| | | | Small Tree Shared Storage Plays Vital Role in Boutique Post-Production Company’s Rapid Growth
Company’s Flexible Storage Solution Handles Workflow Requirements
Originally founded in 2012 to handle post-production on two feature film projects, Prodigi House in Jakarta soon acquired additional clients – including Samsung and Honda – seeking support with TV commercials. With additional projects and tighter deadlines, the company installed a Titanium16 shared storage system from Small Tree, the leader in simple, affordable and powerful Ethernet-based shared storage solutions for professionals engaging in the creation, management and delivery of electronic media and entertainment content.
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| | | | EditShare Ships Field 2 Portable Shared Storage
Next-generation shared storage platform integrates media asset management in a portable form factor for on-the-move tapeless productions
EditShare®, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, announced today the availability of Field 2, its next-generation portable shared storage solution with integrated asset management. The turnkey platform includes file ingest, advanced project sharing/bin locking, and archiving capabilities in an all-in-one, high-performance and rugged chassis. Ideal for on-location shoots, ENG trucks and remote offices, the new Field 2 is durable, light and compact, meeting the most stringent airline carry-on regulations.
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| | | | ATTO Technology Chosen by TOLIS Group, Inc. for High-Performance Digital Asset Management Solution
Innovative DAM Configuration Now Available For Media and Entertainment Professionals
ATTO Technology, Inc. announced today that its ExpressSAS RAID Adapters and FastFrame 10GbEthernet Network Interface Cards (NICs) have been selected by TOLIS Group, Inc. to provide high-performance connectivity in their new ArGest CreativeSTORE Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution. Incorporating ATTO’s adapters, this appliance solution delivers an end-to-end system to ingest, edit, archive and manage digital assets. It will be on display at NAB 2013 in the TOLIS Group booth, South Hall Lower Level #SL13105, in Las Vegas, Nevada, April 8 through April 11.
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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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| | | | Yospace and 3ivx make streaming to Windows 8 easy
Yospace technology underpins a new software product from Australian online video specialist 3ivx. The 3ivx HLS Adapter allows an HLS streaming file to be read and displayed by computers, tablets and smartphones running Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. This allows content owners to serve this growing market by re-using the workflows they have in place for iOS devices.
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| | | | SynthEyes Makes Tracks for Linux
 3-D Tracker now a 3-P Tracker: Linux, OS X, and Windows
The SynthEyes 3-D tracking application completes a triple-header with the introduction of its Linux version by developer Andersson Technologies LLC, joining the existing Windows and Mac OS X versions.
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| | | | Broadcast Pix and EditShare Announce Integrated Sports Production Package
 Broadcast Pix™ and EditShare today announced a new partnership and a new integrated system for sports production. Combining any Broadcast Pix live video production system with EditShare’s Geevs Sports broadcast server and slow-motion controller, the bundle delivers an affordable sports production solution. Both companies are demonstrating the new bundle at the 2013 NAB Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center, which runs through April 11 (Broadcast Pix, Booth SL6324; EditShare, Booth SL9010).
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| | | | QOS Server Announces Ultra-Quiet Performance Raids
QOS 32-Bay, 16-Bay and 8-Bay Drives are the first to provide '6K ready' storage quiet enough for production sets and fast enough for any post facility.
Booth #SL15714, Canadian-based company QOS Server is proud to introduce its new 32-Bay, 16-Bay and 8-Bay RAID drives, purpose-built for use on production sets and in post-production facilities. Currently on display at Booth #SL15714 at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, QOS drives are the first options on the market to provide storage quiet enough for sets and fast enough for intensive post-production workflows. It's proprietary airflow and heatsink design allows flawless operation in a wide range of environments without overheating or loosing performance. The portable line of QOS servers offer superlative performance for both 2D and 3D projects from HD to 6K resolutions.
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| | | | Autodesk and Blackmagic Design Announce Technology Collaboration
Blackmagic Design and Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) announced that the two companies intend to collaborate on future integrations between Blackmagic Design technology and Autodesk technology. This collaboration will build seamless workflows for customers in the professional video, television and commercial post-production industries.
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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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| | | | EditShare Flow Takes Flight at NAB
EditShare Flow Version 3 with new AirFlow and Flow Automation delivers first-class asset management, automation and mobile access capabilities
EditShare®, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, is previewing for the first time the new EditShare Flow 3 at NAB 2013 (booth SL9010). This latest version of the Flow represents a major update to the EditShare’s popular asset management software, which includes tools for ingest, logging and browsing. The new release dramatically improves overall functionality such as visibility to all media assets including video, audio and still images. In addition to adding many new features to Flow Ingest, Logger and Browse modules, EditShare has significantly expanded Flow production workflow capabilities with the addition of Flow Automation and AirFlow modules.
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| | | | NVIDIA Accelerates Creative Workflows at NAB 2013
New NVIDIA GRID Visual Computing Appliance Featured Among Demos for Broadcasters, Visual Effects Artists and Animators
NVIDIA is showcasing how professionals creating and distributing content can accelerate their workflows using the latest GPU technologies and partner software in booth SL3905 and throughout the conference at NAB 2013.
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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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| | | | It’s here from EditShare! Preview Lightworks for Mac at NAB 2013
 EditShare®, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, is pleased to announce the highly anticipated Mac version of Lightworks – EditShare’s popular cross-platform editing software – will be demonstrated for the first time at NAB 2013 in Las Vegas.
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| | | | New EditShare Field 2 High-Performance, Mobile Shared Storage Designed For Every Production Adventure Is Featured at NAB 2013
EditShare shows off its next-generation portable form factor with integrated media asset management capabilities
EditShare®, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, is demonstrating the brand new EditShare Field 2 at NAB 2013 (booth SL9010). The highly portable shared storage solution offers asset management, file ingest, advanced project sharing/bin locking and archiving capabilities in an all-in-one, high-performance, compact and rugged chassis designed for on-the-go and on-location productions. “The new Field 2 design is even lighter and more rugged than its predecessor, with size dimensions that comply with the most stringent of airline carry-on regulations,” comments Andy Liebman, founder and CEO, EditShare. “Coupled with EditShare's core asset management, project sharing and archiving capabilities, Field 2 gives editors a complete, end-to-end tapeless workflow in a small form factor with tools to collaborate with colleagues anywhere. Whether you are out on location shooting a movie or an event, on assignment in an ENG truck, or stationed at a remote office, you have the latest production and editing capabilities to make your workflow a lot more efficient and your life a whole lot easier.”
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| | | | PipelineFX Offers Sneak Preview of Qube! 6.5 at NAB 2013
New Installer Makes Installation Easier Than Ever on Top Three Platforms; Live Demos of Latest Qube! Features In Hitachi Data Systems Booth #SL5816
This year at NAB 2013, PipelineFX will be previewing some of the prominent additions coming to its render farm management software, Qube! 6.5 in the Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) booth, #SL5816.
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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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| | | | Matrox Announces Linux Software Development Kit for SDI Video Cards
Matrox® Video today announced a Matrox DSX™ SDK for Linux®. Designed to enable rapid application development, this new SDK has a component-based architecture that provides a common API across the industry-leading Matrox DSX family of SDI video cards for developers. From a single development effort, broadcast equipment manufacturers can create a variety of products, such as live encoders, transcoders, video ingest/playout servers and broadcast graphics systems.
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| | | | EditShare to Show New Project Sharing Integration Via Adobe Premiere Pro Panel at NAB 2013
First step toward deeper integration with Adobe across EditShare product line
EditShare®, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, added support for a new content panel on all EditShare Shared Storage systems to its list of new features and integration shown at NAB 2013 (Booth SL9010). The new panel integrates EditShare's advanced project-sharing/project-locking capability directly inside Adobe® Premiere® Pro. With this new feature, editors can now – more easily than ever – store and share their project files in a common central location and know with certainty that only one editor at a time can open a Premiere Project file with "write" access. Subsequent users are restricted to "read only" access until the first user with "write" access gives up that privilege. EditShare prevents multiple users from obtaining "write" access simultaneously and thus promotes a collaborative workflow that eliminates accidental overwrites.
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| | | | ProMAX Unveils Platform Studio at NAB 2013
 Innovative Product Enables Creativity for Vital Small Working Groups via Groundbreaking Technology
ProMAX, the innovative provider of turnkey editorial, shared storage, and asset management solutions, will debut Platform Studio at NAB 2013. The new ProMAX product brings high-end collaboration and data management at a price point that enables small creative workgroups with advanced workflows previously only seen in larger facilities. With the launch of Platform Studio, this fast growing segment of the professional film and video market will have access to enterprise-level shared storage, data management and data protection without having to invest in greater echelons of IT infrastructure.
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| | | | New Orad HDVG4 Platform Raises the Bar for Graphics Performance
 HDVG4 offers broadcasters new graphics capabilities: up to 16K output, 16 live HD inputs, multiple cross-platform outputs, IP stream out and native support for 3G/1080p
Orad, leader in broadcast graphics, today announced the debut of its next-generation video graphics platform, the HDVG4, at the NAB exhibition held in Las Vegas, NV from April 8th through 11th (booth SL5709).
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| | | | New EditShare Theater Promises Outstanding Creative Lineup at NAB 2013
 Karga Seven Pictures, Mind Over Media, Université of Quebec, South Pacific Pictures, Big Brother, Lime Pictures, Sprint Vision and feature film editor Scott Hill share their success stories
EditShare® is featuring an all-star speaker lineup in the new theater area of its expansive NAB 2013 booth (SL9010). Located in the Las Vegas Convention Center’s South Lower Hall, EditShare will host award-winning creatives from around the world, who will discuss how EditShare technology transformed their productions and businesses. “You can always see product demonstrations that show every capability and new feature that EditShare offers, but this does not compare to hearing from and talking with an industry peer who has put our products to use successfully in the real world,” says Andy Liebman, founder and CEO, EditShare.“So if you work in feature films, live sports production, education, studio multi-cam productions or reality TV, you can hear from an EditShare customer who has similar workflow challenges, telling their personal success story on stage. These special presentations promise to be interactive and engaging, and will go deep into the trials and triumphs of how prominent EditShare customers are using the latest tapeless technology to move their businesses forward.”
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| | | | NYC’s Fashion Institute of Technology Puts Qube! Through the Paces
 Remote Capabilities and Reliable Results Make Render Management Software the “Backbone of BFA Program”
Free is great until system crashes become more common than polished renders. New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology learned this lesson the hard way after entrusting its render queue to free render farm management solutions. These systems were unable to provide the reliability required to produce quality animations and images for its students’ thesis projects, leading the Computer Animation and Interactive Media department to a solution that would: PipelineFX’s Qube!™.
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| | | | Ubisoft Chooses EditShare's Collaborative Workflow for Creative Unit Producing Game Demos and Multiplatform Ads
Geevs Post, EditShare Flow and EditShare XStream provide an efficient workflow across the game maker’s 2000-strong development campus
EditShare®, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, announced today that Ubisoft Montréal has selected several EditShare products to streamline the multiplatform promotional workflow for Ubik, the game developer’s in-house creative unit. The EditShare solution for Ubik includes two Geevs Post servers with four ingest channels capturing 1080p59.54fps in ProRes HQ; EditShare Flow for media asset management, searching and browsing; along with 96TB of high-performance EditShare XStream storage. INSO, EditShare’s Montréal-based partner, worked closely with Ubik on the workflow design, integration and support of the EditShare solution.
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| | | | NVIDIA Unveils Industry's First Visual Computing Appliance
 NVIDIA GRID VCA Delivers Remote GPU Acceleration and Turnkey Simplicity for Small and Medium-Size Businesses
NVIDIA today introduced the industry's first visual computing appliance - enabling businesses to deliver ultra-fast GPU performance to any Windows, Linux or Mac client on their network.
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| | | | NAB 2013: EditShare Unveils Major Upgrades Across Entire Line of End-to-End Tapeless Workflow Products
Highlights include new version of EditShare’s extreme-performing scalable storage; major new features for Flow media asset management; Geevs servers for multicam studio, sports and post; new features for Ark backup and archive, and Lightworks on Mac OX
EditShare®, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, is showcasing a host of upgrades for the company’s high-performance storage and end-to-end production and broadcast solutions at NAB 2013 (booth SL9010). Visitors to the booth will see the wide array of value-added features and new products shown in the context of studio, post and broadcast workflow scenarios. Among the enhancements are a new sleek, intuitive interface for EditShare 7; the just-released portable EditShare Field 2 for “on-the-go” collaborative editing, remote bureaus and ENG edit-while-capture capabilities; Air Flow, the new web browser-based application for accessing Flow media asset management over the Internet; new Flow Automation tools for workflow efficiency; Geevs Sports, a server and production package tailored for the unique needs of multi-channel, fast-paced sports coverage, and Geevs Post, the server that brings media management and collaboration to high volume post environments. Also debuting at NAB will be the long anticipated Mac OS X version of Lightworks, EditShare’s free, professional non-linear editor that also runs on Linux and Windows platforms.
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| | | | Blackmagic Design Congratulates Oscar Nominated Films Colored on DaVinci Resolve
Blackmagic Design would like to congratulate “Les Miserables,” “Zero Dark 30,” ”Prometheus,” “Skyfall,” “Frankenweenie,” “Searching for Sugar Man” and “Silver Linings Playbook” on their 2013 Oscar nominations, awarded by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Blackmagic Design is proud to announce that color correction for all of these films was done on DaVinci Resolve.
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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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| | | | StorageDNA Maximizes Archive Performance with LTO-6 and LTFS
DNA Evolution’s Direct Connect Deployment and Media Movers Accelerate Speed
StorageDNA, Inc., a leader in intelligent storage and archiving workflow solutions for media professionals, today announced support for Linear Tape Open Version 6 (LTO-6) with Linear Tape File System (LTFS). The company’s archive and retrieval workflow solution, DNA Evolution™, now supports LTO-6 and LTFS for its Linux®, Mac® and compact Thunderbolt™ field solutions.
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| | | | Squint/Opera Finds Rendering Edge in PipelineFX’s Qube!
Render Farm Management Software Gives a Speed Boost to Content Creation Firm’s Architectural, Branding, Film, and Large Image Projects
As the world’s appetite for content grows more and more insatiable, creative powerhouses like London’s Squint/Opera are finding their logistical edge in the most logical of places: pipeline management. With the help of PipelineFX’s render farm management software Qube!™, Squint/Opera has recently rewired their pipeline to put speed, performance and task order first – a move that has transformed an under-utilized system into a venerable powerhouse of its own.
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| | | | WeLovePost Grades Filipino Film “El Presidente” with DaVinci Resolve
 Blackmagic Design today announced that DaVinci Resolve color correction was used by Manila based post production company WeLovePost for “EI Presidente,” a biopic film about General Emilio Aguinaldo, the first president of the Philippine Republic. The film tells the story of how the Philippines achieved independence and stars E.R. Ejercito in the lead role, with Cesar Montano, Christopher de Leon, Nora Aunor and Cristine Reyes in supporting roles.
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| | | | Blackmagic Design Releases DaVinci Resolve 9.1 with Support for Retina Displays
Also includes FCP X Audition, new Sony and Avid codec support and DeckLink 4K Extreme integration
Blackmagic Design today announced a major release of DaVinci Resolve 9.1, the latest update to the world’s most advanced color correction tool. DaVinci Resolve 9.1 enables customers to use Resolve with Apple’s Macbook Retina technology, the world’s highest resolution notebook display. Retina based notebooks have quickly become one of the most popular tools in the post production world, and with 9.1, DaVinci Resolve will be able to run on the 15” Retina MacBook Pro at the best image quality setting.
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| | | | SNS EVO Increases Production Output for Top Online Education Leader’s Workflow
 Sympoz Inc. Reinvents the Online Class Experience with Craftsy
With an estimated 1m-registered users and over 600,000 students, Craftsy, a virtual school for crafting enthusiasts is poised to be the largest online education business ever. Craftsy parent company, Denver based Sympoz, Inc., was founded in 2010 by former eBay executives who were frustrated by the quality of online education. Sympoz introduced classes in crafting and cooking, which they quickly found tapped into a large underserved online market segment, women. The crafting courses were so successful that in May 2011, Sympoz launched the Craftsy brand now offering quilting, knitting, crochet, sewing, paper crafts, cake decorating and more.
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| | | | Bluefish444 Introduces Synapse Range of Mini Converters
3 models of mini converters immediately available
Bluefish444, manufacturer of the industry’s highest quality uncompressed 4K/2K/HD/SD SDI video cards, today introduced and announced the immediate availability of the Synapse range of mini converters.
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| | | | Southpaw Technology Launches Digital Asset Management Solution Suite
New, customizable Southpaw Solutions speed the creation and simplify the management of digital assets for organizations of any size
Southpaw Technology, a leading developer of digital asset management (DAM) technology for content creators, announced today that it has launched Southpaw Solutions, a comprehensive suite of new offerings designed to extend the functionality of the company’s open source asset management software, TACTIC. These solutions, which handle common yet critical asset management challenges in many organizations, are built on top of TACTIC’s core architecture, yet can be tailored to each company’s unique IT environment and content creation workflow.
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| | | | Blackmagic Design Congratulates 2012 HPA Award Winners for Outstanding Color Grading
Blackmagic Design would like to congratulate all the 2012 HPA® Award winners in the Outstanding Color Grading category, including Rob Pizzey and Siggy Ferstl of Company 3 and Joe Finley of Modern VideoFilm. All three colorists used DaVinci Resolve to perform color grading on their award winning projects. The Hollywood Post Alliance’s annual HPA Awards foster awareness of post production, promote creative and technical excellence in the field and recognize the achievement of post production talent.
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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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| | | | Small Tree Features GraniteSTOR TITANIUM4 Video Editing Shared Storage System at CCW 2012
To meet the ongoing demand for affordable, robust and versatile video editing shared storage systems, Small Tree recently introduced the GraniteSTOR TITANIUM4 storage system. GraniteSTOR TITANIUM products provide affordable, all-in-one Ethernet-based shared storage solutions for professional video editors requiring shared access to media files whether it’s in their home studio or on the road. Small Tree will feature GraniteSTOR TITANIUM4 at Content & Communications World in New York City this November (Booth 1259).
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| | | | Sprint Vision, In-Track Big-Screen Producer For NASCAR’s Sprint Cup, Revs Up With EditShare For Production And MAM
 End-to-end solution includes ingest, logging, Media Asset Management, centralized storage, and archive for video and audio
EditShare®, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, today announced the deployment of an end-to-end EditShare system at Sprint Vision, the company that produces the octane-fueled videos shown on big-screen displays at NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events. The system includes EditShare Flow for ingest, logging, and MAM; a high-performance 32 TB Energy Series storage server; and EditShare Ark Tape, which acts as both archive and backup. The EditShare system is the core media management platform for Sprint Vision’s video production center in North Carolina. EditShare is also used by Sprint Vision’s parent company, Motor Racing Network (MRN), the national radio network (“The Voice of NASCAR”) that provides coverage of NASCAR and other racing series.
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| | | | XDT Launches Catapult Server Version 4.1 At IBC 2012
XDT’s highly efficient WAN and LAN transfer technology now starting at US$1,995, providing networked transfers at up to Gigabit speeds.
XDT Pty. Ltd. has launched version 4.1 of its Catapult Server product at IBC 2012. Catapult Server v4.1 is a powerful solution for broadcast, post production and corporate users, and will ship in October, 2012.
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| | | | PipelineFX Releases Qube!™ 6.4
 Render Farm Management Software Upgrade Brings Mobile Access, Augmented Priority Controls, and Workstation Management Tools to Render Pipelines
PipelineFX, makers of Qube!™, the leading render farm management software for digital media creation, announced today the release of Qube! version 6.4. Along with new tools for smart farming, system supervisors can now access Qube! via their smartphones (MobileView), set priority limits for non-privileged users, and control how much of their workstation will be available to the render farm. All with what often amounts to a single click of their mouse.
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| | | | SNS Showcases Powerful Suite Of Shared Storage Server Solutions At IBC 2012
 globalSAN Xtarget and EVO v4 optimize SAN solutions for production and post production professionals worldwide
Studio Network Solutions, Inc. (SNS) a leading provider of post-production storage solutions for video and audio workgroups, today announced the worldwide introduction of globalSAN Xtarget Storage Server Software for Mac OS X and additional enhancements to its flagship EVO Shared Storage Server in EVO v4.
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| | | | Pixl Family Raises The Bar On Global Production With Studio Network Solution (SNO) EVO
Pixl Family Founder and Executive Producer, John Lundberg has a lot on his plate. With over 40 global brands and agencies trusting the company to promote them including, Samsung, Red Bull, Nike ACG, Oakley, Peak Performance, Grow, Great Works and more, Pixl Family has quickly become one of Europe’s leading creative production houses. So when it came time to update their production pipeline, they needed something that would live up to the highest level of quality, SNS EVO delivered.
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| | | | It’s Time To Go Deep... The Pixel Farm release PFDepth, taking VFX to a new dimension
 The Pixel Farm Ltd, a leading developer of innovative image processing systems for VFX, DI and restoration, today announced the immediate availability of PFDepth: a new, fully integrated toolset for total scene reconstruction, 2D-to-3D conversion and depth map creation. The Pixel Farm will be demonstrating PFDepth at IBC 2012 September 7th-12th at RAI Amsterdam, stand 6.C18.
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| | | | Cache-A Archive Appliances Go On-Set
 Cache-A safeguards camera assets for motion picture, broadcast and commercials productions
Cache-A Corporation, manufacturer of award-winning archiving appliances, has revealed details of how motion picture, broadcast and commercials producers are utilizing its LT0-5 tape-based archive appliances, with the latest LTFS capabilities, in on-set production environments to safeguard the increasing amounts of data and video-related media they generate daily. Cache-A is showing its full product range at IBC 2012, Amsterdam, at Booth 7.E06.
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| | | | Grass Valley Introduces K2 Edge Smart Playout Center
GlobeCast to Offer Remote Playout Services with Grass Valley
With the introduction of the new version of the K2 Edge™ Smart Playout Center, Grass Valley® can now provide the whole gamut of delivery and publishing solutions from traditional Master Control through to IT-centric server-based solutions, combining automation, replay, graphics, switching and branding.
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| | | | Blackmagic Design Announces DeckLink 4K Extreme
 World’s highest quality capture and playback card now supports 4K playback, 3D with new HDMI 1.4 full resolution 3D capture and playback, up, down, cross conversion and 12 bit quality!
Blackmagic Design today announced a new PCI Express capture card, DeckLink 4K Extreme, that now includes all the features of its popular DeckLink HD Extreme 3D card, plus adds 4K playback that is four times the resolution of 1080HD video and a much faster PCI Express Generation 2 connection to allow higher resolution video standards such as 4K.
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| | | | Vidispine and Cantemo to provide first DAM on MatrixStore Quattro
Object Matrix, a leading developer of secure nearline archive systems, Vidispine, innovators in media asset management software and Cantemo, leading software developer in the digital media industry, have announced that Cantemo Mediabox, built on Vidispine technology, will be the first digital asset management solution available on the new MatrixStore Quattro platform.
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| | | | Cache-A boosts Archiving performance with new upgrade at IBC 2012
CACHE-A v3.1 Archive Appliance Update Delivers Powerful New Features And LTFS Capabilities At IBC 2012
Cache-A Corporation, manufacturer of award-winning archiving appliances, will showcase the latest v3.1 software upgrade for its range of archive appliances at IBC 2012, Amsterdam, 7-11 Sept, (Hall 7.E06). This powerful upgrade delivers dramatic leaps in performance through accelerated 64-bit processing, new LTFS (Linear Tape File System) capabilities, and a host of customer-driven operational features allowing users to archive, access and exchange archived content with even greater ease.
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| | | | Karga Seven Pictures Chooses EditShare to Streamline Post Operations
End-to-end solution includes EditShare Energy Series Storage, EditShare Flow for Asset Management and EditShare Ark Tape for Archive
EditShare®, the technology leader in shared media storage and end-to-end tapeless workflow solutions, announced today that Karga Seven Pictures has purchased a complete suite of EditShare products that will dramatically improve workflow and save time and resources for the Los Angeles-based post-production facility. The system includes a 32TB Energy Series storage server, EditShare Flow for ingest, browsing and logging, and EditShare Ark Tape for backup. Karga 7 will realize a more efficient and cohesive production chain encompassing Avid, Apple Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro edit suites. Users will have better media organization, improved and immediate access to production media, integrated tape-based archiving, and project sharing capabilities in the unified EditShare environment. Karga 7 has produced hundreds of hours of programming domestically and across the globe.
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| | | | Small Tree Introduces GraniteSTOR TITANIUM4 Video Editing Shared Storage System
New System Provides Lower Entry Point to Robust Storage Line
To meet the ongoing demand for affordable, robust and versatile video editing shared storage systems, Small Tree is introducing the GraniteSTOR TITANIUM4 storage system. GraniteSTOR TITANIUM products provide affordable, all-in-one Ethernet-based shared storage solutions for professional video editors requiring shared access to media files whether it’s in their home studio or on the road.
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| | | | Visual Computing Labs Brings ‘Arjun: The Warrior Prince’ to Life Using Autodesk Software
Autodesk Software Helps Shape India’s Biggest Mainstream Animated Film
Indian animation and visual effects powerhouse Visual Computing Labs (VCL), a division of Tata Elxsi Ltd., leveraged Digital Entertainment Creation software from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) to produce its second mainstream animated Bollywood film — “Arjun: The Warrior Prince”. A joint collaboration between Disney and UTV Pictures, the film was directed by Arnab Chaudhuri.
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| | | | Science.D.Visions Announces Release 2 for 3DEqualizer4 Matchmoving Software
Significant Upgrade to 3DEqualizer4 Features Calculation of Multiple Synchronized Witness Cameras , Improved Lineup Controls, Streamlined User Interface, New Generation Scripts and Python Commands
Science.D.Visions today announced Release 2 (R2) of its matchmoving software, 3DEqualizer4. Winning an Academy Award® in 2002 for Technical Achievement, 3DEqualizer site licenses are installed in four of the world’s top ten Visual Effects (VFX) production houses, including Double Negative, Cinesite, Weta Digital, and the Moving Picture Company (MPC). 3DEqualizer helps visual effects and post-production artists measure, merge and ‘matchmove’ live action film sequences and plates with virtual 3D environments and effects to create a seamless look and realistic completed scenes. 3DEqualizer 4 R2 is currently in BETA, and is expected to ship in 2013.
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| | | | PipelineFX’s New Suite of Products Simplifies Render Pipeline Complexity at SIGGRAPH 2012
Live Demos of New Mobile Render Farm Management App in Booth #516; Free Artist Workshop and Birds of a Feather Event Planned
This year at SIGGRAPH 2012, PipelineFX will be showing off two new additions to the Qube! render farm management family: a new app named Qube! MobileViewTM, which makes viewing and managing render tasks on a mobile device easy, and a CPU core coordinator called QBLockerTM. Live demos of each product will be held in booth #516. They will also be hosting a Birds of a Feather event and a free Qube! Artist Workshop on-site at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
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| | | | SIGGRAPH NEWS: Southpaw Technology Launches Open Source TACTIC
 One of the most proven asset management systems on the market is now available free of charge to digital content creators
Southpaw Technology, a leading developer of production asset management (PAM) technology for digital content creators, announced today that it has released its technology under the Eclipse Public License, an OSI (Open Source Initiative) approved open source license. Effective immediately, any team, studio, department or enterprise creating digital content can download TACTIC for free and start using it to manage their assets, projects and creative workflow. The Company will continue to offer support packages, professional services and commercial licenses to entities who prefer or require such licenses. The open source version of TACTIC can be downloaded at: http://www.southpawtech.com/opensource.
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| | | | Blackmagic Design Releases DaVinci Resolve 9 Public Beta for Mac, Windows and Linux!
 DaVinci Resolve 9 public beta, including DaVinci Resolve Lite, is available to download now for free!
Blackmagic Design today announced the release of DaVinci Resolve 9 public beta, a major new update to the world’s most advanced color correction tool featuring a completely redesigned user interface to optimize workflow speed. DaVinci Resolve 9 public beta is now available for free download to existing full featured DaVinci Resolve customers, as well as the free DaVinci Resolve Lite!
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| | | | IBC2012: Digital Nirvana's Updated Broadcast Suite to Make European Debut
Updated Monitor IQ™ Broadcast Monitoring System, MediaPro IQ™ Content Repurposing System and ManyView IQ™ Among Highlights
At IBC2012, the latest version of Digital Nirvana’s flagship broadcast monitoring software, Monitor IQ, and two products first introduced at the NAB 2012 show in April will make their European debut. The two new products being shown for the first time in Europe are MediaPro IQ for repurposing content for multi-platform distribution and ManyView IQ, an enterprise-wide system for video distribution over IP. Broadcasters can see demonstrations at the Digital Nirvana stand (Hall 10, Booth A12), from September 7-11th at the RAI Exhibition and Congress Centre in Amsterdam.
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| | | | Thinkbox Software To Announce Deadline 6.0 at SIGGRAPH 2012
 New Features Include Complete GUI Redesign, Cloud Support and More
Thinkbox Software announced the updated version of the company's popular render farm management solution for Windows, Linux and Mac OSX-based render farms, Deadline 6.0. Deadline 6.0 will be unveiled at the SIGGRAPH Conference at the Thinkbox Software booth (#937), at the Los Angeles Convention Center August 7-9, 2012.
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| | | | Archion Technologies’ Tight Integration with Square Box’s CatDV & Cache-A Archive Appliances Provides Total Workflow Solution
A Complete, High Quality, Cost-Effective Solution for Leading Content Creation Tools Now Available at Far Less Cost Than Competitors
Improving media workflows and providing creative post production and graphics professionals with superior flexibility, Archion Technologies is collaborating with Square Box and Cache-A to offer facilities of all sizes a complete, cost-effective solution for Apple, Adobe, Avid and Autodesk workflows. The integration of Archion’s EditStor ES™ shared storage system, Square Box System’s CatDV Media Asset Management software and Cache-A’s line of archive appliances provides a much-needed alternative to expensive solutions at a fraction of their cost.
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| | | | Korea’s Dexter Digital is “Go” for TACTIC Production Asset Management
First Korean film to benefit from Southpaw’s web-based asset management system is Mr. Go 3D, one of the most ambitious and expensive South Korean films of all time
Southpaw Technology, a leading developer of production asset management (PAM) technology for digital content creation companies, announced today that it has signed a 100-seat licensing deal with the Korean visual effects studio, Dexter Digital. Southpaw’s production asset management system TACTIC will initially be used to support Dexter Digital on a 2,000-shot visual effects project for an ambitious, full-length stereoscopic 3D film called Mr. Go 3D.
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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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| | | | ARTIXELS debuts VFX plug-in album Escher
ARTIXELS, today announced debut visual effects (VFX) software plug-in album Escher, scheduled for official release in December 2012. Escher includes 8 essential plug-ins for advanced 2.5D lighting and 2 image generation plug-ins, the 10-track full album will be available for The Foundry Nuke while selected tracks for other image compositing platforms will be announced later.
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| | | | Shotgun and Revolver Streamline Prime Focus’ Global VFX Collaboration on Men In Black 3
 Global entertainment services company Prime Focus World provides award-winning visual effects and stereo 3D conversion services to major studios around the world. Its visual effects artists have created breathtaking shots for top films such as Avatar, Tron: Legacy, and the Harry Potter, Twilight and X-Men franchises, and its stereo 3D technicians have converted blockbusters including Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and Transformers: Dark of the Moon using its proprietary 2D-to-3D process, View-D.
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| | | | Company 3® Completes Grading for Multiple Versions of "Prometheus" with DaVinci Resolve
 Blackmagic Design today announced that Company 3 used DaVinci Resolve for color grading four different versions of 20th Century Fox's, "Prometheus." One of the most anticipated features of the summer, the science fiction thriller was directed by Ridley Scott, the visionary filmmaker behind "Alien" and "Blade Runner," who chose Company 3 to help enhance the stunning visual style for "Prometheus," shot by renowned cinematographer Dariusz Wolski, ASC.
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| | | | Seagate and LaCie Announce Exclusive Agreement with Intent for Seagate to Acquire Controlling Interest in LaCie
Seagate has Offered to Purchase LaCie CEO's 64.5% Ownership Position; Seagate to Subsequently Commence Tender Offer for Remaining Outstanding Shares Expands Seagate's Product Line and Capabilities in the Growing Consumer Storage Market
Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX) the worldwide leader in hard disk drives and storage solutions, and LaCie S.A. (Euronext: LAC), a leading manufacturer of consumer storage products, today announced an exclusive agreement with the intent for Seagate to acquire a controlling interest in LaCie. Seagate has offered to purchase from Philippe Spruch, LaCie's chairman and CEO, and his affiliate, all of their shares, representing 64.5% of the outstanding shares of LaCie. Following receipt of governmental approvals and the close of this transaction, Seagate would commence an all-cash simplified tender offer (followed as the case may be by a squeeze-out procedure) to acquire the remaining outstanding shares in accordance with the General Regulation of the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF).
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| | | | Legend3D Builds Global 3D Production Pipeline on TACTIC
Legend3D makes distributed production a reality by employing TACTIC across studios in San Diego, Los Angeles, and India
Southpaw Technology, a leading developer of production asset management (PAM) technology for digital content creation companies, announced today that Legend3D has signed a global licensing agreement to use TACTIC at its studios in San Diego, Los Angeles and India. The use of TACTIC at these studios will allow Legend3D to synchronize its databases, collaborate globally, and create one unified production workflow across time zones and geographic regions.
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| | | | xaitControl for Unity Now Available for Mobile Platforms
xaitControl for Unity’s new mobile support simplifies the creation of realistic character behaviors and game logic for games running on iOS, Android and the Unity Web Player
xaitment, the creators of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) software for video game and simulation developers, today announced that its xaitControl for Unity plug-in now supports the creation of realistic character behaviors and game logic for games running on Mac, iOS, Android and the Unity Web Player, in addition to Windows. xaitControl for Unity, which launched at this year’s GDC, is a visual state machine editor and runtime library designed to work seamlessly with the scene editor and Mono Develop environment of Unity and Unity Pro (versions 3.4 and later).
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| | | | SynthEyes 3D Tracker End-of-Year Promotion for Schools
Schools can get a site license for our powerful 3D tracker for $495
Andersson Technologies LLC is offering schools a special end-of-school-year educational pricing promotion for its SynthEyes 3D tracking application. For only 495 US$, schools can obtain a one-year educational site license to install SynthEyes for classroom teaching.
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| | | | NVIDIA Partners Make Ultra-Low Latency a Reality with NVIDIA GPUDirect for Video
NVIDIA and industry leading I/O board partners such as AJA, Blackmagic Design, Bluefish444, Deltacast, DVS, and Matrox are providing unprecedented real time video production capabilities leveraging NVIDIA® GPUDirect™ for Video. The technology provides application developers and their customers seamless, fast accessibility of the graphics and image processing power of NVIDIA Quadro® and Tesla™ professional graphics processing units (GPUs), with ultra-low latency input and output across a wide range of I/O devices.
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| | | | Archiware and Drobo Offer Mobile Backup for Professionals
As more and more media professionals create and edit data on the road, mobile backup becomes increasingly critical. But mobile backup presents its own unique challenges, particularly since mobile systems are not connected regularly the way installed systems are.
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| | | | Matrox Ships New Multichannel 3G, HD, and SD I/O Cards for Developers
Cost-Effective Matrox DSX LE3 Cards Already Designed Into Professional Products From AmberFin and EditShare
Matrox® Video Products Group today introduced the Matrox DSX LE3 family of cost-effective I/O cards for developers of video servers, broadcast graphics systems, channel-in-a-box products, and live streaming solutions. These new cards, in conjunction with the industry-leading Matrox DSX SDK, enable equipment manufacturers to create innovative, rock-solid broadcast solutions at breakthrough price points.
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| | | | |  Articles and Tutorials: Adobe Edge Animate/The Missing Manual Software/Book ReviewIncreasingly, web developers are being asked to create sites that are viewable on tablets and mobile devices, as well as desktops and laptops running Windows, OS X or Linux. One of the challenges in creating a site like that is animation. Flash, for many years the preferred cross-platform animation solution, is no longer supported on many tablets and mobile devices. Michael looks for - and finds - answers within Adobe's Edge Animate.Read Article Subscribe DFT FLEXXITY Includes Native Support for ProResDFT Digital Film Technology recently added native support of ProRes files on the Linux OS to version 1.2 of its FLEXXITY suite of software applications, which includes Dailies, Playout and Archive -- which speaks especially to ARRI Alexa output.Read Article Subscribe What's Cutting Edge in Hollywood Today, Will Be In Your Hands Tomorrow...In this Creative COW Magazine interview, Creative COW talks with SpectSoft's Jason Howard, a systems engineer, about technologies that are changing Hollywood forever.Read Article Subscribe A Talk with SpectSoft's Jason Howard about Linux & Film ProductionCreative Cow's own Jason Howard, is helping bring Starship Troopers 2 to the big screen. His company, SpectSoft, has been working with the famed Tippett Studios to integrate SpectSoft's new RaveHD system into Tippett's workflow. Faced with creating a system that allowed customers like Tippett to work with many different formats and systems -- like accessing both Sony CineAlta's 1080p24 format and Panasonic VariCam's 720p60 -- and performing well with the very latest HD decks, etc. How well has RaveHD worked for Tippett over the last eight months of its use? Well, famed Tippett Studios used it for the HD editing workflow for Starship Troopers 2. Here's the story...Read Article Subscribemore articles » Blogs: NAB 2013 Wrap-UpFlamingos at the Flamingo of course.... Well another year has come and gone at the National Association of Broadcasters and here's some of the things I saw this year. Wasn't able to get around as much since I was working all day Mon / Tues in the Small Tree Booth...Read Blog Subscribe Testing Strawberry by FlavoursysI did some testing with Strawberry from Flavoursys last week. Flavoursys provides software for project sharing and project management for video post-production. I’m happy to report that this is one of the most exciting new products I’ve had a chance to work with in a long time. What is it?...Read Blog Subscribe"That Doesn't Look Like a Mac." (hint, it isn't!)Two boxes showed up today and one of my employees says, “That doesn’t look like a Mac.” Nope, that’s a long way from a Mac. That’s a brand new Dell Precision workstation featuring an nVidia Quadro card. I’ll post the full details on the workstation once I get it out...Read Blog Subscribemore blogs » Podcasts:Episode #031 - April 20, 2006Episode 031 - After Effects Fractal Noise with Chris Zwar, Opera 9 and Internet Explorer 7, Discreet Inferno for Linux, Adobe buys land, NewTek TriCaster, Matrox RT.X2 and more creative tech news, interviews and reports - www.creativecow.netTune In Subscribemore podcasts »Related Tags | | | | |
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