| | | | Bella Corporation Ships KillerKeys Express
Killerkeys Express And The Companion iPad App Now Available
Bella Corporation today announced that KillerKeys Express for Windows and the companion KillerKeys Express iPad App are now available.
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| | | | Geomerics to Bring Next-Generation Lighting to Xbox One
 Enlighten to drive visual quality on Xbox One with real-time global illumination
Geomerics, the leading lighting technology company in the video game industry, today announced its support for Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft. Enlighten is now available to developers working on Xbox One titles, bringing real-time global illumination to the next generation of games.
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| | | | Kickstarter To Bring Video Games: The Movie To The Silver Screen
Mediajuice Studios Launches Kickstarter Campaign to Finalize the Untold Story of Video Games
Mediajuice Studios announced today that it has launched a Kickstarter campaign to finalize its indie documentary film, "Video Games: The Movie" (http://kck.st/10F2eCG). Mediajuice Studios, which has created scores of trailers and live-action commercials for the world’s top video game brands, recently concluded a year’s worth of on-camera interviews with many video game icons and celebrities for "Video Games: The Movie", and is now raising funds to complete post-production before releasing the film theatrically.
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| | | | Bodega’s Steinman, Littman And Nba Stars Play Defense Against Illegal Wildlife Trade For NBA Cares And Wildaid
 New York/San Francisco-based content creation/production company Bodega directors Eric Steinman and Mark Littman, the Los Angeles Lakers’ Pau Gasol and the New York Knicks’ Tyson Chandler suit up and box out for the fight against illegal wildlife trade in two new :30 PSAs, “24 Seconds” (with Gasol, directed by Steinman) and “Center” (with Chandler, directed by Littman) for NBA Cares and WildAid, produced direct to client. “24-Seconds” was shot in English, Spanish and Mandarin to reach a global audience for the wildlife conservation organization, which, with this NBA Cares collaboration, adds new NBA athletes to its long list of celebrity ambassadors which includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Harrison Ford, Jackie Chan, Sir Richard Branson, Yao Ming and Carmelo Anthony. “Center” encourages consumers to never buy products made from ivory while “24-Seconds” focuses on all endangered species.
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| | | | Rhythm & Hues Alumni Thom Burkhart Named Senior Producer at STEELE Studios
 STEELE Studios, a leading post production company and creator of visual imagery for Films, Commercials, Television, Broadcast, Music Videos and Online/Viral Media, has named Thom Burkhart as the company’s new Senior Producer. Most recently, Burkhart had been Head of Digital Post Production for Rhythm & Hues for 14 years.
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| | | | Emmy® Award-Winning Cinematographer Sean Conaty Selects Anton/Bauer Batteries To Help Fuel Narrative Work
 Beginning with his days as a Master’s student of cinematography at the University of Southern California, Emmy® Award-winning cinematographer of narrative and documentary features, commercials and music videos Sean Conaty has powered countless creative projects with Anton/Bauer® batteries and accessories. Thanks to the rugged build and reliability behind the company’s power solutions, Conaty can count on uninterrupted power no matter where his productions take him on-location—from the dry heat of the desert for the short film Jack and the Dustbowl to the rainy high school football field in rural Ohio for the feature film "Underdogs".
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| | | | Criminal Music Launches, Bringing Composers Closer to the Target
 Rachel Dunn and Tera Uhlinger have launched Criminal Music, a boutique full-service production company dedicated to ensuring quality in commercial music by fostering true collaboration between the agency and the artist. The company opens its doors with a roster that includes DJ Cheapshot & Bridge Compositions, Tony Bevilacqua, Jeremy Simmons, Jesse Novak, Christopher Lennertz, Transcenders, redCola, and Brandon Arnovick for exclusive representation in the branded arena.
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| | | | Bodega’s Merhar Takes The Insanity Out Of The Home Garden For Preen
 New York/San Francisco-based content creation/production company Bodega director Dave Merhar exposes extreme measures for weed-free gardens in the comedic new :15 “How I Do It – I Use Preen Garden” for Preen out of Merkley + Partners, NY. The spot features ruthless de-weeding tactics including a man who torches his weeds with a flamethrower and a woman in absolute histrionics over pulling and spraying. The campaign also features the additional :15 “How I Do It – I Use Preen Mulch.”
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| | | | Appear TV Exhibits Multiscreen Delivery Solution at the 2013 NAB show
Appear TV, a leading global provider of next-generation headends for broadcast and IP television, will showcase its Multiscreen and OTT Solution for its leading modular headend architecture at the 2013 NAB Show (Booth SU7605). The module allows users to streamline the encoding and transcoding process, while offering an easily integrated and expandable architecture, making it ideal for streaming content for live applications such as sports broadcasts.
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| | | | Broadcast Pix Debuts Granite X Series
 Large Live Production Systems with End-to-End Integration
Broadcast Pix™ today announced its Granite X Series of live video production systems, which will be unveiled at the 2013 NAB Show (Booth SL6324) that runs April 8-11 in Las Vegas, Nev. Designed for large-scale live productions and accessing cloud-based content, its new hardware and software enhance integration from ingest to delivery.
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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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| | | | Tiger Technology Introduces cluStore TLE – Affordable Hierarchical Storage Management Solution Leverages IBM Linear Tape File System For Windows Workflows
New Server Based Solution Delivers Powerful and Easy-to-Use Storage Virtualization For Production Professionals Needing Accessible and Interchangeable Storage Archives
Tiger Technology, the leading developer of high performance storage area networking (SAN), software management tools and integrated appliances, today announced cluStore TLE, a new server-based hierarchical storage management (HSM) software solution that leverages the universal IBM® Linear Tape File System™ (LTFS) tapes and tape libraries for the Windows operating system. Aimed at the rich-media and entertainment industry and other communities challenged to store, access and archive petabytes of data, the tiered HSM structure represents a paradigm shift in the way users interact with their storage resources, as it allows archived data to be seamlessly integrated as part of the main storage pool for unmatched ease-of-use and interoperability in day-to-day operations.
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| | | | Steele Opens New Santa Monica Location With Superbowl Spots, Feature Film, Stereo 3D Project For CI/Sony, And Mariah Carey Video For “OZ: The Great And Powerful”
 STEELE Studios, a leading creator and producer of visual content for Films, Commercials, Television, Broadcast, Music Videos and Online/Viral Media, has relocated its offices to 1131 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica, CA, 90404. Ph: 310/450-0600. Jo and Jerry Steele, co-founders, STEELE Studios, made the announcement.
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| | | | Wowza Exec to Share Company's 'TV Anywhere' Concept at 2013 NAB Show
Session to Highlight How Broadcasters Can Recreate the TV Watching Experience by Using Simple Workflows to Deliver Seamless, High-Quality Video to Viewers Using Any Device
Wowza Media Systems LLC, provider of Simply Powerful Streaming™ server software, today announced that Wowza® Vice President of Product Management Chris Knowlton will be presenting a session titled "Anytime, Anywhere, Best Quality: Multiscreen Streaming Workflows for Broadcasters" at the 2013 NAB Show. The presentation will take place at 4 p.m. on April 10 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Room S228.
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| | | | OptiTrack Reveals Prime 17W Motion Capture Camera at GDC 2013
 OptiTrack announced today the Prime 17W motion capture camera, the latest offering in the company's Prime Series line of high performance motion capture and tracking cameras. With 1.7 Megapixels (MP) and a wide angle field of view (FOV), the Prime 17W is equipped to maximize coverage in a variety of volumes.
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| | | | Autodesk Reveals New Gameware Advancements at GDC 2013
Game Development Solutions Boost UI Design, Artificial Intelligence, Lighting and Animation Tools
Game Developers Conference 2013 -- Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) unveiled new versions of its widely adopted game development middleware from the Autodesk Gameware product line that allow developers to create more compelling gaming experiences.
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| | | | NAB2013: Hybrid To Showcase New Features, Third Party Interfaces To Range Of Virtual Studio And Robotics Camera Systems
 Photo-Realistic Virtual Set, Social Media Interface and Enhanced Anchor/Video Interaction among New Highlights
At NAB 2013 Hybrid, a leading provider of real-time graphics and robotic camera systems, will present a dynamic display of its product line working together and with third party products to deliver interactive presentations with unsurpassed visual imagery. Groundbreaking new features to several products will be introduced. Hybrid will exhibit in Booth C9908 during the NAB convention, being held from April 8-11th at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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| | | | Introducing Broadcast Pix Flint Live Production and Streaming System
 Affordable Solution Delivers End-to-End Integration, Access to Cloud-Based Content
Broadcast Pix™ today announced the Broadcast Pix Flint system, a breakthrough live video production system with end-to-end integration. Flint delivers built-in HD streaming and allows operators to include cloud-based content, in addition to cameras and file-based graphics and video, during live productions. Available in April and priced from $8,995, Flint integrates the entire production workflow, from ingest to distribution, and is anchored by the company’s established production toolset for creating sophisticated live video.
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| | | | OptiTrack™ Simplifies Motion Capture with Release of Motive Software
 Motion capture provider OptiTrack™ today announced the launch of Motive, a unified software platform designed to eliminate the complexities historically associated with motion capture workflows. Motive delivers cleaner motion data, enables larger capture volumes and can be tailored to meet a full range of production studio and research facility needs. With an easy-to-navigate interface, Motive provides a high-performance solution for data management and processing as well as skeleton solving. When customized with the Motive Body Module add-on, the system delivers simultaneous full body and finger tracking, even in very large capture areas.
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| | | | Livestream Launches HD Multi-Camera Live Production Switcher Software
To help further its mission to democratize live video, Livestream (livestream.com) announced the release of Livestream Studio(TM), the software-only edition of its successful live video switcher hardware, the Livestream Studio HD500. Now, anyone can build a live, multi-camera production switcher that competes with hardware products on the market for a fraction of the price. Livestream Studio works exclusively with any Blackmagic Design(R) capture and playback device and runs on Microsoft(R) Windows.
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| | | | City of Bellingham Produces Multi-Camera HD Productions with Portable System from ABS
 Bellingham TV Channel 10 (BTV10), the government and education channel for the city of Bellingham, Wash., produces multi-camera coverage of meetings from City Hall and single-camera event coverage throughout Whatcom County. However, a new portable production system from professional video and audio systems integration firm Advanced Broadcast Solutions (ABS) is helping the channel produce multi-camera HD productions throughout its community.
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| | | | Empire City Casino Expands HD Production with ABS Flypack
 Professional video and audio systems integration firm Advanced Broadcast Solutions (ABS) today announced it recently delivered a full-HD video flypack, ordered through the company’s Pittsburgh office, to the Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway in Westchester, N.Y. The casino has been using the system since October to produce two ongoing series.
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| | | | Preco introduces AVT MAGIC TH6 six-line broadcast talk-show phone system
 Preco (Broadcast Systems) announces the AVT MAGIC TH6 six-line broadcast talk-show phone system. This can be operated with standard voice-grade telephone lines or as a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) hybrid. Up to six callers may be assigned separate audio lines feeding a studio mixing console. Alternatively, the audio lines can be configured as Pretalk, Hold and On-air. Callers can be switched in Pretalk and On-air conference mode. An external or recorded Hold signal can be configured. A call-forwarding function forwards callers to a manually dialed or pre-stored number.
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| | | | Axis Creates CGI Episodic Content For "Halo 4" Spartan Ops: Season One
CGI artists and storytellers, Axis, in collaboration with 343 Industries, proudly announces its participation in the brand-new, story-driven experience of "Halo 4" - Spartan Ops: Season One. A first-of-its-kind, exciting new addition to the "Halo" franchise, Spartan Ops is an episodic adventure that blends immersive storytelling, high-quality cinematics and action-packed gameplay to deliver an unprecedented serialized experience. In substance and scope, this first season of episodic content is taking Axis to new levels of involvement in the storytelling process, technical demands and in the development of believable, engaging characters.
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| | | | Luma Adds Award Winning Creative Director and VFX Supervisor Simon Mowbray
Visual effects stronghold Luma Pictures has further fortified its creative battlements with the addition of award-winning Creative Director and VFX Supervisor Simon Mowbray. Mowbray's deep experience leading the VFX elements for major U.S. and international advertising campaigns provides Luma with another keystone on which to further its work in the commercial market. Additionally, the company may look to leverage his originative approach to visual effects into their work in feature film where opportunities present themselves.
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| | | | Music House Thwak! Relaunches As KBV Music
 Artist-Driven Licensing Agency And Label Led By Tony Verderosa Cruises With Royal Carribean Synch Placement
The prolific producer and music-for-picture expert Tony Verderosa announced that his music house, Thwak!, has officially relaunched as KBV Music . The new brand emphasizes the activities of Verderosa’s KBV Records label, which has established a successful track record of artist development since being founded in 2009. The boutique music company has already won a high-profile placement under its new moniker, supplying Royal Caribbean and agency JWT with the raw rock track “Let’s Get It On” by the KBV Records artist Romans.
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| | | | House of Moves Provides Full Performance Capture for Cinematics in Call of Duty®: Black Ops II
 House of Moves (HOM), leading motion capture and animation service company for the film, television, gaming and commercial industries, once again teamed with Treyarch and Activision Publishing, Inc. to provide full performance capture for cinematics featured in Call of Duty®: Black Ops II. The latest installment in the critically-acclaimed video game franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops II launched worldwide on November 13, 2012.
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| | | | Faceware Technologies Brings a New Face to the Asian Animation Market
Faceware Technologies signs two reseller agreements to aggressively target Japan and China with its Facial Motion Capture Technology
Faceware Technologies, a leading provider of 3D facial motion capture solutions for the video game, film, television and commercial industries, today announced that it has dramatically increased its foothold in the Asian market by signing two new resellers: Japan’s Crescent Inc,. the exclusive distributor of Vicon Motion Capture Systems to the Japanese entertainment market, and Beijing Ou-Lei Technology, Co, Ltd., a successful supplier of entertainment equipment & solutions in China.
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| | | | Colorist Shane Reed joins The Mill LA.
 The Mill expands Color in Los Angeles by welcoming Shane Reed to its talent roster
Shane’s impressive body of work provides an array of high profile commercials, music videos, and feature films:
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| | | | World Firsts and Networking Galore at BVE North 2012
- Trade show attracts senior professionals in the northern regions and increases visitors by 8% -
BVE North 2012 proved even more successful than last year’s event, with more free seminar content, more exhibitors, a higher percentage of decision makers and 2587* unique visitors - an increase of 8% compared to 2011.
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| | | | Sony Releases Free Sound Site™ App For Windows®8
Sony Creative Software, a leading global provider of professional editing and authoring solutions, today released its Sound Site™ app for Windows®8 devices. As one of the first apps available for download at the Windows Online Store, Sound Site is a mobile gateway to the Sony Sound Series line of royalty-free audio content, including its downloadable Loops & Samples and Sound Effects catalogs.
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| | | | Award-winning Mixer Paul Hurtubise Joins Margarita Mix
 Margarita Mix, a FotoKem company specializing in audio post services for commercials and advertising media, has added sound mixer Paul Hurtubise to its talent roster. The highly regarded sound designer/mixer and music composer has been contributing his art and craft to the industry since 1996. His work includes numerous Super Bowl spots throughout his career, and he has earned CLIO and Telly Awards, among other accolades.
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| | | | Stephen Lovett to Lead Light Iron OUTPOST Mobile Systems
Light Iron – a post production leader specializing in on-site dailies, digital intermediate, archival, and data services for projects originated on file-based motion cameras – has hired Stephen Lovett to oversee the expansion of its OUTPOST mobile post production systems.
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| | | | ABS Hires Dan Skirpan to Bolster East Coast Presence
Professional video and audio systems integration firm Advanced Broadcast Solutions (ABS) today announced it has hired Dan Skirpan, CTS, for audio visual system sales, effective August 6. Based near Pittsburgh, he manages several large clients and is helping to grow the company’s East Coast market presence.
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| | | | SMPTE Announces New Officers and Governors – Including First Woman President: Wendy Aylsworth
 Leadership spans who’s who of motion imaging: CBS, CBC/Radio Canada, Cine Design Group, Dolby, Ericsson, Fox, Grass Valley, Iowa Public TV, Miltag Media, Microsoft, Miranda, Disney, Warner Bros.
The Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE), the professional membership association and worldwide leader in motion-imaging standards and education for the media, entertainment, communications, and technology industries, today announced its newly elected officers and governors, including the election of the Society’s first female president, Wendy Aylsworth. All officers will assume office 1 January 2013.
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| | | | NTP Technology introduces Penta 721 IP-compatible audio interface to US studio and broadcast market
 See NTP Technology on stand 1237 at the AES Convention, Moscone Centre, San Francisco, 27-29 October 2012
NTP Technology, a world leader in digital audio switching and signal processing, introduces its new Penta 721 IP-compatible audio router and distribution interface to US broadcast and professional audio markets at the 27-29 October Audio Engineering Society Convention in San Francisco. Represented by Sales Director Mikael Vest, the company will exhibit on stand 1237.
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| | | | Transform Your Laptop or Desktop into a Triple-Monitor Platform and Drive More Applications, Copy-Protected Content, and Captivating Digital Signage
 New Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital SE multi-monitor adapter offers HDCP compliance and drives three digital monitors from your PC or Mac
Matrox Graphics Inc. today announced the Matrox® TripleHead2Go™ Digital SE external multi-monitor adapter, which expands your system’s single-video output into an immersive triple-monitor setup so that you see and do more. This new Graphics eXpansion Module (GXM) connects to a compatible system's DisplayPort™ or Mini DisplayPort video output or Thunderbolt™ port and lets you add three external DVI monitors, each with maximum resolutions of either 1920x1080 @50Hz (PC) or 1360x768 @60Hz (Mac). New High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) compliance meanwhile enables the playback of copy-protected content, such as Blu-ray discs, across all three monitors. Compatible with a wide range of GPUs running under Mac or Windows, TripleHead2Go Digital SE yields a cost-effective multi-monitor platform for office, trading, digital signage, CAD, ProAV, houses of worship, content-creation, and simulation-training applications.
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| | | | Ventuz Guides a Virtual Dive at Expo 2012 in Yeosu Korea
 German Pavilion Wins Gold Award for "Best Content Implementation" of Event Theme
Ventuz Technology, provider of high-end 3D graphics software technology played an integral role in the interactive content display for the award-winning "Seavolution" German pavilion at the World Expo Yeosu Korea 2012. The Ventuz software suite was used by German-based multimedia agency Deutsche Werbewelt to create large scale interactive installations that demonstrated an animated voyage of discovery beneath the ocean.
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| | | | Exciting news from VIEW Conference! Oct 15-19 2012, Turin, Italy
VIEW conference director Maria Elena Gutierrez has announced that senior visual effects supervisor Dan Glass of Method Studios will give a world premiere presentation on the feature film “Cloud Atlas”. Directed by Lana and Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer, the Warner Bros. release received a 10-minute standing ovation at its Toronto Film Festival premiere. “Cloud Atlas” is scheduled for wide release beginning in late October.
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| | | | Bonfire Labs Taps Carey Crosby and John Stewart for Leadership Roles
Creative studio Bonfire Labs has further strengthened its impressive creative collective by hiring Executive Producer Carey Crosby and Senior Creative Director John Stewart. Drawing on her rich production background, Crosby will help Bonfire maintain its high bar of excellence by ensuring the studio consistently delivers a first-rate experience. Working closely with newly named Executive Creative Director Jonathan Keeton, Stewart will be heavily involved in day-to-day strategy, creative processes and design solutions.
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| | | | Faith Hill Belts Out A New Anthem For “Sunday Night Football” With Bodega, SPY and NBC
 New York/San Francisco-based content creation/production company Bodega, SPY and director Jonathan Keeton team up with NBC Sports Group and NBC Sports’ creative/co-director Tripp Dixon to deliver full-throttle football excitement in the new 1:40 game opener for NBC's Sunday Night Football, the No. 1 show on primetime television. Featuring Faith Hill and NFL stars including New York Giants quarterback and Super Bowl XLVI MVP Eli Manning, the piece marks the first spot for editor Alan Chimenti out of his new east coast roost, Bodega's sister company Northern Lights. The opener debuted prior to the opening Sunday Night Football game of the season on September 9th, and will air throughout this season and next.
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| | | | Media Technology Expo Begins Next Week in Portland
Presented by professional video and audio systems integration firm Advanced Broadcast Solutions (ABS), next week’s Media Technology Expo (MTE) will feature an exhibit hall with some of the industry’s newest and most innovative products. The show, which runs Sept. 26-27 at Leftbank Annex in Portland, Ore., will include more than 50 exhibitors showcasing a variety of cameras, lenses, projectors, monitors, audio equipment, prompters, LED lighting systems, switchers and integrated production systems, and more.
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| | | | Bexel Names Halid Hatic General Manager
Executive With Two Decades of Industry Experience to Head Management 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 its appointment of Halid Hatic as general manager. Hatic will report to Matthew Danilowicz, CEO, Vitec Group Videocom and Services Division.
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| | | | Stardust Completes 10-Spot Campaign For Corona
 Animated Commercials Feature Narration From Football Legend Jon Gruden
Bi-coastal production company Stardust recently delivered a 10-spot campaign from Corona promoting their sweepstakes to send several lucky fans on a trip to a prime football destination. Stardust was recruited for the project via agency Pereira & O’Dell to develop a package of fast-paced, high-energy animated shorts in a contemporary hand-drawn comic style.
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| | | | Fake Love And Momentum Instagram Fashion Week For American Express
 LA-based Recommended Media’s 2012 Cannes Grand Prix-winning roster design company, Fake Love teamed up with Momentum Worldwide to deliver an interactive view of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week through street-style photography with their specially created Instagram towers for American Express. Fake Love served as the digital production company on the project, crafting the digital design and technology for the three 10-foot tall towers installed in the lobby of Lincoln Center. The project features images from fashion bloggers as well as French street-style photographer, illustrator and author Garance Doré.
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| | | | BIGSMACK Adds Matt Hall As Creative Director
Creative Strategist Joins Award Winning Entertainment Agency Following Work With NBC Sports, Discovery Networks and Microsoft
Building on their reputation as a leading creative force in the entertainment marketing community, BIGSMACK has added Matt Hall as Creative Director. Hall, who most recently worked on projects for NBC Sports, Discovery Networks and Microsoft, joins a staff led by Chief Creative Andy Hann and Head of Marketing Andrew Kobliska.
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| | | | Hinge Digital Breathes Life Into Charismatic Forest Creatures for Carrington College
 Studio Collaborates with BVK to Deliver Integrated Ad Campaign Featuring Original Character Designs
Award-winning animation and visual effects studio Hinge Digital recently teamed up with BVK to create a clever series of advertisements for Carrington College. The integrated campaign includes two animated and live-action broadcast spots, as well as three online outtakes, 24 print ads, plush toys and more, which all showcase original character designs by Hinge Digital’s talented team of artists. “Carrington College Squirrel,” the first :30 campaign promo, introduces new Carrington bird mascots, Goldie and Blue, and is now airing on TV, with a live-action spot to follow in September.
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| | | | Steele Studios Completes Extensive VFX Work On Brand New TV Campaign For Overstock.Com
 Steele Produces Complex CGI Shots Featured Within Five Spot “O Is The One” Campaign
Steele Studios, a leading creator and producer of visual content for television, film, music videos, and commercial projects for Fortune 500 companies, has completed and delivered extensive visual effects work featured within a brand new TV campaign promoting client Overstock.com. Jo and Jerry Steele, co-founders, Steele Studios, made the announcement.
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| | | | Ventuz taps into Chyron BlueNet™
The cooperation between Chyron and 3d realtime graphics specialist Ventuz Technology AG reaches a new level with the integration of Ventuz into the BlueNet workflow
The established Broadcast systems supplier Chyron and graphics specialist Ventuz, who entered into a strategic partnership in February of this year, today announced that the companies will use IBC 2012 in Amsterdam to showcase their first joint development success. "We are now ready to announce our integration of Ventuz within the CAMIO broadcast environment," said Erik Beaumont, Product Manager of Ventuz. "This allows us to seamlessly and transparently operate Ventuz graphics systems within the existing Chyron BlueNet workflow."
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| | | | Persistence Of Vision, Hollywood’s Preeminent Pre-Vis Company, Launches New “Multi-Media Content” Unit: First Projects From New Unit Include Trailer For Microsoft’s “Halo 4: Forward Until Dawn,” Tv Spot For “Age Of Wushu” Film
 Persistence of Vision (POV), Hollywood’s preeminent Pre-Vis company, with a history of working on such major motion pictures as the “Star Wars” Prequels, and entries in the “Mission Impossible” and “X-Men” film franchises, has launched a new “Multi-Media Content” Unit, it was announced today by David Dozoretz, POV president/founder. The new unit will supply POV’s creative services to producers of TV commercials, video games, webisodes, music videos, and other, non-feature film content. Initial projects from the unit include those for Microsoft, Snail Games, and Nike.
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| | | | Media Technology Expo Tackles Important Topics During Two-Day Seminar Schedule
Media Technology Expo (MTE), which runs Sept. 26-27 at Leftbank Annex in Portland, Ore., will offer more than a dozen free educational seminars for attendees. Presented by professional video and audio systems integration firm Advanced Broadcast Solutions (ABS), the MTE seminar schedule includes topics like audio loudness and multi-screen delivery, as well as general video production sessions on lighting and file-based workflows.
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| | | | OptiTrack Leverages Best-in-Class Features for Large Volumes with Prime Series Motion Capture Systems
 Maker of the Best-Selling Motion Capture Camera in History Delivers Exceptional Performance to Large-Volume Production Studios, Military Simulations and Engineering Applications; 4.1 Megapixel Prime 41 Paves the Way as First Model in the Prime Series.
The OptiTrack advantage now extends to the high-end motion capture market with today’s announcement of the Prime Series—a new family of motion capture cameras tailored specifically to large-volume capture. Offering capture volumes that extend up to 150’ with unmatched pixel-for-pixel tracking precision throughout, the 4.1 MP Prime 41 provides VFX studios, game developers, universities and labs with the tracking technology necessary for the most ambitious motion tracking and capture applications—all at the accessible pricing that OptiTrack is famous for. At one-third of the cost of the nearest competitive product, the Prime 41 enables massive capital cost savings and higher camera coverage with the same investment.
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| | | | Autodesk Announces Extensions for 2013 3D Animation Software
 New Extensions Provide Augmented Simulation System and More Efficient Pipeline Tools
Autodesk Inc., has announced new extensions for Autodesk Maya 2013 and Autodesk 3ds Max 2013 3D animation software, which are included in the Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suites 2013. Available to users with active Subscription contracts, the extensions will help artists create more sophisticated physical simulations, and move data more easily through complex pipelines.
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| | | | Faceware Technologies Launches Free Educational Program
 Students Can Now Create High-Fidelity Facial Performances Free of Charge
Faceware Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of 3D facial animation software and hardware for the video game, film, television and commercial industries, today announced that it is rolling out its Educational Program to educational institutions around the world. The new program, which is currently being tested by a select number of universities including the UK’s University of Portsmouth, will allow students to create high-fidelity facial animation with the Faceware Professional Software Products, free of charge. Faceware is showcasing the first student project created with its technology, Stina and the Wolf, in booth #1129 at Siggraph 2012.
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| | | | OptiTrack to Showcase New Camera Series at SIGGRAPH 2012
Precision Motion Capture and Tracking Technology for Full-Scale Productions; Live Demos and Presentations from Autodesk, Oblong Industries, Fabric Engine and Halon Entertainment in Booth #610
At SIGGRAPH 2012, OptiTrack will launch a brand new series of motion capture cameras specifically tailored to large-volume, full-scale productions. Mocap demos will be conducted in booth #610, and will also include a look at the Flex 13, which debuted in March 2012 and is OptiTrack’s solution for high precision, small and medium-volume tracking applications. Autodesk, Halon Entertainment, Fabric Engine and Oblong Industries will join OptiTrack on stage to demonstrate how OptiTrack virtual and motion capture cameras can be painlessly integrated into both established and custom-made pipelines.
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| | | | ABS Media Tech Expo Provides Forum for Pacific Northwest Video Professionals
 Professional video and audio systems integration firm Advanced Broadcast Solutions (ABS) today announced Media Technology Expo, which runs Sept. 26-27 at Leftbank Annex in Portland, Ore. The free, two-day event will feature educational sessions, networking opportunities, and an exhibit hall showcasing equipment from a variety of manufacturers. More than 300 attendees are expected.
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| | | | House of Moves Provides Full Body Motion Capture for Starhawk™
 Leading motion capture and animation service company House of Moves (HOM) helped bring realism to the soldiers and villains in the recently released third-person shooter Starhawk™ through full body motion capture, which was used as the basis for the title’s in-game animation. Now available exclusively for the PlayStation®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system, the innovative new game was developed by LightBox Interactive and provides fast paced, frenetic shooter action set in the lawless frontier of space. Through the title’s unique Build & Battle system, players can instantly alter the battlefield by calling down offensive and defensive structures from an orbiting drop ship in real-time, all while blasting away at enemies in the middle of huge single-player or multiplayer firefights.
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| | | | Bodega Signs Director Andreas Link for US Spots
New York/San Francisco-based content creation/production company Bodega signs German director Andreas Link for U.S. commercial representation. A skilled automotive talent, Link carefully ties together all of the pieces of a project, from pre-visualization to post, to craft the arc of the story through vivid imagery. Link has helmed spots for such top clients as BMW, McDonald’s, Audi, Mercedes, Ford, and Panasonic. Recent work includes two spots for Toyota out of MMB, Boston as well as a visually stunning spot for LOT Polish Airlines out of DDB Warsaw.
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| | | | Facilis TerraBlock 24D: The Beating Heart of Post at Affinity Productions
 Affinity Productions, Ottawa’s largest full service digital media, video production and post production studio, delivers extensive creative content and technical services for clients in film, broadcast, commercials, corporate video and government – from concept and script through to production, motion graphics, post production and distribution.
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| | | | ABS Names Shawn Sennet Sr as Account Executive
 Professional video and audio systems integration firm Advanced Broadcast Solutions (ABS) today announced it has hired Shawn Sennett as a senior account executive, effective June 1. Based out of the company’s office in Portland, Ore., he will be responsible for sales throughout Oregon and southern Washington.
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| | | | Stardust Creates 2012 AICP Sponsor Reel
 Stunning visual imagery, explosive graphics and haunting track from Squeak E. Clean contribute to film short
Bi-coastal production company Stardust created the 2012 AICP Sponsor Reel, which premiered during an exclusive screening at last night's Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) Show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
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| | | | Director Adria Petty and Stardust's Alan Bibby Co-Direct "Princess of China" for Coldplay and Rihanna
 Stardust creative director Alan Bibby teamed up with longtime friend and veteran music video helmer Adria Petty to co-write and co-direct Coldplay and Rihanna's epic music video for "Princess of China.” Petty, whose credits include videos for Beyonce’s “Sweet Dreams” and “Countdown” plus spots for Target, Hershey’s and Lancome, and Bibby, whose credits include VFX-heavy commercials for Mercedes-Benz, AT&T and Shell, combined their unique talents and visions for the movie-trailer-style video, which premiered worldwide on June 4, 2012.
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| | | | WONDROS Signs Director Peter Care
Wondros, Los Angeles has added lauded commercial, music video, TV and feature film director Peter Care to their roster. Care comes to Wondros from Bob Industries. He has helmed spots for nearly every major brand in the world, directed the cult classic feature, The Dangerous Lives Of Altar Boys, and was given MTV’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006 for his extensive work in music videos.
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| | | | New Professional Product Line Puts Faceware’s Complete Facial Animation Tool Suite Into Animators’ Hands
Faceware’s New End-to-End Tool Suite Helps Animators Create High-Fidelity Facial Performances 3-10x Faster than Hand Keying
Faceware Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of 3D facial animation software for the video game, film, television and commercial industries, today announced that it has launched its Faceware Professional Product Line, a low-cost, start-to-finish facial animation tool suite built to capture, analyze and create realistic facial performances 3-10x faster than hand keying that same performance. The Faceware Professional Product Line, which until now has only been in production testing at select studios, includes completely updated versions of the Faceware Head-Mounted Camera System (HMCS) and Faceware Retargeter, and a brand new product called Faceware Analyzer. This marks the first time Faceware has offered all of its internal technologies for use in studios.
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| | | | PESA’s New Cattrax Web Browser-Based Software Controls Routers over Network
 PESA, a leading U.S.-based custom design and build manufacturing company for professional audio and video signal distribution, will demonstrate its new Cattrax Web™ browser-based router control software at InfoComm 2012 (Booth N1327), which runs June 13-15 in Las Vegas, Nev. Expanding on the capabilities of PESA’s local network-based Cattrax software, Cattrax Web uses most common Web browsers as the client interface to monitor and control routers in locations around the world.
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| | | | Bodega's HELLO LONESOME on DVD on May 29th
New York/San Francisco-based content creation/production company Bodega is proud to announce the DVD release, through Film Movement, of indie feature film Hello Lonesome starring James Urbaniak (American Splendor), Lynn Cohen (Sex and the City), Sabrina Lloyd (Aaron Sorkin’s Sports Night), Harry Chase, and Nate Smith. The Spirit Award-nominated film weaves together the worlds of six flawed yet endearing individuals as they explore those age-old human desires: to love and be loved. The film, which received the Best Ensemble Jury Award at the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival, will be available for purchase in retail locations in the U.S. and Canada and streaming online through iTunes, Amazon, Hulu and Netflix on May 29, 2012.
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| | | | U.K. Hire Facility Decode Selects Anton/Bauer Batteries to Power ARRI Alexa for Diverse Video Projects
DIONIC HC Ensures Long-Lasting, Reliable Power in Lightweight Package
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, is the battery, charger and accessories supplier of choice for Decode, a London-based equipment hire company, to help reliably power the ARRI ALEXA. Decode employs Anton/Bauer DIONIC® HC batteries, TM4 chargers and the QR-HOTSWAP-AR Gold Mount® to power ARRI ALEXA cameras, ensuring its clients experience dependable operating times as well as the most secure camera connection with seamless power.
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| | | | ABS Redesigns Control Room for Portland Timbers
 Professional video and audio systems integration firm Advanced Broadcast Solutions (ABS) today announced that it recently restructured the in-house video production control room at JELD-WEN Field in Portland, Ore., for the Portland Timbers Major League Soccer (MLS) team. The two-day project was completed in time for the team’s season opener against the Philadelphia Union on March 12.
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| | | | Soundelux Design Music Group Celebrates 20 Years of Excellence in Sound for Games
 As it marks its 20th anniversary this year, Hollywood-based Soundelux Design Music Group (“DMG”), which creates sound for games, commercials and location-based entertainment, has plenty of reason to celebrate. It’s coming off a year in which it worked on several of the video game industry’s biggest releases, including Microsoft/Epic’s Gears of War 3 (a Golden Reel Award and G.A.N.G. Award nominee) and Activision/Toys for Bob’s Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure (also a Golden Reel Award nominee). The group also recently received a Golden Reel Award for the Electronic Arts title Need for Speed: The Run, adding to the multitude of awards and nominations it has received for its game work. And, it is ready to open a second production facility on Los Angeles’ Westside.
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| | | | Smashing Ideas Inks Brian Marr as Director of Strategy
 Digital media company Smashing Ideas recently welcomed creative marketer Brian Marr as the company’s new Director of Strategy. In the newly minted position, Marr will direct the company’s strategy practice, focused on continuing to broaden the expertise Smashing Ideas will offer their clients.
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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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| | | | Ex-Weta Digital Vet David Bennett Joins Faceware Technologies
Faceware Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of 3D facial animation software for the video game, film, television and commercial industries, today announced that David Bennett will be head up sales efforts for the Company’s facial animation software in Europe and India, as well as build studio and channel relationships in those regions. Mr. Bennett is an award-winning artist who is recognized throughout the film and video game industry for his facial animation work on such films as “Avatar,” “The Adventures of Tintin”, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”, and “Beowulf.”
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| | | | Simon Mowbray Joins Zoic Studios
 Culver City/Vancouver-based visual effects house Zoic Studios bolsters its cadre of high-level visual effects talent with the addition of veteran Creative Director/VFX Supervisor/Flame Artist Simon Mowbray. Mowbray comes to Zoic from Pixomondo where he served as Creative Director.
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| | | | Adobe Unveils Fast, Feature-Packed Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop CS6 Extended
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Photoshop® CS6 and Photoshop CS6 Extended software, major releases of the undisputed standard for professional digital imaging. Packed with new features and enhancements, the software includes groundbreaking innovations and unparalleled performance breakthroughs that expand the frontiers of imaging science, and deliver new levels of creativity and increased efficiency.
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| | | | RadiantGrid Introduces Adaptive Bitrate Streaming Support At The 2012 NAB Show
New Muxing Capability Offers Users Ability to Prepare Files for Streaming Video
RadiantGrid Technologies, the developer of leading-edge transcoding, transformation and New Media Automation™ service platforms, will be debuting its support of adaptive bitrate streaming formats at the 2012 NAB Show (Booth SU7919). With this new functionality, users will be able to transcode and prepare content for most popular adaptive bitrate streaming formats, including Microsoft Smooth Streaming, HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) and MPEG-DASH.
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| | | | Aspera Powers Big Data Ecosystems with High-speed Transfer Platform
Top Cloud, Media Technology and Storage Companies Showcase Aspera Integration at NAB
Aspera, Inc., creators of next-generation software technologies that move the world’s data at maximum speed, today announced that its patented fasp transport technology will be demonstrated as part of numerous partner solutions at NAB 2012. Aspera enables a growing ecosystem of partners in the areas of cloud computing, network-attached storage and digital media production and delivery, where leading technology suppliers bring high-performance transport capabilities to their products, systems and services by building upon the Aspera platform.
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| | | | Keynote WebEffective – Now Supports User Experience Testing on the iPad Tablet and Android Smartphone
Keynote® Systems (NASDAQ: KEYN), the global leader in Internet and mobile cloud testing & monitoring, today announced that WebEffective®, Keynote's SaaS-based customer experience management platform for conducting large scale task-based user experience research, now offers iPad and Android smartphone support, to complement existing support for the iPhone. WebEffective combines market research, usability labs and Web analytics providing usable data from virtually any website and supports large user samples to provide reliable information on their attitudes and behavior. It is the leading user experience research tool for any online business or market research company, providing valuable insight about customers’ online behavior and attitudes to build a more effective Web presence.
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| | | | Matrox Debuts Avio F120 KVM Extender to Drive Uncompressed Dual-DVI
Peripherals Using Single Fiber-Optic Cable up to 2000 Meters
Matrox Graphics Inc. today unveiled Matrox® Avio™ F120, the first in a new line of fiber-optic KVM extenders designed for graphics-intensive and visualization applications. The Avio F120 transmitter and receiver pair extends two single-link DVI video, keyboard, mouse, audio, and USB HID devices from the host system by up to 2000 m (6562 ft) using a single duplex LC-LC fiber-optic cable.
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| | | | HTC EVO 3D From Sprint Offers Consumers The Ultimate Glasses-Free 3D Experience
 Sprint also brings the popular and powerful HTC EVO experience to a 4G tablet, HTC EVO View 4G, this summer, with new digital pen technology that makes it possible to make notes on Web pages, ebooks, PDF documents and more, in an easy and natural way
As the first national wireless carrier to launch the groundbreaking data speeds of 4G, Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced the upcoming availability of its 21st and 22nd 4G-capable devices – HTC EVO™ 3D and HTC EVO View 4G™ on America's Favorite 4G Network.1 HTC EVO 3D takes the mobile multimedia experience to a new level, providing the ability to capture and view in 3D and share at 4G speeds, offering consumers the ultimate glasses-free 3D experience. Sprint also announced HTC EVO View 4G, introducing a tablet to the award-winning EVO family.
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| | | | |  Articles and Tutorials: DaVinci Resolve 8.2 for Microsoft Windows Enters Public BetaMicrosoft Windows-based creative shops can now take advantage of DaVinci Resolve 8.2, via a public beta now available for download from Blackmagic Design, and is available both in the full-featured DaVinci Resolve 8.2 and free DaVinci Resolve Lite versions.Read Article Subscribe Blackmagic Design introduces Resolve for Microsoft WindowsBlackmagic Design gives DaVinci Resolve users reason to celebrate with their debut of Resolve for Windows, plus new products, upgrades and more. Celebrate with us as Debra Kaufman reports from IBC Amsterdam. Read Article Subscribe Microsoft Expression Studio: Microsoft's Designs on DesignersIn this software review of Microsoft Expression Studio, Tim Wilson takes a look at what sort of leverage Microsoft could put behind its new software package, Microsoft Expression Studio... Adobe is the 800 pound graphics gorilla, with massive market share among designers. Meet Microsoft, the 8 thousand pound gorilla. They're coming - and they're going to keep on coming. Microsoft's Expression Studio includes Expression Media, Expression Web, Expression Design and Expression Blend. Microsoft says the suite is targeted at creative pros, not business.Read Article Subscribemore articles » Blogs: 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 Reinventing Video Creation with Adobe Creative CloudJust like people are shifting from consuming books and video content as physical media to digital and online consumption, Adobe is evolving from shipping shrink-wrapped boxes to offering easily downloadable software through the Cloud. You may or may not have heard about Adobe Creative Cloud, but you’ve probably heard about...Read Blog Subscribe A Bigger Video Network
While major sites like YouTube and Vimeo remain important, here are a few additional sites to keep in mind as you build your video distribution network: 5min (www.5min.com ) Tutorial videos shorter than five minutes in duration. Bing ( www.bing.com ) Microsoft s new search engine has a video directory....Read Blog Subscribemore blogs » Podcasts:Episode #085 - July 20, 2009Producing Documentaries with Walter Biscardi, Panasonic AG-HPX300 update, LinkOptimizer for Adobe InDesign, Amazon ironically deletes 1984 from Kindle, Astroscope DSLR night vision, Microsoft Silverlight 3, Expression 3 and more creative news.Tune In Subscribemore podcasts »Episode #082 - June 29, 2009Indie Shooting in 3D with 21st Century 3D's Jason Goodman, BlackMagic Design Ultrascope, Worldweaver DX Studio 3.1, Microsoft sells Razorfish, Gridiron Flow ships, Sony Walkman turns 30 and more creative news and interviews - creativecow.netTune In Subscribemore podcasts »Episode #078 - June 02, 2009Beyond 3D with Dave Poole, Microsoft Bing released, Matrox CompressHD, Panasonic HPX300 scene files, PSP Go leaks to the web, Hulu Desktop, BD-Live blu-ray goes portable, Portrait Professional 9 update and more creative news and interviews.Tune In Subscribemore podcasts »Related Tags | | | | |
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