior man of the cloth ventures out from hiding when his niece is kidnapped by a pack of murderous vampires. Directed by Scott Charles Stewart from the graphic novel of the same name, “Priest” was released in 2D and stereoscopic 3D, and premiered on May 13th.
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| | | | HPA Award Winners, “Best of Tech Retreat” Set For NAB Post Pit
The Hollywood Post Alliance takes Center Stage Wednesday, April 13th, Announces 2011 Call for Entries
Winners of special honors from the 2010 Hollywood Post Alliance® Awards, and highlights from the HPA's renowned Tech Retreat, will be featured in NAB's Post Pit on Wednesday, April 13, 2011. The HPA Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation in Post Production, the Engineering Excellence Award and "Best of Tech Retreat" winners will all be featured from 10:00am to 4:00pm, at the Post Pit in the South Hall, booth number SL12205.
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| | | | Schel Kuehnert to Lead Sales for Digital Vision Americas
 Senior Executive Joins Digital Vision in Expansion of Operations
Digital Vision, the leading supplier of color grading, finishing, mastering and restoration solutions for the broadcast, film, and commercial industries, has announced that respected technical sales expert Schel Kuehnert has come onboard to manage Digital Vision's growing U.S. presence.
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| | | | 2010 Hollywood Post Alliance Awards Opens Ticket Sales
A Night to Celebrate Post Production On November 11th
The Hollywood Post Alliance® has announced that tickets are now available for the 2010 HPA Awards. The HPA Awards recognize the achievements of those individuals working with ingenuity and creativity behind the scenes creating motion pictures, commercials and television.
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| | | | Keep Me Posted installs Quantel Pablo 4K System
Leading LA Postproduction company chooses Quantel for workflow, speed and adaptability
Postproduction company Keep Me Posted (KMP), a division of FotoKem, has installed a new Quantel Pablo 4K system for color grading and finishing. The new system is also capable of stereoscopic 3D work.
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| | | | FotoKem Selects Baselight for New Post Production Facility in Budapest
FilmLight today announced that FotoKem has installed Baselight EIGHT and Baselight HD colour grading systems at its newly-built post production facility in Budapest. The systems will anchor two Digital Intermediate theatres with Baselight Eight used for 2K/4K grading of conventional and stereoscopic films.
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| | | | FotoKem's Keep Me Posted Puts Nucoda Film Masters Into Fully Integrated Post Pipeline
Digital Vision Becomes a Critical Piece of Avid Integrated Workflow for Television Episodics with Two Film Masters
Digital Vision, provider of powerful image enhancement, color correction and restoration systems for a wide spectrum of content, announced today that FotoKem's Keep Me Posted (KMP) has expanded their commitment to them with a hardware, storage, and software upgrade to their existing Film Master.
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| | | | Just Months After Launching Smoke For Mac OS X, Autodesk Sees Enthusiastic Response
Autodesk Smoke All-in-One Editorial Finishing and Powerful 3D Visual Effects Software Shows Widespread Adoption
Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) has seen widespread adoption of Autodesk Smoke software for Mac OS X, an all-in-one editorial finishing solution for Mac-based creative workflows. Smoke for Mac OS X launched on December 15, 2009, and since then, customers have used the software's comprehensive creative toolset for dozens of film and television projects. In just three months, the 30-day trial has been downloaded by thousands of artists worldwide.
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| | | | FotoKem Purchases ARRI Relativity Software
FotoKem, a leading full-service motion picture post production house, has recently added the powerful Relativity software suite to their arsenal of existing ARRI Digital Intermediate Systems products including the ARRILASER and ARRISCAN systems.
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| | | | DCS Event to explore tapeless workflow at the motion picture lab
Attendees will get up-close look at FotoKem’s new specialty division nextLAB
The Digital Cinema Society (DCS), an international nonprofit educational cooperative invites the professional production community to a meeting exploring tapeless workflow at the motion picture lab. The meeting will take place on Saturday, December 5, from 10:00 AM until Noon, at FotoKem in Burbank.
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| | | | Can Communicate undertakes all the Stereo3D for Channel 4's 3D week on Quantel Pablo
Four new one hour programs produced from scratch and three movies processed in just three weeks with Quantel Stereo3D technology
London-based Can Communicate is nearing completion of a challenging Stereo3D project for the UK's Channel 4 Television. The project involves the complete production of four one hour Stereo3D programs, and also the processing of three full length Stereo3D movies.
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| | | | Celco Introduces FirestormEX Film Recorder at IBC 2009
Ultimate solution for low-cost, high-speed, high-resolution digital film transfers
CELCO is introducing at IBC2009 the FireStorm EX, a new entry level Motion Picture Digital Film Recorder to complement the latest in its highly successful line of Firestorm Digital Motion Picture Recorders, and announced its immediate availability.
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| | | | Spy Post purchases Pablo 4K color correction system
San Francisco post house launches new Visual Effects unit with Quantel technology
Spy Post, the San Francisco post house known for its work in commercials and feature film post production, has purchased a Quantel Pablo 4K non-linear color correction system. The Pablo is equipped with a full raft of Quantel’s MME acceleration technology as well as Quantel’s Stereo 3D toolset.
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| | | | Avid DS 10 Speeds Creative Hi-Res Online Process
Integrated solution enables facilities to enhance creativity, turn projects around quicker and complete entire post process in one system
Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID) today launched Avid® DS version 10: a solution designed to save customers time and money by offering professional editing, compositing, keying, image retouching, paint and graphics capabilities in one application.
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| | | | CELCO Showcases Firestorm 4K Film Recorder @ NAB 2008
Ultimate solution for low-cost, high-speed, high-resolution digital film transfers
CELCO is showcasing at NAB2008 the new Firestorm 4K, the latest in its highly successful line of Firestorm Digital Motion Picture Recorders, and announced its immediate availability. The Firestorm 4K is ideal for HD, 2K, and 4K acquired productions, digital intermediates (DI), digital trailers, tape-to-film transfers, archive-to-film, and digital film restoration.
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| | | | News:Digital Vision to Receive Emmy Engineering Award
for DVNR & DVO Picture Enhancement Systems
Digital Vision, the premier supplier of picture enhancement equipment for film and television post-production, announced today that the company will receive a 2007 Primetime Emmy® Engineering award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for its DVNR and DVO image processing systems.
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| | | | News: FotoKem Speeds DI Workflow with Nucoda
Digital Vision, a leading developer of advanced digital media applications specialising in film and video solutions, has today announced that FotoKem, one of the largest postproduction facilities in the US, has added Nucoda Film Master to the powerful arsenal of tools in its Digital Film Services Division.
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| | | | News: Sapphire Brings Finesse to FotoKem
FotoKem, the premier independently owned film & video postproduction facility based in Burbank, CA., has been providing services to the Hollywood community for more than 40 years.
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| | | | News: Leading Postproduction Facilities Invest in Avid Symphony Nitris
Company sees early momentum for new HD and SD editing and finishing system
Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced that more than 45 leading postproduction facilities and rental houses - including AlphaDogs, Inc.; A&A Post; Chainsaw; Editional Effects; FotoKem; Matchframe; Phase Three; Runway, Inc.; Towers Productions; and Wexler Video - have purchased the Avid® Symphony™ Nitris® system. Avid's newest nonlinear editing and finishing solution for HD and SD production begins shipping today - and is available through the company's worldwide reseller channel.
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| | | | |  Articles and Tutorials: House of CardsNetflix is distributing all 13 episodes of its first season House of Cards at once, on streaming platforms. That's not all that makes this new political drama series unique. With David Fincher as an executive producer and director of the first two episodes, you'd expect a digitally-savvy pipeline and you'd be correct. In this story, Fincher's post production supervisor Peter Mavromates and assistant editor Tyler Nelson talk about how FotoKem's newly evolved nextLAB system played a role in streamlining the post pipeline.Read Article Subscribemore articles » Blogs: Post NAB - The NLE Wars between the "A's" will continue, much to the users benefit.Apple: SInce NAB 2011 the NLE market has been aflutter. Apple announced release of FCPX was heralded until the new version of the App hit the street and Apple, in my humble opinion, placed that product on the market about a year too early for the majority of users to...Read Blog Subscribe NAB2011 and Director of Photography ConferenceI have been negligent in posting some of what I am doing for this years DP Conference at NAB so here is a schedule and links to some of the speakers and topics being covered. I am very thankful for the Technical assistance from Barco Inc and RealD for our...Read Blog SubscribeEnough said, Arri Launches Alexa with ProRes Recording onboard.I was lucky enough to be one of the invitees to the Alexa Launch event in Hollywood last night and Arri Auditorium has shown that they are not about to concede the digital high ground any time soon.' In the Directors Guild auditorium last night, the Hollywood luminati from the...Read Blog Subscribemore blogs »Related Tags | | | | |
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