| | | | | Christie Signs Patrick Artiaga To Lead New Business Initiatives
20-year veteran of audio / visual / cinema worlds brings a wealth of expertise
Christie®, a world leader in visual technology displays, today announced that Patrick Artiaga has joined Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. in the new position of director, Business Development, Entertainment Solutions, reporting to Craig Sholder, vice president, Entertainment Solutions, Christie.
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| | | | Method Studios Appoints Christian Kubsch as President
 Darin Grant joins Method as Chief Technology Officer
Method Studios, a Deluxe Entertainment Services Group company, announced today that Christian Kubsch has joined the company as President. Kubsch will oversee Method’s global operations including the company’s main base in Los Angeles along with locations in London, Vancouver, Sydney, Melbourne, New York, Chicago, Detroit and Atlanta. Kubsch will report to Stefan Sonnenfeld, President of Creative Services, Deluxe. Darin Grant has been named Chief Technology Officer of Method Studios, and will report to Kubsch.
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| | | | 32TEN Studios Hosts 2012 MMTB Awards Event, And Begins Indie Film Showcase
 Studio Also Upgrades Its Historic Theater with 2K/3D DLP Projector
32TEN Studios recently hosted the Movie Makers Throughout the Bay (MMTB) 2012 Annual Awards ceremony, which was held in the historic 32TEN Theater. In addition, the studio has also begun playing host to its new series of regularly held Indie Showcase Screenings, presenting a variety of independently produced films shot in and around the Bay Area.
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| | | | Disney Agrees to Acquire Lucasfilm LTD.
 Global leader in high-quality family entertainment agreed to acquire world-renowned Lucasfilm Ltd, including legendary STAR WARS franchise.
Acquisition continues Disney's strategic focus on creating and monetizing the world's best branded content, innovative technology and global growth to drive long-term shareholder value.
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| | | | Northern Lights Adds Editor Alan Chimenti
 New York-based editorial house Northern Lights adds award-winning editor Alan Chimenti for east coast representation. Chimenti’s wide range of styles from VFX-heavy work to beautiful montages and comedy spots can be seen in commercial work for national brands such as Pepsi, Target, Puma, Expedia, Nike, Disney and eBay, collaborating with such top directors as Jason Reitman (“Juno,” “Up in the Air”), Grady Hall (Motion Theory), Randy Roberts (Curious Pictures), Matthew Cullen (Motion Theory), Drew Lightfoot (Passion Pictures) and Wayne Isham (Wondros). He has also packaged his skills in both visual effects and editorial storytelling in over 100 music videos for top artists including Green Day, Dave Matthews, Cake and No Doubt. He recently finished a project with Northern Lights and partner production boutique Bodega for Sunday Night Football/NBC Sports. Other upcoming work includes spots for GLAD, AT&T and Target.
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| | | | LOOK Effects Hires ILM Supervisor
Jeff Wozniak to Serve as Digital Effects Supervisor
LOOK Effects has named industry veteran Jeff Wozniak as Digital Effects Supervisor. After 11 years with Industrial Light & Magic as Sequence Supervisor and Senior Digital Artist, Wozniak has made the move to the east coast to work in LOOK’s New York office where he will supervise current and future feature film projects. Jeff brings extensive live-action and feature animation experience to his new position.
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| | | | "Red Tails" Delivers Monumental Maneuvers with LightWave
 Radical 3D pre-visualization artists tap the power of LightWave 3D to deliver impressive aerial combat motion and scene files for "Red Tails", the latest film from George Lucas
The first African-American military aviators to serve in the U.S. armed forces endured and overcame adversity, including racial segregation and discrimination, during World War II to fight in defense of freedom. Despite others’ attempts at denying them their own freedoms, the Tuskegee Airmen risk life and limb to help bring an end to what was to become the deadliest conflict in human history. These trailblazers trained and flew with distinction, achieved success in virtually all their missions, aided in the Allies in victory, and, nearly 70 years later, continue to win accolades.
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| | | | Filmworkers Grades “Revenge of the Great Camera Shootout”
Event produced by Zacuto and Kessler includes side-by-side comparisons of cameras made by Sony, Arri, Alexa, Canon and others.
Filmworkers recently took part in a unique event testing the performance of the current generation of digital motion picture cameras, from leading edge camera systems used to shoot Hollywood blockbusters to the humble iPhone. The Revenge of the Great Camera Shootout was produced by camera dealer Zacuto and crane manufacturer Kessler Cranes. Like similar events produced by Zacuto in the past, RGCSO features side-by-side tests of camera systems made by Sony, Arri, Red, Canon, Panasonic and Apple. Filmworkers provided color grading services necessary to make direct comparisons between the output of the cameras. Grading was performed by colorist Jimmy Cardenas with additional grading by colorist Brian “Crash” Carlucci.
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| | | | NVIDIA and Partners Transform Entire Content Creation Workflow at 2012 NAB Show
Creative Professionals increase their Speed, Quality and Productivity through GPU computing
Content creators ranging from 2012 Oscar winners Industrial Light & Magic, a division of Lucasfilm Ltd. ("Rango") and Pixomondo ("Hugo") to up-and-coming independents such as Bandito Brothers ("Act of Valor", "Waiting for Lightning") and smaller creative services shops such as Dawnrunner Productions and Digital Spatula are increasing the speed, quality and productivity of their workflows through the adoption of GPU computing featuring NVIDIA® Quadro® and Tesla® GPUs.
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| | | | Prism Sound’s Orpheus FireWire Interface Breaks Into The Movie Business
 With a credit list that reads like a Halliwell’s Guide to the latest movies, Casey Stone is undoubtedly in demand as a film score mixer. Among the projects he has recently completed are "The Hangover", "The Hangover Part II", "Unknown", "Dear John", "The Losers", "Death at a Funeral" and "Date Night".
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| | | | Prism Media Products Limited Wins A Queen’s Award For Enterprise
 On Friday, 15 July 2011, Prism Media Products Limited, whose brands include Prism Sound, SADiE and Imerge, was presented with its Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the category of International Trade. The presentation was made by Mr. Hugh Duberly, Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, and took place at the company’s headquarters in Stretham. Also present were Jim Paice, MP for South East Cambridgeshire and Mark Lloyd, Chief Executive of Cambridgeshire County Council.
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| | | | Digital Nirvana and SAN Solutions Form Strategic Technology Partnership
Archival Storage Capacity Now Extended for Digital Nirvana’s MonitorIQ BMS
Digital Nirvana, Inc., the California-based leading provider of media industry solutions, has partnered with SAN Solutions, Inc., the innovative customized shared storage and file system technologies company, to extend the archival storage capacity of Digital Nirvana’s MonitorIQ Broadcast Monitoring System (BMS).
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| | | | SAN Solutions Introduces ArtiSAN Storage and Application Platforms at IBC2010
Built on SAN Solutions' High-End Systems but Targeted to Small Workgroup Environments, ArtiSAN Platforms Offer Attractive Blend of Price and Performance
SAN Solutions Inc., a media infrastructure company that provides storage and application platforms to the media and entertainment markets, will be debuting the company's new ArtiSAN Storage Platform and ArtiSAN Application Platform to the European market during IBC2010.
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| | | | SIGGRAPH 2009 Adds New Focus on Music & Audio
SIGGRAPH is known worldwide for showcasing some of the most innovative and groundbreaking visual and interactive content. This year, an added focus will highlight music and audio in their significant relationship with computer graphics and interactive techniques.
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| | | | SAN Solutions Supports Fast, Flexible Tapeless Workflow at Florida State University Film School
SAN Solutions Video/Audio Production SAN Provides Reliable, Scalable Foundation for Creation and Delivery of Award-Winning Student Productions
SAN Solutions, a leading architect of enterprise-class network storage infrastructures for the media and entertainment markets, today announced that the College of Motion Picture, Television, and Recording Arts at Florida State University (the Film School) is using a SAN Solutions Video/Audio Production SAN to support student projects.
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| | | | Industrial Light & Magic Purchases Site Licence Of Nuke
Leading visual effects software developer, The Foundry, today announced that Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Lucasfilm Ltd’s multiple Academy Award-winning visual effects studio, has purchased a site licence of Nuke to complement its in-house pipeline.
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| | | | Westlake Village Studios Selects SAN Solutions' High-End Video Production SAN for Heart of HD Operations
State-of-the-Art HD Facility Achieves Flexible, Efficient, High-Volume Media Access With SAN Solutions' Centralized Real-Time Storage Infrastructure
SAN Solutions, a leading architect of enterprise-class network storage infrastructures for the media and entertainment markets, today announced that its Video Production SAN is being used at Westlake Village Studios to provide a truly centralized real-time storage and networking infrastructure.
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| | | | Codex Digital Debuts New Transfer Station At NAB 2009
Complete portable recording and dailies transfer system eradicates tape workflow roadblocks
Codex Digital, specialist in high-resolution media recording systems, arrives at NAB 2009 in an upbeat mood, with its media recording products ensconced on a variety of flagship broadcast and motion picture productions, and a new product combination launching that could spell the end of tape-based acquisition.
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| | | | Codex Digital Aims to Eradicate Tape 'Workflow Roadblocks'
 Codex Digital will be c/o BandPro #C10408 at NAB 2009
Codex Digital arrives at NAB 2009 in an upbeat mood, with its media recording products ensconced on a variety of flagship broadcast and motion picture productions, and a new product combination launching that could spell the end of tape-based acquisition.
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| | | | Tweak Software Hires Alan Trombla as Director of Product Development
Tweak Software, developers of RV, the image and sequence viewer for animation and visual effects, announced today the hire of visual effects industry veteran Alan Trombla. Trombla, who has worked at all levels of visual effects and digital animation production from writing software and managing large engineering teams to lighting shots and leading CG productions, joins Tweak Software as Director of Product Development.
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| | | | Tweak Software's RV Adopted by Lucasfilm Ltd.
Industrial Light & Magic , Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasfilm Animation Singapore B.V. and LucasArts Standardize on RV Playback Software
(San Francisco, California--July 30, 2008) Tweak Software, developers of RV, the image and sequence viewer for animation and visual effects, announced today that Lucasfilm Ltd. has selected RV as its playback tool of choice.
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| | | | Autodesk at SIGGRAPH 2008
View Latest Product Releases, Learn Tips and Tricks from Industry Experts, Attend Special Events and More
At SIGGRAPH 2008, Autodesk (Booth #501) will showcase the most recent releases of its 3D solutions and compositing applications, as well as the latest versions of the recently acquired Autodesk ImageModeler and Autodesk Stitcher software.
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| | | | DriveSavers Recovers 2 Years of Data for Mad Media
Two years and 8TB of irreplaceable live HD video footage retrieved by DriveSavers
DriveSavers, the worldwide leader in data recovery services, today announced that it successfully recovered two years and 8 terabytes (TB) of priceless HD video content for Mad Media, a San Diego based youth marketing agency.
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| | | | News: mental ray Software From mental images Selected by Sony Pictures Imageworks
mental images®, a global leader in rendering software for filmmakers and computer entertainment, announced a multi-year software license and custom support agreement that will provide Sony Pictures Imageworks with mental images' Academy Award® winning mental ray® rendering software for use in visual effects and character animation for upcoming computer-generated movie projects.
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| | | | News: Digital Domain Recruits Trio Of Top Creative Senior Executives In The Visual Effects Industry
Trio includes Mark Miller of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), now new president of Digital Domain
Digital Domain, the Academy Award®-winning full-service digital studio and production company responsible for jaw-dropping visual sequences in such films as "Titanic," "Day After Tomorrow," "I, Robot" and the upcoming Clint Eastwood film, "Flags of our Fathers," as well as commercials such as the recent Budweiser Super Bowl "Superfan" spot, has hired a trio of executives that have served as instrumental leaders of one of the visual effects industry's most accomplished companies.
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| | | | News: Inaugural CG Overdrive 2006 A Raging Success
The inaugural CG Overdrive - Asia’s largest computer graphics conference - held in Singapore at the Singapore Expo from 14 – 16 July 2006 was a sell-out success, with 1,000 delegates from 17 countries attending the 3-day conference.
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| | | | News: IRIDAS Comes Onboard at Industrial Light & Magic
Legendary Facility Standardizes on FrameCycler Professional for Uncompressed Playback
IRIDAS the industry leader in uncompressed playback and review technologies today announced that Industrial Light & Magic has purchased universal site licenses of FrameCycler Professional 3.5 for their facility in the Letterman Center in San Francisco, Lucasfilm Animation in Singapore, and the Skywalker Ranch in San Rafael. Now artists at all three locations will have immediate access to uncompressed frame-based playback for review and analysis of their work on every workstation.
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| | | | News: Deluxe to Open EFILM
Company to Locate at New Lucasfilm Campus in San Francisco's Presidio
Deluxe Laboratories today announced an agreement with Industrial Light & Magic, a Lucasfilm Ltd. company, to open an EFILM Digital Laboratory at the new Letterman Digital Arts Center (LDAC) located in San Francisco's historic Presidio.
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| | | | News: eCinema Systems unveils DCM23, the industry
Offers Post-Production and Production Professionals Highly Accurate Monitoring in a Cost-Effective Solution for Mission Critical HD and DI Viewing Environments
eCinema Systems, a Los Angeles-based innovator of high-definition products for production and post production, has debuted the industry’s first reference-grade, color-calibrated high-definition LCD. Designed for the requirements of HD and digital intermediate (DI) workflows and to enable color grading and critical picture evaluation with color-matched viewing within a facility, across facilities or on set, the new DCM23 display provides professionals with a much-needed HD monitoring platform at a per-unit cost under $16,500 US.
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