| | | | ShootersInc Unveils Extensive New Directorial Roster
Company Signs 7 Directors & Positions Itself For An Integrated Future
ShootersINC, the creative multi-dimensional content company, has unveiled an extensive new Directorial roster, including the signing of seven Directors. Joining the company is a diverse group of talent: Directors Robert Adamo, Kris Magyarits, Rob Markopoulos, Ira Rosensweig, Judy Starkman, Julian van Mil and Scott Whitham.
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| | | | Tiffen Photo fx Ultra Wins a Highly Coveted TIPA Award
 The Technical Image Press Association names the Tiffen Company’s photo editing app for the iPad the Best Mobile Photo App of 2013
The Tiffen Company, a leading manufacturer and distributor of award-winning accessories for the still imaging, video, motion picture and broadcast markets, announced its iPad app, Tiffen Photo fx Ultra v5, has been named “Best Mobile Photo App of 2013” by the prestigious Technical Image Press Association (TIPA). According to the TIPA website, editors of the member-magazines (full list can be found here) evaluate products introduced to the market in the past 12 months and base judgments on “innovation, the use of leading-edge technology, design and ergonomics, ease-of-use, as well as price/performance ratio.”
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| | | | Adobe Unveils Major Update to Creative Cloud
Includes Next Generation of “CC” Desktop Applications and Delivers Fully Integrated Cross-Device Collaboration, Community and Publishing Capabilities
At Adobe MAX, The Creativity Conference, Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced a significant update to Adobe® Creative Cloud™, the company’s flagship offering for creatives. Available in June and packed with new features, Creative Cloud reimagines the creative process through a stunning set of “CC” desktop applications and sophisticated cross-device collaboration and publishing capabilities. Creative files can be stored, synced and shared, via Creative Cloud, on Mac OS, Windows, iOS and Android; and Behance, the world’s leading online creative community, is now integrated with Creative Cloud, so customers can showcase work, get feedback on projects and gain global exposure. With Creative Cloud publishing finished work has never been easier, with enhanced services that build and power websites, mobile apps, tablet publications, online portfolios, and content for virtually any medium and device.
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| | | | ARRI’s Fiber Remote Option Adds More Features
 Recently employed on an exciting concert film for Coldplay and a televised recording session with Robbie Williams, ARRI’s Fiber Remote Option (FRO) for ALEXA is elevating broadcast visual design with breathtaking, cinematic imagery that the ALEXA digital camera system is known for.
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| | | | Aquafadas Makes Some Noise with New MotionComposer 1.6 Release
New update adds support for audio; optimized engine generates animations compatible with the latest generation of browsers using HTML5
Aquafadas announced today the availability of MotionComposer version 1.6. A visual-based authoring and effects tool, MotionComposer lets users easily create professional HTML5 and Flash-based animations and interactive content. “MotionComposer 1.6 gives everyone, not just developers, the unlimited ability to create web and eBook animations that can run on any device or browser – without writing a single line of code,” says Claudia Zimmer, CEO, Aquafadas. “Users of all skill levels are free to create engaging animated content for their websites, blogs, and self-published eBooks easily with MotionComposer. And the latest version opens up even more possibilities, now providing multiple export options and the ability to add in audio, making for even more interesting web content.”
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| | | | AOTG.com Editing News System Sees 35% Increase in Sign Up
Art of the Guillotine Inc., developers of AOTG.com, a popular social news aggregation system for film editors, is excited to announce that sign up for their email news delivery system for film editors has jumped 35% since the launch of its customized email feature in December 2012. The email delivery system, allows film editors to receive their editing news, podcasts, videos and events via email, when they want it delivered.
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| | | | MediaCorp Selects Dalet Media Life For Project ICE
 Dalet MAM integrates with multiple systems to build an end-to-end file-based operation
Dalet Digital Media Systems, a leading developer of Media Asset Management (MAM) solutions for content producers, announced that Singapore national broadcaster MediaCorp has chosen Dalet Media Life as the enterprise MAM platform for the migration of its entire operation to a fully file-based workflow, including the digitization of its archive. Dalet Media Life will provide end-to-end, integrated management for program preparation, production, and the distribution workflow. Dalet Media Life is the central hub of the best-of-breed solution prepared by TSL, the premier system integrator, which was awarded the MediaCorp contract for the Integrated Content-centric file-based Exchange System (ICE) after an extensive tender process.
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| | | | "Cuban Fury" Streamlines On-Set Workflow With Codex's The Vault
 StudioCanal comedy is one of the first film productions to use new standalone workflow solution.
The move to digital acquisition has transformed many film and television sets into something akin to the control center for a moon launch as they have taken on a hoard of high-tech equipment for capturing, storing, processing and backing-up digital camera data. Not so with Cuban Fury, StudioCanal’s new romantic comedy, which was among the first film productions to use The Vault, Codex’s new on-set digital laboratory solution that reduces the technology required to manage camera data to a single box the size of a small suitcase.
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| | | | Anton/Bauer Batteries And Chargers Garner Panorama Audiovisual Magazine Award For The Second Year In A Row
 Anton/Bauer®, part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company and a premier global provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries, has won top honors for the second consecutive year from Brazil’s Panorama Audiovisual magazine. Readers of the magazine awarded the company the 2012 Panorama Audiovisual Award in the category of Best Camera Batteries and Chargers at this year’s SET Broadcast & Cable show.
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| | | | ALEXA Fiber Remote Option Brings The Cinematic To Broadcast
 Now the breathtaking images seen in blockbuster and critically acclaimed Hollywood films are obtainable for the broadcast world through the ALEXA Fiber Remote Option. With a high sensitivity over two stops more compared to typical 2/3’ camera systems, the image quality and dynamic range of ALEXA (progressive and interlaced mode, up to 1080/60) can be applied to typical multi-camera broadcast studio or OB van productions. The shallow depth of field and excellent color rendition achieves higher production value for telenovelas, soaps, sitcoms, events, music concerts, talk shows, magazines, sport specials and more.
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| | | | Bexel Names Suzanne Lezotte Marketing Director
 Former Worldwide Marketing Communications Director at Panavision Joins Bexel Team
Bexel, a unit of the Vitec Group’s Services Division and a leading worldwide provider of broadcast services and solutions, is pleased to announce Suzanne Lezotte as the company’s new marketing director. In her new position, Lezotte will take the lead in creating and deploying cohesive marketing strategies while identifying new avenues for company recognition and exposure. She will report to Matt Danilowicz, managing director of Bexel.
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| | | | Marzano Keeps Pictorvision Eclipse Flying
 “Filmmaking in Europe over the past 12 months has been phenomenally busy and the highlight has undoubtedly been the arrival of the Pictorvision Eclipse to Flying Pictures in the UK,” says aerial camera operator and Director of Photography John Marzano. “It has significantly enhanced the creative element of aerial cinematography.”
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| | | | Evolving Artist(ry): One Man, One Tool
 Animator and illustrator Chris O’Riley continues to hone his craft and meet artistic challenges head-on, armed with the latest tools in NewTek’s LightWave 3D
Artist Chris O’Riley can never predict what his next project will be, but he is always certain of one thing: the tool he will use to achieve it. For nearly two decades, he has been tackling various animation and illustration assignments from major news outlets and advertisers, growing and expanding as a digital artist, using NewTek’s LightWave 3D.
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| | | | AJA Video Systems Sweeps NAB 2012 Best of Show Awards
Ki Pro Quad 4K/2K Portable Digital Recorder, Ki Pro Rack 1RU Tapeless Deck and T-TAP Thunderbolt Adapter Recognized with Awards from Broadcast Engineering, DV, In Broadcast, Post, TV Technology and Videomaker Magazines
AJA Video Systems introduced three new products at this year's NAB conference, all of which were recognized with "Best of Show" awards from industry thought leaders. AJA's Ki Pro Quad 4K/2K digital recording device won the InBroadcast Magazine InGEAR Award, the DV Magazine Black Diamond Award and the TV Technology STAR Award, as well as an honorable mention by Post Magazine in its Post Pick Awards, which are voted on by a panel of industry professionals who make their living using the types of tools recognized. T-TAP Thunderbolt Adapter won a DV Magazine Black Diamond Award, a Post Magazine Post Pick Award and a Videomaker Best of NAB Award, and the Ki Pro Rack 1RU tapeless deck recorder received a Broadcast Engineering Pick Hit Award.
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| | | | Adobe Launches Creative Cloud
Powerful New Adobe CS6 Release at Heart of Transformative Creative Cloud Initiative
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Creative Cloud™, a radical new way of providing tools and services* that will change the game for creatives worldwide. A subscription-based offering, Adobe Creative Cloud is a hub for making, sharing and delivering creative work and it is centered around a powerful release of Adobe Creative Suite® 6 software (see separate release), packed with innovation across its industry-defining design, Web, video and digital imaging tools.
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| | | | Pond5 Reaches 1 Million Stock Video Clips as Growth Accelerates
Media Maker’s Marketplace Celebrates with a Day of 100% Royalties, Plus a Party at SXSW
Pond5, the pioneering online marketplace for stock media and creative components, announced today that the one-millionth clip had been added to its stock video collection, making Pond5 by far the largest and fastest-growing collection of royalty-free video on the Web. The site also offers millions of stock images, audio files, and other creative components for use as raw material in media productions of all types.
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| | | | Giannini Creative Launches Dallas Office
Creative collection expands links with Filmworkers and Vitamin as a “Trilogy of Talent” focused on cross-platform services for broadcast, interactive and print.
Giannini Creative, one of the advertising industry’s leading providers of creative retouching, CGI/3D art and pre-media services, has opened a production studio in Dallas.
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| | | | RED Scarlet. All Grown Up.
RED Digital Cinema has officially released its third industry-changing camera, the Scarlet-X. With burst modes up to 12 fps at full 5K resolution alongside 4K motion capture from 1-30 fps, the camera allows professional photographers and cinematographers to simultaneously capture motion footage and still content. Never miss a shot. Ever. Scarlet-X’s compact design, endless modularity and advanced feature set provide a future-proof solution catering to every shooter’s needs, leaving one-dimensional DSLRs and 1080p camcorders in its wake. Priced at under $10,000, Scarlet-X advances RED’s vision to democratize superlative cinema and professional photography.
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| | | | Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, Single Edition Democratizes Tablet Publishing
Adobe Fundamentally Changes Economics of Publishing on iPad For Single Edition Content
At its MAX 2011 technology conference, Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced Adobe® Digital Publishing Suite, Single Edition allowing freelance designers and small design firms to publish interactive content created with Adobe InDesign® CS5.5 software on Apple iPad.
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| | | | Blackmagic Design Receives Creative COW Blue Ribbon User’s Choice Award For Best Of Show At NAB
Blackmagic Design is the proud recipient of Creative COW’s Blue Ribbon Award for Best of Show at the NAB Show 2011. Every year, Creative COW’s editors feel the pulse of the industry by monitoring the feedback from over 1.7 million monthly visitors in the months following NAB. Creative COW then announces the products and technologies that working professionals have identified as most likely to have the biggest impact on their future. For the second year in a row, Creative COW's membership has named Blackmagic Design as the product manufacturer that impacted the most professionals.
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| | | | Rogers becomes first customer for QTube
Canadian broadcaster chooses workflow over IP technology to deliver truly global workflow
Rogers Media, one of Canada's largest communications companies, has purchased Quantel's QTube for its Sportsnet, OMNI and CityTV stations. QTube will be used to breakdown geographic barriers by linking Rogers Media bureaux right across Canada so that editors can browse and edit media wherever it is stored.
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| | | | Gravity Names Roy Eventov As Creative Director, Digital
 Eventov Most Recently Was Vp/Director Of Design/CD With MRM Worldwide
Gravity, an international creative, content and brand communications company, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Tel Aviv, has named Roy Eventov as Creative Director for the company’s Digital Group. In his new position, he will provide creative direction and innovation for the company’s biggest digital clients. He joins Gravity from MRM Worldwide. The announcement was made today by Shemi Levi, Gravity’s Chief Digital Officer.
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| | | | HUSH Maintains Momentum with Heiss Hire
 Following a deluge of award-winning projects, HUSH is upping its industry-leading bona fides with the hire of producer Jana Heiss (left). With this addition to their already flush team, HUSH is gaining the production force behind some of the most interesting activations in recent years, including Breast Cancer Awareness ManCans, a pair of augmented reality issues for POP and Grazia magazines, Fashion Week shows and product launches for Siki Im, K-Swiss' 2009 rebranding launch show, and several launch parties for Ray-Ban Tech and Aviator products.
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| | | | From The Classroom To The Field, Anton/Bauer Ensures Reliability For Photographer Lee White
 With more than 35 years of experience in the industry, Lee White, owner of Lee White Photography, appreciates the confidence reliable equipment instils as he works on-set for his various projects. To power his cameras, whether on-location or during educational workshops, White’s go-to batteries are exclusively those from Anton/Bauer®, a brand of The Vitec Group, and the world’s premier provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries.
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| | | | Canon U.S.A. and The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Promote The Importance of Child Safety
Canon Promotional Night at Yankee Stadium Recognizes the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and its Work in the Recovery of Missing Children
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) and the New York Yankees rally together to help raise greater awareness for child safety. At Canon’s eighth annual promotional night at Yankee Stadium, when the Yankees take on the Cleveland Indians, Canon and NCMEC will team-up to highlight the efforts and actions performed in lost child recovery and the steps parents can take to help avoid these crises.
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| | | | Creative COW Magazine Launches New iPad Application
Leading Publication for Production Professionals Gets More Portable
CreativeCOW.net (Communities of the World), the online peer-to-peer support community for media production professionals in film, broadcast, and related fields has added yet another platform for its industry-leading content: the iPad.
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| | | | NewTek LightWave 3D® Receives Prestigious Computer Graphics World Silver Edge Award
LightWave™ 10.1 is recognized as an NAB best of show product for added stereo capabilities and Viewport Preview Renderer enhancements
(San Antonio, Texas--May 6, 2011) NewTek, a worldwide leader of 3D animation and portable live production systems, today announced that LightWave™ 10.1 has received a Computer Graphics World magazine Silver Edge Award for industry-changing technology exhibited at NAB 2011, in Las Vegas.
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| | | | Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Now Available
Major Upgrade to Creative Suite Product Family Delivers Breakthroughs in HTML5 Authoring and Mobile App Development
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of the Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 product family. Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 delivers important advances in HTML5 and Flash authoring, enabling designers and developers to create compelling content and applications.
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| | | | American Film Institute Presents 37th Annual AFI Directing Workshop For Women
Creative COW® And Levi's® Shape What's To Come™ Provide Enhanced Financial Support To Program
The American Film Institute (AFI) today announced the details for its 37th annual Directing Workshop for Women (DWW) Showcase and the participants of its upcoming 2011 cycle. The program provides classroom training and hands-on production experience for female directors in the entertainment industry.
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| | | | FOLIO: Magazine Names Creative COW CEO to “FOLIO: 40” List of Distinguished Magazine & Media Pros
Ronald Lindeboom, co-founder and CEO of CreativeCOW.net (Creative Communities of the World), the online peer-to-peer community for media production professionals working in film, broadcast, and related fields, has been listed among FOLIO: Magazine’s “FOLIO: 40” for 2011. FOLIO: which is the only magazine that serves the entire magazine publishing industry, describes the “FOLIO: 40” as “some of the most distinguished magazine and media professionals from every corner of our industry,” and says that the award is “honoring the individuals creating a new chapter for the magazine industry.”
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| | | | Adobe Announces Creative Suite 5.5 Design Premium and Design Standard
Key Design Suite Enhancements Support Explosion in Content on Mobile Devices and Tablets
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Creative Suite® 5.5 Design Premium, the industry standard software that lets designers produce high-impact materials faster and deliver immersive, visually rich experiences to screens of all shapes and sizes. Creative Suite 5.5 Design Premium comprises powerful new versions of Adobe InDesign®, Adobe Dreamweaver®, Adobe Flash® Professional and Adobe Flash® Catalyst™, as well as Adobe Acrobat® X Pro, Adobe Illustrator® CS5, Adobe Photoshop® CS5 Extended and Adobe Fireworks® CS5. A new version of Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Standard will also be available.
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| | | | 1 Beyond Unveils New Line of LTO-5 Archiving Systems at NAB 2011
Company Announces New Wrangler FlexVTR™ Disk and LTO-5 Archive Recorder with Sony SRW Emulator and the latest Wrangler Mini3D DDR/Viewer for HD-SDI
1 Beyond™, Inc., a leading provider of high performance video production and post productionsystems, today announced it will unveil new archiving products based on theLTO-5 Linear Tape File System (LTFS) standard at NAB (Las Vegas Convention Center, April 9-14, booth # SL10420).
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| | | | SmartSound to Launch Web-Based Music Customization at NAB Show on April 11th
New SmartSound Quicktracks® will give customers instant access to customize and download any track from SmartSound’s entire royalty free music library
SmartSound Software, Inc., the leader in fully-customizable royalty-free music and soundtrack creation technology, today announced Quicktracks—an innovative new Cloud-based music customization service.
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| | | | Safe Harbor Launches Giveaway Promo
Sponsored by Next Limit Technologies, Luxology, NewTek, and Safe Harbor Computers, we are giving away a 3D pot of ‘software gold’ to a few lucky people! Save some serious green this March while adding professional tools to your workflow.
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| | | | Creative COW Taps Top Entertainment Technology Journalist, Debra Kaufman As Associate Editor, Creative COW Magazine
Industry’s Most Read Publication Strengthens Editorial Staff
CreativeCOW.net (Communities of the World), the online peer-to-peer hub for media production professionals in film, broadcast, and related fields is expanding the capacity of its editorial coverage with the addition of Debra Kaufman, one of the entertainment and post industry’s most respected journalists. Debra will serve as Creative COW Magazine’s new Associate Editor, working closely with Editor-in-Chief Tim Wilson and Publisher Ronald Lindeboom on all aspects of editorial content, as well as authoring her own in-depth industry analysis and coverage.
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| | | | Strategy+Communications Develops “Get Yourself Heard at NAB”
To Help NAB Exhibitors Gain Media Attention, Increase Booth Traffic
To help exhibitors face the challenge of gaining the attention of journalists covering the upcoming National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention, Strategy+Communications has developed “Get Yourself Heard at NAB.”
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| | | | Cutting Edge’s Latest TVC For Coca-Cola Is A Wild Ride
Cutting Edge’s ‘Wild Health’ TVC for Dentsu, takes a wild ride with Japanese megastar Namie Amuro
Cutting Edge, a leading provider of creative, broadcast, visual effects, film and technical services to the media and entertainment industries, today announced the production of ‘Wild Health’ for Coca-Cola Zero.
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| | | | Graphic Design Faculty Chair Receives Color in Design Award
University entrance banner design will be featured in HOW and Print magazines
David Grey, faculty chair of the Graphic Design Department at Santa Fe University of Art and Design, received a Color in Design Award for his redesign of the university’s entrance banners.
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| | | | Apple Launches Subscriptions on the App Store
Apple® today announced a new subscription service available to all publishers of content-based apps on the App Store℠, including magazines, newspapers, video, music, etc. This is the same innovative digital subscription billing service that Apple recently launched with News Corp.’s “The Daily” app.
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| | | | NAB 2011: DAlet To Introduce New Solution For Sports Production With Rich MAM Capabilities
Also making their debut; new and enhanced MAM-based solutions for news and program workflows
Dalet will debut their new line-up of next-generation Media Asset Management (MAM) solutions at the upcoming NAB 2011, held in Las Vegas, NV from April 11 - 14 (stand SL6014). Dalet Sports Factory, Dalet News Suite and Dalet Media Life are designed to address the specific production and media management needs of sports, news and program workgroups.
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| | | | Creative COW Magazine Passes 5 Year Mark
Creative COW Magazine, the leading trade publication for media production professionals in film, broadcast, and related fields, has just issued its 5th Anniversary edition in December 2010. With its paid circulation continuing to rise, this magazine has defied the negative business trends in the trade publishing industry.
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| | | | Creative COW Video Podcasts Earn 8 of Top 10 Positions On Apple iTunes
Key Technology Industries Rely Extensively On Creative COW “How-To” and “Tech” Video Podcasts
CreativeCOW.net (Communities of the World), the leading online peer-to-peer hub for media production professionals in film, broadcast, and related fields, is setting the industry benchmark with its array of free Video Podcasts available on Apple’s iTunes. On January 31st, Creative COW video podcasts held all of the top 6 spots in the “Software How-to” category, as well as 8 of the top 10, and a total of 17 of the top 100 podcasts. No other publisher had more than 4 podcasts in the top 100.
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| | | | Switzerland’s Top News Portal Opts for Vizrt to Boost Growth
Vizrt Ltd. supply production tools to the digital media industry and announced today that the Swiss multi-national company, Ringier, has chosen its Escenic Content Management System (CMS) to run its Blick Internet News Portal (http://www.blick.ch), Switzerland’s most-visited news site.
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| | | | ToolsOnAir Makes the Local Connection
Salzburg Plus Facility Implements Broadcast Suite
Vienna-based ToolsOnAir has been making headlines this year for its acclaimed Broadcast Suite of innovative Mac OS based tools for TV broadcast professionals. But while the company has been working hard to keep up with demand from facilities as far away as Australia, South Africa, North and South America, one of the most rewarding installations they've done recently was in their own back yard.
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| | | | Adobe Flash Media Server 4 Available on Amazon Web Services
New Collaboration Enables Customers to Leverage Adobe Flash Technology for the Delivery of Rich Media and Social Media Applications with Minimal Upfront Investment
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) and Amazon Web Services LLC (Nasdaq:AMZN), today announced the availability of Adobe® Flash® Media Server 4 software on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), part of Amazon Web Services (AWS).
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| | | | Good Dog Media Delivers “Wired” iPad App with the Help of Matrox MAX
Magazine history was made with the September issue of Wired. This issue marked the first time a “motion cover” was shot exclusively for the iPad. Starring Joel McHale, the app features a cover video and six short videos about “The Future of Television”. Adam Grossman, owner of Good Dog Media served as the DP and editor on the project.
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| | | | Vinten wins “Best of IBC 2010” award for Vector innovation
Vinten®, a Vitec Group brand and a global leader in camera supports, today announces its new Vector 430 and Vector 750i, which made their debut at IBC 2010, have won the “Best of IBC 2010” editors’ award from TVB Europe and The IBC Daily magazines.
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| | | | NewTek LightWave 3D® is Tool of Choice for Creating Images on Latest Time and Newsweek Covers
Intuitive 3D modeling and animation software underscores BP oil spill tragedy and US financial crisis for renowned magazines’ covers created by Joe Zeff Design
NewTek, manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products, today announced that Joe Zeff Design, a leading design studio delivering computer-generated illustration for publishing companies, advertising agencies and major corporations, used LightWave 3D® software to illustrate the cover images for Newsweek and Time magazines that are on the stands now.
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| | | | Side People Releases Sideliner™ Rundown Display Software
Improves newscast viewership loyalty by displaying a preview of upcoming stories
Side People LLC, a provider of innovative data integration applications for realtime broadcast graphics systems, today announced the release and immediate availability of Sideliner rundown display software.
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| | | | FOR-A Collects Two Awards at NAB 2010
Two new products from FOR-A, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, were recognized with awards from two industry magazines at the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nev., last week.
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| | | | 360 Systems Introduces the 2020HD Recorder for Uncompressed 2-D and 3-D Production
The MAXX-2020HD Reference Recorder provides lossless recording and playback of multiple HD video formats, including 3-D
360 Systems has announced its new MAXX-2020HD Reference Recorder,™ designed for multi-camera and 3-D production. Matched to the special needs of high quality 3D imaging, the MAXX-2020HD Reference Recorder provides lossless recording and playback of many HD video formats, including paired channels for 3-D. The 2020 Recorder accepts images in any color space with 8, 10 or 12 bits; and does not compress the image in any way. Its two channels can be used for independent HD-SDI streams, as a 3-D pair, or as a single 3G channel. Two recorders can be synchronized for dual-3G operation.
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| | | | InDesign CS5 Powers the Transition to Digital Publishing
New Version Facilitates the Creation and Distribution of High-Impact Content in Print and Interactive Formats
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® InDesign® CS5, a compelling new release of its versatile page layout software that allows users to efficiently deliver page layouts in print, online and on devices. As a new generation of tablet devices is poised to transform magazine, book and newspaper markets, Adobe InDesign CS5 enables creative professionals to deliver digital documents that include interactivity, animation, video and audio – connecting people to page content in innovative and memorable ways. Adobe InDesign CS5 will be available as a stand-alone application or as a component of Adobe Creative Suite® 5 Design Premium and Standard editions and Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection (see separate releases).
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| | | | New ARRI 2-Perforation Movements
ARRI is releasing new and improved 2-perforation movements for the ARRICAM Studio, ARRICAM Lite and ARRIFLEX 235 cameras. These movements can be quickly and repeatedly exchanged with 3 or 4-perforation movements by qualified technicians, bringing unique production benefits.
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| | | | Miraizon Introduces Professional-Quality Video Converter for Windows
Miraizon®, a San Jose-based digital media software company, announced today the availability of its new product Reframe™ for Windows. Reframe is a professional-quality video converter that allows users to convert video and audio from one standard or format to another. Reframe has been available for the Macintosh since October 2009 with exactly the same set of features.
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| | | | AJA Moves to New Custom-Built Grass Valley, CA Facility
66,000 Square-Foot AJA Campus Designed to Streamline Operations and Future Product Development.
AJA Video Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional video interface and conversion solutions, today moves into its new corporate campus, custom-built to AJA’s specifications in the heart of Grass Valley, California.
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| | | | Specs Howard School Inaugurates Motion Picture Film Workshops
New initiatives, with Grace & Wild at Studio Center is poised to train film professionals for Michigan movie workforce
As film making in Metro Detroit continues at a feverish pace, bringing to the area such luminaries as Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino), Michael Bay (Transformers) and Robert De Niro (Stone), incredible opportunities exist to work both in front of and behind the lens.
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| | | | Eastwest Heats Things Up With Its“Buy One Get One Free” Worldwide Promotion Of Play Products
Receive PLAY Product Free with Mail-in Rebate at Participating Retailers or instantly
Summer is coming and EASTWEST is heating things up by offering a Buy One Get One Free Promotion for its top-selling PLAY-powered products. Included in this offer are some of its most popular PLAY-powered products, such as Quantum Leap SILK, EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP Symphonic Choirs PLAY Edition, EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP Symphonic Orchestra PLAY Edition, EASTWEST FAB FOUR and QUANTUM LEAP Goliath.
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| | | | Eastwest Is ‘Bringing Down The House’ With Zero-G Progressive House
Zero-G is getting in touch with its dark side with the introduction of Progressive House, a collection of over 500 samples of the deepest progressive house beats. This mysterious, dirty, mind-bending kaleidoscope of sounds distributed by EASTWEST, exclusive distributor of Zero-G products, offers hundreds of loops and single hits which blend styles of electro, progressive and minimal house.
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| | | | Keisoku Giken Launches Uncompressed Portable Recorder for Tapeless Workflow
Keisoku-Giken Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of uncompressed imaging solutions, for production, post-production, and digital cinema environments, announced today the launch and immediate availability of the UDR-100 uncompressed portable recorder, which can record stereoscopic 3D in HD or capture 2K. At NAB 2009 the UDR-100 will be shown capturing from an ARRI D21.
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| | | | AJA KONA 3 at the Heart of 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' Edit
Video Capture and Playback Card Supports All-Digital Workflow for Academy Award-Winning Feature Film
Shot primarily on the Grass Valley Viper FilmStream digital cinema camera, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" employed an all-digital workflow that relied on AJA's KONA 3 video capture and playback cards for digital dailies and as an integral part of the film's Apple Final Cut Pro editing platform. KONA 3 is AJA's top-of-the-line uncompressed capture card for SD, HD, Dual Link 4:4:4 HD and 2K formats for Apple Mac Pro systems.
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| | | | Vuzix to introduce the World's First Consumer Augmented Reality Video Eyewear at 2009 Game Developers Conference
See this groundbreaking technology at the Moscone Center, Booth Number 6420 NH, on March 23rd – 27th, 2009 in San Francisco, CA
Vuzix Corporation, the leader in video eyewear for the mainstream consumer, defense and low vision markets, will showcase a game-changing Augmented Reality Accessory Kit for the popular VR920 Virtual Reality Video Eyewear. Partnering with metaio, Inc., a world leader in augmented reality software solutions, Vuzix will demonstrate at the 2009 GDC how a simple printed page can be brought to life with 3-D animated characters that literally pop out of the book. Additionally, be prepared to experience the thrill of a fantasy tale coming to life with a fire breathing dragon flying overhead.
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| | | | BBC Motion Gallery Ranks Highest for Best News Footage Collection
Findings Published in Thriving Archives’ Footage Customer Survey
BBC Motion Gallery, a division of BBC Worldwide and the exclusive global representative for the BBC News Archive and CBS News Archive, has ranked highest amongst premium stock footage news suppliers for quality, customer service and selection in a new independent survey from Thriving Archives.
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| | | | Class on Demand Makes Available Self-Paced Training for Episode 5.1
New training video gives users expert instruction on optimizing image quality and content repurposing; mastering new features found in the industry standard Episode 5.1 compression tools
Class on Demand, a provider of professional educational products for creative markets, announced the availability of "Complete Training for Episode and Episode Pro 5.1". Class on Demand instructor Nate Caplin spearheads the 4.5 hour self-paced training offering an in-depth tour of the industry leading Episode and Episode Pro compression solutions from Telestream.
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| | | | Prominent Professional Photo Studio Installs Small Tree Communications' Ethernet-Based Shared Storage Technology
Technology Helps Jim Jordan Photography Achieve Seamless Workflow
Having photographed many A-list celebrities, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Drew Barrymore and Charlize Theron, and with photographs frequently featured on the covers of leading magazines like Vogue, Marie Claire and Elle, Jim Jordan is one of the entertainment industry’s most well-respected photographers. Meeting client deadlines is critical for Jordan, so he recently turned to Small Tree Communications, designer of simple-to-install, inexpensive networking and shared storage products for creative professionals using Mac OS X, to improve post-production workflow at his studio in Los Angeles.
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| | | | Digital Ad Pioneer Jason Zada Shoots Adidas Soccer Campaign With P2 HdD Cams
Director Teams AJ-HPX3000s and AJ-HPX500s on Wide-Ranging Ads Featuring adidas-Sponsored Major League Soccer Teams
San Francisco-based director/writer Jason Zada, whose prominence among digital content marketing producers dates back to the early days of the Internet, shot a five-episode web series and three 30-second broadcast spots for adidas with AJ-HPX3000 native 1080p P2 HD and AJ-HPX500 2/3” shoulder-mount P2 HD camcorders.
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| | | | DUCK Hires Animation Director Monkmus
Los Angeles-based DUCK Studios is pleased to announce the addition of design and animation innovator Monkmus to their team. The award-winning filmmaker and illustrator brings a reputation for creating work with a whimsical flair, off-beat humor, and emotional resonance.
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| | | | TAMUZ Broadcast Company Grows Sales Staff with Addition of Tim McNany
TAMUZ Broadcast Company (TBC Monitors) has expanded its sales force with the addition of Tim McNany. Dave Hartmann, Importer and CEO for TBC Monitors made the announcement from the Company’s US headquarters in Chester, NJ. TBC Monitors is the North and South American arm of TAMUZ GmbH, a leading German designer and manufacturer of high-quality single or multiple screen LCD monitors.
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| | | | 2008-09 Panasonic TV-by-IT tour targets production facilities
100 events in 23 countries showcasing creative and cost benefits of P2 workflow, production with AVC Intra, and Varicam
Panasonic PBITS Professional & Broadcast Systems has announced its 2008-09 TV-by-IT tour, which will take in 23 countries in Europe, staging more than 100 events aimed at independent production houses and freelance producers.
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| | | | Orange, France's Largest Mobile Operator, Chooses Dalet for HD Production and Enterprise MAM
Dalet Enterprise Edition provides platform and tools for mobile and VOD production of the Orangefoot French Football programming package
Dalet Digital Media Systems announced today at the IBC 2008 convention, held in Amsterdam from September 12 – 16, that Orange (owned by France Telecom Group) has implemented Dalet Enterprise Edition to produce the highlights of the French Football matches via their mobile and VOD channels.
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| | | | S.two announces global agreement with ARRI Sales
Camera manufacturer to sell S.two uncompressed solution for filmmakers
S.two Corporation, known for its comprehensive range of uncompressed field recording products and elegant workflow solutions to speed the material through the post environment, has announced a worldwide agreement with Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co.
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| | | | Hit Films Tropic Thunder, The Bucket List Feature SmartSound Music
Music Quality and Creative Control Make SmartSound the Superior Library Choice for Feature Film Music Editors
SmartSound Software, Inc. is proud to announce the inclusion of seven SmartSound music tracks in the current DreamWorks® hit “Tropic Thunder,” starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black & Robert Downey, Jr., currently the #1 film in the nation.
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| | | | BBC Motion Gallery signs up the International Tennis Federation
World class tennis tournament footage now available via www.bbcmotiongallery.com
BBC Motion Gallery, the archive sales arm of BBC Worldwide, has bolstered its specialist sports footage by signing a key distribution deal with the International Tennis Federation (ITF).
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| | | | CGArena, iZ3D, and MTBS Launch S-3D CG Art Contest for SIGGRAPH 2008
Winners Will Be Rewarded With Special Prizes From iZ3D, AMD, and Epic Games
Stereoscopic 3D (S-3D) is easily one of the most talked about technologies in the gaming market and Meant to be Seen, CGArena, and iZ3D have teamed up to launch a special S-3D CG art contest at SIGGRAPH with the help of some exciting prizes put forward by leading industry members.
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| | | | Deke McClelland Stars in a New, Bold, Brash, & Hilarious Music Video
Introducing dekePod Video Podcasts--101 Photoshop Tips in 5 Minutes
They claimed no matter how fast you gabbed (or crooned) no creature (or robot) could deliver 100-plus, real-world Photoshop instructions in five minutes or less. Yet today, digital imaging master and modern day troubadour Deke McClelland proved the naysayers wrong.
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| | | | S.two announces new DFR2K™ Digital Film Recorder
Compact, movie-tested recorder leads the company’s expanded line-up of uncompressed film capture and workflow products
S.two Corporation (NAB Booth SL9208 S. Hall Lower Level) has confirmed that the newest version of the company’s market and industry leading portable Digital Film Recorder, the DFR2K™ will debut at the NAB 2008 Convention in Las Vegas.
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| | | | S.two announces Digital Studio Recorder
DSR™ answers need for fast, economical movement of uncompressed data to Post
S.two Corporation (NAB Booth SL9208 S. Hall Lower Level) known for their industry-leading uncompressed portable production recorders, has announced the introduction of the DSR™ (Digital Studio Recorder) to economically speed the movement of uncompressed material through the Post Production environment.
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| | | | S.two delivers End-to-End 4K workflow today
Announces DALSA is first customer for total 4K solution
S.two Corporation (NAB Booth SL9208 S. Hall Lower Level) has announced the introduction of i.DOCK4™ (4K data and HD RGB offline production ingest dock) and A.DOCK4™ (4K data and HD RGB archive dock) to compliment the DFR 4K™ (4K Digital Field Recorder) announced last year and appearing at NAB 2008 for the first time. DALSA Digital Cinema, a leader in 4K digital motion picture capture is first to order the complete tool set.
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| | | | S.two Digital Field Recorders
First Recorder to earn the ARRIRAW T-LINK™ Certification
S.two Corporation known for their industry and market-leading uncompressed portable recorders have become the first company to earn the new ARRIRAW T-LINK™ Certification. This has been granted to the following models: TAKE2™, DFR2™, and DFR2K™ uncompressed portable recorders; i.DOCK™ and i.DOCK4™ ingest docking stations; and A.DOCK™ and A.DOCK4™ archive stations.
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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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| | | | Eastwest's Fab Four Wins MIPA Award
Top Pick Sound Collection Chosen By International Press
EASTWEST’s Fab Four Virtual Instrument Collection was recognized by the international music trade press as it took home the MIPA (Musikmesse International Press Award) for Best Sound Library.
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| | | | Grupo Multimedios Chooses Dalet NewsPro for Omneon
Turn-key package to drive tapeless news operation in Torreon facilities of leading Mexican media conglomerate
Dalet Digital Media Systems today announced that media conglomerate Grupo Multimedios has chosen Dalet NewsPro for Omneon to digitize its Multimedios Laguna facilities in the city of Torreon, state of Coahuila located in the North of Mexico.
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